The new Offset Edge tool lets you offset edges and edge loops from planar and non-planar faces. Offset edges will also include the automatic Push/Pull mode and the support for non-planar faces of 3D objects, giving you more flexibility in your creative process and reducing the steps it takes to model unique 3D solid objects.
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Getting help with Vectorworks is easier than ever with the new Home Screen — you’ll find a single source for training, learning, product messaging, and growth opportunities. It’s designed to help new designers get started and provide resources to more seasoned designers looking to improve their skills or learn something new.
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The Shaded Render Mode supports more light objects, glow textures, environment lighting, and reflections meaning you'll get a better understanding of your project while designing and ensure better quality rendering output.
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Gone are the days of tediously defining the parameters of these building objects. With direct modeling and editing for Doors and Windows, you can now create and edit doors and windows by simply drawing a rectangle on the face of the wall in 3D or a line spanning the opening in 2D. And you can easily edit doors and windows using the same process as the familiar reshape tool.
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Save time and reduce errors with the new Graphic Legends tool. You'll find a smart tool that completely removes the manual process of creating graphic legends. It automatically coordinates with the resources you've used, giving you an easy editing and customization process to ensure the accuracy of legends and drawing keys for documentation.
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With improvements to Wall tools, you'll gain efficiency with a more intuitive workflow and more accurate graphic output. These improvements include combining the Wall and Round Wall tools, more consistent ways to create and edit walls, and better control for texture mapping and inserting objects into walls.
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Spend less time on grading plans and terrain modeling and have more time to design. Improvements to Vectorworks’ site grading capabilities with new Site Modifiers modes like "Aligned," "Pathway Path," and "Boundary Path" will allow site designers to create more complex grading projects with new ways to account for proper drainage, vehicular/pedestrian use, and better control via contour drawing and editing.
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Breathe new (plant) life into your projects with the integration of Laubwerk Plant objects. You’ll have access to a new, extensive library of 3D plant geometry with a wide range of detail levels, seasonal changes, and growth representations —ready for you to integrate into your Plant styles or on their own. Add better 3D plant representation for documentation and collaboration while maintaining manageable file sizes.
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Experience better, faster, and more accurate BIM collaboration using BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) files. The BCF Manager is now a web palette that can be kept open so you can seamlessly and efficiently manage model changes with cloud-based collaboration tools like BIMCollab, BIMSync, and more.
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Experience faster cable configuration, planning, and documentation with the latest upgrades. New views in the Power Planning palette will allow for easier preparation, formatting, and documentation of cable runs. And you can view more data with specialized filter options and modes that make cable management more user-friendly. To top it all off, this information is easily exportable to a worksheet so you can document your power distribution patching and overall power requirements.
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With Vectorworks Landmark 2023, you can easily specify and model hedgerows — mixed or single species. Seamlessly apply hedges to the site model surface in both 2D and 3D views, quantify by linear unit, and simultaneously illustrate them at mature spread and height.
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See better change management of BIM models and faster drawing creation with improvements to elevation benchmarks. In the latest version of Vectorworks, elevation benchmarks will now connect to Story Levels and are automatically created in Section and Elevation viewports. The new elevation benchmarks are symbol-based, making graphics more customizable to fit your needs.
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Welcome to the Freeform Modelling 2022 companion course!
Here you can rewatch the recordings of the sessions and have go at the modelling exercises at your own pace.
In this final part of the ABTT Vectorworks course, we will be looking at modelling complex 3d shapes, creating and applying textures. Finally exporting multiple sheets from the same project simultaneously.
Welcome to the ABTT Vectorworks Training course part 5 (Intermediate Level). Having mastered some advanced drafting techniques and simple 3d modelling techniques we now proceed to working with existing 3d geometry and manipulating the model's graphical appearance by altering existing render styles and creating new ones. We will also be looking at alternatives to section and top plan viewports by creating rendered viewports of your 3d model with the renderworks camera tool. We will also be looking at adding detail to lighting devices and displaying data fields through the use of label legends. Lastly, we will investigate the whole host of features with Vectorworks Cloud Services and how it's there to help you.