I have just finished my online user group, which I call Short Sharp Training (monthly). This month we looked at the Camera Match Plug-in from Matt Panzer (http://www.panzercad.com) This is a fantastic addition to Vectorworks, it will let you combine a photo and a 3D model in a very short…
When you change the crop area of a viewport, it can be a real pain, because you dont know how big to make the crop. If only you could see the drawing outside the crop… Well, now you can, and you can see it in grey so you see where…
Many of my clients have been waiting for this – it’s the ability to have keynotes across several layers and the ability to have more than one block of notes to keynote. You’ve got to watch this one if you use the callout tool. If you don’t use the Callout…
This is a feature I’m very excited about. Interactive dimensioning will allow you to draw up a quick plan, then after you have dimensioned it, you can adjust all the dimensions that you don’t like. This will move all the objects with associative dimensioning.
If you dimension in Viewports carefully, you can make the dimensions associate to the objects. This means that if you change the drawing in the design layer, the dimensions in the viewport will update automatically.
I saw someone asking about how to add a heavy line to elevation viewports. This movie shows my trick, its fast and effective. Of course, this trick is from my manuals…
Problems with Design Layer Viewports. When you set up your criteria (or filter) it is common to forget to add the layer criteria. This does not sound too bad, and most of the time you will not get caught. But, if you use a design layer viewport in your drawings, your…
I have a client that is having trouble with dimensioning an elevation. The view needs to be and elevation of some joinery. The easy way to dimension this is to use sheet layers and viewports. The plan viewport is easy to deal with. Put the dimensions in the design layer,…
Creating the first viewport for the solar study.
Viewport Editing Tricks. this podcast will show you some tricks to speed up editing viewports.