Learning VectorWorks 9.0

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Summary of the Chapters

Chapter 1: Using the Drawing Tools

This chapter introduces the VectorWorks screen and palettes. It covers the use of basic tools such as line, rectangle, arc and oval tools along with object attributes such as fill and line attributes to produce simple designs such as:

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Chapter 2: Adding Text to Designs

This chapter demonstrates how to add text to designs, how to format the text and how to alter its colour and background to produce a design like:

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Chapter 3: Using Grids and Scales

This chapter demonstrates how to set a scale for a design, how to set a grid and snaps to that grid, rotate grids, grouping objects, copying objects, etc. to produce a design such as:

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Chapter 4: The Wall Tool and Floorplans

This chapter demonstrates how to use the wall tool to create floorplan designs. Other tools used include the Chamfer tools, converting polygons to walls and adding text to produce a floorplan similar to:

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Chapter 5: Using Library Symbols

This chapter demonstrates how to create and edit library symbols, and how to use VectorWorks' predrawn library symbols.

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Chapter 6: Dimensions

This chapter demonstrates how to set dimensions, including Linear Dimensions, Angular Dimensions, Radical Dimensions, Diameter Dimensions and Circle Centre to produce the following design:

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Chapter 7: Layers

This chapter introduces the concept of layers. It covers skills like adding layers, looking at objects in layers, changing the stacking order of layers, etc. to create designs such as:

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Chapter 8: Working With 3-D Objects

This chapter introduces the concept of extruding to create three dimensional shapes such as:

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Chapter 9: Creating Roofs

This chapter demonstrates how to add roofs to floorplans. The Create Roof from Walls command is used to create the roof, for example:

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Chapter 10: Edits and Attributes

This chapter looks at the various editing tools that VectorWorks offers, for example, the Mirror tools, Reshaping Objects, Duplicating Objects Along a Path, Trimming and Clipping Objects, Splitting Lines and Hatches to produce designs such as:

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Chapter 11: Creating Detailed Designs

This chapter demonstrates how to create a detailed design. This involves setting a scale, units and grid, creating walls, using layers, inserting library symbols, adding dimensions and labels, etc. to produce:

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