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Frank Lipari How to Create a Gobo With VW

VectorWorking member and self-proclaimed tech lover Todd Proffitt, just posted a brief tutorial on how he created a gobo for the Apollo Design contest.… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on March 10, 2010 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Frank Lipari Vectorworks Lighting Designer Joseph Oshry Interview

Accomplished lighting esigner Joseph Oshry recently gave a detailed interview to Stage Directions magazine. Touching on everything from career choice to preferred techniques, Oshry gave a big nod to VW:
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Added by Frank Lipari on March 10, 2010 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Frank Lipari IRender nXt 3.0 Released!

Render Plus has released a new version of IRender nXt for SketchUp
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Added by Frank Lipari on March 10, 2010 at 10:57am — No Comments

Frank Lipari It Is the Will of LANDRU That You to Check out His New Plug-In!

Vectorworking member and the man behind Landru Design, C. Andrew Dunning, has just releasedContinue

Added by Frank Lipari on March 8, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Frank Lipari FREE PLUG-INS!

Stumbled across this nifty little site. VectorPlug-ins is providing a bundle that contains more than 30 new tooContinue

Added by Frank Lipari on March 5, 2010 at 2:39pm — 1 Comment

Frank Lipari PWL Architects Design For the 2010 Winter Games

PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc.'s work on Vancouver’s Southeast False Creek (SEFC) neighborhood is… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on March 5, 2010 at 11:57am — No Comments

Franco Folini Nemetschek Scia Promotes the Advantages of BIM Technology for Structural Engineers

Nemetschek Scia sponsored a series of BIM seminars in New-York, Boston and Atlanta last week to educate the U.S. structural engineering community on the advantages Structural BIM technology can have on the design process. More thContinue

Added by Franco Folini on March 4, 2010 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Frank Lipari Michael Erkkinen Does Eco-Friendly!

Vectorworks architect Webnash is currently working on designing an eco-friendly cabin for Cabot Shores in Nova Scotia. VectorWorking member and founder of WEBNASH

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Added by Frank Lipari on March 1, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Frank Lipari NEW Beam Draw 3 Release!

Beam Draw 3 is a lighting designer's complete solution to pre-visualize how a light plot will focus. Beam Draw helps determine the position, field angle, and focus point for lighting instruments, allowing designers to walk into focus knowing they have the angles and coverage they need. Beam Draw 3 works wi

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Added by Frank Lipari on March 1, 2010 at 9:35am — No Comments

Frank Lipari C. Andrew Dunning Talks About His Work

VectorWorking member and lighting designer C. Andrew Dunning (from Landru Design) just got a nice little write up on his wor

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Added by Frank Lipari on March 1, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Frank Lipari Vectorworks Used in the Winter Olympics!

Tom Barratt Ltd., a Canadian Landscape Architectural firm, was just featured on Planet Vectorworks as a noteworthy firm. As a long-time Vectorworks user, Barratt and the rest of his compa

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Added by Frank Lipari on February 26, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Frank Lipari Spotlight Review from Light Cue 23!

Lucas Krech, lighting designer extraordinaire, recently featured a review of Vectorworks Spotlight 2010 on his blog 'Light Cue 23: Notes from the Drafting Table'. According to Krech, "Vectorworks has maintained its edge as the industry standard setting the bar for
what Computer… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on February 26, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Frank Lipari MacCompanion Review of Vectorworks 2010 by Rob Pritchett

I know we're just about 6 months into the releast of Vectorworks 2010, but Rob Pritchett over at MacCompanion posted a really sweet review of the product just a couple months ago. As far as weaknesses, Pritchett admits "none found" and goes on to say:

"No matter how you cut the Vectorworks vs. AutoCAD cheese, Vetorw… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on February 24, 2010 at 10:12am — No Comments

Frank Lipari Japanese Architects use Vectorworks to Win Award!

Mr. Ishibashi and Ms. Tokugawa of Ishibashi,Tokugawa & Associates, Architects, long-time Vectorworks users, have received the AACA award for their design of the “Jigenzan Jyoganji” temple in Nogoya, Japan. Their innovative approach differed from t… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on February 22, 2010 at 10:55am — No Comments

Frank Lipari Updated Vectorworks Tutorials from Jonathan Pickup Now Available

You all know him as the "Vectorworks Guru". Formally his name is Jonathan Pickup. You probably have a book or two of his on your shelf. His Archonocad blog is RSS fed into your reader. Now, Professor Vectorworks has updated two of his training guides and are now available for users of Vectorwo… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on February 19, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Frank Lipari Boston's The Narrow Gate Uses Vectorworks for the Greater Good

Founded in 1987, the Narrow Gate focuses on “building justice by creating pleasing environments for those in need.” To that end, the nine members of The Narrow Gate team devote their professional lives and desig… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on February 19, 2010 at 10:35am — No Comments

Jonathan Pickup Best Practice for Importing DXF/DWG Files

When you import a DXF/DWG file, there are many options to choose. Choosing the correct options will make it easy, choosing the wrong options can really mess up your drawing. Read More...
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Added by Jonathan Pickup on February 18, 2010 at 12:56am — No Comments

Frank Lipari Kevin Lee Allen Does it Again!

Following up on his previous posting about layers in Vectorworks, Kevin Lee Allen, purveyor of all things theatrical design, allows us into his process by breaking down how he works with classes. The privilege o… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on February 12, 2010 at 9:37am — No Comments

Frank Lipari Review of Vectorworks Designer & RenderWorks 2010 (MAC)

Here's a really great review of Vectorworks Designer with RenderWorks for Mac. Unfortunately the reviewer either wanted to create an air of mystique or they just forgot how to spell their name. The review is anonymous.


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Added by Frank Lipari on February 12, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Jonathan Pickup Setting the Layer Height for a Roof

I have just finished my Vectorworks online user group meeting. We spent ages talking about setting the layer height for the roof. The others at the session had many questions about layer heights.

One of the frequent questiions was about setting the layer height for a roof. I use this: set the Layer Z of the roof layer to the same height as the layer
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Added by Jonathan Pickup on February 12, 2010 at 1:38am — No Comments

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