Topics Covered: 00:00 site modelling 03:04 polyline and polygon smoothing 06:59 creating a site model 08:32 rendering options 13:04 default content (plants) 18:49 image prop plants 20:40 VB visual plant objects 24:00 plant default settings 30:11 solar studies 33:58 massing…
I found out recently that Google Earth Pro is available for free. It has many features that make it the pro version, but so far I do not know what the all are. One feature I do like in the Pro version is the ability to draw a path and then…
Topics Covered: 00:00 using the brick symbol to create a barbecue 01:27 regular polygon tool 03:25 laying out the first course of 22 bricks in a circle 04:30 create a copy of the first course to create the second course of bricks 05:47 duplicate array…
Sometimes there is confusion over the what a pad object is and what a grade limits object is in site modeling. The pad changes the site model (it is the 3D object) and the grade limit controls how much of the site is affected by the pad.
This manual is the last manual on the series on site modelling on site modifying because the roading tools quite often used as site modifiers. Don’t forget to refer to the previous two month’s manuals (1506 and 1507) for more information on site modelling. This manual looks specifically at the six…
Main topics: creating a site model from an image importing a shape file using GIS information from a local body website site modifier contour mode hardscape changes in Vectorworks 2016
Every once in a while a client will get confused about what is cut and fill when dealing with a site model. Cut volumes are the parts that are removed from the site model, fill volumes other parts that are added to the site model.
Main topics: creating a site model placing site modifiers placing a road
In Vectorworks 2016 there is now a faster way to set the graphic attributes on your site models so that it uses the class settings for the line weights, colours, and line styles of the class. This will allow you to usual classes to change the graphic style of your…
If you are going to use the Snap to Contour, you might want to adjust the Site Model Settings to give you the correct contour to snap to. The second method is to adjust the Start Contour Offset to change the elevation of all of the contours .