As the world changes and businesses adapt, so do the office spaces that we use. More than ever, we hear about companies trying to increase efficiency of their existing office spaces and explore new ways to get employees back to work with hybrid workspaces.
Join Kesoon Chance, Industry Specialist from Vectorworks UK to discover how to build an efficient model through the “fit-out” process and ways in which you can showcase these changes to your clients.
To receive 1 AIA LU, 1 CORE AIBC LU, 1 CORE AAA LEARNING HOUR , and 1 AANB, ALBNL, NSAA CORE LEARNING CREDIT, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Video
Buildings/Interiors
54m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Discover effective techniques to build a 3D model of existing building conditions to enable a data-driven design process.
Observe how data-driven 3D models can help you make better-informed design decisions through analysis of the spaces and objects within the project.
Explore how to manage the different project phases within the software: Category A fit out and Category B fit-out.
Review the benefits of an integrated workflow to better represent your design vision to clients with visualization techniques.
During COVID times, going out to movies and theaters has been put on hold. Just like home offices are a new trend, architects, designers, and contractors have seen a spike in new commissions based on renovating and transforming dead spaces into family entertainment rooms. In a new webinar series for residential interiors, join Wes Gardner, senior product specialist at Vectorworks, Inc., to learn how you can get these projects started in record time by adopting a new approach to producing drawings and takeoffs. If you are already familiar with digital drafting and have started integrating 3D modeling into your daily workflow, then this is the webinar for you.
To receive 1 AIA LU, 1 CORE AIBC LU, 1 CORE AAA LEARNING HOUR , and 1 AANB, ALBNL, NSAA CORE LEARNING CREDIT, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Video
Interiors
1 Hour
Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learn the benefits of BIM (Building Information Modeling) for Residential Interior Projects.
Discuss techniques to take advantage of your 3D model for communicating design intent.
Examine how custom elements such as moldings, furniture and entourage are created to provide better documentation and visualization.
Explore how to optimize your model to develop material take offs.
Join Luka Stefanovic and Luis Ruiz ( Senior Architecture Industry Specialist) as they cover multiple new Core Technologies updates in Vectorworks 2024.
Video
All Industries
1h 25m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Excel Referencing: Excel files can be imported as worksheets into Vectorworks.
DWG Import/Export Optimization: File structure is now simplified during
import, and graphic overrides of layer and class settings will happen
during import, saving you time.
3D Dragger Visual Improvements: Improvements to the 3D Dragger that give
you more freedom when transforming your models. Additional modes like
snap-free, planar, and auxiliary rotation options will give you better
control of your modeling process.
Shaded Rendering Shadows and Camera Effects: Create higher levels of realism earlier in your design process with improvements to Shaded Rendering. Unlimited shadow casting and UI improvements for direct access to lighting and background options.
DEVELOPING WORKFLOWS: DESIGNING A NEW RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects (SWA) is an award-winning design practice that specialises in low-energy buildings and sustainable communities. SWA believe in a people-centered approach that acknowledges, rectifies, and minimises the social, environmental, and economic impacts of their work, through the life cycle of every project.
SWA’s presentation will give an overview of their practice’s Vectorworks strategy and how this has progressed over time. They have developed office resources, templates, and dedicated manuals to optimise their workflow to ensure continuity and standardisation across projects.
SWA will talk us through one of their recent projects, The Elms, a new residential neighbourhood in Nottingham, comprising 60 homes on a steeply sloping, landscaped site. They will present how this project was set up in Vectorworks to support the design development of housing typologies (plan layouts/space planning), streets, and public realm (sketch visuals and massing), culminating in a coordinated proposal for this new neighbourhood (planning drawings and schedules.)
The presentation will conclude with key lessons learnt from the project and ways in which SWA are looking to continue improving and developing its technological workflows.
Join Pete Champion and Kirsty Vance of I-AM for a journey through the ever-evolving landscape of hospitality design, uncovering the hidden dynamics of modern hotel experiences through research, insights, and real-world application.
To begin, your hosts will introduce their ‘LIFE-LED™’ philosophy, a distinctive method based on the intersection of research, design, and human experience that allows them to create immersive and purposeful spaces that cater to the evolving needs of today's guests, building brand value. Next, dive into a discussion about how the emphasis on hotel experiences is increasingly pivoting from the traditional focus on rooms and stays to the ‘peripherals’ that surround them. To illustrate the implications it holds for future design, you’ll walk through a compelling case study centred on Center Hotels, showcasing how I-AM's principles were brought to life in a tangible project, and see how Vectorworks played a crucial role in realising the vision of Center Hotels, highlighting the software's integration within the design process.
