podcast 128 – Planar Graphics and 3D modeling in Vectorworks 2011
This movie shows how the new planar graphics in Vectorworks 2011 helps out with 3D modeling.
This movie shows how the new planar graphics in Vectorworks 2011 helps out with 3D modeling.
Planar graphics was introduced in Vectorworks 2010, but they were not very powerful. Now, in Vectorworks 2011, they are really powerful. This movie is a quick introduction to the concept of planar graphics.
Today we had our last online webinar in the Novedge Webinar series, covering How to Create a Quick Concept Design. Vectorworks has several, very cool, techniques that can be used together to create a very fast concept design. If you can create a quick conceptual design, you can improve the…
The Protrusion/Cutout tool can use used like sketchup. This tool is also called the Push/Pull tool.
A friend was talking about his recent demonstration of Vectorworks to engineers, and how creating details was so important. I suggested he show the really quick methods to draw the detail in 2D, then convert it to 3D.
This is a trick you can do with the Protrusion/Cutout tool to speed up your 3D modeling of complex shapes.
I was making manual on Residential Concept design, and I realised that the Move by Points tool is really useful for moving objects in 3D. Watch this movie to see.
Stacked layers was a new technique introduced in Vectorworks 2008. Before Vectorworks 2008, if you wanted to see a complete view of your project, you would make a new layer for 3D viewing. Then you could layer link all your design layers to the 3D model layer. In order to…
Working in 3-D in Vectorworks not only makes it faster to create your drawings, but also makes it easier for your client to understand your design.
The pillar command turns a 2D object into an extruded object, but it keeps it 2D graphics and you can join walls to it.