• Vectorworks Tip 300 – Read the Vectorworks Essential Tutorial Manual

    I have been looking for my most valuable tip, which had had me thinking for quite some time. Having been on-site recently teaching a lot of people, I think my most valuable tip Is that if you are learning Vectorworks, you should learn it by going carefully through my Vectorworks…

  • Archoncad books in the Kindle Store

    I have been working to catch up with my manuals on the Amazon Kindle store. I have been creating new covers for the Kindle books. If you are a subscriber then you do not need to buy the Kindle version, you already have access to these manuals on this website. Your…

  • Book Review – Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual – Sixth Edition

    Review by Neil Barman (http://www.barmansmart.ca/) Jonathan Pickup’s “Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual”, now in its 6th edition, is a deceivingly simple manual. It’s simple in that it will walk you (whether you are a new user or a seasoned user who has never had any formal training in the application) through…

  • Is urgent the same as important?

    When I started teaching Vectorworks in the UK, I noticed that while the students understood that learning and practicing Vectorworks was important, they could not find the time to practice. It was as if they knew it was important, buy they could not make it a priority.

  • Learning Vectorworks

    I have a few pople ask me about learning Vectorworks, and whether you should use this web site to learn Vectorworks from scratch. It all depends on what part of Vectorworks you want to learn.

  • podcast136.mov Vectorworks training on your iPhone

    In this movie I show you how you can access Vectorworks training through my website, http://archoncadcom.wpengine.com. I have created a mobile website that allows you to search through thousands of movies and posts. The movies are playable on most mobile devices, although in this movie I am using an iPhone…

  • Short sharp Training for Vectorworks Now Includes Special Interest Group Movies

    Since February 2012 the Vector-workout subscription service has been offering special interest group webinars. These webinars are an interactive online session about a particular topic. The webinars are interactive, allowing the attendees to talk to each other, ask questions, and discuss the solution. Often these webinars cover difficult or complex…

  • What is the Value of Free Information?

      I was reading a blog recently about the value of free things. I thought this was an interesting blog because the questions the concept of free and whether we should give away free information.

  • Repetition is Important When Learning Vectorworks

    Prior to running my Vectorworks courses online, I used to run them in a classroom. At the time it seemed like the best thing that I could do. I was aware at the time that repetition was important, and the way the courses were structured, it allowed time for the…

  • Feedback on Special Interest Groups for Landmark

    Thanks again for creating the VW Landmark Special Interest Group.  I think yesterday’s session on plant symbols was very helpful, especially since I’m just about to embark on creating my own set of 2d symbols.  I’m definitely going to use classes to control the graphics, but keep them to a…