| We're on the second leg of our Version
11 Tour, and we're still going strong. We've added a stop in Virginia
Beach, VA, so if you're in that area, come check us out. We still
have lots of traveling left to do, so if we haven't come to your
city, we might be there soon. Check our schedule for upcoming
events, and keep in mind that we add new tour stops all the time
www.nemetschek.net/news/events.html#tour
To us, there's nothing better than reading about the successes
of our users. So we're incredibly excited to hear that Peter Walker
is this year's recipient of the ASLA Medal. He has designed some
of the world's greatest environmental monuments, and recently
partnered with architect Michael Arad to win the commission for
the World Trade Center Memorial. We extend our heartfelt congratulations
to Peter Walker on receiving this extraordinary honor.
Along those same lines, if you have received an award for your
design work, please let us know. We love hearing about the successes
of our users, no matter how big or small. Drop us an e-mail at
linda@nemetschek.net |
Sincerely,
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| Richard Diehl
CEO, Nemetschek North America |
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| Lawrence
High School (Lawrence, MA)
Flansburgh Associates, Inc. (Boston, MA) |
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Flansburgh Associates, Inc.
(FAI) is a nationally known design firm and is a leader
as an educational architect providing comprehensive services
in Architecture, Master Planning, Programming, and Interior
Design. Founded in 1963, the firm, while well known for
its educational niche market, serves a broad range of clients,
both nationally and internationally.
They like to think of themselves as being in a unique position,
one that uses the computer as a true design/process tool
to their trade. They use it from simple wire/mass diagrams
to study light and shadows, to producing walkthroughs of
complex spaces to study the mass and surfaces. They also
like to combine hand drawn scans with computer-generated
3D images from Form-Z™ to create collages of ideas in Photoshop™
and Illustrator™. While they use multiple Mac-based software
programs to orchestrate their design process, ultimately
they produce all their production work in VectorWorks.
A project that they are very fond of is the new High School
for the city of Lawrence. It is approximately a 365,000
square foot structure, and intended to serve a student population
of 3,000. They are incorporating a campus concept that allows
them to break down the large foot print of the required
footage. The site is very interesting and challenging. It
is on a 16-acre site on the south side of the city. The
site is on the edge of the city fabric on a strip of land
that connects the old Memorial stadium on the west side
and bends north along route 495 on the east side.
The site is conceptually thought of as being on a buffer
of land between the edge of the city fabric and the high
way. With this as a basis for their development of the project,
they came up with a very exciting scheme-one that addresses
the concern of the client for small learning environments
and an overall secure building. Their challenge was initially
to break down the large square footage into manageable building
sizes, so as not to have overwhelming large uniform structure.
In their multiple discussions with the school administrators
and school superintendent regarding educational methodology
and the future of the school, it became clear that the best
way to develop the school was to adopt the Johns Hopkins
educational methods based on individual learning centers
or learning academies.
The academies are designed as individual wings with a particular
learning emphasis such as Business Management & Technology,
Health, Communication Arts, Science & Technology, and the
Ninth Grade Academy. These academies are linked or connected
at one horizontal point at the second floor elevation with
a continuous two-story high bridge built out of curtain
walls and zinc panels. The bridge is a dynamic and active
link, perforated with a dancing rhythm of windows' sizes,
set within a deep wall opening which allows the light to
be directed inside the cafeteria and sent in different directions
through the day. From the exterior, the east-faced curved
zinc wall contrasts well against the radiating masonry academies,
the zinc panels are gently staggered to create a moving
effect, reminiscent of moving water.
They are making a historical metaphor with the Canal of
Lawrence acting as a link of many public buildings, as well
as the contemporary adjacent curved highway.
The project started in 1999, and they have had many owner-caused
delays and a few Mayors in the process. The project is presently
under construction and proceeding well. VectorWorks helped
in many ways, both graphically and technically.
To learn more about Flansburgh Associates, visit them on
the web at:
www.faiarchitects.com
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| Is
it possible to create a Property Line from a polygon? |
| To create a property line using the
"Objects From Polyline command" menu, draw polylines or a polygon.