Discover how Allan Joyce Architects successfully transitioned from traditional 2D workflows to the dynamic world of 3D and BIM, all while minimising disruption and seamlessly handling projects of various sizes and sectors. Join Mike Harrison as he takes you on a journey through the practice's transformation, showcasing compelling case studies that highlight their innovative use of Vectorworks Cloud to process drone imagery and create stunning 3D context models. Additionally, be captivated by a fascinating project that initially relied on 2D drawings but later underwent a transformation with the creation of a detailed 3D survey model, shared effortlessly among the team of consultants through the power of IFC.
Innovation and creating smarter, more efficient workflows for companies is not a new way of thinking. Landscape architects are now mainly desk-based, and their output is largely created digitally, creating a need for software to communicate our ideas effectively and efficiently. As a result, software packages are becoming increasingly complex, so having the ability to innovate on the software used each day and having the people to support and facilitate this is more important than ever.
Landscape architects need to be at the forefront of new research and ever-increasing data availability, software advances, and new policies that affect our work. Equally, the software needs to be proactive and dynamic in responding to this.
This presentation will highlight some of the key innovations and collaborations to date and those ambitions for the future development of the software, demonstrating the ever-increasing importance of partnership between practitioner and software.
As a valued member of the Vectorworks community we would like to welcome you to this exploration file, provided by Vectorworks. We provide an overview of the project's objectives below, but to jump straight into exploring the project, we suggest running
through the Saved Views and/or the Sheet Layers. The House Residential sample file consists of 3 files:
The first two, named House in Half an Hour, provide a simple and straightforward way to get to grips with modelling using parametric tools such as Walls, Slabs, Roofs, Windows and Doors. The first file is a template providing a blank slate with guides
and instructions for quick start modelling practice. The second file shows how the model should look like once finished. The third file is a developed stage model that provides an insight into some of the more advanced workflows in Vectorworks - particularly
model data processing. Materials have been used extensively, to provide both graphic attributes to objects and also as means to obtain quantity take offs, which in turn populate our Embodied Carbon Calculator and Bills of Quantities live worksheets.
Energos energy analysis project settings and results can also be explored using this model.
Project organisation in these files includes a generic Storey setup and Design Layers linked with Storey Levels. A Class structure is based on the UK's Uniclass2015. Resources such as Wall Styles which work with Storey Levels can be found in the Resource
Manager. This has been setup so you can immediately start modelling using those resources and project settings.
As a valued member of the Vectorworks community, we would like to welcome you to this exploration file. This project documents several phases involved in the ground floor extension of an existing building and subsequent commercial fit out of its interior.
The existing architecture is based on The Cube building, another sample file available from Vectorworks, designed within the context of a real world location in central London.
The process for organizing Existing, Demolition and Proposed/New
elements is included in the file and both Category A and Category B interior design / fit out phases are documented. A suggested approach for including several design options in a single file is explored, as is the use of rendered visuals, technical
drawings and embedded data, all generated from the associative model geometry. Saved Views and Sheets showcase the processes used to create a data driven model, using features such as, record formats, IFC data, data visualizations, and reports.
We suggest running through the Saved Views and Sheet Layers (in the Navigation Palette). You might then explore further via the individual Design Layers. Feel free to adapt any of the resources you find in the Resource Manager.
The CUBE provides a BIM workflow demonstration, showing the process of modelling a generic, 4 storey office building using Vectorworks Architect. The focus rests firmly on the BIM process and explores the progress of the model through digital work stages and Level of Information Need, all the while referencing back to the UK BIM Framework and ISO19650 relevant standards.
Parametric tools, intelligent objects, data handling and creating associated views from the BIM model are demonstrated as best practice use, to streamline and optimise the design and modelling process while ensuring the maximum quality and consistency of delivery information.
In this video, we will introduce the different ways of finding help in Vectorworks. We will explore the tool tips, Vectorworks Help, shortcuts, and “Whats This?” command.
Video
All Industries
4m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Explore the Vectorworks Help
Find other ways of finding tips and help directly in the application