• podcast 072 -Vectorworks 2009 – Improved Visual Clues

    I had a phone call the other day from a client. They wanted to know if there would be any advantage in upgrading from Vectorworks 12 to 2009. In particular, was there anything to help you see the information on the screen. Im not classed as visually impaired, but I…

  • Cost vs Value

    When considering any purchase the following words by respected poet and philosopher John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) are as relevant today as when he wrote them :

  • podcast 078 – Short Sharp Monthly Intermediate Worksheets

    This Movie is is a short extract from this months online short sharp monthly. This month we were looking at worksheets. we went through 10 different worksheet examples. Some were easy, some tricky, but all of them were amazing in the way they let you get information from Vectorworks. Worksheets…

  • podcast 076 – Vectorworks 2009 Associative Dimensioning and Moving Symbols in Walls

    i was teaching a client about associate dimensions and moving symbols in walls. It’s seemed to be an important topic for him, as it allowed him to design more quickly and sort out the changes later. In Vectorworks 2009 the associative dimensions have green boxes, in Vectorworks 2008 they are…

  • podcast 075 -Vectorworks 2008 + 2009 – Creating and Managing your Vectorworks Libraries

    Creating and Managing your Vectorworks Libraries Your office library is more than just a few symbols saved in a file. Your office library is really part of a drawing system that includes : Symbol library Symbol Libraries for tools Layer and class standards Graphic Libraries A default template, and so…