Vectorworks University

Deliver better buildings faster and for less money with BIM. The biggest advantage of BIM capabilities lies with the owner. Our industry needs to continue to develop our delivery methods through the use of BIM, which gives our industry the ability to serve our clients better by establishing budgets much earlier in the process, reducing risk to the owner and virtually eliminating the “VE Stage” of a project. In this webinar, learn how to use BIM to accelerate schedules by involving sub-consultants earlier into our process and to reduce the cost through the elimination of the constant “round up” that takes place through the current system.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Understand how it is possible to reduce risk through earlier estimation using BIM.
2. Learn how to best use the entire construction team to deliver projects in less time.
3. See how BIM can assist in reducing the cost of a building.
4. Discover techniques that may drastically alter how we deliver projects in the future.

Do more with your BIM model using data visualization. More and more parameters are needed in a BIM process, so maintaining the quality of the data can be difficult. Learn how to integrate tools like the data manager and data visualization for your quality assurance workflow to help minimize data discrepancies with your 3D models. Join Luc Lefebvre and Sarah Barrett to learn how advanced BIM tools can enhance your workflow, reduce errors, and increase quality output for your 3D models.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Explore various sources of data and determine how to use them with your model for optimal results.
2. Learn what data visualization is and how it can be used for data verification.
3. Discover the benefit of data mapping to improve your open BIM workflow with IFC data.
4. Identify best practices to maintain consistency with your models.

3D modeling tools offer a wide range of possibilities, so choosing the correct software for your workflow can be challenging. Join Luis Ruiz and Wes Gardner to see various methods using 3D modeling to create millwork and casework objects in Vectorworks. Learn how to improve your Interiors workflow to create custom building elements such as bulkheads, furniture, and ceiling treatments.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Identify best practices of modeling for designing custom millwork elements to get the best output for visualization and documentation.
2. Explore workflows for designing and documenting custom furniture and exhibit design.
3. Discover when to use different types of 3D geometry to achieve the best outcome for your designs.
4. Determine when to apply color, texture, and lighting for best visualization effects.

Sharing your BIM with your consultants has many advantages including model checking and coordination. In the end, architects and engineers still have contractual obligations to produce a legal set of documents pertaining to a project being designed. In this training, you will learn how you can use various files from your consultants and put them to use with your architectural model to provide a fully integrated and coordinated set of drawings.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Review the workflow and file exchange processes using IFC models and other useful file formats.
2. Review how to setup your BIM model for importing IFC models.
3. Discover the benefits of using other discipline BIM to create more accurate drawing sets.
4. Learn how to use the various model information to coordinate and create more accurate drawings.

Understanding site conditions and their relationship to the built environment is critical to successful architectural design.Having the ability to accurately represent, coordinate, and integrate site conditions into your workflow will increase opportunities for design and overall project success. Attendees will examine various tools for successful planning and modeling of sites, from the planning phase all the way through to construction documentation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Define the benefits of implementing a GIS at the initial stages of your workflow.
2. Assess how real-time co-integration of site and building design workflows impact the final project.
3. Determine how site modeling best practices can be applied to your firm’s specific workflows.
4. Explore case studies demonstrating successful site planning and modeling.

Even though interior architecture is often perceived as an after-thought, many architectural firms are now focused on adaptive re-use projects and developing inspiring interiors portfolios. Follow along with Eastlake Studio's journey to transform their approach to design by adopting new 3D workflows to take their creative process in new directions. In this webinar, Luis M. Ruiz, Int. Assoc. AIA, and his guest presenter Nicole Tabata, AIA, director architect at Eastlake Studio, will explore how to transition from a traditional 2D workflow to a fully integrated data-driven 3D modeling process.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Discover how a 3D modeling approach helps solve common design problems.
2. Understand how to transition from a traditional 2D workflow to new customizable workflow using new tools and technology.
3. Learn techniques to take full advantage of your 3D model for communicating design intent effectively.
4. Discuss lessons learned of implementing 3D workflows for your Interiors projects.

