CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT... 17 INTRODUCTION... 17 Terminology... 18 MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS... 20 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL... 21 Command Menu Title And Pull-Down Menu... 22 Commands, Dialog Boxes, And Other Stuff... 22 Convention Example... 23 THE ENVIRONMENT... 23 Preferences... 23 Workspaces... 26 Unit Format... 26 Arrow Marker... 28 Line Thickness... 28 Text... 29 Attributes Palette... 29 Constraints Palette... 30 ENOUGH FOR NOW... 31 THE ENVIRONMENT IN SUMMATION... 31 CHAPTER 2 LET'S LEARN HOW TO DRAW... 33 DRAWING IN VECTORWORKS... 33 LET'S DRAW... 34 Drawing With The Mouse... 35 Using The Data Display Bar To Draw... 35 Objects By A Dialog Box... 40 Creating Objects By Duplicating... 43 LOOKING AT OBJECTS... 45 The Zoom Tools... 46 Viewing History Arrows... 46 Normal Scale Command... 46 ix
Fit To Window Command... 47 Fit To Objects Command... 47 Pan Tool... 47 QUITTING... 47 DRAWING IN SUMMATION... 48 CHAPTER 3 TEMPLATE WHAT S THAT?... 49 WHY TEMPLATES... 49 WHAT GOES INTO A TEMPLATE... 50 CREATING A STANDARDIZED FILE... 50 The Sheet Itself... 50 Creating A Title Block... 52 The Text Components... 57 Setting Up Layers... 62 Creating Templates... 64 TEMPLATES IN SUMMATION... 65 CHAPTER 4 CREATING OBJECTS... 67 OBJECT TYPES... 67 FIRST THE SHEET... 68 Setting Up The Environment... 68 Saving... 69 CREATING SIMPLE OBJECTS... 69 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNATORS IN 2D... 69 North Arrow... 70 Entry Arrow... 72 Elevation Arrows... 75 FURNITURE IN 3D... 79 End Table... 80 Dining Table... 82 File Cabinet... 86 Intelligent Objects Or Plug-In Objects... 89 CREATING OBJECTS IN SUMMATION... 92 x
CHAPTER 5 CREATING SYMBOLS... 93 SYMBOL TYPES... 93 CREATING SYMBOLS... 94 CREATING DOORS... 95 Quick Door... 95 Slab Door... 98 Another Slab Door... 111 CREATING WINDOWS... 113 Quick Window... 113 Creating A Double Hung Window... 113 SYMBOLS FROM EXISTING OBJECTS...119 File Cabinet... 119 OBJECTS IN THE OBJECT BROWSER... 121 Insertion Options... 122 PLACING SYMBOLS... 123 CREATING SYMBOLS IN SUMMATION... 124 CHAPTER 6 WALLS, FLOORS, ROOFS, AND STAIRS... 125 ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS... 125 CREATING ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS... 125 WALLS, FLOORS, ROOFS, AND STAIRS... 126 WALLS... 126 Walls Without Height... 126 Walls With Height... 127 FLOORS... 132 The Slab... 132 Flooring Patterns... 133 Stairs... 135 ROOFS... 140 The Roof... 140 WALLS AND STUFF IN SUMMATION... 146 xi
CHAPTER 7 THE 3D DRAWING... 147 LOOKING AT THE DRAWING... 147 ALIGNING THE LAYERS... 147 Layers On The Same Ground Plane... 148 Layers At Different Heights... 148 LINKED LAYERS... 149 Creating Linked Layers... 149 Viewing Linked Model Layers... 151 Symbols In Walls... 157 Creating Perspectives... 162 Creating A Custom Perspective... 164 SECTIONS... 167 Cutting A 3D Section... 167 THE 3D DRAWING IN SUMMATION... 169 CHAPTER 8 WORKING WITH MULTIPLE VIEWS... 171 WHY MULTIPLE VIEWS... 171 SETTING UP THE MULTI-VIEW SHEET... 171 Creating Multiple Views... 172 Using Multiple Layers... 178 Adding To The Building... 180 MULTIPLE VIEWS IN SUMMATION... 183 CHAPTER 9 MORE WALLS AND OTHER STUFF... 185 SOME MORE STUFF... 185 MORE CLASSES... 186 Creating Classes... 186 xii
MORE WALLS... 188 Adding A Gable End Wall... 189 MORE ROOFS... 193 Another Roof... 194 MORE SYMBOLS... 197 Finding Symbols With The Resources Palette.. 197 Finding Symbols With The Object Browser... 198 Working With Symbols... 203 ROOF STUFF... 206 Quick Chimney... 206 Un-quick Chimney... 207 Roof Object Skylight... 209 Roof Face Skylight... 214 SITE STUFF... 217 Property Lines... 217 Driveway... 219 OTHER STUFF IN SUMMATION... 221 CHAPTER 10 USING VECTORWORKS... 223 CREATING A NEW TEMPLATE... 223 SETTING UP THE ENVIRONMENT... 223 Sheet Size... 224 Measurement System... 226 Grids... 226 Origin Point... 226 Other Default Items... 227 ORGANIZING INFORMATION... 228 The Drawing Matrix... 228 Layers... 231 Colors For Organization... 234 Classes... 235 xiii
Visibility Settings... 238 Using The Sheets... 244 SETTING UP SHORTCUT SCRIPTS... 245 Attribute Scripts... 245 Dimension Script... 247 Text Scripts... 248 Misc Object Scripts... 249 Symbol Selection Scripts... 250 Wall Scripts... 251 ADDING DEFAULT INFORMATION... 258 Title Block And Borders... 258 Legends, Keys, Etc.... 260 Borders And Guides... 262 Symbols... 264 Schedules... 265 USING A TEMPLATE... 271 Creating The Template... 271 Deleting Items... 272 USING VECTORWORKS IN SUMMATION... 272 INDEX... 275 xiv