• cadmovie802 – Dealing With Imported DXF/DWG

    When you import DXF/DWG files they often start on a sheet layer with viewports. In order to get more information you need to right-click on your viewport and choose design layer. This will show you the raw information that was used to create the drawing.

  • cadmovie598 – Site Area Analysis Part 1

    Creating the Site Plan. We need some site information to get started. This can be an imported file from a surveyor, or it could be an image form Google Earth.

  • cadmovie552 – What’s New in Vectorworks 2011 Part 15

    If you live in New Zealand or Australia, you will have this tool already. If you live outside these countries, this is a new tool for landscaping. This tool has a few uses.

  • 201 Vectorworks Landmark Course

    I have a 201 Vectorworks Landmark course starting next week. This course is ideal for Vectorworks users that want to draw their landmark projects in 3D. I think that drawing your projects in 3D is very important. I have one client that moved form 2D plans to 3D presentations. They…

  • SST_1003 – Irrigation Tools

    Vectorworks comes with several irrigation tools. There is a tool for placing irrigation pipework, and there are two tools for placing sprinklers and drip emitters. When the pipework and emitters are placed, you can create a schedule of the parts.

  • cadmovie453 – Irrigation Tools Part 7

    There is a another method which places the worksheets on the drawing, but this only works if you have Vectorworks Designer or Landmark. There is a command to try to automate some of the work, the results are the same.