Elevation Benchmark in Vectorworks 2024 Viewports

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I saw somebody questioning the use of elevation benchmarks in viewports, particularly detail viewports. When they move the viewport the elevation benchmark would update. In this movie I'm going to cover how to create your settings so that you can place elevation benchmarks in viewports without them updating when you move the detail.

How to Get Grid Lines on Your Plans and Elevations in Vectorworks 2024

 The gridline tool is really useful for creating grids in plan, section, and elevaiton. When you move the grid in the plan , they all update, it's very powerful.

podcast137.mov - New Line Types in Vectorworks 2013

In Vectorworks 2013 line styles have been replaced by line types. Line types can be simple  lines as an earlier versions of Vectorworks, all they can be complex line types that allow a huge range of graphic styles. You can easily create lines files that show fences, services, rocks, or even footprints.

podcast135.mov - Hyperlinks in Vectorworks 2013

In Vectorworks 2013 there is now a new annotation object call the hyperlink. This hyperlink allows you to create links inside your Vectorworks documents that will export to PDF files. The hyperlinks can create internal links, that is links inside the document, all they can create external links to documents, folders, or websites.

Intermediate Annotation in Vectorworks - Webinar

I have 3 webinars (they all cover the same information) coming up on Intermediate annotation.

There are several annotation tools in Vectorworks. There are the fundamental tools like the text tool, dimensions, and so on. But there are several other tools that you may not use, because you do not know they are there. That’s what this manual is about.

The callout tool can be used to place a note with an arrow. In its simplest way, you can type in the note you want and have the arrow line go from the  text to the object. But there is more, you can create a database to store notes and use the callout tool to place those notes on the drawing. This is a big advantage; you can create a library of well written and researched note, then use them again and again.

You can use the callout tool without using a database if you want, but you are losing a lot of power. The callout works really well if you get the text from a database. This allows you to set up database of standard notes that you can use on job after job. You can even set up an office database so that several people can look at the same database and share notes.