beave Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Was wondering what techniques are out there for drawing 2d elevations... Looking for anything to speed up this process! Thanks Quote Link to comment
Ariel Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 One technique is avoid doing them. Why not create a 3d model instead? Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 LOL. My thoughts exactly ;-) Quote Link to comment
beave Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Hahaha! Advice taken, thanks Quote Link to comment
beave Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 I'm on 08... never modeled before with vectorworks... how much fun i'm i going to have? Quote Link to comment
J Lucas Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I started modeling with VW 2008 as the basis for all 2D. I have not looked back. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 If you draw your building using walls, doors, windows and roofs, vectorworks will do a lot of the 3D modeling for you. When you set up the layer heights correctly, walls will have the correct height. The doors and windows have dialog boxes where you type in the height and width, and set the arrangment for sashes. Roofs can cause some challanges, but the are really flexible. If you haven't looked at the Architect Tutorial Manual, then you should. It works through a project in 3D, creating the elevations from the 3D model. If you have vecotrworks 2008, there is a manual on my web site. If you have a newer version of vectorworks, go to this site: http://www.nemetschek.net/training/guides.php Quote Link to comment
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