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VectorWorks expert consulting and Training

The instructor's ability to demonstrate real-life applications and incorporate other case studies into the curriculum makes for an interactive hands-on class you can't afford to miss.

Dalia Berlin, Principal, Berlin Designs, Inc.

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  • VectorWorks 2D Essentials

    Duration: 2 Days

    Frequency: Monthly

    Tuition: $795 per person

    Prerequisite: Drafting experience, familiarity with Macintosh or Windows operating system.

    Class Availability: There are no available scheduled classes at this time. You may sign-up to join the waitlist or request a class if you can put together a group of at least 5 people.

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    Course Description

    This course covers VectorWorks Fundamental Series 2D, but some tools or features specific to other the industry series packages are discussed due to their relevance to real world use.

    Learning Objectives

    This course will give you a working knowledge of the essential VectorWorks tools and techniques required to produce 2D drawings. This is a good primer for those seeking to move to advanced 2D and 3D aspects of the software.

    Target Audience

    This class is geared to anyone just starting out in CAD, AutoCAD switchers or self-taught users in any design discipline.

    Course Outline

    Interface Basics

    1. Essential preferences
    2. Drawing area essentials
    3. Menus and View bar
    4. Palettes and Toolset
    5. Workspaces and Object Info
    6. Getting help

    Viewing Objects

    1. Zoom and pan tools
    2. Quick view tools
    3. Interactive mouse wheel
    4. View history

    Document Setup

    1. Page setup
    2. Units
    3. Layer scale
    4. Printable area

    Selecting Objects

    1. Cursor types
    2. Object selection
    3. Marque selection
    4. Selection modes
    5. Interactive scaling

    Basic Object Creation

    1. Line tool and Locus
    2. Arc, Oval and Circle
    3. Rectangle and Regular polygon
    4. Polygon and Polyline tools
    5. Correcting mistakes

    Object Editing Essentials

    1. Object stacking order
    2. Object info revisited
    3. Send, move and align
    4. Scaling objects
    5. Duplicating objects

    Creating Complex Geometry

    1. Add, Subtract and Intersect
    2. Compose and De-compose
    3. Chamfer and Fillet tool
    4. Groups and locking objects

    More Editing

    1. 2D Reshape tool
    2. Rotate tool and Mirror tool
    3. Split and Clip tool
    4. Connect and Combine
    5. Offset and Move by points

    Precision Drawing

    1. Snap constraints
    2. Direct object creation
    3. Coordinate system
    4. Data bar and datum
    5. Screen hints, grids and guides

    Attribute Palette

    1. Object fills
    2. Associative hatches vs patterns
    3. Pen settings
    4. Object opacity
    5. Color picker
    6. Line weight and Dash styles
    7. Markers and Arrow heads

    Resource Browser (part I)

    1. Gradient resources
    2. Static hatches
    3. Image resources

    Text and Dimension Tools

    1. Callout tool
    2. Text along path
    3. Text tool
    4. Dimensioning tools

    Drawing Organization

    1. Design Layers
    2. Classes
    3. Saved Views
    4. Viewports and Sheet Layers
    5. Navigation palette
    6. Basic referencing
    7. Annotation tools

    Resource Browser (Part II)

    1. Object Libraries
    2. 2D Symbols
    3. Record Formats and Reports (Intro)
    4. Worksheets

    Sharing and Collaboration

    1. DWG Import/Export
    2. Working with scanned images
    3. PDF import/Export
    4. Template Files (Intro)
    5. Printing

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  • Vectorworks 2D Essentials - Session 1: Drawing Basics

    Duration: 1 day

    Frequency: Varies

    Tuition: $395

    Prerequisite: Participants must be competent in using Macintosh or Windows computers and familiar with basic hand drawn drafting techniques.

    Next Available Class:
    Dec 6, 2008 (New York, NY)

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    Course Description

    This course covers VectorWorks Fundamental Series 2D, but some tools or features specific to other the industry series packages are discussed due to their relevance to real world use.
    For one day, you will concentrate on the Vectorworks interface and 2D object creation core skills.

    Learning Objectives

    This course will give you a working knowledge of the essential Vectorworks tools and techniques required to produce 2D drawings. It is strongly recommended that students schedule Vectorworks 2D Essentials - Session 2 as a follow up, when enrolling in this class.

    Target Audience

    This class is geared to anyone just starting out in CAD, AutoCAD switchers or self-taught users in any design discipline.

