Assigning a Text Style to a Text Object. There are a few ways to assign the text style to your text. You can assign the text before you create the text (default text style), or you can assign the text style after you have created the text.
Editing a Text Style. The easiest way to edit a text style is to use the Resource Browser.
This movie introduces you to the new concept of text styles in Vectorworks 2011.
http://www.vectordepot.com/market/vm-040-elevation-maker-2010.html This movie is an advert for my Elevation Maker for Vectorworks 2010 available at the above web site. This movie shows you how to use it.
Dim Text Tools in Vectorworks Australia and New Zealand.
With out text and dimensions, your drawings are pretty sad. Annotation is a fundamental part of drawing. Annotation is more than just putting text and dimensions on the drawing, although I will be covering this to make sure you are doing it correctly, there are note tools, tools to store…
Elevation Benchmark. The Elevation Benchmark tool is really useful for placing a benchmark on your elevations with the correct height on it. Then if you move the benchmark the height can be set to automatically update to the new elevation.
using and customizing the standard Drawing Border or Sheet Border.
creating a duplicate keynote legend.
There is another powerful way to use the callout with text from a database. You can tell Vectorworks to place a keynote. A keynote is where you repeat the same key (W1) and have a block of notes on the draw that have the detailed expansion of the W1 note….