• Vectorworks Tip 416 – DXF/DWG Dimensions

    If you get the units wrong when you’re importing a DXF/DWG file, you will end up with information that is the incorrect size. This can be fixed, but it is better to get the units correct. One of the techniques I use is to check the scale settings to see…

  • Vectorworks Tip 413 – What Is Project Sharing?

    Project sharing is the ability to have several people working on a project where all theinformation is saved in a single project file. In the past you could use Reference Files, but these only shared information in one direction. Project sharing allows several people to share the information in both…

  • Vectorworks Tip 412 – DXF/DWG Units

    If you get the units wrong when you’re importing a DXF/DWG file, you will end up with information that is the incorrect size. This can be fixed, but it is better to get the units correct. One of the techniques I use is to check the scale settings to see…

  • Vectorworks Tip 408 – DXF/DWG – Line Weights.

    Older versions of AutoCAD did not carry line weight information and they used to use colours to represent line weights for printing. Some users of AutoCAD still use colours to represent line weights. When you imported DXF/DWG file you can specify which colours are equal to its line weights. Vectorworks…

  • Vectorworks Tip 404 – DXF/DWG – Drag And Drop Importing.

    If you can locate your imported DXF/DWG file in a Finder window (file explorer) and you can see your Vectorworks drawing window, then you can drag your DXF/DWG file from your finder window onto your Vectorworks drawing window, and Vectorworks will then import that DXF file. This is known as…

  • Vectorworks Tip 397 – What are Subdivision Surfaces?

    Sometimes you will hear this technique called subdivision modelling, but what is subdivision modelling? As I started to research this topic I found that concept of subdivision surfaces been around for many years. This is a mathematical concept, but what we really need is an easy to use application of…

  • Vectorworks Tip 396 – Google Earth Pro

    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…

  • Vectorworks Tip 394 – Project Sharing – Releasing

    When you have completed your task on the project, you should release the layers you been working on. Remember, nobody else can work on the layers that you have checked out, so in order for other people to work on those layers you have to release them. You can choose…

  • Vectorworks Tip 390 – Project Sharing – Commiting

    In order for other people to see your work, you have to commit your work to the project file. From the file menu there is a Save and Commit… command that will save your work to the project file. After you have done this other users will be able to…

  • Vectorworks Tip 389 – Clip Surface With Slabs

    You can use a planar object to clip a portion away from a slab. If the slab has components then you can choose which component the planar object will clip. In these images the slab has three components and I can choose which component the rectangle will be clipping. If…