The Taper mode with the Deform tool allows you to taper the entire object with a few clicks. This is not a replacement for the Taper face tool, use that tool when you only want to taper one face. This mode is designed to taper your entire object. Depending on…
The Twist tool that was introduced with Vectorworks 2014 has been replaced by a new Deform tool. This tool has a lot more ability than the tool it is replacing, allowing you to bend, bulge, taper and twist objects.
Taper Face tool. This tool makes it really fast to edit your models when you want to taper the face of an object. In the past you had to change views and use the Split tool to do the same job as this tool. Now, you do not have to…
The Fillet Edge tool from the 3D Modelling toolset is used around the corners of 3D objects. It also allows you to change the radius of the edge as it goes along, creating a variable radius edge.
Interactive Settings – Background Colour. The standard settings for the background colour are to have a white background colour for Top/Plan view, and a slight minty colour for 3D views. The reasoning for this is that it helps you to see when you change from a Top/Plan view to another…
Landscape 3D modelling – How to create a curved angled garden wall that joins a straight wall and how to create a spiralled sculpture to sit in its centre.
The third mode of the Project Tool is quite different to the first two. In this mode the Project Tool will project a shape onto another NURBS surface. You could think of this as being like an extrude to the NURBS surface
The second mode of the Project Tool is similar to the first mode except that it cleans up the area where you have split the original NURBS surface. In other words the NURBS surface is trimmed to the shape of the planar object. This makes a very quick to create…
I’m a big fan of using the Project Tool, because it so powerful for 3D modelling. You can use it to trim a NURBS surface to suit a planar shape, you can also use it to project planar objects onto a 3D object. In my recent 3D Modelling Special Interest…
The idea behind the special interest group sessions is to look at one of the really fun part of Vectorworks, modelling in 3D. But it’s easy to create three-dimensional objects in Vectorworks that you can’t then translate into Vectorworks architectural objects (walls, roofs, etc). In the session we look at…