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  • Vectorworks Tip 364 – Hardscape Objects Have a Fall

    • January 22, 2016
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    From 2016 onwards hardscape objects can be designed to have a fall. Previous versions of Vectorworks only allowed the hardscape object to be flat, now you can choose to slope the hardscape.

  • Vectorworks Tip 363 – Extrude Along Path (Direction Matters)

    • January 21, 2016
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    When you create an extrude along path the direction of your path is extremely important. Your profile object is always lined up with the start of your path and is then extruded along it. If your path is going in the reverse direction, you will find that your profile is…

  • Vectorworks Tip 362 – Publishing to PDF

    • January 20, 2016
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    This facility is only available if you have a Designer Series version of Vectorworks. It allows you to select which sheet layers or save views you want to print, and then it prints them to a single PDF file.

  • Vectorworks Tip 361 – Light Falloff

    • January 19, 2016
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    As you move away from a light source the intensity of the light falls off. The actual amount that falls off is another physics concept known as the inverse square law. In simple terms as you double the distance from the light, the intensity of the light goes down by…

  • Vectorworks Tip 360 – Extrude Along Path

    • January 14, 2016
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    This is one of the most useful 3D commands. In basic terms it takes a profile object and pulls it along the path, allowing you to make really complex shapes, really easily. The commanders in the model menu (Menu bar > Model > Extrude Along Path…)

  • Vectorworks Tip 359 – Export to PDF

    • January 13, 2016
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    There is more than one way to export your information to a PDF file. Both the “Export PDF” command and Publishing to PDF are available to every Design Series version of Vectorworks, though they’re not available in Fundamentals. There are differences between exporting to PDF and publishing, Export to PDF only exports…

  • Vectorworks Tip 357 – Moving Associative Dimensions

    • December 19, 2015
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      A couple of my clients have complained about the Associative Dimensioning in Vectorworks. I never seem to have trouble with associative dimensions or with moving them. But then again, I have been using Vectorworks so long that I can sometimes forget what it is like for others that are…

  • Vectorworks Tip 356 – Marionette

    • December 18, 2015
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    Marionette is amazing the way that it allows you to create objects so quickly. Of course, you will have to learn a new skill (Marionette) but it is not as hard to learn as scripting. Marionette is capable of manking huge objects, but I think that for most of us,…

  • Vectorworks Tip 355 – Copy Viewport Attibutes

    • December 17, 2015
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    If you choose the appropriate settings with the eyedropper tool, you can copy the viewport attributes from one viewport to another. This includes copying layer and class visibility is, render settings, et cetera.  

  • Vectorworks Tip 354 – Print to PDF

    • December 16, 2015
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    On a Macitosh computer you CAN use File > Print > Save as PDF. This is a built in utility in the macintosh OS that basically just takes an image of what you’re printing and slaps it into a PDF. No layers, no classes, no vector info. If you don’t…

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