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Category Archives: beginnercast

these are posts for users that are getting started with Vectorworks.

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beginnercast042 – Installing Fonts

Posted on August 2, 2012 by jonathan
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This movie shows you how to install fonts on Macintosh and Windows7

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beginnercast041 – Drag and Drop Importing

Posted on June 29, 2012 by jonathan
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Recent versions of Vectorworks allow you to drag and drop images, PDF’s, and DXF/DWG files. This can speed up the importing process.

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beginnercast040 – Batch PDF

Posted on May 29, 2012 by jonathan
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I use batch exporting PDF files all the time. This is a great way to export all the sheet layers, or saved views from file.

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beginnercast039 – Batch Printing

Posted on April 29, 2012 by jonathan
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Batch printing is where you print all the sheet layers or saved views from a drawing. You can also use this to print all drawings from a folder.

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beginnercast037 – Class Options

Posted on February 20, 2012 by jonathan
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Class options are extremely important when you are using Vectorworks. Choosing the right class options will make it easy to use Vectorworks. Choosing the wrong class options will always make Vectorworks difficult to use

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beginnercast036 – Layer Options

Posted on January 21, 2012 by jonathan
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Layer Options are how you look at other layers. You have several choices, and this move shows you when each option is useful, and how to set the options.

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beginnercast035 – Navigation Palette

Posted on November 29, 2011 by jonathan
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The navigation palette is the quickest way to change the visibility of layers, classes, and  sheet layers. It also has the ability to manage reference files, saved views, and viewports. This makes the navigation palette very useful.

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beginnercast034 – Visualization Palette

Posted on November 29, 2011 by jonathan
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The visualization palette is used to control lights and cameras. It is not available if you do not have Renderworks.

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beginnercast033 – Object Info palette

Posted on September 29, 2011 by jonathan
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Object Info Palette

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beginnercast032 – Move by Point

Posted on August 28, 2011 by jonathan
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Move by point tool.

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beginnercast031 – Attributes Palette

Posted on June 29, 2011 by jonathan
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Setting Defaults on the Attributes Palette

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beginnercast030 – Editing Viewport Annotation

Posted on May 29, 2011 by jonathan
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When you create viewports you can sometimes spend a lot of time going in and out of viewports. But there are things you can do to make it quicker. You can set the edit annotation dialog box to suit yourself, we can right-click on a viewport to edit it.

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beginnercast029 – Extend Tool

Posted on March 29, 2011 by jonathan
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The Extend tool.

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Beginnercast028 – Trim tool

Posted on February 26, 2011 by jonathan
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Trim Tool

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beginnercast025 -What is a Symbol

Posted on October 29, 2010 by jonathan
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What is a symbol?

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beginnercast024 – Attribute Mapping Tool

Posted on September 29, 2010 by jonathan
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Attribute Mapping tool. This tool allows you to edit attributes on objects.

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beginnercast023 – How to Make a Symbol

Posted on August 29, 2010 by jonathan
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Symbols are very useful for repeating objects. When you make a useful symbol, it can save you hours. Learn how to make a symbol here.

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begnnercast022 – Planar Graphics

Posted on July 29, 2010 by jonathan
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Introduction to Planar graphics

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beginnercast020 – Associative Dimensions

Posted on May 30, 2010 by jonathan
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Creating Associative Dimensions is important, because it links the dimension to the object.

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beginnercast017 – Select Similar Tool.

Posted on February 27, 2010 by jonathan
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Select Similar tool, some times called the magic wand.

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