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Designed as a natural follow on to the Foundation Course or as a refresher to those who have been using Architect for some time, this course will cover the key tools and facilities provided to Architects and Interior Designers. Make your drawings come to life with the hybrid 2D/3D tools, creating plans, elevations and perspective views - all at the same time.Course includes tea, coffee and lunch. Student rates are available.See More

Designed as a natural follow on to the Foundation Course or as a refresher to those who have been using Landmark for some time, the Landmark course will cover the key tools and facilities provided to Landscape Architects and Garden Designer.Make your drawings come to life with the Hardscape tool and planting functionality, learning how to import base survey data provided by a surveyor, architect or online mapping data provider.Course includes tea, coffee and lunch. Special student rates are…See More

You might be forgiven for thinking that terrain modelling in Vectorworks is a bit of a black art. But this course will demystify the process. Learn how to use your own survey data or that of a professional surveyor to create a model of the existing terrain. Then, learn how to impose your design onto the model, change the contours of the site and gain accurate cut and fill information from the model. An understanding of the Vectorworks 3D environment is essential before attending this course.The…See More

This course is suitable for any new Vectorworks users whether you're a garden designer, interior designer, architect, lighting designer or event planner. It is not aimed at any specific design discipline, but will cover the basics of how Vectorworks "hangs together", basic 2D drawing skills, and how to find the extensive resource libraries.it is an ideal and cost-effective way to get started before moving on to one-to-one training which is tailored to suit your design practice. Alternatively,…See More

This course is suitable for those who have been using Vectorworks for a while and never dared to venture into the third dimension. As with the Foundation course, it is not limited to any specific design discipline, but looks at the fundamentals of drawing in 3D whether that be a pergola, a tensile fabric structure or piece of furniture.Learn how to use the fantastic Push/Pull tool in Vectorworks 2011 to model just about anything!Find out which tools are already in 3D without you knowing it, and…See More

Designed as a natural follow on to the Foundation Course or as a refresher to those who have been using Landmark for some time, the Landmark course will cover the key tools and facilities provided to Landscape Architects and Garden Designer.Make your drawings come to life with the Hardscape tool and planting functionality, learning how to import base survey data provided by a surveyor, architect or online mapping data provider.Course includes tea, coffee and lunch. Special student rates are…See More

This course is suitable for any new Vectorworks users whether you're a garden designer, interior designer, architect, lighting designer or event planner. It is not aimed at any specific design discipline, but will cover the basics of how Vectorworks "hangs together", basic 2D drawing skills, and how to find the extensive resource libraries.it is an ideal and cost-effective way to get started before moving on to one-to-one training which is tailored to suit your design practice. Alternatively,…See More

On this course, learn how to get much more out of Renderworks by understanding how textures are made up, create your own textures, light your model, work with different backgrounds and lighting techniques. You'll also learn how to get the best out of Artistic Renderworks. Vectorworks 2011 has introduced a wonderful new rendering engine from MAXON Computer called CINEMA 4D. This course will enable you to use the very latest rendering capabilities in Renderworks, but don't worry: if you haven't…See More

On this course, learn how to get much more out of Renderworks by understanding how textures are made up, create your own textures, light your model, work with different backgrounds and lighting techniques. You'll also learn how to get the best out of Artistic Renderworks. Vectorworks 2011 has introduced a wonderful new rendering engine from MAXON Computer called CINEMA 4D. This course will enable you to use the very latest rendering capabilities in Renderworks, but don't worry: if you haven't…See More

You might be forgiven for thinking that terrain modelling in Vectorworks is a bit of a black art. But this course will demystify the process. Learn how to use your own survey data or that of a professional surveyor to create a model of the existing terrain. Then, learn how to impose your design onto the model, change the contours of the site and gain accurate cut and fill information from the model. An understanding of the Vectorworks 3D environment is essential before attending this course.The…See More