If you have tried the Orbit Point animation and now you want to try a more advanced animation, this is the one to try. You save a series of views, then put these views on a timeline. Vectorworks uses these views to walk through your model. It takes a lot of care to make sure that the views flow from one to another, but you can make inviting animations.
The Floating Data Bar is extremely useful for typing the the size of objects that you are drawing, that you often have to use the Tab key to access it. There is a quick preference that allows you to set the numeric keypad to have instant access to the data bar. Activating this option Will substantially speed up your drawing.
You can use the slab components to control how much of the slab is cut out. In this image the slab has been cut out one component at a time. If you need to have a set down in the slab, you can use a component to control it.
Automatic Working Planes. When you understand the concept of working planes, Automatic working planes will be easy to use. Automatic working planes allows you to instantly find and use working planes on the objects you move near. The Automatic Working Plane will appear as a blue plane on the object.
Create Animation - Orbit point. The easiest way to create an animation is to create a an Orbit Point animation. First, set the view, then choose the animation options for the duration and angle. If you have never made an animation in Vectorworks before, try this one, it's almost impossible to fail.
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The leader in Vectorworks training and manuals: http://learn.archoncad.com
Save Working Planes. You can use the Working Planes palette to save working planes, but you can also use the right-mouse click. Set your working plane, then right-click away from everything and choose Working Plane > Save Working Plane.
Classes with area lights. Be very careful about the classes that you use when you make Area lights. The easiest way to do this is to make sure that the first object you create for the area light is on the None class. After you have made the Area light, then assign it to the correct class.
If you use a lot of classes, like I do, then it can be had to remember the names of the all the classes, so when you want to turn some of the classes off, you find it hard to locate the classes on the Navigation palette. I don't bother to find them on the Navigation palette, I use the Visibility tool. Set the options on the Tool bar, then just click on the objects that you want to hide. The Visibility tool will turn off the class for you.
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