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Vectorworks® software is the industry-standard for entertainment design, production, and documentation. With the latest release of Spotlight, Vision, and Braceworks™, you can design, document, analyze, and pre-visualize your project in a seamless workflow that enables you to outpace the competition and impress your clients. Whether you work in the A/V industry or in lighting, scenic, film, event, or rigging design, you won’t want to miss our one-hour webinar with Frank Brault, as he explores the newest versions of Vectorworks Spotlight, Vision, and Braceworks. Attendees will: Explore the many new improvements to Braceworks, including bridle calculations. Learn about major speed and quality enhancements in Vision, specifically how it is up to 7x faster than before. Discover General Device Type Format (GDTF), the new open-standard data file format, and My Virtual Rig (MVR), the new data exchange method that will allow you to easily previsualize and communicate directly with your Vectorworks design to your console or onPC Visualizers. Learn how we have focused on the overall quality of Spotlight to refine the user experience. Register

Vectorworks® Architect 2019 delivers exceptional quality, with industry-specific tools that let you adapt to challenges and design without constraints. With improved performance and added capabilities that make your BIM workflow and everyday design tasks easier to accomplish, Vectorworks Architect 2019 will help you save time and deliver exceptional results. Join us in this upcoming webinar to learn how the latest in design and BIM solutions — available to you in the newest version of Vectorworks Architect — will enhance your modeling process and simplify your workflows. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:&nbsp: Understand how 2D components for hybrid objects will give you control to customize your drawings and evaluate the legibility and quality of documentation.&nbsp: Learn how you can save time and simplify the process of managing displayed data in your documents with data tags.&nbsp: Discover how you can improve navigation and file management with class and layer filters.&nbsp: Explore improvements to navigation in the 3D environment using clip cub viewport option to create remarkable presentation drawings.&nbsp: Register

Description: Vectorworks®&nbsp:Landmark offers tools created specifically for landscape professionals to help advance their site designs. Our newest version allows users to simplify workflows, enhance the modeling process, and enjoy exceptional quality. In this webinar, attendees will be introduced to tools that will transform design, presentation, irrigation, documentation, and BIM workflows. Topics covered include more streamlined site modeling with 3D sculpting, improvements with hardscape components, more simplified plant settings, and new capabilities for plant data sources. Learning Objectives: Explore surface sculpting in the site/terrain model (DTM) and the newly consolidated plant style settings for both standard and&nbsp:advanced preferences. Simplify documentation workflows with features such as: the Data Tag tool that gives you complete control over tagging and displaying data, the 2D components for hybrid objects capability, and viewport image effects to edit images and prepare presentation boards. Create remarkable presentation drawings with the clip cube viewport option. Analyze vehicle swept path requirements with AutoTURN® Online. Register

DESCRIPTION Explore some of the most powerful tools and commands available in the latest release of Vectorworks® software with our Getting Started Seminar, designed to empower you to get up and running faster, design more efficiently, and better understand workflows that can save you time and money. This seminar will cover the fundamental knowledge needed to be successful with Vectorworks® software. The Getting Started Seminar will cover topics including: User interface Hybrid Workflow Document Setup Efficient Drawing Techniques Introduction to 3D Modeling Resources Register

DESCRIPTION Explore some of the most powerful tools and commands available in the latest release of Vectorworks® software with our Getting Started Seminar, designed to empower you to get up and running faster, design more efficiently, and better understand workflows that can save you time and money. This seminar will cover the fundamental knowledge needed to be successful with Vectorworks® software. The Getting Started Seminar will cover topics including: User interface Hybrid Workflow Document Setup Efficient Drawing Techniques Introduction to 3D Modeling Resources Register

DESCRIPTION Explore some of the most powerful tools and commands available in the latest release of Vectorworks® software with our Getting Started Seminar, designed to empower you to get up and running faster, design more efficiently, and better understand workflows that can save you time and money. This seminar will cover the fundamental knowledge needed to be successful with Vectorworks® software. The Getting Started Seminar will cover topics including: User interface Hybrid Workflow Document Setup Efficient Drawing Techniques Introduction to 3D Modeling Resources Register

