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1. Extrudes and Solid Operations
   Extrudes and Solids Operations: An explanation of the basics of solid modeling and custom 3D object creation. This tech tip will show you how to take 2D shapes and create a non-standard object quickly and easily.
2. Replacing Wall Styles
   Replacing Wall styles: In this tip, we show you how to correctly and accurately replace a wall style in Vectorworks in just a few quick steps, as well as what can happen if done improperly.
3. Custom Modification
   New in 2009 is the Custom Modification command, similar to its predecessor Custom Selection, it can significantly reduce the time required to make changes to multiple objects. This feature is especially useful for reducing those numerous small tweaks throughout a complex document into a few easy ...
4. Using multiple viewports to enhance presentation quality
   See how overlaying viewports with different rendering options can greatly improve the look of your drawings and save you time, too.
5. Formatting Cells in Worksheets
   Great tips to enhance the appearance of your worksheets or reports for presentations purposes.
6. Adding new plants to the Place Plant Tool
   In this video tech tip, you will find systematically how to add new plants in VectorWorks 2008 to the default plant library.
7. New in 2010 - 2D/3D Integration
   Building upon the Parasolid modeling foundation we laid in 2009, Vectorworks 2010 has a new “unified view,” that makes it an ideal 3D modeling environment. Whether you’re working in 2D or 3D, it allows you to accurately draft or model on the correct working plane.
8. New in 2010 - 3D Snapping
   Now more than ever, Vectorworks users are investigating the potential of 3D. You’ll notice the difference in the overall usability and reliability of the 3D snapping. With the 3D cursor, you can reliably acquire your snaps so it’s easy to select, modify, and align your objects i ...
9. New in 2010 - DCM Integration
   The Dimensional Constraint Manager (DCM) from Siemens PLM is a significant improvement in this version, especially in 2D. This means more robust and reliable wall networks and connections that work exactly the way you want.
10. New in 2010 - Interactive Dimension Editing
    Great new feature alert: Now you can directly edit geometry using a dimension’s length on the documents drawing area. Just double click the dimension text to edit the dimension length and when you hit Enter, both the dimension and the associated object will change in response.
11. New in 2010 - Drawing Coordination
    Vectorworks Design Series users will enjoy automatic management of reference information, linking sheet numbers, drawing numbers on drawing borders, drawing labels, and reference markers.
12. New in 2010 - New Stair Tool
    A new comprehensive stair tool has been added to Vectorworks Architect that provides you with more flexible configuration options, and improved performance and reliability. This new tool enables you to create different types of stairs by setting parameters in a dialog and inserting them into the ...
13. New in 2010 - Improved 2D Reshape Tool
    Here’s a new trick: When you use the 2D reshape tool in “marquee selection” mode and hold the shift key down, you can use the marquee selection box even when the start point is on a filled object.
14. New in 2010 - Connect/Combine Support for Multiple Objects
    We introduced a new mode that lets you extend multiple objects to a single boundary object in just one click. Voilà!
15. New in 2010 - Chamfer by Length
    Use the chamfer tool to enter the chamfered line length.
16. New in 2010 - Mapping of Associative Hatches
    Now you’ll have greater control over hatched objects when you precisely locate the origin, rotation, and scale on associative hatches of individual objects.
17. New in 2010 - Select Similar Tool
    Super time-saver alert. The new “select similar” tool enables you to do in one click what you previously did in many. You can select all similar objects, based on any combination of 27 criteria, regardless of layer or class, define saved settings, and save, load, or delete your sel ...
18. New in 2010 - Event Room Layout
    Introducing a new event-planning suite. It features a set of tools and menu commands that make it a breeze to create rooms for events ranging from banquets and corporate presentations to large-scale shows and exhibits – and everything in between. Now you can easily create the room, stage ...
19. New in 2010 - Parking Tool
    Try the new parking tools that make it easy to create intelligent and reportable parking spaces. The “parking along path” tool lets you add head in and parallel parking spaces along curved paths. The “parking area” tool creates fills an area with parking spaces and adju ...
20. New in 2010 - Hardscape Capabilities
    Now it’s even easier to create custom patios, walkways, driveways, and other landscape elements with the hardscape object. We’ve made improvements in the tag, in turning off border segments, in 3D texturing of hardscape borders, in placing holes in borders, and in texturing your har ...