Vectorworks Training Course

Vectorworks Course Contents

Part1: Vectorworks Eeesntials

Introduction to Vectorworks

• Vectorworks Interface
• Palettes
• Filing
• Creating Objects
• Selecting and De-Selecting
• Undo/Redo
• Cursor Shapes
• Snaps
• Applying Graphic Attributes
• Dimensions
• Viewing
• Modeling and Drawing

Tools and Commands in Detail

• Creating, Modifying and Editing
• Text
• Dimensions
• Callout Tool

Organizing Information

• Design Layers and Sheet Layers
• Classes
• Design Layer and Class Options
• Assigning Objects to Layers and Classes
• Viewports and Sheet Layers

Drawing Buildings

• Setting up the Layer Heights
• Drawing Walls
• Creating a Roof
• Creating a Model
• Setting a Perspective
• Applying Graphics to Your Model
• Creating Static Sections and Elevations
• Creating Live Sections and Elevations

Part 2: Vectorworks Architect

File Setup

• Document Setup
• Text Styles
• Custom Dimension Standard

Property Line

• Layer (Model) Setup
• Stories

Creating the Site Model

• What is a Site Model?
• How Does It Work?
• What Can You Do with Site Modeling?
• Different Methods of Making a Site Model
• Using a Scanned Image
• Creating a Layer for the Scanned Image
• Creating the Site Model
• Height in Relation to Boundary

Quick Bulk and Location

• Creating the Lower Floor
• Creating the Upper Floor
• Linking Spaces to Site Plan

Concept Drawings

• Preparation
• Plan Viewport
• Perspective Viewports

Creating The Walls

• Creating Basement Walls
• Creating Other Wall Styles

Demolished Walls

• Proposed Walls
• Drawing Upper Walls
• Check the Walls on the Site Plan

Creating The Roof

• Existing Roof
• Proposed Roof
• Proposed Roof
• Fitting Walls to Roof

Developed Design Drawings

• Plan Viewports

Doors and Windows

• Standard Vectorworks Doors and Windows
• WinDoor Manager
• Terminology
• Geometry Settings
• Class and Color Settings
• Copy or Apply Attributes
• Updating the Concept Plan

Site Modifiers

• Roads
• Pads and Boundaries
• Stairs

Annotation

• Standard Title Blocks (Drawing Border)
• Drawing Labels
• Notes, Keynotes, and Callouts

Working Drawings

• Drawing - Site Plan
• Drawing - Foundation Plan
• Drawing - Framing Plan

Part 3: Residential Garden Design with Vectorworks Landmark,

Setting Up the Drawing Board

• Ensure You are Working in the Landmark Workspace
• Set Up Your Vectorworks Preferences
• Managing Other Vectorworks Settings
• Set the Default Font
• Set Up Your “Drawing Board” and Save Your Template

Adding Color and Pattern to Objects

• Applying Graphic Attributes to D Objects

Setting Up Your Resource Browser

• Getting to Grips with the Resource Browser
• Creating a Personal Resource Library

How to Import a Surveyor’s or Architect’s File

• Importing Surveyor’s or Architect’s Files
• What to do When the House Isn’t Square to the Page
• Importing Multiple Files and Repositioning on the Page
• Importing Images

Drawing Up Your Own Site Survey

• How to Draw the House
• Creating and Positioning Doors and Windows
• Locate Points by Triangulation
• Locate Points Using Offsets
• Drawing Up Curves Measured with the Offset Method
• Adding Level Data
• Set the Angle of the Sun
• Add Existing Trees
• Drawing up the Property Line Where You Have a Plat

Setting Out a Design

• Create a Setting Out Plan

Using Text and Dimensions to Annotate Your Plan

• Add Some Text
• Adding Dimensions to the Plan

Working with Hard Landscaping

• Set Up the Resources and File Organization
• Creating s and Walls
• Using the Hardscape Tool for Surfaces
• Create a Report to Show Your Hard Landscaping AreasContents iii
• Create Individual Symbols to Represent Hard Landscaping
• View it All in D!

Adding Lighting to a Garden Model

• Adding Some Lighting to the Plan

Creating Additional D Objects

• Using More D/D Hybrid Tools
• Adding Finishing Touches
• Creating D Solid Objects from D Shapes
• Creating a Planter with Tapered Sides Using Extrudes
• Creating a D Pergola
• Create a Sail Shade
• Planting Plans
• Adding Some Plants to Your Design
• Transplant an Existing Tree
• Placing Plant Objects With the Plant Tool
• Creating Your Own Plant Definitions
• Use Classes to Change the Appearance of Plants
• Creating a Plant From Your Own Geometry or Symbol
• Creating Mixed Planting Areas with the Landscape Area Tooliv Contents

The Vectorworks Plant Database

• Adding Local Data to Your Database
• Importing Your Own Plant Data from Another File
• Using the Pre-made Plant Schedules / Worksheets
• Defining Your Own Plant Schedule
• Alternative D Plants-from VBvisual

Creating Camera Views of the Garden

• Using Renderworks Cameras

Printing—Sheets, Viewports, and Sections

• Preparing a Drawing for Printing
• Creating a Hard Landscaping Plan
• Creating a Planting Plan Sheet
• Creating Printed/Electronic Drawing Files in a Variety of Formats

Projects in Vectorworks course

Project 1: Create a building architecture

Project 2: Create a garden design