Climate change and sustainable design are at the forefront of today's conversation. When doing sustainable and energy-efficient design, integrated design tools can help you be more efficient and make quicker decisions during design phases. In this webinar, attendees will learn how to assess the energy performance of a building very early on in an integrated design process — this gives architects the power to make informed design decisions, as well as the ability to back those decisions up.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Discover the benefits of integrating energy performance evaluation into architectural design workflows
2. Explore how a building's form and shape affect its energy performance
3. Learn how various shading percentages and different types of shading can guide your design decision based on expected building performance
4. Evaluate energy performance changes based on building elements, boundary conditions, and U-values

Architects need to produce drawings that are both graphically accurate and full of information, which means that everyday documentation processes need to be adjusted to meet these requirements while saving time and money. In this presentation, you’ll learn how rendering tools and feature sets can be used to enhance the graphic quality of your designs, letting you not only impress your client, but also more accurately communicate your design intent with contractors and project stakeholders. Attendees will explore these rendering best practices through sample workflows that showcase cutting-edge technologies in the architecture industry.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Define basic rendering techniques for creating typical architectural views (i.e. plans, sections, elevations).
2. Evaluate the uses of surface hatches as material textures applied to external building surfaces with hidden line renders in everyday workflows.
3. Examine the applications of foreground renders versus background renders in viewports.
4. Explore the additional features available in rendering software (i.e. gradients, transparencies, Image Effects, etc.).

The process of integrating exterior and interior features often begins with a desire to both physically enhance the occupant experience inside the built environment while also addressing energy efficiency and sustainability goals. Integrating a building into the landscape allows architects to design for the environment and lowers a building’s ecological footprint. Architects and landscape architects, building owners, occupants, and building visitors can all benefit from creative, aesthetic, and sustainable designs that merge seamlessly with the environment of the site location.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Define how architecture and landscape architecture practices can be merged.
2. List the energy efficiency and sustainability benefits of melding site and architectural design.
3. Explain the importance of early planning and coordination with all members of the design and build teams for successful integration of interior and exterior design and features.
4. Describe the benefits to the designer, builder, and occupant of merging indoor and outdoor architectural design strategies and features.

There is an increasing need for structure, display, enclosure, or interactive space that can be temporary, flexible, and adaptable for different people, uses, or times. This temporary architecture, sometimes referred to as "pop-up architecture," allows for great creativity and potential time and cost savings during the construction process. This webinar will look at some ways pop-up architecture has been developed, used, and admired around the world.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Discover the history and motivation behind creating temporary architecture for habitable and non-habitable spaces.
2. Explore the design challenges of innovative approaches to material usage, experimentation, and progressive design solutions.
3. Recognize the positive environmental implications of temporary architecture, including disassembling, reuse, and recycling.
4. Identify the ways pop-up architecture concepts are being integrated into permanent and semi-permanent structures in code-compliant manners.

Join Luis M. Ruiz, Int. Assoc. AIA and explore how to get the most out of Vectorworks Architect for the retail interior design industry. This webinar will focus on inspiring interior designers to make use of all the obvious, and hidden, benefits of Vectorworks. You will learn how to move from working in 2D to 3D, employ best-practice techniques and workflows, make use of renderings tips, create the documentation you need, apply data to objects in your design, report finish take-offs, and take advantage of our Vectorworks Cloud Services features.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Learn how to organize a file.
2. Understand how some 3D tools are more effective than others.
3. Comprehend how to implement rendering into their workflow.
4. Learn multiple ways of extracting documentation from a 3D project.

Building Information Modeling continues to become the industry standard, with many projects now requiring the delivery of BIM files. However, considering the implications of a BIM workflow only after starting said projects can lead to serious issues, which is why this presentation will expand upon the planning processes needed to adopt BIM in your firm. Attendees will also examine what a successful BIM transition looks like in practice through example case studies, exploring both why and how firms are already growing their businesses with BIM.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Define the benefits of implementing a BIM workflow.
2. Assess how to create a set achievable goals and create actionable strategies regarding BIM adoption.
3. Determine how BIM best practices can be applied to your firm’s specific workflows.
4. Explore case studies demonstrating successful BIM transitions.