I often meet clients that are not aware of how powerful Vectorworks is. When I show them some productivity techniques, they are amazed at the time savings. The problem is, until I show the clients what they are missing, they have no idea that the tools or techniques are available….
When you use tools in Vectorworks 2010 that require an object be selected, there is a new option to select objects, without leaving the tool. I must say, i wasnt that happy about this change at first. Ive gotten used to it now, and I say, Thanks NNA. Thats much…
One of the things I hate about associate hatching is that there is no way to control the insertion point of the hatch, or the angle, or scale. Well, that was until Vectorworks 2010. Now we have the ability to move the origin of the hatch, rotate the hatch and…
This is something I have long wanted, the ability for the symbol to know if it should be inserted in the wall or not. In Vectorworks 2010, on of the Insertion Options is to turn off the wall insertion mode. This will stop the symbol from accidentally jumping into the…
A client emailed today to ask about the custom line styles. Im not sure if this is exactly like the AutoCAD custom line style, might it is a line with a symbol in it.
When you change the crop area of a viewport, it can be a real pain, because you dont know how big to make the crop. If only you could see the drawing outside the crop… Well, now you can, and you can see it in grey so you see where…
Many of my clients have been waiting for this – it’s the ability to have keynotes across several layers and the ability to have more than one block of notes to keynote. You’ve got to watch this one if you use the callout tool. If you don’t use the Callout…
When I first read about this technique, for selecting objects while using some tools, i was dismissive. Why would you want to do that? Surely everyone knows how to select an object before calling the rotate tool.
This is a feature I’m very excited about. Interactive dimensioning will allow you to draw up a quick plan, then after you have dimensioned it, you can adjust all the dimensions that you don’t like. This will move all the objects with associative dimensioning.
I use the Add Surface command all the time. It is fantastic for creating complex shapes.