    Course Outline

    Interface Basics

    1. Essential preferences
    2. Drawing area essentials
    3. Menus and View bar
    4. Palettes and Toolset
    5. Workspaces and Object Info
    6. Getting help

    Viewing Objects

    1. Zoom and pan tools
    2. Quick view tools
    3. Interactive mouse wheel
    4. View history

    Document Setup

    1. Page setup
    2. Units
    3. Layer scale
    4. Printable area

    Selecting Objects

    1. Cursor types
    2. Object selection
    3. Marque selection
    4. Selection modes
    5. Interactive scaling

    Basic Object Creation

    1. Line tool and Locus
    2. Arc, Oval and Circle
    3. Rectangle and Regular polygon
    4. Polygon and Polyline tools
    5. Correcting mistakes

    Object Editing Essentials

    1. Object stacking order
    2. Object info revisited
    3. Send, move and align
    4. Scaling objects
    5. Duplicating objects

    Creating Complex Geometry

    1. Add, Subtract and Intersect
    2. Compose and De-compose
    3. Chamfer and Fillet tool
    4. Groups and locking objects

    More Editing

    1. 2D Reshape tool
    2. Rotate tool and Mirror tool
    3. Split and Clip tool
    4. Connect and Combine
    5. Offset and Move by points

    Precision Drawing

    1. Snap constraints
    2. Direct object creation
    3. Coordinate system
    4. Data bar and datum
    5. Screen hints, grids and guides

    Text and Dimension Tools

    1. Callout tool
    2. Text along path
    3. Text tool
    4. Dimensioning tools

    Attribute Palette

    1. Object fills
    2. Associative hatches vs patterns
    3. Pen settings
    4. Object opacity
    5. Color picker
    6. Line weight and Dash styles
    7. Markers and Arrow heads

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  • Vectorworks 2D Essentials - Session 2: Organization & Resources

    Duration: 1 day

    Frequency: Varies

    Tuition: $395

    Prerequisite: Vectorworks 2D Essentials Session 1 or previous Vectorworks 2D experience.

    Next Available Class:
    Dec 13, 2008 (New York, NY)

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    Course Description

    This course is a follow up to Vectorworks 2D Essentials Session 1. The class concentrates on project organization tools and re-usable resource creation. Essential DWG file import/export techniques are also covered.

    Learning Objectives

    At the end of this class, you will be able to organize your projects efficiently, create time saving templates and re-usable resources such as symbols, gradients and image resources.

    Target Audience

    This class is good for anyone who took Vectorworks 2D Essentials Session 1 or has experience creating basic Vectorworks 2D geometry.

    Course Outline

    Attribute Resources

    1. Gradient resources
    2. Static hatches
    3. Image resources

    Resource Browser

    1. Object Libraries
    2. 2D Symbols
    3. Record Formats and Reports (Intro)
    4. Worksheets

    Drawing Organization

    1. Design Layers
    2. Classes
    3. Saved Views
    4. Viewports and Sheet Layers
    5. Navigation palette
    6. Basic referencing
    7. Annotation tools

    Sharing and Collaboration

    1. DWG Import/Export
    2. Working with scanned images
    3. PDF import/Export
    4. Template Files (Intro)
    5. Printing

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  • VectorWorks For Architecture & Interiors

    Duration: 2 Days

    Frequency: Monthly

    Tuition: $795

    Prerequisite: VectorWorks 2D Essentials or mastery of the material covered in the class outline especially Layer/Classes. Knowledge of Architectural/Interior design conceptual and production drafting techniques.

    Class Availability: There are no available scheduled classes at this time. You may sign-up to join the waitlist or request a class if you can put together a group of at least 5 people.

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    Course Description

    This course covers VectorWorks Architect Industry Series 2D and 3D (hybrid) tools and is taught in context of its use for both conceptual design and construction documentation.

    Learning Objectives

    This course will give you a working knowledge of the specialized VectorWorks Architect tools in context of real design practice needs. The emphasis of this class is on increasing architectural drawing productivity. 

    Target Audience

    This class is geared to Architect and Interior design professionals comfortable with the 2D aspects of VectorWorks or looking to move beyond 2D CAD into the BIM workflow.

    Course Outline

    Architect Workspace

    1. Architect toolset
    2. View menu additions
    3. File menu addition
    4. AEC menu tools
    5. Navigation palette

    Architect Document Setup

    1. Document settings
    2. Model setup
    3. Custom Naming standard
    4. Layer/Class setup

    Workgroup Referencing

    1. Single vs multiple file projects
    2. Working with AutoCAD files
    3. External layer import
    4. Design layer viewports
    5. Referencing PDF documents

    Walls and Wall Styles

    1. Creating walls
    2. Joining wall and cavities
    3. Creating wall styles
    4. Editing walls in 2D
    5. Walls from 2D geometry
    6. Special walls classes

    Working with 2D/3D Hybrid objects

    1. Viewing 3D models
    2. Creating basic 3D geomerty
    3. Editing walls in 3D
    4. 3D and hybrid symbols
    5. Creating perspective views
    6. Stack layers views

