• cadmovie596 – Creating a Swimming Pool Part 9

    Creating the Site Modifiers. We now have the model of the pool we can copy and paste this pool onto a site model, and use the pool to modify the site. We can’t use the pool directly to modify the site, but we can use the pool to make the site…

  • Controlling Massing Model Graphics

    You can control the graphic on a massing model, but you can not use the Attributes Palette. The graphics on a massing mode are controlled by the classes on the massing model.

  • cadmovie399 – New Stake Object Coordinates

    Vectorworks have added a new coordinate point label to the stake object. Coordinates update when you change the origin or move the object.

  • cadmovie398 – New Grade Calculator

    Use the new Grade Calculator tool to calculate and display slope parameters in areas of changing elevation, including site models.

  • epodcast058 – Drawing a Road

    Drawing a Road. What road tools  can you use, will they all fit to the site model. There are different ways of making roads,  some good for straight roads, some good for curved roads.

  • podcast 070 – Drawing a Site Plan

    This podcast is a small segment from a session of the Short Sharp Training. It might seem complex for just a site plan, but the original movie for this, and the orginal online session, lasted for an hour and we made several drawings from the same plan. Having all the…

  • SST_0812 – Site Modeling

    Site modeling can be relatively easy, and a site model can be edited in several ways. For this workshop we will create a site model in a few different ways.

  • epodcast072 – Send to Surface

    You can use the Seems to Surface command to move 3-D objects from the ground plane to the site model. This command only works with a site model. Not all objects move to the site in the same way. Watch this epodacst for more information.

  • cadmovie247 – Site Modeling Part 14

    You can use the Stake object to help create a site model.  You can use the  stake object on a site model to give the spot height. And you can use the stake object to edit your site, or modify the site.