1. Vectorworks Support
2. Working with Vectorworks

Working with Vectorworks

• Interface

  • Why has the interface of my French Vectorworks changed?
  • Manage palettes
  • Vectorworks interface
  • Getting started with commands and tools
  • Tools and commands for your Vectorworks version
  • Quick search and Smart options Display

• Organizing the drawing

  • Organizing my document
  • Getting started with layers
  • Getting started with classes
  • Searching through all layers and classes

• Libraries & Resources

  • Getting started with the Resource Manager
  • New libraries in Vectorworks
  • Search in libraries

• Exchanging & Collaborating

  • File types that can be imported
  • File types that can be exported
  • Importing PDFs or images
  • Importing DXF/DWG
  • Working with colleagues in the same document
  • Using a shared library

• Tips & Tricks

  • Getting started with the Vectorworks Help manual
  • Splitting your screen into multiple panes
  • Shortcut keys for tools and commands
  • Navigating in a drawing
  • Snapping objects
  • Increase Vectorworks speed
  • Did you know?
  • Set Auto Save correctly
  • Set Quick Preferences
  • Working quickly with tool modes
  • Graphics card settings on Windows
  • Graphics card settings on MacOS

• Basic drawing objects

  • Drawing a 2D object
  • Drawing irregular shapes
  • Adding or clipping surfaces
  • Fast volume drawing
  • Creating a shell from solid objects
  • Adding or subtracting solids
  • Chamfering edges
  • Different object types

• BIM - Architecture

  • Getting started with walls
  • Joining walls and wall components
  • Creating floor slabs
  • Stories and story levels
  • Creating sloping roof faces
  • Inserting windows or doors in the outer wall
  • Inserting a window in a sloping roof
  • Inserting interior joinery
  • Inserting stairs
  • Creating a window with splayed edges in Vectorworks 2023
  • Window over several stories

• Garden & Landscape design

  • Creating a planting design
  • Geolocating a drawing
  • Creating a site model (DTM)

• interiorcad

  • Creating a custom part 3D
  • Assigning materials to parts
  • Creating a Cabinet 3D symbol library

• Rendering

  • Inserting third party textures such as mtextur
  • I have placed light sources but I don't see any light
  • Importing Vandersanden textures

• Presentation

  • Getting started with viewports
  • Printing the design
  • Converting the design to a digital building permit (Belgium)
  • Using Title Block Border

• Documentation