Unreferenced date April 2010 Infobox software name Vectorworks developer Nemetschek Vectorworks latest release version 2011 latest release date 14 September 2010 latest preview version latest preview date operating system Mac OS X , Microsoft Windows Windows platform genre computer aided design CAD license website http www.nemetschek.net www.nemetschek.net Vectorworks is a computer aided design CAD and Building Information Modeling BIM software program developed by Nemetschek Vectorworks that is used for drafting, technical drawing and 3D modeling. Vectorworks offers 2D, 3D, production management, and presentation capabilities for all phases of the design process. History Vectorworks was previously known as MiniCAD. It was originally developed on Mac OS . It was developed by Diehl Graphsoft , now Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. Alongside MiniCAD, Diehl Graphsoft also released a 2D CAD program for the Mac targeted toward architects called Blueprint. The version numbers went up to 12 and are numbered from 2008 and on by the year i.e. currently 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 . The data files used the MCD extension from MiniCAD until version 12. Vectorworks 2008 and onwards use the VWX extension. See also Comparison of CAD editors for AEC References Reflist External links http www.nemetschek.net Home Page for Vectorworks http www.cadalyst.com Cadalyst has a http aec.cadalyst.com aec Review 2C AEC Software VectorWorks 2008 Cadalyst Labs Review ArticleStandard Article detail 482165?contextCategoryId 6574 review of VectorWorks 2008 Category Windows software Category Mac OS software Category Mac OS X software Category Mac OS X computer aided design software Category 3D graphics software Category Computer aided design software Category Nemetschek products CAD software stub de Vectorworks fr VectorWorks ko it VectorWorks nl VectorWorks ja VectorWorks no Vectorworks pl VectorWorks pt VectorWorks tr VectorWorks ... more details
The Nemetschek VectorWorks Architect Software package is an Architectural Building Information Modeling program. External links http www.nemetschek.net architect Nemetschek VectorWorks Architect Homepage See also Comparison of CAD editors for architecture, engineering and construction AEC Category Building information modeling architecture stub Building Information Modeling ... more details
Computer aided garden design describes the use of CAD packages to ease and improve the process of garden design . Professional garden designer s tend to use CAD packages designed for other professions. This includes architectural design software for the drafting of garden plans, 3 D software and Digital image editing image editing software for visual representation. But tailor made computer aided design software is made for the amateur garden design market. It must contains some of the functionality of the more advanced programs, packaged in an easy to use format. See also Garden design Computer aided design List of CAD companies References Notes reflist Bibliography External links http www.ianhuttgardendesign.com vectorworks2009.php About Vectorworks versions suitable for use by Garden Designers http www.gardenvisit.com garden product cad garden software CAD.htm Use of computers in garden design http www.sketchup.com SketchUp Homepage http www.gardendesignpro.co.uk 3D Garden Design Software program from Garden Design Pro http www.nemetschek.net Home Page for Vectorworks and Nemetschek North America Category Gardening aids Software type stub ... more details
This is a list of Architectural lighting design Lighting Design software for use in ananlyzing photometrics , Building Information Modeling BIM Building Information Modeling , and 3D modeling . The software is typically used by importing the structural design via CAD files. Then lighting elements are inserted. And finally, the lighting objects are associated with a photometry via IES files. The photometry of a light fixture describes the way it distributes its light into space. Once this process is completed, the illuminance and luminance produced by each fixture in the space can be calculated. The output is typically a diagram indicating these by means of colors or numbers. This typically is the goal of technical photometry software. In marketing and higher level design, 3D photometric analysis is useful to give a graphical no numerics output of a proposed design. Open source Radiance software Radiance Proprietary AGi32 Calculux Dialux LD Assistant LightCalc Lighting Design software Lighting Design Microlux OptisWorks OptiWin 3D pro Rayfront Relux SPEOS Vectorworks Vectorworks Spotlight Visual software Visual Lighting Reality TracePro LightStar 4D Category Lighting Category Computer aided design software Category Architectural lighting design ... more details
