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François Lévy commented on Vince Johnson's event 'Vectorworks BIM Workshop'

"Hi Vince! Actually, the dates are March 17-18, and here's a link to a more complete description: http://thedrafthorse.francoislevy.com/bay_area.html Cheers, François"

Jan 25

François Lévy commented on Vince Johnson's video

Using Vectorworks to make SPIE prototypes

"Robert, Very cool, and thanks for the demo. Exciting development indeed. François"

Jan 18

François Lévy commented on Joshua Lee's blog post 'Vectorworks Newbie issue 2'

"You may be getting tripped up on nomenclature. What Vectorworks calls Classes ("what") others call Layers (e.g., AutoCAD). In your wall example, you might assign the exterior component of a wall style to a specific Class, and assign…"

Nov 19, 2011

François Lévy commented on Joshua Lee's blog post 'Vectorworks Newbie issue 2'

"Dave, Stories do not replace design layers, but augment them. Classes do not change in 2012 and are not like layers, nor have they ever been. As Don reiterated, Layers are "where" and Classes are "what". Stories control…"

Nov 19, 2011

François Lévy commented on Joshua Lee's blog post 'Vectorworks Newbie issue 2'

"Layers most closely correspond to AutoCAD files: they are "places". E.g.: draw all objects associated with the ground floor of your project in the ground floor layer. Classes represent the typology of objects, or "what" they are.…"

Nov 16, 2011

François Lévy posted a discussion

Vectorworks training class in June in Austin, TX: http://is.gd/1dcIX

I have a 2 1/2 day Vectorworks class coming up in Austin, TX: http://is.gd/1dcIXWHAT: 2 1/2 day Vectorworks Training ClassWHEN: June 17-19, 2011WHERE: UT Austin School of Architecture, Austin, TXCOST: $600; group discounts availableREGISTER: http://thedrafthorse.francoislevy.com/EMAIL: info@francoislevy.com for CEUs and more informationABOUT THE CLASSThis vignette-based class will cover a small project from…See More

May 27, 2011

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François Lévy and Donald Ward are now friends

May 10, 2011

François Lévy replied to Mark Miller's discussion 'Iron Fencing'

"Mark, Need more information. Can you send an image of what you are looking for? What is the context? Do you need this for a rendering, or orthographic drawings? Depending on your needs, I can imagine a few different approaches: —For just…"

Aug 19, 2010

François Lévy replied to VWUKSarah's discussion 'What in your opinion is the biggest reason to upgrade to VW2010?' in the group Vectorworks UK UG

"Hi Sarah, Hard to limit to just one; here are a handful (ranked in order of how often I find myself using them): 1. Select similar ("magic wand") tool 2. Attribute mapping of associative hatches (rotating, scaling) 3. Improved 3D snaps…"

Dec 19, 2009

François Lévy joined Franco Folini's group

Vectorworks UK UG

The meeting point for all British Vectorworks users

Dec 19, 2009

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François Lévy and Frank Lipari are now friends

Dec 15, 2009

François Lévy and David Bourbon are now friends

Nov 4, 2009

Franco Folini left a comment for François Lévy

"Hi François, Welcome and thank you for joining Vectorworking! We are looking forward to your contribution, please feel free to join one or more of our groups and to invite colleagues and friends. Suggestions for this community are always…"

Nov 3, 2009

François Lévy is now a member of VectorWorking

Nov 3, 2009

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