Got a passion for design? Join visionaries just like you and learn about the powerful new features in Vectorworks® 2019 from CEO Biplab Sarkar and how to use Vectorworks for interior design and entertainment design and rendering to best maximize your work efficiency. Register today to secure your seat. Register

Topic: Current work and Vectorworks 2019Register

Topic: Utilizing BIM tools and workflows for Schematic Design and beyond! This session will introduce conceptual design strategies that utilize 3D modeling and BIM tools, enabling a smooth transition to design development and CD’s. Attendees will learn:&nbsp: The benefits of using 3D solid modeling tools to create a conceptual model How to create a massing model using push/pull and solid modeling techniques How to move design ideas to a BIM model by converting model objects to intelligent objects How to use parametric tools on a BIM model to develop the design more precisely Register

Topic:&nbsp:Inaugural Meeting! (1) Welcome &amp: announcements (2) Member introductions (3) Why Vectorworks? From Autodesk to Vectorworks (4) User Group input on organization, future topics, &amp: guest speakers. (5) Networking and User Group breakout sessions.Register

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Topic: The annual Vectorworks Design Summit that was held in Phoenix, AZ on November 5-6.&nbsp: It featured inspiring keynote speakers and multi-disciplinary breakout sessions by leading industry expert users.&nbsp: The new features in Vectorworks 2019 were presented and future developments were revealed. We will discuss some of the highlights and knowledge gained from this event. Register

Topic:&nbsp:Jump into 2019 with Vectorworks 2019. We are kick-starting the new year with a visit from a longtime user group member, Jim Woodwward, now Senior Entertainment Product Specialist at Vectorworks. He will demonstrate some of the great new features in the latest update to Vectorworks 2019 that will unleash your creativity and improve your productivity in the new year. Learning Objectives: Class and Layer Filters&nbsp:allow you to instantly find what you're looking for by typing in a keyword search or using filters to display classes and layers based on specific properties. 2D Hybrids from 3D Objects&nbsp:efficiently create 2D drawings from your 3D and BIM models. With the new 2D components for hybrid objects capability, it draws exactly as you want in plan, elevation, and section views.&nbsp: Clip Cube Viewports&nbsp:enable you to clip cubes in any rendered view or style, giving you the efficiency and capability you need to create remarkable sections, elevations, and presentation drawings.&nbsp: Image Effects&nbsp:accomplish mainstream image editing inside of Vectorworks so that you don't need to export your designs to other editing applications such as Photoshop or Illustrator. The new viewport image effects work with viewports and imported images, which lets you prepare your presentation boards in the same software you used to create your designs. Register

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Topic:&nbsp:Roofs give definition to a building's massing. Complex or simple roof forms can be easily created from walls or polygons. Various faces can be changed individually or universally with a few modifications using Vectorworks' roof tool objects. - Produce hip, gable, or dutch hip roofs from a complex building footprint. - Insert a variety of dormer styles and skylights into any roof face. - Construct a 3D roof framing model. - Insert roof drains into a roof slab and automatically create a tapered pitch toward the drain. Register

Topic: Create and Manage Resources to Improve Productivity Gain a giant productivity boost through better management of resources.&nbsp: The Resource Manager provides access to multiple libraries and resources in a &nbsp:comprehensive interface. Custom search and organization allow resources to be found from multiple sources. Attendees will learn how to: Utilize the Resource Manager to navigate, search, and filter whatever is needed for the task at hand. Access extensive catalogs of building objects, furnishings, plants, and textures. Add and remove favorite files with custom folder organizations to access and consolidate preferred content from previous projects. Customize resource views as lists, icons, plan views, or rendered objects with searchable record data. Register

