• How Well Do You Know Vectorworks?

    I get a lot of questions from users about my web sites. They want to know if they should join my subscription web site, or whether they should complete one of my courses first.

  • Linking a Building to A Site Model

      There can be a real challenge linking a building to a site. Site plans are normally drawn with North straight up the page, building plans are normally drawn so that they are orthogonal on the page which doesn’t match the orientation of the project on site.

  • Creating a Dutch Gable, or Truncated Hip?

    I have been on a Vectorworks chat list lately, and the users were asking about making a Dutch Gable. Vectorworks will make one easily if you start with a standard Vectorworks roof and edit the roof plane.

  • Productivity is Not Just About Speed

    I have just spend several minutes with the designer of the Landru Design tools, Andrew Dunning. These tools are designed for the entertainment industry and they are fantastic. I interviewed Andrew so that he could show me the tools, but during the interview, it struck me that he tools offered…