• cadmovie504 – Lighting and Rendering Part 2

    For Quick 3D views, use the numeric keypad on your keyboard. The numeric keypad is on the right side of your keyboard, if you have a full size keyboard. Use this for quickly typing in numbers.

  • Terrific Textures

    I’m just writing my manual for the user group, all the subscribers will be getting this manual in a week or two. I just wanted to share some of the textures we will be learning about. There are two textures here. One for the marble and the other for the…

  • The Camera Match Tool for Vectorworks

    Matt Panzer has updated his fabulous Camera Match tool.  This tool allows Vectorworks users to quickly and accurately align a 3D view to an existing photograph. Other features in Camera Match 2009 include anti-aliasing for mask objects, which blend the edges of the mask with the rendered model, as well…

  • cadmovie219 – Creating an Animation Part 5

    We have all the information we need to make a movie. We will make a short movie using our two views. Before we make the movie we need to set out start view and rendering mode.

  • cadmovie218 – Creating an Animation Part 4

    Setting up the views for a more complex animation, called Move Along a Part. Move along a path allows you to set up a movie that walks (or flys) through your design. It works by using a series of views. Each view is like a keypoint in your movie. Vectorworks…