I like guides. They are really useful for helping to draw, for setting out, for setback lines and so on. Guides are easy to create. Draw a line or any other object, then go to the Menu bar and choose Modify > Guides > Make Guides. Vectorworks turns your objects…
I’ve been using Vectorworks since version 10, so I thought I pretty much knew everything. I upgraded to Vectorworks 2009 and thought I would get a few pointers on the upgrade. I was reluctant to employ Jonathan over the Internet to teach me. After all, why not get him here…
I want to recommend this blog for people in the construction industry. It is focused on the UK, but I still find it interesting reading. The guy that writes the blog, Steve Scaysbrook, is a good sort and I often chat with Steve via skype (www.skype.com). I don’t know where…
I saw a a neat trick the other day for controlling revisions on drawings. each revision has a revision cloud, using the Vectorworks revision cloud tool, and a stamp, using the Vectorworks revision stamp. The clouds and bubbles are placed in the Annotation part of each viewport. But that is…
“I am a sole practitioner, so time and cost are important to me, but worse than that, there is no one else I can ask to do my work. If I’m not at work for a day, my work won’t get done, I’ll have to work harder to catch up….
I saw this on the NNA Community Board: Just to let everyone know that I am making progress on the Room Finish Schedule and am making it work. There is a very good description as to how to set up a Room Finish Schedule on Jonathan Pickup’s site www.archoncad.co.nz. Roger…
In earlier versions of Vectorworks there was no user folder. All the things you wanted to customize could be done in the Vectorworks application folder. You can still do it this way, but Vectorworks now has user folders. A user folder is stored away from the Vectorworks application folder, so…
There has been a lot of discussion on the Vectorworks tech board about Vectorworks and BIM. Some people disagree with me, but I said that the definition of BIM is not finalized. A few people said that I’m wrong, the BIM has been defined by Revit and ArchiCAD. Maybe I…
You might all know this already, but the latest version of VectorWorks has been announced: http://www.nemetschek.net/ I am now in the process of upgrading my manuals to the new version. i always take this opportunity to look at the manuals, see if I can make them easier to use and…
Changing The Section Syle on Section Viewports. would you like to change the look of your section viewports?