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Vectorworks 2008 Feature Demos


Standalone Plant Database An improved plant database complements the improvements to the Place Plant tool in Vectorworks Landmark. The plant database is now a stand-alone, full-featured database. It's much easier to import new plant data from external sources or existing plant databases, and perform sophisticated plant searches. In addition, plant records can include both botanical data and a pictorial representation. Without leaving the database, you can quickly navigate to sites such as Google™ Images, Wikipedia, or university or government sources, such as the USDA plants database. Now, it's easy to create custom plant lists or catalogs that are linked directly to the Place Plant tool. Watch Movie		Viewport Layer Overrides Draw your design once and present it in many different ways with class overrides, and now layer overrides in viewports. Overrides allow you to assign attributes to different viewports without affecting the look of other viewports in a drawing set. Overrides are great for presenting clients different design options, as well as for allowing you to easily create different drawings from your plans. Watch Movie


Improved 2D Reshape Tool You can now reshape 2D objects by deleting multiple vertex points at one time-a huge time saver when simplifying polylines. And, you can reshape, move, and delete holes from polylines. This works on all 2D polylines and 3D objects that are based on 2D polylines such as extrudes, hardscapes, floor, and roof faces. Watch Movie		New View Bar The new View bar simplifies the interface and improves usability by centralizing Vectorworks' many organization and viewing controls in one convenient location. Watch Movie


Heads-up-display The new heads-up data display puts the action where the cursor is, allowing you to quickly create and edit objects to exact dimensions. Need a 22" line at 43 degrees? Simply click to start the line. Next, type 22" to set the length. Then, tab over and enter 43 to define the angle. Finally, press Enter or click to end. Drawing in Vectorworks has never been this fast. Watch Movie		Design Layer Viewports You asked for it, and now you've got it! With Vectorworks Architect 2008, you'll be able to create viewports on design layers. Compared to traditional layer links, design layer viewports provide an easier and more robust way to handle linked and referenced views. Vectorworks design layer viewports: Are able to represent more than one layer Allow layer and class visibility control Support layer and class overrides Are croppable Watch Movie


Two Way Worksheets Two-way editing between worksheet and objects in a drawing is now possible in the Vectorworks Architect 2008. Now, when you change an object's data in a worksheet, it will automatically reconfigure the object in the drawing, even for multiple objects. Watch Movie		Global Object Editing by Criteria With the new Custom Modification command, you can simultaneously edit the properties and graphical attributes of multiple objects, regardless of which layer or class they are in, their scale, or their selection or visibility status-it even works for objects in walls. Watch Movie


Rotatable 2D Views A long-requested feature, the new Rotate Plan command allows you to rotate the page to make it easy to work on parts of a design that lie at odd angles, while still drawing orthogonally. Watch Movie		New Scale Object by Distance Option A new option in the Scale Object dialog box allows users to easily scale objects by defining a real-world distance. Watch Movie


Improved Navigation between Crop and Annotation Modes This enhancement will make working with viewports easier and faster. Now our view is maintained. So, if zoomed in tight, you'll remain zoomed in as you navigate between the Annotation and Edit Crop modes. Watch Movie		Improved Plant Tool Plants in Vectorworks 2008 now behave like other symbols in Vectorworks. You can easily import them from other drawings, as well as export them to your firm's plant symbol library. And, new right-click editing makes it easy to edit the 2D look, 3D look, and plant data. Watch Movie


Support for Worksheets in DXF/DWG Export In Vectorworks Architect 2008, embedded worksheets can be exported along with the drawing. Worksheets images are exported as blocks of lines and text so they can be edited after export. Watch Movie		Improved Navigation between Design Layers and Viewports To navigate seamlessly between viewports and design layers, a new option in the Create Viewport dialog box allows you to maintain your view when navigating from a viewport to a design layer. And, once on the design layer, a new on-screen button makes it easy to navigate back to the viewport from a design layer edit. Watch Movie


New Move/Duplicate/Distribute by Points Tool With Vectorworks 2008, you can quickly move an object by clicking any two points on screen. New modes allow you to move by points, duplicate by points, or distribute objects evenly between two points. Watch Movie		Automatic Object Centering when Editing For easier object editing, Vectorworks 2008 automatically centers objects in the middle of the screen when in an edit mode or when switching views. Watch Movie


Draw and Edit Walls in 3D Now you can draw and edit walls in 3D just as easily as you can in 2D. New 3D wall technology allows you to quickly create, move, join, and reshape walls in any 3D view. And improvements to the 3D Symbol Insertion tool make it possible to insert symbols into a wall while in a 3D view. Watch Movie		Unlimited Color Choices The completely redesigned color palette menu manages and organizes unlimited color choices. In addition to the standard operating system color pickers, you can create custom color palettes or select from color palettes included with Vectorworks. Watch Movie


New Polygonal Selection Mode New polygonal selection and reshape modes aka, Fence Selection for you AutoCAD switchers, makes complex selections easier. These options give you more flexibility than the marquee selection mode and are faster than freehand selection mode. Watch Movie		Improved Library Management A new Export Resource command allows you to quickly move resources from the active document into another file without having to open the file-another huge time saver. Watch Movie


Support for 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator The SpaceNavigator is a new 3D mouse that provides a powerful way to navigate around your model. With it, you can simultaneously pan, zoom, fly around, and walk through your models. Vary the amount of pressure on the SpaceNavigator to speed up or slow down. Watch Movie		Support for Associative Dimensions in Viewport This improvement to Vectorworks 2008 saves time and reduces drawing errors. Now dimensions in viewports can automatically update as design layer objects change. Watch Movie


Support for Geo-Referenced Image Files Vectorworks Designer can now import geo-referenced image files, giving you a great new presentation capability. Easily overlay GIS images (bitmap maps, aerial photographs, etc.) with GIS .shp (Shape) data to create compelling and informative presentations. Because the images and .shp data are geo-referenced, the imported images and .shp data come in perfectly aligned. Watch Movie

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Vectorworks 2008 Feature Demos