If you need to find a word or phrase in your file and edit it, this command will do that. It will find single instances of the word, or can replace all occurrences in the entire file. This is a great way to update your drawings.
I sometimes spell words wrong, and sometimes I just type them wrong. Vectorworks has a check spelling command on the text menu but the quick way is to use the contextual menu (right-click).
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When you insert many of the standard Vectorworks objects, they automatically assign themselves to particular classes. If you don’t want this to happen you have to turn off Auto Classing. If you turn on Auto Classing, all of your standard Vectorworks objects will be assigned to their standard classes.
A quick way to create a copy of an object is to drag a copy of it. Hold down the ctrl key (Windows) or the option key (Macintosh) as you drag the object. Keep the key down until you release the mouse button.
The contextual menu is accessed when you right-click. If you right-click on an object you will get a menu that shows commands appropriate to the object, if you right-click in an empty part of the drawing you will get a different menu. The menus will change depending the objects you…
This is a Vectorworks Preference, which means it applies to all files. You will find this preference on the Session tab in the Vectorworks Preferences. If you activate Use Sound, every time you move near a clickable point you will hear a click from your computer. Some people find this…
This is a Document Preference. It controls the linking of the Sheet Borders to the sheet number and name. If you activate this preference, standard sheet borders will automatically update when you edit the sheet numbers and names.
This is like the opposite of the Add Surface and it also makes it easy to create complex shapes. Like Add Surface, you can access this command from the Modify menu or the Contextual menu (right-click).
Viewports are the most powerful way of creating drawings and Vectorworks. Viewports allow you to create drawings with different: scales layers classes class attributes hatch settings line weight settings lights view settings rendering mode crop If you’re not using viewports, you’re only running on half your cylinders.