Book: Vectorworks Essentials
5th Edition by Jonathan Pickup

Book: Vectorworks Essentials 5th Edition by Jonathan Pickup is a must-have workbook for anyone new to Vectorworks. The goals of this manual are to eliminate the mystery of computer aided design and to provide a basic understanding of how to use Vectorworks software.

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Updated for the 2013 version of Vectorworks, this third edition of the tutorial has been restructured to give the reader a clear understanding of the concepts behind each instruction. The book is designed to help the user build a foundation of essential Vectorworks knowledge, and it covers simple 2D drafting, 3D modeling, planar objects, and file organization. Notes and exercises throughout the tutorial provide additional guidance.

• This tutorial can be used with any Vectorworks product.
• Measurements for the exercises are shown in both metric and imperial.
• This hard-copy workbook comes with a companion CD that contains exercise files, and the entire manual in PDF.
• View the PDF using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• The PDF contains embedded tutorial movies that demonstrate the steps of each exercise.

Jonathan Pickup is an architect trained in New Zealand and in the UK with over 30 years of experience. He is the main manual writer and support provider for Nemetschek training, and he has been providing training and consulting services to architects and design professionals since 1992, as well as authoring over 100+ Vectorworks materials. Having written several Vectorworks training manuals for architects, landscape architects, educators, and design students, he runs the Vectorworks On-Line User Group, provides its main direction, and can frequently be found online at Novedge's Vectorworking community.