• Architect Special Interest Group March 2017 (pm)

    In this session we looked at the resource manager. An introduction to movie hemi talk about other topics that we were hoping to cover but we did not have time to cover all these topics. In terms of resource manager we looked at using tools,  object styles, and textures.

  • epodcast191 – Story Levels With Symbols

    This is a new technique in Vectorworks 2017. You can use a level to control the insertion point of a symbol. In this example I have a symbol for a power outlet with a 3D component. If you create a level for this symbol, you can set the height of…

  • Entertainment Design Special Interest Group December 2016

    This is the first session for this Special Interest Group. In this session we looked at creating symbols, creating Record Formats, and reporting. In particular we looked at the problem of creating stage platforms, placing them in the design and reporting the number of stages needed.

  • Getting Started Special Interest Group December 2016

    In this session we looked at quick and simple ways to create 3D objects, how you can use these to create more complex objects, how to find more complex 3D objects online, how to import them, and how to use the imported models…. There is some valuable content here that…...

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  • cadmovie_1610-05 – What’s New In Vectorworks 2017 – Part 5

    Plug-in Styles (Doors And Windows) – The new Plug-in Styles is an interesting concept that is a cross between a symbol and a plug in object. The purpose is to allow you to control parts of these plug-in objects while maintaining overall control for other parts.

  • cadmovie_1610-04 – What’s New In Vectorworks 2017 – Part 4

    Story Support (Symbols) – When you place a symbol in a design, you can choose the elevation of that symbol. But you might have a situation where you want most of the symbols to be at the same elevation. If this was the case you could set the elevation of the…

  • Architect Special Interest Group September 2016 (pm)

    In this session we looked at creating a greenhouse using extrude along the path to create the frames of the greenhouse, but the path had to be a specific size which was a combination of straight sections and a curved roof.

  • 3D Modeling Special Interest Group – August 2016

    In this session we looked at modeling a swinging sun bed supported on 4 columns. This project will involve extrusions, extrude along path, subdivision modeling, creating drawings, lighting, and getting resources from other projects.

  • Symbols and BIM

    Symbols are excellent for using with Building Information Modeling. They can be created so that they have the 2D part, the 3D part, and the information that you require. You can use classes to control the 2D and 3D portions of the symbol, so that the symbol can appear differently…