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VECTORWORKS CORE CONCEPTS

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16h
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VECTORWORKS CORE CONCEPTS

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Learn how to utilize tools, menu commands, and drawing organization found in Vectorworks software. Core Concepts starts from the ground up, teaching you all of the necessary basics needed to become a Vectorworks pro. Make use of 2D and 3D modeling techniques from the start and learn the entry points and correct workflows to help master the Vectorworks platform.

Video
All Industries
16 Hours
Beginner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Explore Hybrid Workflow
  2. Learn the Vectorworks interface and how to navigate
  3. Learn how to setup a document
  4. Learn the core clicking behaviors and drawing techniques
  5. Explore resources and resource management
  6. Understand how to organize a document using Classes and Design Layers
  7. Explore Presentation Workflows

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VECTORWORKS INTERMEDIATE CONCEPTS

Intermediate
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VECTORWORKS INTERMEDIATE CONCEPTS

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Take your Vectorworks knowledge to the next level! The Intermediate Concepts course is the best option to help you become proficient with information modeling and integrating 2D drafting skills with 3D modeling.

Video
All Industries
16 Hours
Intermediate

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Understand DWG import and referencing workflows.
  2. Utilize parametric tools and workflows.
  3. Create a small residential model, using building tools, such as the Wall, Slab, Door Window, and Stair tools.
  4. Explore 3D modeling tools and commands.
  5. Understand key rendering techniques.
  6. Explore texturing, lighting, and render modes.

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HOW TO APPLY 3D MODELING FOR BEGINNERS

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1h 45m
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HOW TO APPLY 3D MODELING FOR BEGINNERS

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When it’s time to transform an idea into a digital 3D form, it all comes down to understanding the tools you use. There are multiple ways to achieve the same shape, so best practices with 3D modeling tools vary based on your design intent, skill level, and the complexity of your project. Join Rob Hollis, RA, as he explores the various toolsets and features that enable custom modeling for a variety of project types. This beginner session will focus on general navigation, solid modeling, and basic editing behaviors in Vectorworks.

Video
All Industries
1 Hour 45 Minutes
Beginner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify the different tool and feature sets available for effective 3D modeling.
  2. Discover effective workflows for executing concepts in 3D, both individually and in terms of a larger project.
  3. Observe the basic solids modeling operations and capabilities.
  4. Demonstrate learned techniques in a hands-on training session.

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BOOST YOUR PRODUCTIVITY WITH SCRIPTS

Advanced
1h
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BOOST YOUR PRODUCTIVITY WITH SCRIPTS

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Scripts are like little tools that can automate multiple steps, streamline tasks that would take hundreds of clicks, or create objects you need repeatedly. These particular scripts are useful to at least one designer, and many of them were written by someone who has no business writing scripts. These scripts aren’t works of art. They aren’t fancy. Some aren’t even spelled correctly. But they are time-saving tools for hardworking CAD users with drawings to finish before the coffee runs out. In this session, you'll receive a toolkit full of little scripts. Not every tool is for every job, but there is probably at least one that you will find useful. You’re ready for this —you’re already doing it the hard way.

Video
All Industries
1 Hour
Advanced

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Discover how to manage a library of scripts.
  2. Learn how to execute scripts written in Vectorscript or Python.
  3. Understand the basics of how scripts are structured and how to read them.
  4. Learn how to make minor changes to scripts to fit them to your needs.

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, and Designer

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ENHANCING COLLABORATIVE BIM OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION

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2h
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ENHANCING COLLABORATIVE BIM OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION

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Now more than ever, developing a successful design project involves the contribution, combination, and culmination of multiple people working on various aspects, often in different locations. In this session, Jonathan Reeves, who has spent the last 20 years at the forefront of digital architecture and related fields, explores how projects can benefit from enhanced collaborative BIM workflows with clients, consultants, and during construction. By building on his acclaimed book, Innovative Vectorworks BIM, with examples of projects and case studies by award-winning UK architects, Jonathan will illustrate how the modern designer can harness the fast-paced digital age using Vectorworks.

Video
All Industries
2 Hours
Advanced

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Understand the benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM) within the architectural industry during the design, conception, communication, and construction phases.
  2. Learn how collaborative Vectorworks BIM can be effectively applied to benefit a range of project types through real-world examples and case studies by award-winning UK architects.
  3. Recognize opportunities and understand how to get started implementing BIM workflows within a business.
  4. Move beyond 2D CAD and get excited about the possibilities of current and future collaborative Vectorworks BIM workflows.

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TEAMWORK FRAMEWORK

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TEAMWORK FRAMEWORK

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Utilizing a file structure that can be implemented at initial concept and adapt as the architectural process evolves can help streamline the design workflow. Flansburgh Architects, in conjunction with the Vectorworks Architectural Support team, has gone through the steps to create a framework tailored to a variety of project types and phases of design and documentation. Attendees will obtain an understanding of the key elements that were involved in creating the file structure of templates and resources and gain insight into how this process can be adapted to meet their individual needs.

Video
All Industries
1 Hour
Beginner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Discover how to structure an office-standard Resource Manager that allows users to easily access typical project resources.
  2. Explore how customized Workspaces can simplify tool sets and menus, allowing for adaption by individual users to suit their needs.
  3. Observe how to streamline the file transfer protocol with both the design team and consulting engineers who may use other software packages.

