Jonathan Pickup Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 September 2011 Being Productive in Vectorworks - Get The Basics Right I often get asked to review client's work. Sometimes that are things they are not doing well (wall styles, slab styles), but most often, they are not doing the basics. I find it staggering when I look at drawings where they are drawing a rectangle as four lines. It takes eight clicks to draw the lines, but only two clicks to make a rectangle. I have seen examples where clients draw lines in a polygon shape to represent a wall. Drawing a wall, even for just 2D work, is quicker and easier that drawing several lines. These clients would enjoy a huge leap in productivity if they used simple techniques. I am not taking about using BIM techniques, I'm talking about just using basic drawing techniques like rectangles, polygons, walls and doors and windows, viewports, worksheets to count objects, and so on. These are the topics covered in my Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual The next step is to learn to be more productive with class overrides in viewports, using symbols instead of groups, Workgroup Referencing, and using symbols with records attached. These topics (and a hundred others) are covered in my Vector-workout Guide to Productivity -------------------------------------- Do you Need Sketchup if you Have Vectorworks? I have been chatting with a couple of friends of mine about modeling in Vectorworks, and whether or not you need Sketchup along with Vectorworks. read more... ----------------------------------- Should you use Vectorworks Fundamentals? I usually use Vectorworks Architect, Landmark or designer when I'm working or writing my manuals. But for the past couple of weeks, I've been using the very basic Vectorworks Fundamentals read more... ----------------------------------- Back to School If you teach Vectorworks, wouldn't it be nice to have access to Vectorworks training materials? Imaging going into a class and saying, "Please open your computers (tablet or smartphone) and download today's lesson, Quickstart to Vectorworks (or 3D modeling, or textures, etc)" We have this ability right now, though kindle books and PDF manuals. Kindle books are great, because each student manages their own account. PDF manuals would require licensing but you can talk to me about that. ------------------------------ Short Sharp Training I have had several people ask about getting access to the sessions and manuals that only my subscribers have access to. For the last five years I have been running monthly training sessions, and many of these sessions would be useful to repeat. I have a system to repeat these sessions on a monthly basis. The sessions are short, and packed full of information, and you get a PDF manual with the session, so you get all the notes for later. The sessions will be limited to a small number of users, so you will get your change to ask questions. read more... ---------------------- Vector-workout Subscription Sessions coming up in the next couple months: September: Site Modeling This a great topic for Landmark and Architect users. There have been several requests for Site modeling, and it has been a while since we had a site modeling session. This Session is useful for anyone that wants to create a site. You need Vectorworks Architect, Landmark or Designer for site modeling. We will look at what information you need, creating the site model, viewing the site model, and how to modify the site model. October: What's New in Vectorworks 2012 We don't know what is new yet, but by October Vectorworks 2012 should have been announced and might even be shipping. In this session, if Vectorworks 2012 has been announced, we will be looking at what is new, and how to get the best from the new abilities. The online booking page is now live. So, if you are a subscriber, book now... If you want to be a subscriber, join here... Quote Link to comment
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