Editing The Site Model Crop – The site model crop is a polygon that stretches around the information you have supplied to Vectorworks. The site model crop works a lot like the crop in the viewport. The site model crop can also be edited to filter out information that you do…
Adding Additional Site Model Data – You might sometimes find that the resulting site model does not have the contours you thought it would have. In this situation, more spot levels along the contours might be useful. When you need to add information to the site model, even after you have made the site…
Creating the Site Model – A site model is created from 3D loci, 3D polygons or stake objects. You can use any of these types and you can use a combination of these.
Importing A Survey Drawing With 3D Information – When you import a survey file, you often have the choice whether you want to import the information as 2D or 3D. For very large sites, it is a lot of work to input 3D loci, stake objects, to tracing polygons. If…
In the session we looked at site modelling and site modifiers. In particular, we looked at the site model settings to see how to edit the site model labels and crop area using the Reshape tool we looked at a simple site modifier. We used the command Create Objects From…
If you going to create recession planes for your site model so that you can see the restrictions on your site in 3-D, make sure you place stake objects at the point where the surveyor has taken on the measurements. This will improve the reliability and accuracy of your recession…
In this session we looked at setting up a project that has a site model with two different houses on it. There are different ways to set this up; it could be set up in three files which could be connected together using referencing, the file could be set up…
Adding Spot Levels Using Stake Objects – You can use the Stake object, or 3D loci to create additional data for the site model. This is useful for placing points that match the survey information.
Grid Entry Method – A common way to survey a site is to use a grid. With this method, set up a regular grid for northings and eastings. It is important that the grid is consistent as Vectorworks assumes that you have regular spacings. It is also important to understand…
Importing Survey Data – You can import data from a surveyor. The data needs to be provided in the correct format. The data can include the point number, and it has to include the X-direction (Easting), the Y-direction (Northing), and the Elevation. The file has to be a text document,…