User manual NEMETSCHEK VECTORWORKS ARCHITECT 2011 GETTING STARTED GUIDE

[. . . ] 2011 Getting Started Guide The contents of this printed guide and accompanying exercise CD were originally created for Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. Vectorworks and MiniCAD are registered trademarks of Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. Renderworks is a trademark of Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Section 1: Program Installation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing the Vectorworks Architect Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Exercise 1: Launching the Program and Opening the Starting File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Exercise 2: Adjusting Preference Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] In the Navigation palette, select the Saved Views tab, and then right-click the blank area below the list and select New. In the Save View dialog box, change the View Name and Layer Options, and confirm(oradjust)othersettingsasshown at top right, and then click OK to save the view. Notice that the new view is now displayed in the list with the 3D view icon , as shown at bottom right. In the Navigation palette, activate the Floor Plan-1 saved view, and then press Ctrl + 6 to adjust the display, as shown. Tip: You can optionally create a design layer section viewport (with an offset section line) to examine the house in a 3D cutaway view as the design evolves. For step by step instructions from the Architect Getting Started website, see www. nemetschek. net/training/2011/architect2011-getting-started-guide. php. 21. vwxfile. IntheNavigationpalette, double-click the 01 Floor Plan-1 saved view to activate it, and then double-click the Check EX06 saved view to activate it. Use the Zoom and Pan tools (in the Basic tools palette) and the Previous View tool (in the View bar) as necessary to examine the drawing. Your drawing objects are displayed in red, and the masterfile'sdrawingobjectsaredisplayedin their default colors. You should see your red drawing objects overlaid directly on top of themasterfile'sdrawingobjects. Aftercheckingyourfile'saccuracy, closetheactivefile(yourHouse. vwxfile should now be active). If your drawing is inaccurate, closeyourfileandcontinuewith the next exercise by starting with the suppliedfile. Vectorworks Architect 2011 Getting Started Guide | 47 Exercise 7: Creating the Second-Floor Plan In this exercise, you use a variety of 2D and 3D tools and techniques to complete the second-floorplan. Thecompletedexerciseisshowninthefollowingfigure: Creating Floor Slabs from the Second-Floor Exterior Walls You start by creating two auto-bounded floorslabobjectsfromthesecondfloor's balustrade and exterior walls using the Mechanical placeholder (see p. If you did not complete Excercise 6--or youareunsureofyourfile'saccuracy-- open the GS-VWAx06. vwxfile. In the Scripts palette, double-click the Toggle Dimension Class Visibility script to hide all dimensions. Press the X key twice to clear the current selection, and then press Ctrl + 6 to adjust the display. 3. In the Tool bar, make sure that Picked Walls Mode is enabled, and then select Mechanical from the Slab Style drop-down list. Click the three balustrade walls and the bordering exterior wall, and then click Press to Complete Operation to create the deck slab, as shown at left. With the Slab tool still active, repeat the process with the same slab style tocreatethesecondfloorslabfromthefour exterior second floorwalls, as shown at right. 48 | Vectorworks Architect 2011 Getting Started Guide 4. Hold down the Shift key, and then select theothersecondfloorslabobject(both should now be selected). In the Object Info palette, change the Slab objects' Class property to Structural-Slab and their Layer property to Mod-Slab-2 to correct the display order, as shown. Notes: 1) You notch the second-floor slab to accom|modate the stairwell later in Exercise 9 (p. 2) You could combine the deck floor slab with the second-floor slab, but they are created separately in this tutorial because of their structural and functional differences. 3) Although the deck surface would normally have a slightly lower elevation than the floor surface for drainage purposes, they are both the same elevation (both slabs are the same thickness) in this tutorial for display purposes. 4) To save time in this tutorial, you ignore the overlapping area between both slab objects. [. . . ] Use the Use the Zoom and Pan tools (in the Basic tools palette), and the Previous View tool (in the View bar) as necessary to examine the drawing. Your drawing objects are displayed in blue, and themasterfile'sdrawingobjectsare displayed in their default colors. You should see your blue drawing objects overlaid directlyontopofthemasterfile'sdrawing objects. Aftercheckingyourfile'saccuracy, closetheactivefile(yourHouse. vwxfile should now be active). Vectorworks Architect 2011 Getting Started Guide | 83 Exercise 12: Printing Construction Drawings In this exercise, you save a batch of export PDF sets, and then export one of the saved sets toaPDFfile. Saving Batch Export PDF Sets You start the exercise by saving a batch exportPDFsetoffloorplansfromvarious sheetlayersinmultipledrawingfiles. [. . . ]