SHORT SHARP TRAINING has been running as an online service since Janary 2007. Since then we have covered the following topics. These are not currently available as back issues.
2007
You can purchase all the 2007 notes with included movies in a download form from this link.
0701
Simple Roofs and Roof Framer
How do you import a PDF?
How to make grey see through people.
0702
Introduction to 3D Modeling
How do I export a PDF file for my consultants.
How to extract and edit images.
How to make a drape surface over your site models.
0703
Making Your Office Library
How Do I Deal With Dimension Standards.
How to import one page from a muilt-page PDF file
How to count the plants on several sites, all on the same file.
0704
Introduction to Rendering and Textures
What is the best way to create 3D fillet welds?
How to set your dimensions and units
How to quickly edit viewports.
0706
Introduction to Customising VectorWorks
How Can I Edit the Settings On a Site Model?
How to edit the look of Section viewports.
How to move symbols in a wall accurately.
0707
Annotation
How Can I Create walls to show different cladding above windows.
How to import a 3D DXF/DWG file to make a site model.
How to quickly make and edit hardscapes.
0708
Worksheets
How should can I get more than one person to work on project?
How the chain extrude tool.
How to make a solar animation.
0709
Making Drawings
How to add hatching to a 3D model.
Create Objects from Polyline...
0710
Dealing with Roofs
How can I use an iPod as a backup device?
Rotated plan view in VectorWorks 2008.
Stacked layers.
0711
Graphics in 2D and 3D
How can I use my iPod as a presentation device?
Should you use layer linking or design layer viewports?
Plants in VectorWorks 2008.
0712
Plants in VW2008/Wall Style Library in VW2008/3D Modeling
Can I print all my drawings at one time?
How can I cut the ends of my steel sections.
Should I use spaces for domestic projects?
2008
0801
Productivity Techniques
0802
Drawing a Landscape Plan
How Can I Build a Window With A Sloping Bottom?
How to make a 2D/3D Symbol.
How to make a picture frame with an image on it.
0803
Setting up a Kitchen Plan
How can I export symbols to my office library?
Options for using layer and classes.
How to use VectorWorks for presentation applications
0804
Zone of Visual Influence
Where can I get support for VectorWorks?
Using Spaces to create an urban design
How to import plants into your new plant database
How to use the Page Setup command.
0805
Windoor Windoor is a 3rd party plug-in for VectorWorks.
Do I need Renderworks
Importing from Sketchup.
Text, creating and editing.
0806
Class and Layer Mapping
Should I use a Layer Link or a Design Layer Viewport?
How to Export to Google Earth.
Dealing with the Resource Browser
Creating dimension standards
0807
Workgroup Referencing for Architects and for Landscapers
How Can I create a custom Arrow?
Creating And formatting general notes
Stairs with winders.
2D Selection Tool.
0808
Room Finishes Schedule
How Can I Smooth The Look Of My Site Model?
Texture Beds
How to take and prepare an image for an image prop
Attributes Palette
0810
Creating an Animation
How Can I Make A Ceiling for Interior Design?
More Solar studies
Custom Selection
Constraints Palette
0811
Using the Mechanical Duct Tools
What do the tread measurements on the stairs really mean?
How to make a dishwasher symbol from an image.
How to tidy up your 2D Elevations
Selecting and de-selecting.
0812
Site Modeling and Site Modifying
How Do I Submit a Bug?
Send to Surface
Setting Pen Thicknesses
Eyedropper tool
2009
0901
Creating an Assest Database
How Can I Export a Worksheet to DWG/DXF?
How can you make a stepped foundation wall
How to find the intersetion of 2 curved roofs
Assigning a hatch to an object
0902
Drawing a Deck in 2D and 3D
Why do I get twice as many objects in my worksheet?
How to deal with importing a CAD file from a manufacturer.
How to use guides for setting out planting
Setting angle snaps in Vectorworks 12, 2008 and 2009
Subscribers to SHORT SHARP TRAINING can access the following topics as back issues.
0903
Drawing a Complex Roof
Which title block should I use?
Using Classes on Plants
Counting Hardscape and plants
How to Align text
0904
Creating Drawings for a Building Project
Plants for concept and construction plans, without redrawing.
How to renumber all your symbols using a worksheet.
How to use Cut, Copy and Paste
0905
Drawing details for Architects and Landscapers
3D text for logos and presentations.
Exporting a site pLan for a surveyor.
How to change the length of a line.
0906
Creating and Managing your Vectorworks Libraries
How can I update my title blocks easily?
Could you use Vectorworks for visualizing a wind farm?
The offset tool
0907
Intermediate Worksheets
Make your own custom tools, it's easy.
Using the Resource Browser.
2D Reshape tool.
0908
Editing Plug-in objects
Working Planes in 3D Modeling
Importing a DXF file that has oversized arrows.
Add Surface command.
0909
Camera Match Tool
Importing a Shape File.
3D Primitives.
The Clip tool.
0910
What's new in Vectorworks 2010
Getting Plants in a rectangular array.
The working planes palette.
The Offset tool.
0911
The Ultimate Guide to Annotation
How to nudge associated dimensions.
Demolished windows with Windoor.
Move by Points tool.
0912
Best Practice for Importing and Exporting DXF/DWG
Renderworks Camera tool.
Pillar command, what is it good for.
Drag a Copy
2010
1001
How to save a corrupt file (maybe)
Why use 3D in Vectorworks
Corner windows, use Vectorworks or windoor?
Visibility tool.
1002
Stacked Layers/ Unified view and How to set up Layer heights correctly.
Export PDF
Using Clip on viewports
1003
Irrigation plans and irrigation tools
Create a concrete floor symbol for the framing member
Import PDF and ungroup
1004
Short Sharp Roundup - a review of the topics covered in 2007-2009
Viewport looses the hidden line rendering
You can import a DXF/DWG file and quickly convert it to a 3D model
Using the Fillet tool to round the edges of a polygon
1005
Stair Tools in Vectorworks 2010 (new Stairs)
Creating a concrete floor symbol to use with the framing member.
Protrusion/Cutout tool can use used like sketchup.
Creating Associative Dimensions
1006
Textures
How to get these manuals to print pages on a sheet.
How to use the Smart Edge snap (constraint).
Split Tool.
1007
Creating a Plumbing drainage schematic using a 3D model of the project.
1008
Lighting and Rendering
Add text to Database
Solar Studies
1009
Site Modeling and Modifing
1010
Getting Vectorworks to work with Energy Analysis Programs
1011
What's new in Vectorworks 2011 (if it is released by then)
1012
Short Sharp Roundup - a review of the topics covered in 2010
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