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STRIPPED - VECTORWORKS AT ITS MOST MINIMALISTIC

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STRIPPED - VECTORWORKS AT ITS MOST MINIMALISTIC

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In complex design processes with a growing number of rules and regulations, the architects at GASA, one of Norway's leading firms for sustainable architecture, believe it’s important to stay focused on the core of their profession: designing inspiring and well-functioning environments for everyday life. So, they ask themselves: how can we reach the level of complexity it takes to design and develop a large, public school as a BIM project in the most simple and efficient way, but still meet all the strict requirements? How can we make do with fewer lines, layers, and classes? How can we get less overall clutter to achieve efficient files with simpler IFC objects? And what tools do you really need to get the job done? Find out how the team at GASA creates simple and robust concepts with as few elements as possible.

Video
All Industries
1 Hour
Beginner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Demonstrate how to refine a workspace so you can focus on the design process.
  2. Shed light on which tools are necessary and which you can hide.
  3. Learn how to simplify templates to avoid gigantic, overloaded files.
  4. Examine one or two large ongoing school projects, and learn how the project team streamlines the workflow in different phases to save time.

Fundamentals, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, and Designer

Buildings

CLIMATE AS A DESIGN FORMGIVER

Intermediate
1h
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CLIMATE AS A DESIGN FORMGIVER

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Climate plays an important role in the performance of all buildings, especially small or thin ones. When designers have access to solid, quantitative data, new opportunities for designing with climate become available. This session will explore the benefits of using BIM for designing architectural projects whose response to climate is expressed in their forms. If you work for a sustainably-oriented practice, this session will enable you to utilize BIM software to further your success.

Video
Buildings
1 Hour
Intermediate

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Understand the dominant influence of climate on the design of skin-load dominated buildings.
  2. Learn about the quantitative design opportunities BIM offers for sustainability and the value of applying them to the design process.
  3. Identify the applicability of a BIM workflow to skin-loaded dominated projects.
  4. Discuss specific cases demonstrating BIM’s applicability to the optimized design of high-performance buildings.

Architect and Designer
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Buildings

LOW ENERGY DESIGN USING ENERGOS

Intermediate
45m
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LOW ENERGY DESIGN USING ENERGOS

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Current forecasts say that we may only have 11 years to clean up our act, avoid a potential climate catastrophe, and prevent "irreversible damage" to the earth (UN). Architects can do their part in this clean-up by designing and constructing buildings that use less energy with Vectorworks by implementing the Energos suite of tools in their workflow. This presentation by Registered Architect, Certified Passivhaus Designer, and long-time Vectorworks user, Mark Stephens, gives an overview of low-energy key elements such as space, heat, and specific primary energy demand, heat load, and airtightness. Stephens will highlight the techniques for using Energos in low-energy design and show how Energos can integrate with other low-energy assessment methods.

To receive 1 AANB, ALBNL, NSAA CORE LEARNING CREDIT, please make sure to complete all sections of the course.

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Video
Buildings
45m
Intermediate

Learning Objectives

  1. Discover how architects can aspire to contribute positively to mitigating climate breakdown.
  2. Understand the key elements of low-energy design such as space, heat, and specific primary energy demand, heat load, and airtightness.
  3. Become proficient in using Energos tools in your workflow to create low-energy design architecture.
  4. See how Energos can connect with low-energy assessment methods such as Passivhaus, LEED and BREEAM.
  5. Learn how you can take Vectorworks further in Passivhaus using bim2PH software.

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Buildings

PRESENTATION AND LAYOUT

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1h
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PRESENTATION AND LAYOUT

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In this one-hour lecture with Vectorworks Architect Product Specialist Sarah Barrett, attendees will learn how to take advantage of Vectorworks’ many 2D graphic and presentation capabilities. With all of these different tools, there is no need to use another presentation software to create eye-catching presentations. Some features that will be discussed include data visualization, class overrides, gradients and opacities, alpha channel transparency, and more. Sarah will also discuss how to create key plans, exploded axons, color masks, layered viewports, and diagrams directly in your model.

Video
Buildings
1 Hour
Beginner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Learn how to take advantage of Vectorworks’ many 2D graphic and presentation capabilities.
  2. Explore how to create eye-catching presentations with Vectorworks software.
  3. Discuss the use of data visualization and class overrides to improve the quality of your presentations.
  4. Learn how to create key plans, exploded axons, and other visualizations.

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, and Designer

Buildings

SPACE - THE FINAL FRONTIER

Advanced
2h
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SPACE - THE FINAL FRONTIER

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The space object can do a lot more than just create a room label. In this hands-on training, Vectorworks Architect Product Specialist Luc Lefebvre will demonstrate all the cool things you can do with this object.

Video
Buildings
1 Hour 50 Minutes
Advanced

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Review the benefits of using the space object.
  2. Understand the type of data that can be assigned in a space object and for what use.
  3. Learn how to create programming diagrams and space planning tools.
  4. Learn how the space object is used in a design and BIM workflow from LOD 100 to LOD 300.

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, and Designer

Entertainment

SCENIC AND SET DESIGN WITH VECTORWORKS

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40m
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SCENIC AND SET DESIGN WITH VECTORWORKS

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Explore how to use a tool such as Vectorworks in the scenic/set design studio. While focusing on the design process, we'll also discuss methods, procedures, and workflows useful for accomplishing design problems. Discover a variety of scenic styles, massing and line study looks, and rendering and documentation techniques for fully utilizing the software to design scenery. Finally, examine presentation features in Vectorworks and powered by Vectorworks Cloud Services.

Video
Entertainment
40 Minutes
Beginner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Learn Vectorworks' techniques for venue acquisition, collecting information, and brainstorming.
  2. Explore tools and techniques to model sophisticated shapes in 3D, model organic masses, and represent materials and lighting effects.
  3. Learn how to create design and construction elevations from the model; Learn about drafting without duplicating the model with Viewports and Sheet Layers.
  4. Discover the potential of presentation features in Vectorworks including Panoramas, Webview, and Vectorworks presentations, powered by Vectorworks Cloud Services.

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