Topic:&nbsp: Putting our Heads in the Cloud Vectorworks Cloud Service is free and available to everyone.&nbsp: Users can access, share, and view files from the office or on the road.&nbsp: Cloud-based hardware can process sections, elevations, and other renderings, freeing up your local machine to allow you to continue to design and work without waiting for presentations to process. &nbsp: Attendees will see how to: Utilize the Vectorworks Cloud Service desktop app to create and maintain your cloud library, upload and process files, as well as, sync with Dropbox, Google Drive, or Bluebeam. Manage your file library from anywhere through a web portal to view, manage and share documents from any computer or web-enabled device. Work on-the-go with the Nomad mobile app to view, markup, share and sync files across devices and colleagues from any mobile device. Create presentations with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface to communicate your design ideas including interactive rendered 360 panoramas to create an immersive experience. Register

Topic:&nbsp:Lights, Camera, Action Visualization is a key component of the architectural design process. 3D modeling with textures and lighting can create artistic or realistic renderings, animations and VR exports for any project.&nbsp: Attendees will learn how to: Create and apply custom textures to their model. Add sunlight to capture daytime and seasonal changes, as well as add accurate lighting for interiors. Modify rendering styles to provide artistic or photorealistic renderings. Create animations and with 360 degree panoramas. In addition to this being the last meeting before summer, we will also bid farewell to founding member Tom Parks, as he takes leave to head West. Register

Topic: "Back to Basics" presentation given by Jim Woodward, senior product marketing specialist at Vectorworks, Inc.Register

Topics:&nbsp: - PDF to Vectorworks, Demo by Benson Shaw - Thomas Miller will discuss recent work - Member projects - Please bring a work sample! - Member discussion - Email questions/issues in advance. I can research. Register

The exhibition is an active, vibrant meeting place where exhibitors hold workshops and discussions on smart cities. Together, all participants form a creative arena where the smart and sustainable city development can be realized. Here, companies, industry organizations, authorities and media meet. You get to know the latest news, listen to lectures, participate in activities and discover solutions, products and services that provide practical business and business benefits. At the fair you will find both leading suppliers and new start-up companies with products, services and new solutions for sustainable construction and tomorrow's smart city. You also have the opportunity to make new contacts and meet colleagues from all over the country!&nbsp:Register

Topic: Basics of 3D and RenderingRegister

Vectorworks Architect 2019 delivers exceptional quality, with industry-specific tools that let you adapt to challenges and design without constraint. With improved performance and added capabilities that make your BIM workflow and everyday design tasks easier to accomplish, Vectorworks Architect 2019 will help you save time and deliver exceptional results.&nbsp: Join us in this upcoming webinar to learn how the latest design and BIM solutions - available to you in the newest version of Vectorworks Architect - will enhance your modeling process and simplify your workflows.&nbsp: LEARNING OBJECTIVES:&nbsp: - Understand how 2D components for hybrid objects will give you control to customize your drawings and evaluate the legibility and quality of documentation.&nbsp: - Learn how you can save time and simplify the process of managing displayed data in your documents with data tags.&nbsp: - Discover how you can improve navigation and file management with class and layer filters.&nbsp: - Explore improvements to navigation in the 3D environment using clip cub viewport option to create remarkable presentation drawings.&nbsp: Register

Caique Niemeyer is the great-grandson of prominent architect, Oscar Niemeyer, a pioneer of modernist architecture known for his designs of the buildings of Brasilia, Brazil's capitol city. Join Luis Ruiz, senior architect product specialist at Vectorworks, Inc. as he discusses how Niemeyer's idea was used to develop the design of Santuario Papa Joao Paulo II using BIM software. Learn how free- form modeling tools, combined with smart building objects, allowed Niemeyer to design the 1,961.60-square-meter building slated to be built on 12,000 square meters of land in Rio de Janeiro. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:&nbsp: Discover how design software can be used to explore ideas and extract information to make design decisions.&nbsp: Explore different modeling techniques that help transition schematic massing models into more defined building models.&nbsp: Analyze how architects can leverage general modeling tools, as well as parametric BIM tools, to create unique designs.&nbsp: Examine how digital models can be use to present ideas and generate technical documentation.&nbsp: EARN 1 AIA LU IN THE PROCESS&nbsp: Register