    Door and Windows

    1. Configuring doors /windows
    2. Door/Window and schedules
    3. Door/windows in walls
    4. Special door/window classes
    5. Complex door/window options

    Roof Creation Tools

    1. Creating Roofs
    2. Fitting walls to roofs
    3. Roof faces
    4. Roof types
    5. Creating custom roofs
    6. Roof accessories

    Other AEC Tools

    1. Column/Pillars
    2. Floors
    3. Space object
    4. Stair tool
    5. Furniture and fixture

    Elevation and Sections

    1. 2D sections
    2. Section viewports
    3. Internal elevations
    4. External elevations
    5. Convert to lines/polygons

    Reports and Schedules

    1. Door/Window schedules
    2. Room finish schedule and legend
    3. Editing worksheets
    4. Architect record formats
    5. Linking text to records
    6. Generating drawing lists

    Annotating Drawings

    1. Viewport annotation
    2. Architect markers tools
    3. General notes, keynotes and databases
    4. Customizing drawing border tool
    5. Detailing and MEP tools

    Sharing and Presenting Projects

    1. Viewport layer/class overides
    2. Batch printing
    3. Issue manager
    4. PDF export
    5. Layer/Class mapping
    6. DXF/DWG file export

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  • VectorWorks 3D Essentials

    Duration: 2 Days

    Frequency: TBD

    Tuition: $795

    Prerequisite: Students should be comfortable using a Mac/PC computer. VectorWorks 2D Essentials or Familiarity with material covered in this class.

    Class Availability: There are no available scheduled classes at this time. You may sign-up to join the waitlist or request a class if you can put together a group of at least 5 people.

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    Course Description

    An Introduction to VectorWorks 3D and Rendering. The class covers a lot of features that are exclusve to the RenderWorks add-on package. The class is a combination of demonstrations and hands-on exercises.

    Learning Objectives

    At the end of this course each students should be a create simple models and renderings for small projects.

    Target Audience

    Design professionals that needs to present ideas in 3-D. This is especially applicable to Architecture, Interior design, product and lighting design. 

    Course Outline

    Viewing in 3D Space

    1. Standard views
    2. Projection views
    3. 3D Selection tools
    4. Perspective views

    Visualization Tools

    1. Flyover tool
    2. Walkthru tools
    3. Translate tool
    4. Rotate View

    Creating 3D from 2D Geometry

    1. Extrude
    2. Multiple Extrude
    3. Tapered Extrude
    4. Sweeps
    5. Extrude Along Path

    3D Primitives

    1. 3D Polygon
    2. Extruded Rectangle
    3. Extruded Polygon
    4. Cylinder, Sphere and Cone

    Creating Composite Solids

    1. Solid Addition
    2. Solid Subtraction
    3. Intersection Solids
    4. Creating Sectioned Solids

    Editing Solid Models

    1. 3D Locus
    2. Working Planes
    3. 2D and 3D Move
    4. Rotate 3D View
    5. 3D Reshape Tool
    6. 3D Duplicate Array
    7. 3D Alignment

    AEC 3D Objects

    1. Walls and Wall Styles
    2. Floors
    3. Pillars
    4. Roofs
    5. Section Viewports

    Symbols in 3D

    1. 3D Symbols
    2. Hybrid Symbols
    3. Plug-in Objects
    4. Special Classes

    Adding Detail to 3D Models

    1. Shell Solids
    2. Filleting Solids
    3. Chamfer Solids
    4. Solid creation history

    Advance 3D Geometry

    1. Nurbs Curve
    2. Nurbs Circle
    3. Nurbs Arc

    Extracting Geometry from 3D Models

    1. Protrusion CutOut
    2. Extracting Surfaces
    3. Projecting Surface

    Rendering Modes

    1. Wireframe and OpenGL Modes
    2. Sketch rendering Mode
    3. RenderWorks Modes
    4. Artistic RenderWorks
    5. Radiosity Mode
    6. Hidden Line and Shaded Modes

    Texturing Objects

    1. Object Info palette
    2. Texturing and Classes
    3. Shader textures
    4. Texture libraries
    5. Applying textures

    Other Visualization Tools

    1. Attribute Mapping tool
    2. Render Bitmap tool
    3. Human Figure

    Lighting Types

    1. Default Lighting
    2. Directional Lighting
    3. Point Lights
    4. Spotlights
    5. Custom Lights
    6. Area and Line Lights

    Lighting Strategies

    1. Exterior Lighting
    2. Interior Lighting
    3. Object Lighting
    4. Radiosity Lighting

    Scene Creation

    1. RenderWorks Camera
    2. RenderWorks Backgrounds
    3. Image Props

    Sharing Renderings

    1. Viewports and Rendering
    2. Sheet Layer Bitmap resolution
    3. Batch Rendering
    4. Batch Printing
    5. PDF and Image file export
    6. Other export options

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