I’m constantly surprised at what Vectorworks is able to achieve. There seems to be nothing that Vectorworks cannot do. A few months ago i blogged about a case study that Nemetschek Vectorworks had produced on one of my clients (icebreaker). They have really taken to Vectorworks (and my training)…
My friend Bill and I have been involved with several Vectorworks clients helping them to integrate Vectorworks into other aspects of their business. In this case the client sells solar hot water systems and solar PV systems. The client would like to know the orientation of the house relative to…
Youtube movie podcast131 This movie is the introduction to creating a landscape budget plan.
Once the worksheet is completed and updated it can be exported to your user folder so that can be used on every project.
If you do not have Vectorworks landmark you can still create a landscape budget using the classes of the objects in the drawing. This is not as straightforward as using the landscape area tool, but it is still possible. It does require a lot more work than the landmark budget,…
You can still create a landscape budget plan without Vectorworks landmark. This will require more work, but it is still straightforward. You create areas, assign them to classes, and use the classes to organize your report into specific areas.
When you have created a worksheet, it is then possible to export the worksheet to your user folder. This will allow you to use this new worksheet on every project.
After you have created landscape areas, you can use these areas to create a budget, using the Vectorworks reporting tools. This technique will create a worksheet listing all the and landscaped areas so that you can attach prices to each area, giving you the final budget cost.
I was really pleased to see this case study about Icebreaker. Icebreaker has been a client of mine for some time, and so I was really pleasing to see Vectorworks do a case study about how they have implemented the training I have completed with them. The case study is…
You should use worksheets to count and report objects in your Vectorworks files, but sometimes you forget which file had the worksheets you want. You should store your worksheets in your library so that they are easy to find.