Al Fitch Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hello. I'm a Technical Director/Lighting Designer in theatre. I am currently trying to input the stage info for the theatre I work at in VectorWorks. What is the most effective way to go from tool to tool? After I draw A line or shape and want to use another tool can I hit return or tab or something to exit or "drop the tool? I have a wall that I want to place a door in. For some reason the door is much larger on the drawing then I think it should be. When the door info box comes up I put in the door size as 44" X 68". The width of the door appears much bigger in plan view. Is there a basic step I might be omitting? My third and final question for this post is how to use the snap-to feature to have a line connect to the nearest line in the drawing as I intend it to do? When joining a line to form a corner I want the lines to be connected. From what I recall from my class in AutoCad that was possible to do. I figure VW should have similar features. I appreciate your help. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 when you are finished with one tool, select the next tool. If you hit the ?x? key VectorWorks will select the 2D selection tool. Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Al, Jonathon has been appropriately polite in refraining from spruiking his own training products, but you would do well to consider looking at them or other training material on offer at NNA. His material is well regarded, and you can download samples at his site. Referring to the supplied manual at least will answer many of your questions. N. Quote Link to comment
Al Fitch Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 Thanks for the replies. FYI I have looked at the supplied CD with Fundamentals of VW to aquaint myself with the environment. Since I have a project to work on I figured jumping in would be better then reading a whole manual. I will look into training materials soon. Al Quote Link to comment
Amy L Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Ditto to all above, and be sure to check out the VW demos online. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 check out: http://web.mac.com/jpickup1/iWeb/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html Quote Link to comment
Al Fitch Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 I haven't made much progress although I enjoy Jonathan's podcasts on subjects that I am no where ready to tackle! I want to avoid asking a lot of questions so I am hoping to find a really good book on VW related to theatre (with lots of pictures as I am a visual learner). I'm on a Macintosh Powerbook and I know that the Window's version has different menus. Any thoughts on books related to theatre work? Al Fitch Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 VectorWorks Spotlight Manual: http://www.nemetschek.net/training/guides.php VectorWorks Spotlight Training CDs: http://www.nemetschek.net/training/trainingcd.php Online Video Library: http://www.nemetschek.net/training/library.php?movie=tour Quote Link to comment
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