• SST_1307 – Customising Vectorworks

    Vectorworks works really well, but if you edit the workspace, and customise the arrangement of the tools and menus you can work faster. Making these changes can save you several minutes a day and it can also make it more pleasant to use. Maybe you could save yourself 5 mins…

  • Why Customise Vectorworks?

    Vectorworks has hundreds of tools and commands, and they have all been set out in the interface, or Workspace as it’s called, and they have been set out to suit most situations.

  • Custom Selection

    I had an interesting challenge today, I had a few hundred spot levels that were at the wrong height. Due to importing a DXF file and scaling, the stake objects were out by a factor of 10. I had to select each stake object and multiply the height of the…

  • Customising Vectorworks – Part 2

    Workspaces – Tool Palettes – You can change the tools you have on the palettes. Get rid of the tools you do not use, make the tools you do use easier to get to. Add hot keys for fast access to tools.

  • Customising Vectorworks – Part 1

    Workspaces – Menus – You can change the way Vectorworks appears. Get rid of the commands you do not use, make the commands you do use easier to get to. Add keyboard shortcuts.

  • cadmovie613 – Productivity Part 2

    Use The Right Mouse Button. If you have a one button mouse, throw it away. A two button mouse with a scroll wheel is the way to go. There are so many commands and setting you can access with the right mouse click. Start using it now.

  • cadmovie612 – Productivity Part 1

    Customize Vectorworks – Edit the Workspace. Editing the workspace is the first step in customizing Vectorworks. This is where you can remove tools and commands you do not use, and make other tools and commands easier to find.

  • SST_0908 – Editing the Vectorworks Plug-ins

    You might think that the Plug-ins that come with Vectorworks are locked. It’s true that you can’t see the computer code and change it, but there is still a lot you can edit.