FAQ

Snap Settings – Changing the snap settings can really speed up the way you draw. The image below shows my typical set of snaps for designing.

Interactive Settings – These settings are on the Vectorworks preferences. These preferences control the interactive appearance of Vectorworks. The images below show the choices that I have made for my settings.

Settings – There are several settings in Vectorworks that can speed up your drawing process. By changing the settings you can speed up your work. In the examples I give you they may suit my drawing style, but they may not suit your drawing style.

Link text to Record – Linking text to record as a slightly advanced use of Vectorworks, but it is extremely useful and I often use it to create symbols for my drawings.

X-Ray Mode – This mode uses a Hot Key  to make all objects in the drawing see-through. This is such an advantage when you have objects in front of each other.

Snap Loupe – This technique is extremely powerful. If you are not used to using this technique it may take some time to get used to using the hot key rather than zooming in.

Navigation Palette – When you have used the visibility tool to turn classes off that you do not want to see, you can then use the Navigation palette to remove those classes quickly.

Visibility Tool – I use several layers in a project but I use many many classes. In order to control the classes I could use the navigation palette, but it’s a lot more effective to use the visibility tool.

Dimension Standards – Vectorworks comes with several dimension standards. They may not match your drawing style, so you are able to create your own custom dimension standards that suit your drawing style.

Text Styles – Text styles are great way of controlling the size, font, justification, color, etc. on all text objects in your document.When you edit a text style, all objects that have that style assigned will update.