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Utilizing the power of Vectorworks, Icebreaker is a New Zealand based outdoor, sports, and lifestyle clothing company. They have used CAD…

Janine Pattison Garden Design won a 2011 Principal Design Excellence Award from the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI). Pattison’s firm was honored for the landscape design of…

When you employ staff, wouldn't it be nice to know that the new employee has a good level of Vectorworks skill?

When you think about training your staff, wouldn't it be great to know where the training was needed?

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The Chadds Ford Artist’s Studio, designed by Moger Mehrhof Architects, won The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Chesapeake Bay Chapter 2011…

Some technologies take their time to bed in to the general consciousness. It is often the case that the first releases, though fun, leave you thinking, "Yes, but what's it for?” It can be difficult to see the actual benefits over and above an enjoyable fad.

In recent years we have seen a flurry of Augmented Reality experiences that appear to do little but entertain. While they enhance the marketing experience, they seem merely an enjoyable gimmick for advertising purposes. It…

Congratulations to Bagno Sasso for winning the Good Design Award 2011. Their free-standing bathtub won in the "…

After a long week keeping up with things I have finaly sat down to review the Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual by Jonathan Pickup, as I mentioned before, this book is…

I am currently making the movies for my new Landmark Tutorial Manual for Vectorworks 2012. I was making a movie showing how to edit the plant graphics and I got caught you by the screen plane/layer plane ability.

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You should use worksheets to count and report objects in your Vectorworks files, but sometimes you forget which file had the worksheets you want. You should store your worksheets in your library so that they are easy to find.

You should store a copy of your worksheets in your library, but if you store the worksheet file in the correct location, you can access the worksheet from any file, without using the Resource Browser to look for it.  In Vectorworks Landmark and in…

Cyon Research is conducting its annual survey of users of engineering software, which includes CAD and BIM programs. Cyon Research is a consulting firm that provides design, engineering, construction, and manufacturing firms…

François Lévy has a great new blog post in which he discusses the implications and importance of sustainable design…

Jonathan Pickup has a new blog post at his blog archoncad in which he covers how to edit the plant graphics in…

With the release of the Japanese version of Vectorworks 2012, Nemetschek CEO, Sean Flaherty, and CTO, Biplab…

The December 2011 issue of Lighting and Sound International has a great review of Vectorworks Spotlight 2012.

“...the…

Last month the Swiss Architect and Designer Awards Ceremony “Die Besten 2011 in Architektur, Landschaftsarchitektur und Design” took place in Zürich. Three projects in architecture, landscape…

Nemetschek is pleased to announced that Tokyo-based distributor, A&A Co., Ltd., has released the Japanese language version of Vectorworks 2012.…

I have created a set of tutorials (over 24 hours total) that teach VectorWorks from beginning to end. They cover 2d drafting, 3d modeling, RenderWorks and Spotlight.



They also cover AutoPlot, Savvy Tools, Lighwright 5 and Adobe Acrobat Writer.



To learn more, go to the training video page on my website:…

If you got a Kindle or iPad for Xmas, Well Done!

Now you can justify this by filling it up with useful Vectorworks manuals. I have written about 28 short manuals for the Kindle, there are architecture and BIM manuals available.

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A new book authored by Vectorworks user Francois Levy has just been released and is available at Amazon.com.

BIM in Small-Scale Sustainable Design is a guide to architectural design within a BIM workflow. Each chapter addresses specific topics, such as natural ventilation for cooling, passive solar…

GoToMeeting have released an application for your iPhone  and iPad...

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