CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT...

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1 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT INTRODUCTION Terminology MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL Command Menu Title And Pull-Down Menu Commands, Dialog Boxes, And Other Stuff Convention Example THE ENVIRONMENT Preferences Workspaces Unit Format Arrow Marker Line Thickness Text Attributes Palette Constraints Palette ENOUGH FOR NOW THE ENVIRONMENT IN SUMMATION CHAPTER 2 LET'S LEARN HOW TO DRAW DRAWING IN VECTORWORKS LET'S DRAW Drawing With The Mouse Using The Data Display Bar To Draw Objects By A Dialog Box Creating Objects By Duplicating LOOKING AT OBJECTS The Zoom Tools Viewing History Arrows Normal Scale Command ix

2 Fit To Window Command Fit To Objects Command Pan Tool QUITTING DRAWING IN SUMMATION CHAPTER 3 TEMPLATE WHAT S THAT? WHY TEMPLATES WHAT GOES INTO A TEMPLATE CREATING A STANDARDIZED FILE The Sheet Itself Creating A Title Block The Text Components Setting Up Layers Creating Templates TEMPLATES IN SUMMATION CHAPTER 4 CREATING OBJECTS OBJECT TYPES FIRST THE SHEET Setting Up The Environment Saving CREATING SIMPLE OBJECTS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNATORS IN 2D North Arrow Entry Arrow Elevation Arrows FURNITURE IN 3D End Table Dining Table File Cabinet Intelligent Objects Or Plug-In Objects CREATING OBJECTS IN SUMMATION x

3 CHAPTER 5 CREATING SYMBOLS SYMBOL TYPES CREATING SYMBOLS CREATING DOORS Quick Door Slab Door Another Slab Door CREATING WINDOWS Quick Window Creating A Double Hung Window SYMBOLS FROM EXISTING OBJECTS File Cabinet OBJECTS IN THE OBJECT BROWSER Insertion Options PLACING SYMBOLS CREATING SYMBOLS IN SUMMATION CHAPTER 6 WALLS, FLOORS, ROOFS, AND STAIRS ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS CREATING ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS WALLS, FLOORS, ROOFS, AND STAIRS WALLS Walls Without Height Walls With Height FLOORS The Slab Flooring Patterns Stairs ROOFS The Roof WALLS AND STUFF IN SUMMATION xi

4 CHAPTER 7 THE 3D DRAWING LOOKING AT THE DRAWING ALIGNING THE LAYERS Layers On The Same Ground Plane Layers At Different Heights LINKED LAYERS Creating Linked Layers Viewing Linked Model Layers Symbols In Walls Creating Perspectives Creating A Custom Perspective SECTIONS Cutting A 3D Section THE 3D DRAWING IN SUMMATION CHAPTER 8 WORKING WITH MULTIPLE VIEWS WHY MULTIPLE VIEWS SETTING UP THE MULTI-VIEW SHEET Creating Multiple Views Using Multiple Layers Adding To The Building MULTIPLE VIEWS IN SUMMATION CHAPTER 9 MORE WALLS AND OTHER STUFF SOME MORE STUFF MORE CLASSES Creating Classes xii

5 MORE WALLS Adding A Gable End Wall MORE ROOFS Another Roof MORE SYMBOLS Finding Symbols With The Resources Palette Finding Symbols With The Object Browser Working With Symbols ROOF STUFF Quick Chimney Un-quick Chimney Roof Object Skylight Roof Face Skylight SITE STUFF Property Lines Driveway OTHER STUFF IN SUMMATION CHAPTER 10 USING VECTORWORKS CREATING A NEW TEMPLATE SETTING UP THE ENVIRONMENT Sheet Size Measurement System Grids Origin Point Other Default Items ORGANIZING INFORMATION The Drawing Matrix Layers Colors For Organization Classes xiii

6 Visibility Settings Using The Sheets SETTING UP SHORTCUT SCRIPTS Attribute Scripts Dimension Script Text Scripts Misc Object Scripts Symbol Selection Scripts Wall Scripts ADDING DEFAULT INFORMATION Title Block And Borders Legends, Keys, Etc Borders And Guides Symbols Schedules USING A TEMPLATE Creating The Template Deleting Items USING VECTORWORKS IN SUMMATION INDEX xiv