User manual NEMETSCHEK VECTORWORKS FUNDAMENTALS 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Section 1: Program Installation and Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing the Vectorworks Fundamentals Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Exercise 1: Launching the Program and Opening the Starting File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Exercise 2: Adjusting Preference Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Section 2: Drawing Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Exercise 3: Examining Key Drawing Structure Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Section 3: View and Visibility Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Exercise 4: Working with View Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Section 4: 2D Drawing Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Exercise 5: Drawing 2D Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Exercise 6: Drawing Multi-Segment 2D Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Section 5: Manipulating and Modifying Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Exercise 7: Resizing and Reshaping Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Exercise 8: Moving and Copying Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Exercise 9: Modifying Objects with Boolean Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Exercise 10: Creating Fillets and Chamfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Exercise 11: Modifying Object Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Exercise 12: Working with Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Section 6: Annotation Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Exercise 13: Creating Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Exercise 14: Creating Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Section 7: Drawing Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Exercise 15: Working with Sheet Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Exercise 16: Working with Viewports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Exercise 17: Printing the Drawing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Introduction Welcome to Vectorworks Fundamentals! [. . . ] Press the X key twice to clear the current selection, and then press Ctrl+6 to display all drawing objects. Use the Ctrl+drag method to copy the keypad button (oval) to the top of the remote control, approximately where shown at left. In the Object Info palette, change the Width (. 200 [5. 08mm]), Height (. 400 [10. 16mm]), and Rotation (-60. 00º) values, as shown, and then press Enter. Press the X key twice to clear the selection, and examine the completed power button, as shown at right. Tip: In addition to resizing the oval, you can also rotate it (and many other 2D objects) dynamically with the Selection Tool by pressing the Alt key and dragging a corner reshape handle. Next, you copy the center function button to create a round button for the keypad. Use the Ctrl+drag method to copy the center function button (circle) to the center of the keypad oval, as shown at left. Click the circle's radius reshape handle, and then snap it to the oval's top center point to resize the circle's diameter to match the oval's height (. 300 [7. 62mm]), as shown Note: You copy and reposition the round keypad button later in this exercise. 42 | Vectorworks Fundamentals 2011 Getting Started Guide Rotating Objects 90 Degrees Next, you rotate the copied arrow objects 90 degrees to orient them correctly for the "left" directional button. Press the X key twice to clear the selection, and then hold down the Shift key and select the arrow wedge and rectangle in the left directional button, as shown at left. Leave the arrow objects selected for the next step. Hold down the Shift key and then press the Left arrow key repeatedly to nudge the arrow into position, approximately where shown above. Press the X key twice to clear the selection, and then hold down the Shift key and select both arrow objects for the "up" directional button. Repeat the centering and nudging process (with the Shift and Up arrow keys) to position the objects approximately where shown. Moving and Nudging Objects Next, you move the arrowheads by the center point of the rectangular base to center them with the directional buttons. Start dragging both arrow objects by the bottom center point of the rectangle (as shown at left), and then release the mouse button on the right midpoint of the "left" directional button, as shown at right. Next, you move the polyline to index its position relative to the top edge of the directional button's arc, and then you use the Move command to raise the polyline and function button (circle) into position. Vectorworks Fundamentals 2011 Getting Started Guide | 43 9. Drag the curved polyline by its midpoint to the midpoint of the "up" directional button's arc, as shown. 10. Hold down the Shift key, and then select the function button (circle) to add it to the current selection (2 objects should now be selected). In the Move Selection dialog box, change the Y Offset value to . 440 [11. 18mm] (as shown), and then click OK to move both objects, as shown at right. Offsetting objects Next, you offset several objects to either create new boundary or centerline objects, or to change the original object's size. In the Tool bar, enable both Offset by Distance Mode and Duplicate and Offset Mode , and then change the Distance value to . 400 [10. 16mm] and press Enter. Hold down the Alt key, and then select the arc that forms the top curved edge of the remote control outline. Release the Alt key, and then click below the arc to offset it (. 400 [10. 16mm] to the inside) to create the power switch array centerline, as shown below at left. For the following offsets, use the temporary Alt key method to select each object, and start each offset operation in the Tool bar by: · ChangingtheDistanceto. 060 [1. 52mm] and pressing Enter. Offset the arc (click it to the right of the "up" functional button, and offset it to the outside) at the top of the directional button rectangle to create the lower boundary for the volume button, as shown highlighted in the next figure. Offset the vertical centerline (to the left) to create the right boundary for the volume button, as shown highlighted in the next figure. Offset the "left" and "up" directional buttons, and then the enter button (. 020 [. 51mm] to the inside) to resize them, as shown highlighted at right. 44 | Vectorworks Fundamentals 2011 Getting Started Guide Creating the Volume Button with a Polygon Fill Creating a Duplicate Array Now that all boundary objects are in place, you create a polygon for the volume button. Click anywhere inside the volume button boundaries to create the polygon, as shown. [. . . ] Save the file. Vectorworks Fundamentals 2011 Getting Started Guide | 77 Exercise 16: Working with Viewports In this exercise, you create and crop a viewport. In the Viewport Layer Properties dialog box, adjust visibilities as shown below and then click OK. Creating a Viewport You start the exercise by creating a viewport on the new sheet layer from Exercise 15 (pg 76). In the Create Viewport dialog box: · Change the Viewport Name to VPFloor Plan-2. · Select 3/16"=1'0" from the Scale drop-down list. · ClickOK to create the viewport. [. . . ]