(See Image
1-1) With the polylines or polygon selected, access AEC >Objects
from Polyline. In the "Create Objects from Polyline" dialog box,
select the Property Line Object Type. Select the "Show Properties
Dialog" checkbox and click OK. (See Image
1-2) The "Object Properties" dialog box displays. Select the
desired settings in the dialog box and click OK to create the
property line object. (See Image
1-3)You can then edit the property line object using the 2D
Reshape Tool. (See Image
1-4, 1-5,
1-6)
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| Can
I rotate text around an arc? |
| It's easy with an Arc Text plug-in
object available at www.vectordepot.com.
This is a third-party website which makes various plug-ins, symbols,
hatches, and many other types of objects available for the customer
to download. Before you can use the Arc Text plug-in object, you
must download it.
Go to www.vectordepot.com
and click Plug-ins along the left side of the screen. Scroll down
to the headingto "Arc Text". Click the Mac or Windows icon to
download the appropriate version. Extract the file so that "Arc
Text.vso" is available. Copy "Arc Text.vso" to the VectorWorks
>Plug-Ins folder. Now add the plug-in object to the workspace.
In VectorWorks, select File >Workspaces >Workspace Editor. Select
"Edit the current workspace" and click OK. Click the Tools tab.
Select "Arc Text" from under "All Tools" and drag it to the desired
tool palette on the right. (See Image
2-1, 2-2)
Click OK.
Now the tool is downloaded and installed and ready to be used.
Click the Arc Text tool from the palette it was assigned to in
the Workspace Editor. Click in the drawing where the text block
is to be placed and click again to set the rotation. The "Object
Properties” dialog box displays. Type the desired text in
the "Text" field. The shape of the arc is determined
by a positive or negative number in the Radius X or Radius Y field.
For example, if the text is to arc so the middle of the text is
higher than the ends in a horizontal fashion, type a negative
number in the Radius Y field. (See Image
2-3) Click OK. Double-click in the drawing to place additional
arced text blocks. (See Image
2-4) The font, text size, and style can be changed from the
Text menu. The shape of the arc can easily be changed by changing
the Radius Y value in the Object Info palette. (See Image
2-5) The text content can also be changed in the Object Info
Palette. |
| How
can I hatch a part of an object, but not the whole thing? |
| This is easily done using a non-associative
hatch and a control line.
Draw a line or other polyline/polygon object so it intersects
with the object to be hatched. This object is considered the control
object. (See Image
3-1) Select both the object to be hatched and the control
object. (See Image
3-2, 3-10)
Select Tool > Hatches, select the desired hatch, and click
OK. (See Image
3-3) Double-click on the portion of the object wherethe hatch
should be placed. (See Image
3-4) The hatch fills only the area between the click point
and the intersection of the control line. (See Image
3-5, 3-11)
As you can see in the example, the first object has an associative
hatch that was applied through the Attribute Palette. The second
and third objects use a non-associative hatch that was applied
through the Hatches command. (See Image
3-6) If the control line needs to be invisible, simply change
the pen color to white. (See Image
3-7) |
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| VectorWorks
User Wins Coveted ASLA Medal |
| Internationally renowned landscape architect Peter Walker received the highest honor bestowed by the American Society of Landscape Architects. As a recipient of this year's ASLA Medal, Walker is recognized for his lifetime achievements and contributions to the profession. |
| VectorWorks Users Honored in ID Magazine's Annual Design Review 2004 |
International Design (I.D.) Magazine's 50th Annual Design Review features the best in consumer products, equipment, graphics and packaging. We're proud to announce that several winning entries were designed, in part, with VectorWorks. |
Tom Greggs
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Share your drawings with the world!
Send us your images and renderings, and we'll post them in our
Gallery. Plus, we'll send you a spiffy VectorWorks latté
mug as a special thank you.
Email your submissions to webmaster@nemetschek.net.
Take a look at current submissions on our website here.
We'd love to showcase your 2D drawings, so please send us pictures
of your plans! |
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VectorWorks Fundamentals course, and 16 learning units by attending
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