These courses use a structured online training system, designed to teach you Vectorworks, delivered to your computer in bite-sized chunks. We use a high speed Internet connection so you can see my computer screen and you can talk to me and the other students. If we need to, your screen can be shown so I can watch you working and correct any mistakes. The courses are delivered in small chunks, so you can digest each session. Between sessions you have a chance to practice the top you have learned.

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  Vectorworks Essential Tutorial course

  $240.00

  8 x 60 min sessions. Price in US$
  This course is designed to give you a quick start to Vectorworks. You might say is will give you a kick start. The course is ideal for users that want the very best introduction to Vectorworks.
  

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  Many clients want to know how to get started, and this is it. This course covers all the essential parts of Vectorworks that you need to use Vectorworks effectively. In this course you will learn the best ways to work, and how to harness the power of Vectorworks. This is a great course to complete before moving into a specific industry course.
  
  Course requirements: you need to have a copy of the Vectorworks Essential Tutorial Manual by Jonathan Pickup available from http://www.facade-it.co.uk/ or http://www.nemetschek.net/training/guides.php
  
  Session 1 - Vectorworks Basics, interface and basic concepts
  Session 2 - Creating a model and drawings
  Session 3 - Text and Dimensions
  Session 4 - Creating Drawings (in detail)
  Session 5 - Making a 2D Drawing
  Session 6 - Introduction to 3D Modeling
  Session 7 - Drawing a Building
  Session 8 - Introduction to worksheets
  
  You need this course if:
  

  • you are new to Vectorworks
  • you do not know how to use the basic tools
  • you do not know how to apply graphic attributes to objects
  • you do not know how to create and edit Text and Dimensions
  • you do not know how to create drawings from a 3D model
  • you do not know how to organize information in Vectorworks to create drawings.
  • you do not know how to draw a simple building and create drawings from it
  • you do not know how to create a simple spreadsheet to count and report items in the drawing

  
  

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  Landmark Tutorial Course

  $295.00

  10 x 60 min sessions. Price in US$
  This course will give you basic skills in Vectorworks landmark. The course is ideal for users of Vectorworks Landmark who want to get started quickly. You do not need to have Renderworks for this course.

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  This course uses a series of exercises to show you how to create planting plans quickly. The exercises start our very simple, so simple you almost can't fail. Each exercise becomes more complex so you expand your skill. When you complete the final session you will be able to know how to create and manuals your plants, how to deal with the plant database and how to work with consultants.
  
  Course requirements: you need to have a copy of the Vectorworks Landmark Tutorial Manual by Jonathan Pickup available from http://www.facade-it.co.uk/ or http://www.nemetschek.net/training/guides.php
  
  
  Session 1 - Project 1. Landscape Budget Plan.
  

  • How to quickly draw a concept plan, assign prices and create a budget report. 

  Session 2 - Project 2 - Quick Domestic Project
  

  • Understanding how to set up your project (page size, units, dimension standards)
  • Importing a survey file of the project. 

  Session 3 - Project 3 - Quick Domestic Project 2
  

  • Drawing a domestic project from a scanned image, part 1

  Session 4 - Project 3 - Quick Domestic Project 2
  

  • Drawing a domestic project from a scanned image, part 2

  Session 5 - Project 4- Drawing a commercial project
  

  • Importing a Survey file, adding planting and scheduling.

  Session 6 - Project 5 - Drawing a Landscape Plan
  

  • Importing a DXF/DWG file of a park.
  • Creating the design and planing.

  Session 7 - Project 5 - Drawing a Landscape Plan
  

  • Counting and scheduling plants and hardscape.
  • Creating drawings with sheet layers and viewports.

  Session 8 - Project 6 - Commercial Project
  

  • Importing a consultant's file of a large commercial project, part 1.

  Session 9 - Project 6 - Commercial Project
  

  • Importing a consultant's file of a large commercial project, part 2.

  Session 10 - Commercial Project
  

  • Importing a consultant's file of a large commercial project, part 3.

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  BIM with Vectorworks Architect

  $495.00

  17 x 60 min sessions. Price in US$
  This course will lead you through BIM concepts and show you how to create BIM project.

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  This course will lead you through BIM concepts and show you how to create BIM project using Vectorworks Architect. You must have a small amount of Vectorworks skills before joining this course, it is not for absolute beginners. It is assumed that you have completed the Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial manual. If you have not completed the manual, or do not have that level of skill, you will find this course difficult. 
  
