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Jonathan Pickup

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  1. i thought my move showed that you can move parametric objects, they have to be totally enclosed in the marque...
  2. check out: http://www.ozcad.com.au they have a product called Worksheet on a drawing: http://www.ozcad.com.au/ao/wsod-features.html
  3. this discussion seems to be repeated in another section, I have added a movie lint to show the 2D reshape tool in action... http://www.archoncad.co.nz/images/2dReshape.mov
  4. you can move objects using the 2D Reshpe tool as long as they are totally contained in the marque... watch this move to see it work... http://www.archoncad.co.nz/images/2dReshape.mov
  5. i have been using interiorCAD for a few months now and I can tell you that if you want to do Kitchen cabinets there is nothing close. It makes cabinets as detailed as you need for a cutting list and quote. It is so quick to create a cutting list and a quote that you will save time. Of course if you want to write your own Plug-in object that does this, then put aside a couple of years to develop it and get it right....
  6. each distributor has the ability to locaize VectorWorks for their country. Here we have a localized version for Australia and New Zealand. But if you want to get these tools, you can still buy them from OZCAD. For a sample of the solar animation try this: http://www.archoncad.co.nz/images/SolarAnimation.mov
  7. they are easy enough to make. you can duplicate one of these commands to make others
  8. yes, it's included with all my tools in the architect tutorial manual, along wth a layer and class standard, a simple library...
  9. Diana, get the Windoor manager. It is worth it.
  10. what about the memory on your computer? Layer settings... is the bitmap on the same layer?
  11. watch out for a class named Door this will stop the door object working.
  12. if you?re lucky enough to have the Australian and NZ version of VectorWorks then you can use the OzCAD version of the sunlight. It answers most of your issues: http://www.ozcad.com.au/movies/VAAHeliodon.mov as for making the whole year, I haven?t any easy answers...
  13. on the Resource Browser click where the blue button is: choose Add New Favorite Files... choose the new file that you want to link to. This will add the new file to your Resource Browser so that you can access the information in your favorite from any file that you are working on. This topic on how to add files, use resourses, create resources and so on is too big to answer on this forum, that why I noted that it is covered in detail in my manual, with movies to show you how to use the Resource Browser.
  14. from the menu bar choose File > Preferences > Document Preferences... from the Display tab make sure that your bitmap resolution is set to the highest possible.
  15. and if you really want the right mouse click to be faster, don?t have submenus in it. I have taken my sub menus out. Also consider adding stuff the document context menu (when you right mouse cilck away from everything) that you use a lot but is not specific to an object, like preference menus...
  16. if you need to keep the plan view of the object after it?s extrided, then use the floor command instead of extruding it.
  17. I have added a lot of stuff to my right mouse click, it means that you don?t have to go looking for commands that you use a lot. If you have my Architect Tutorial manaul, there is a section at the back that has all my tips on customising your workspace.
  18. my export shows export to 10, 9, 8 try changing to the standard workspace
  19. the standard workspace on my VectorWorks has the folloing keybd shortcuts: Previous View (Shift+cmd+,) Next View (shift+cmd+.)
  20. you can set a keybd shortcut to the align layer views command. At the back of the Architect Tutorial manual there is a section on customising your workspace and writing simple scripts...
  21. The Resource Browser is a palette that allows you to copy resources (symbols, hatches, gradients, worksheets, textures, etc) from one file to another. There are two ways to do this: first one both files and then use the Resource Browser to point to the other file. Second, as Jim says, create a file and store in somewhere and then use the Resource Browser to access it. For a really detailed explanation of how to use the Resource Browser you could try my essential manual. It is designed to help you learn VectorWorks from nothing.... https://vesta.safe-order.net/archoncad/manuals/manuals.php
  22. if you do this Brendan, remember that there is a VectorWorks preference to control whether you see other objects while in groups, turn that off.
  23. You?re welcome. If you have any of my manuals you should have learnt that making symbols is and efficient way to work. I have some other tips about symbols, and making window schedules....
  24. many architects work crazy hours and some make a lot of money. The Architects that make money in architecture do so because they run their practices as a business, not because they are the lucky ones. To which you can say, let?s keep overheads down, or you could say we need to invest properly in the tools that make us the money. I know some Architects that run old versions of VectorWorks on old machines. Are these Architects reducing overheads? or are they refusing to invest in the tools that they use for most of the day to earn their money? Using old machines and old software is not working efficiently. I agree that CAD requires an investment. It requires a continuous investment in computers, upgrades and training. Remember that products that you specify change, and get updated, and laws and building codes change and get updated. You have to invest time to learn these... But it comes back to giving your practice the tools it need to complete the tasks that you want. VectorWorks is powerful and with the localised Australian and New Zealand version it has some great capabilities, you can do things that we could never dream of in earlier versions... and these make you more efficient, they improve the quality of your work and the quality of your presentation and some of the new concepts make creating drawings much faster (more efficiently).
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