• cadmovie1505_05 – Roofs – Part 5

    • June 16, 2015
      • cadmovie
      • Public Posts
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    Cutout in a Standard Roof – If you don’t want to go to the trouble of creating a 3D symbol for the skylight, you can punch a simple hole in the roof face.  Vectorworks calls these holes ‘cutouts’.

  • SST_1505 – Roofing in Vectorworks

    • May 30, 2015
      • PDF manuals
      • Public Posts
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    Roofs in Vectorworks are powerful, but most users do not understand how much they can change and edit the roof. The purpose of this manual is to show you how flexible the roof is, and what to do in complex situations. If you are an architect it will be unusual…

  • Review of Vectorworks 2014 By John Helm, architect

    • June 17, 2014
      • blog
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    Review of Vectorworks 2014 By John Helm, architect 130 new functions and improvements That’s what they are telling us; there are 130 changes, improvements and new functions in total in this year’s release.  And a quick look at their web site will let you see that there is a lot…

  • BIM_SIG_030 Special Interest Group September 2013

    • October 25, 2013
      • Architect
      • Public Posts
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    In this session we looked at a complex roof and how to deal with it. The trick is to break the roof into sections and deal with each section separately. Part of this process uses the old Fit Walls to Roof… command which has now been renamed Fit Walls to Objects…

  • Guide to Productivity

    • November 25, 2012
      • Guide to Productivity
      • Public Posts
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    Vectorworks is extremely powerful when you use it correctly. There are many, many productivity techniques you can use to make Vectorworks faster. But it’s not just about customizing Vectorworks, there are many  basic techniques that will make you faster. In this post there are over 180 links to movies. I…

  • SST_1210 – What’s New in Vectorworks 2013

    • October 30, 2012
      • PDF manuals
      • Public Posts
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    There are a lot of new things in Vectorworks 2013. Some of these are fixes or enhancements to the current Vectorworks, and some of them are brand new. The new features are going to make working in Vectorworks 2013 substantially faster by improving your workflow.

  • Dealing with Roofs – Part 8

    • October 28, 2012
      • Public Posts
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    Cut Out in a Standard Roof – If you don’t want to go to the trouble of creating a 3D symbol for the skylight, you can punch a simple hole in the roof face. VectorWorks calls these holes a cut out.

  • Dealing with Roofs – Part 7

      • Public Posts
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    Inserting a Skylight – Putting in a skylight is similar to putting in a dormer window. To place a skylight you need to create a skylight symbol. Then you will notice that you get selection handles on each roof face and at the bottom centre of each skylight.

  • cadmovie859 – What’s New in Vectorworks 2013 – Part 9

    • October 25, 2012
      • cadmovie
      • Public Posts
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    Inset Dormers and Skylights into Roof Faces – From long time has been recommended that you keep a roof together for as long as possible in case you need to insert skylights or dormer windows.

  • BIM_SIG_007 Special Interest Group August 2012

    • August 21, 2012
      • Architect
      • Interactive Workshops
      • Public Posts
      • Vectorworks
    • jonathan

    This is the movie from the BIM Special Interest Group, August 2012, creating a BIM workflow, part 3, Roofing.

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