I’m excited about this new ability in VectorWorks 2008. You can now draw walls in a 3D view. This means that you can change to a 3D view, like this isometric, and start drawing a building. Notice that the floating data bar (heads-up display) shows you where you are in…
I saw on the VectorWorks Tech Forum someone that was looking for a solution where they want to have the worksheet count in one type of unit and the dimensions count in different unit. The answer is to use primary and secondary units. Use primary units for the worksheet counting…
I saw this web site on the VectorWorks Tech board the other day: http://en.isymbol.eu/ This web site sells sketch symbols for VectorWorks. I think these are really cool, and a fantastic way to improve the presentation of your VectorWorks drawings. If you get in touch with iSymbol, tell them you…
Ever feel that you are not doing a good job, even though you are trying your best? Do critics get you down? I’ve got a good quote to make you feel better: “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles…
the on-line user group newsletter is a bit late this month due to work commitments ( 2 weeks of training courses in Melbourne and Auckland), but it will be sent out this weekend (April 21st). The main topic this month is how to build your library. You may think that…
Worksheets are extremely powerful for counting stuff. You can count areas, lengths, symbols and do calculations on the stuff you count. I was recently training a landscape architect who wanted to count all the plants, lawn areas, paving etc for a house development, but he also wanted to count the…
what is the None class for? I use the None class for things that I want to be visible all the time. On a detail I would draw everything on the None class, I would do the same thing on sections and elevations, draw nearly everything on the None Class….
I was teaching a client today and they asked about the Snap to Object constraint. They had drawn a plan with Snap to Object turned off. It was amazing how much easier it was to draw accurately with this constraint turned on. This is one constraint that I always turn…
I’ve been helping some landscape clients recently. It reminded me again that you have to make the plant graphics simple if you want your plans to re-draw on the screen quickly. I know that you want to make the plants look like your hand-drawn plans, but you have to be…
Even though I made a list of mant of the hot keys, I still get phone calls and emails saying that the smart cursor cues (Point, Object etc) are missing. First of all, make sure that the constraints are turned on, then hit key Y to make the smart cursor…