At the end of the year we always have a session where we briefly go over all the manuals for the year. This year we covered a range of topics from beginner to advanced. These topics are based on feedback from subscribers, so please remember to tell me what topics…
In September 2013 we looked at the basic creating tools because it is important to make sure that you understand how to use the basic tools. learning the basics is not a luxury, it is essential. In these sessions we looked at the basic editing tools for the same reasons,…
When a new version of Vectorworks comes out, it is important to look at the new features and how they benefit you. Every year we look at what is new in Vectorworks and we try to look at how these new features can be used in your workflow. For Vectorworks…
It often seems to be a waste if time to learn the basics, but all professional athletes practice the basics. Some of the basic Vectorworks tools have several options. These exercises are designed to get you to use all the options and focus your attention on one tool at a time.
Camera Match is a huge timesaver. Firstly, Camera Match saves the time that it would take to model the existing surroundings. Secondly, Camera Match saves the time it would take to match your current view to a photograph.
Vectorworks performs really well, but if you edit the workspace and customise the arrangement of the tools and menus it will perform even better. Making these changes can save you several minutes a day and it can also make it more pleasant to use Vectorworks. Say you could save five…
Often, when I’m demonstrating Vectorworks, people want to know why I’ve used a particular technique, or how I speed up my workflow. I use a lot of techniques and I have been asked to show these. These sessions are the result.
This was the second session for the May BIM Special Interest Group. There was only one attendee, so he was able to guide the direction of the session. We look at worksheets and creating a window schedule.
We often talk about Building Information Modeling and the assumption is that we will be building a 3D version of our building. However, there are several objects that you might want to model independently because the standard Vectorworks tools will not create exactly what you require.
In this session we looked at the resources that have been added to the web site since March 2013. There have been several pages added to the site, and in particular a road map that can be used to understand how the resources relate to each other and can be…