Session Two : 2D Drawing Basics

2D Drawing Primitives

http://dmae03.blogspot.com/2009/01/session-2_26.html

Command and Data Entry

http://dmae03.blogspot.com/2009/01/selecting-objects.html

Selecting objects

http://dmae03.blogspot.com/2009/01/command-and-data-entry.html

Transformation Operations

http://dmae03.blogspot.com/2009/01/transformation-operations.html

Exercise 01: 2D Floorplan

Session One : Getting Started

Vectorworks Screen Interface

http://dmae03.blogspot.com/2009/01/vectorworks-screen-interface.html

Setting up a New Document (Document Settings)

http://dmae03.blogspot.com/2009/01/setting-up-new-document.html

Moving Around a Drawing

http://dmae03.blogspot.com/2009/01/moving-around-drawing.html

Saving Templates

If you want to use VectorWorks efficiently, setting up a template to work from is important. You can use a template file to start a project and maintain your standard settings.

If you set up a file with your standard settings (Scale, Units, Paper size and Grid settings) this means that you can save time by using opening it and using it again and again.

A template file is like a pad of stationery; it's a file you can use to get a job started quickly. The template file can include your standard layers and classes; it can include common symbols (such as doors, windows, bathroom fittings), title blocks (even with the drawing names filled in); and it can also include settings for parametric objects (like window and door objects).

In VectorWorks, you can make up template files for different types of projects so that, when you start a new project, you can choose the file you want from a list of templates.

To save a Template File go to File > Save as Template

Save the Template in your H Drive and give it a name that you will remember (A3 1 50).

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to your new Blog!

This is your free resource that can be accessed from any computer in college and at home. Although you have the Blackboard for official pieces of information and announcements this site is slightly less formal but I hope no less helpful.

In advance of each session I will let you know of any required resources that you may need to carry out the exercises so it will be a good idea to keep posted regularly for updates. These will usually go up on a Sunday or Monday each week.

For the first term I will be teaching you on both the Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Although both sessions will focus on Vectorworks as the software of choice they will have different aims and objectives.

Tuesday: These sessions will teach the basics of 2D Drawing and 3D Modelling through the learning of Vectorworks tools and processes. They will consist of individual exercises designed to instill professional, efficient working habits.

Wednesday: These sessions will be based on the design project that you will be undertaking at that time and will focus more on aiding design development and looking at ways of presenting your work and communicating your ideas. With this in mind it is important that you bring along any accompanying work (sketchbooks etc.)

As we progress through the year I will give you the opportunity to post your work up onto the site so that we can discuss it as a group and get feedback from your fellow students. So that you get the most out of the software and the course as a whole this is vital. Although I can give you a lot of information, from past experience it is by helping each other that you will learn the most.