  You will be working through a project during the course. This means that during the online sessions you will be shown and guided, then you will be given homework to complete (usually what we have covered in the online sessions). If you are not willing to complete the homework, you will the course challenging. If you complete the homework, you will gain more from the course. 
  
  The course is broken up into 16 sessions. Each session is about 60 mins long. 
  
  Course requirements: you need to have a copy of the Vectorworks Architect Tutorial Manual by Jonathan Pickup available from http://www.facade-it.co.uk/ or http://www.nemetschek.net/training/guides.php
  
  Session 1 - BIM workflow.
  

  • Looking at what is BIM, how to organise your projects, and how to arrange the BIM workflow

  Session 2 - Sarting a new project
  

  • Understanding how to set up your project (page size, units, dimension standards)
  • Importing a survey file of the project. 

  Session 3 - Creating the file organisation
  

  • Creating the classes you will need,  with the appropriate graphic style
  • Creating the layer and story organisation.

  Session 4 - Drawing the existing building.
  

  • Using walls to draw the existing building and foundations. 

  Session 5 - Roof
  

  • Drawing the existing roof and strategies for dealing with complex roofs.

  Session 6 - Doors and windows.
  

  • Inserting doors and windows 
  • Creating a library of doors and windows

  Session 7 - Creating a Site Model
  

  • Use the imported survey to create the site model, using Stake Objects and polylines

  • Creating site modifiers

  Session 8 - Setting up existing drawings
  

  • Floor plans
  • Elevations

  Session 9 - Creating the Proposed Extension
  

  • Setting up wall styles for the extension and creating the walls.
  • Demo old walls
  • Adding doors and windows.

  Session 10 - Setting up Drawings for Proposed Building
  

  • Creating Plan drawings
  • Creating Elevation drawings
  • Creating Sections

  Session 11 - Adding Structure
  

  • Adding foundations
  • Creating Floor and Roof Structure

  Session 12 - Updating drawings
  

  • Adding new doors and windows, creating a library of doors and windows
  • Annotating and updating viewports. 

  Session 13 - Setting up Perspecitve views
  

  • Setting up camera views
  • using cameras to create viewports

  Session 14 - Internal Room Elevations
  

  • Setting up plans and elevations of each room

  Session 15 - Spaces and Finishes
  

  • Creating spaces
  • adding finishes to spaces
  • Session 16 - Window and door Scheduling
  • How to create an elevation of all the windows and doors
  • How to create a written report of all the windows and doors

  Session 17 - IFC
  

  • How to export and check your BIM model using IFC

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  3D Modeling Tutorial course

  $240.00

  8 x 60 mins sessions Price in US$
  This course is designed to give you an introduction to 3D modeling in Vectorworks. 3D modeling can be fast and efficient, if you understand the concepts. This course is designed to give you the best start to 3D Modeling in Vectorworks.

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  3D modelling is one of the fun parts with Vectorworks.  It allows you to create almost anything that you want.  To get the best from 3-D modelling, you need to understand the concepts that Vectorworks uses for 3D modelling.  That is what this course is designed for.  This course is to teach you the basic concepts that control 3-D modelling.
  
  This course starts with the basic concepts that you need to understand, and then moves on to more complex tasks. the first part of the course has lots of small exercises designed to teach you 3-D concepts.  Session 4 brings a lot of these concepts to group together to create an architectural project.  The last part of the course uses a bus stop project to bring together many of the techniques you have learned into a total project. 
  
  In this course you will learn about working planes, and why there are important.  You will also learn how to look a complex project and break it up into simple manageable chunks.
  
  Course requirements: you need to have a copy of the 3D Modeling Tutorial Manual by Jonathan Pickup available from http://www.facade-it.co.uk/ or http://www.nemetschek.net/training/guides.php
  
  Session 1 - Introduction to 3D Modeling
  

  • Working planes.
  • Extrusions.
  • Multiple extrude.
  • Simple cafe table.

  Session 2 -solid Modelling.
  

  •  Setting 3D views.
  •  Simple solid modeling.
  •  Lost surface.

  Session 3 - More Modeling
  

  •  Push/Pull tool.
  •  3-D primitives
  •  Shell solid.
  •  Duplicate and extrude along a path.

  Session 4 – architectural modelling.
  

  • Creating a house without using walls, floors  or roofs.

  Session 5 – building a bus stop, part one
  

  • Creating the bollard.

