Architect Tutorial Manual for VectorWorks 2008

* Ideal For Intermediate To Advanced VectorWorks Users
* Set Up Your Own Office System
* Learn Effective 3D Modeling

The VectorWorks Architect Tutorial is designed to build on your beginners knowledge, so itıs recommended that you buy the Essential VectorWorks Manual if you are new to VectorWorks or if you are not familiar with all the basic features off VectorWorks.

Part of this Tutorial is to help you build your office system. We will cover all the concepts that you need to develop and office system; layers and classes, wall styles, how to create a library of wall styles and how to build your office library. This Tutorial also covers most of the architect functions such as Site Models, Roofs, space planning, annotation tools and Notes.

The manual is structured in an unusual way, where we learn about a concept by working through a project. Each exercise relates to a VectorWorks concept, and each exercise builds your project.

We start the beginning of the Tutorial with a blank drawing. We learn about drawing sites and site modeling. This creates a 3D model of our building site so that we can place our building directly on the site, and it allows us to create 3D height to boundary recession planes, the 3D constraints to the building project.

Then we draw the start of the building project. This is where we learn about walls, doors and windows and how to use these to build your office system, by integrating theses concepts with your class system.

Finally we create drawings of our project. As we do this we learn about the annotation tools in VectorWorks and how we can control these as part of our office system. We will cover customizing VectorWorks and changing the way that VectorWorks works to suit your office.

Included in this Turorial is an extensive Appendix that covers: Layer and Class Standards Drawing Complex Site plans Importing DXF Files More Site Modelling Dealing with Walls Dealing With Roofs Creating an Office Library Vertical Transport Annotation Customising VectorWorks

Table Of Contents

Introduction Step 1 Layer and Model setup
Document Setup
Layer Setup (Model Setup)
Step 2 Property Line
Step 3 Create the Site Model
Create the Site Model
Height in Relation to Boundary
Step 4 Quick Bulk and Location
Create the Lower Floor
Create the Upper Floor
Link Spaces to Site Plan
Step 5 Create The Walls
Create Basement Walls
Create Upper Floor Walls
Step 6 Creating The Roof
Existing Roof
Step 7 - Concept Drawings
Creating Room Labels
Step 12 Working Drawings
Drawing 01 - Site Plan
Drawing 02 - Foundation Plan
Drawing 03 - Framing Plan
Other drawings
Appendix 1 Layer and Class Standards
Appendix 2 - Drawing Complex Site Plans
Appendix 3 - Importing DXF Files
Appendix 4 - More Site Modelling
Appendix 5 - Dealing With Walls
Appendix 6 - Dealing With Roofs
Appendix 7 - Creating An Office Library
Appendix 8 - Vertical Transport (stairs and things)
Appendix 9 - Annotation
Appendix 10 - Customising VectorWorks
Appendix 11 - Columns, Floors & Pillars