Tina Posted July 18, 2000 Share Posted July 18, 2000 I would like to know what Vectorworks Architect offers if you do not use the VA Setup Assistant (which seems to be rather limiting). What features offered by VA are independent of this Setup? Is it useful if you choose not to use the VA Setup? Quote Link to comment
stuartgsmith Posted July 22, 2000 Share Posted July 22, 2000 I am currently trying to figure out how to do exactly what you describe. Architect is only really useful if you work the way it wants you to, i.e. the way the Setup Assistant sets it up. Essentially, we are using all of the class and layer names created by the plug-in objects, but assigning our own colors and line weights (mainly because we like to draw on a black background). I have also tried to cull out the classes and layers which are not applicable to the types of drawings we do to reduce 'clutter'. Another thing that is important for us to be able to do is to have more than one person working on a project at the same time. The VA Setup Assistant assumes you want everything (plans, elevations, sections, details, etc.) in one file. My idea is to have a plan file with all the 3d info and a layer link layer which is workgroup referenced to the elevation/section/interior elev files. Time will tell if this philosophy is actually more productive than our old 2d 'virtual drafting table' approach. If you like the idea of working in 3d and generating your drawings from the model, then Architect is pretty handy. If your doing mostly 2d drafting it doesn't offer that much over basic VectorWorks. Quote Link to comment
stuartgsmith Posted July 22, 2000 Share Posted July 22, 2000 There goes that idea. You can not Reference a Layer Link. Back to the drawing board. (pun intended) Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted November 15, 2000 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 15, 2000 True, you cannot WGR a layerlink. You should WGR the plan layers instead and make the layerlink in the target file instead of the master file. Quote Link to comment
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