  Session 6 – building a bus stop, part two
  

  • Creating a rubbish bin (trashcan)

  session 7 – building a bus stop, part three
  

  • Creating the building.

  Session 8 – building a bus stop part four
  

  • Building the scene and rendering

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  Introduction to Vectorworks for Museum and Exhibit Designers (Part 1)

  $249.50

  8 x 60 min sessions. Price in US$
  If you are working in Museum or exhibit design area, you might be wanting you use Vectorworks, but do not know how to get started. I have been talking to museums for some time.

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  This course is designed to teach you Vectorworks from the beginning, so if you are working in the museum or exhibit design areas, and you haven't got up to speed with Vectorworks, this is the course for you.
  
  The course is offer in two parts, so you can choose which one you need to attend. Choose part 1 if you are a beginner, and choose part 2 if you have some knowledge of Vectorworks. Each session approx. 60 mins duration online, with approx. 60 min homework each session. Each session has a limit of 4 people which will allow time for some individual training.
  
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  Part 1
  Session 1 - Getting started
  This session gets you started with Vectorworks. You will learn the basic interface of Vectorworks and the basic concepts for using Vectorworks.
  
  Session 2 - Creating a Simple object
  In this session we will apply the basic learning to creating a simple object and making drawings from this object.
  
  Session 3 - Creating Drawings
  This session expands on the concepts we learn about in session 2, but we learn a lot more about viewports.
  
  Session 4 - Creating Text and Dimensions
  Drawings without text and dimensions are useless, so in this session we will learn how to deal with text and dimensions.
  
  Session 5 - Drawing in 2D
  This session is designed to bring together all the skills from the previous session. This session will test your Vectorworks skills, but if you complete your homework it is achievable.
  
  Session 6 - Introduction to 3D Modeling and Planar Graphics
  In this session we will make a simple 3D object using 3D modeling and planar graphics.
  
  Session 7 - Drawing a Simple Building
  In this session we will learn how to draw walls and insert door and windows.
  
  Session 8 - Creating Drawings From a Simple Building
  This session, we apply the strategies we learned from sessions 2 and 3 to a building, including how to create internal room elevations.
  
  Each Session approx. 60 mins duration online, with approx. 60 min homework each session.

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  Introduction to Vectorworks for Museum and Exhibit Designers (Part 2)

  $249.50

  8 x 60 min sessions. Price in US$
  This part builds on from part 1, and uses an exhibit project to show you the workflow for the design and presentation of an exhibit.

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  This course is designed to teach you Vectorworks from the beginning, so if you are working in the museum or exhibit design areas, and you haven't got up to speed with Vectorworks, this is the course for you.
  
  The course is offer in two parts, so you can choose which one you need to attend. Choose part 1 if you are a beginner, and choose part 2 if you have some knowledge of Vectorworks. Each session approx. 60 mins duration online, with approx. 60 min homework each session. Each session has a limit of 4 people which will allow time for some individual training.
  
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  Part 2
  
  Session 9 - Introduction to Worksheets
  Worksheets are so important. They allow you to count and report items in your exhibits. This sessio is needed to get you started.
  
  Session 10 - Importing DXF and PDF Plans
  You often have to work with other consultants, or with existing information. In this session, we learn how it import and manage this information.
  
  Session 11- Converting Imported Plans into BIM
  After we have imported the plans, we can make the building in to a model. This will allow us to walk though the model, as well as using the model to create floor plans, elevations, and sections.
  
  Session 12 - Creating 3D Views and Walk Throughs
  Now that we have our model, we can set up 3D views of the exhibit, and make a walk-though movie of the exhibit.
  
  Session 13 - Symbols and Image Props
  In this session we will learn how to make a photo into an object for the exhibit. This could be a painting, sculpture, or jewelry. These techniques will speed up your exhibit production, and allow you to create a report of all the objects. If you use a rail system for your exhibits, we will use this an an example for creating symbols and image props.
  
  Session 14 - Attaching Data to The Exhibit Pieces
  Building on form session 14, we will attach information to our exhibit pieces, so we can count or report them.
  
  Session 15 - Textures and Rendering
  Making textures and rendering is really fun, and you can see what you exhibit will look like.
  
  Session 16 - Questions and Answers
  This session is to wrap up the training and answer any outstanding questions. You will need to complete a final project to pass this course.
  
  Each Session approx. 60 mins duration online, with approx. 60 min homework each session.