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Green Roofs and Walls
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I'm just seeing if anyone has had any experience in creating projects with green roofs and green walls in regards to what has worked best for both 3D presentation drawings and construction drawings…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Rice Feb 15, 2011.

Vectorworks to Autocad file set up
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I have the opportunity to contract work with a local design firm. I am currently using Vectorworks designer 2011 and the firm is using AutoCad Lt 2008. I would like to hear from anyone that has…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Donald Ward Jan 13, 2011.

Hidden Textures
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I am having trouble viewing my textures in OpenGL or any other Render. The walls are always a light to dark grey (please see attached screen shot). I am able to see the texture when I adjust the…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark Miller Jul 8, 2010.

Creating an Espalier 2D/3D symbol
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I've been trying to create an Espalier tree to place in my plant library but not sure if I'm using the right tools. I understand that to create a 2D/3D symbol you need to draw the plant in 3D and in…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Derek Ashby Jun 26, 2010.

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Derek Ashby commented on Andrea's blog post 'First Post - My Vectorworks plugins'

Hi Andrea, I think your plugins look very useful and would be interested in a couple of them if they were in English, Let us know if this happens or not Regards Derek

May 13, 2011

Steve Rice replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Green Roofs and Walls'

Hi Derek - I did initially try doing all my stuff in VW, using the "color filter" when making the new texture from the existing one - but this gave a very saturated coloured image which looked unreal - hence taking it out and Photoshopping…

Feb 15, 2011

Mark Stephens Architect replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Green Roofs and Walls'

how about the cut down PhotoShop Elements, perfect for most stuff Mark

Feb 15, 2011

Derek Ashby replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Green Roofs and Walls'

Hi Mark, I don't use Photoshop so thats why I'm doing it in Vectorworks, however I have been looking for Photoshop alternatives for Mac to use, so if anyone can suggest a Photoshop alternative for Mac I'm open to explore…

Feb 15, 2011

Mark Stephens Architect replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Green Roofs and Walls'

Why not just do the whole lot in photoshop, the end result will be much more realistic - the only reason to use Vectorworks would be to do counts on the symbols etc... Which wouldn't be feasible in this case anyway Mark

Feb 15, 2011

Derek Ashby replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Green Roofs and Walls'

Hi Steve, Thanks very much for the tips and ideas, I hadn't thought of going down that direction. I've been play around with making my own symbols but still very rough (not as nice as looking as your wall) and not where I would like…

Feb 14, 2011

Steve Rice replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Green Roofs and Walls'

Hi Derek - I think it would be very difficult to create a realistic-looking "green wall" using 3D plant symbols as you'd need such as dense matrix of plant objects with each of them assigned a Z-value to position them…

Feb 14, 2011

Mark Stephens Architect replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Green Roofs and Walls'

Hi Derek Many thanks for kind words, sorry haven't got involved much on the walls side,nor doing 3d drawings of them-sorry. Weather has been pretty wet and still on the cold side. Best of luck Mark

Feb 13, 2011

Derek Ashby replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Green Roofs and Walls'

Hello Mark, Thank you for your reply and the link to your web site, some very nice and varied work you are producing. I really like your main photo of the cantilevered balcony and green roof. I guess my question is mainly around producing 3D…

Feb 11, 2011

Mark Stephens Architect replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Green Roofs and Walls'

Hi, I designed & built our own house in VectorWorks that has a large section underground with a grass roof (intensive) - what would you like to know. Mark ps photos in projects section of website http://markstephensarchitects.com/projects

Feb 10, 2011

Green Roofs and Walls

Discussion posted by Derek Ashby Feb 10, 2011

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Donald Ward replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Vectorworks to Autocad file set up'

Although some new import and export options have been added with newer versions these video tech tips should help you better understand what is happening during the file translation. Importing DXF/DWG Files:…

Jan 13, 2011

Kevin Lawson replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Vectorworks to Autocad file set up'

I heard from a Vectorworks employee that the best way to convert either way was to set your drawing to a 1/4" scale, and then Vectorworks will figure everything out from there. As others have mentioned, AutoCAD doesn't have…

Jan 10, 2011

Arch. Ramón Pérez-Gatell replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Vectorworks to Autocad file set up'

I have not used ACAD but recently had some feedback from an ACAD user. You can export Sheet Layers but try exporting one Design Layer at a time, say, 1st Floor, Second Fl, etc.in separate documents. ACAD will not read VWs Class/Layer visibility…

Jan 3, 2011

Sean Frey replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Vectorworks to Autocad file set up'

I use VW2009 and am not familiar with anything newer than AutoCAD2006 - but I believe this information is still relevant... I agree it does simplify things to use one design layer. However, I do not bother to try and work in a 1:1 scale. Text,…

Jan 1, 2011

Vincent Cuclair replied to Derek Ashby's discussion 'Vectorworks to Autocad file set up'

Or Draftsight (which is free) and cross platform.

Dec 27, 2010

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Professional Services Offered/Wanted:: Design of Environmental Homes and Landscapes in Victoria Australia

About Me:: Always willing to learn something new.

CAD System used:: Vectorworks Designer and Renderworks 2010

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