Vectorworks and MAXON Computer with its Cinema 4D software for visualization and animation ... R&D zrt. with its architecture program ArchiCAD and Nemetschek Vectorworks with the design and architecture software Vectorworks . In addition to Allplan, the vendors of civil engineering software ... Nemetschek Vectorworks Nemetschek Vectorworks formerly Diehl Graphsoft , headquartered in Columbia ... software for more than 20 years. The Vectorworks product line offers professional design solution s for architecture ... and mechanical engineering. According to the manufacturer, Vectorworks is used in 85 countries ... Engineering Group website http www.vectorworks.net Nemetschek Vectorworks website http www.graphisoft.com ... more details
Multiple issues external links June 2010 primarysources June 2010 refimprove June 2010 self published June 2010 Parasolid is a geometric modeling kernel originally developed by ShapeData, now owned by Siemens PLM Software formerly UGS Corp. , that can be licensed by other companies for use in their 3D computer graphics software products. Parasolid s capabilities include model creation and editing utilities such as Boolean modeling operators, feature modeling support, advanced surfacing, thickening and hollowing, blending and filleting and sheet modeling. Parasolid also includes tools for direct model editing, including tapering, offsetting, geometry replacement and removal of feature details with automated regeneration of surrounding data. Parasolid also provides wide ranging graphical and rendering support, including hidden line, wireframe and drafting, tessellation and model data inquiries. When exported from the parent software package, a Parasolid commonly has the file extension .x t . Another format is .x b , which is in binary format so it is more machine independent and not subject to binary to text conversion errors. Most Parasolid files can communicate and migrate only 3D solids and or surface data Parasolid files currently cannot communicate and migrate 2D data such as lines and arcs. To use Parasolid effectively, users need to have fundamental knowledge of CAGD , computational geometry and topology . Applications It is used in many Computer aided design CAD , Computer aided manufacturing CAM , Computer aided engineering CAE , Product visualization , and CAD data exchange packages, users include Abaqus http en.wikibooks.org wiki ICEM CFD ANSYS Icem CFD Autodesk Inventor Cimatron Cimatron E DesignFlow DesignSpace Femap Ironcad CNC Software Mastercam MasterCAM MicroStation Moldflow MSC.Patran MSC.SimXpert NX Unigraphics OneCNC Powershape Renishaw Productivity SolidFace Solid Edge SolidWorks STAR Design T FLEX CAD TopSolid Vectorworks GibbsCAM Altair HyperWor ... more details
Refimprove date February 2009 Image Fillet.jpg thumb 200px Example of a non filleted pole left and a filleted pole right Image Fillet.png thumb 200px It is common to find a fillet where two parts are welding welded together In mechanical engineering , a fillet IPAc en icon f l t is a Concave function concave easing of an interior corner of a part design. A rounding of an exterior corner is called a round or a chamfer . ref Madsen et al., Engineering Drawing and Design page 179. Delmar, 2004 ISBN 0 7668 1634 6 ref Applications Stress concentration is a problem of load bearing mechanical parts which is reduced by employing fillets on points and lines of expected high stress. The fillets distribute the stress over a broader area and effectively make the parts more durable and capable of bearing larger loads. For considerations in aerodynamics , fillets are employed to reduce interference drag where aircraft components such as wings, struts, and other surfaces meet one another. For manufacturing, concave corners are sometimes filleted to allow the use of round tipped end mill s to cut out an area of a material. This has a cycle time benefit if the round mill is simultaneously being used to mill complex curved surfaces. Radii are used to eliminate sharp edges that can be easily damaged or that can cause injury when the part is handled. ref Visualization, modeling, and graphics for engineering design By Dennis Kenmon Lieu, Sheryl Sorby, Page 6 31 ref Design process Fillets can be quickly designed onto parts using Solid modeling 3D solid modeling engineering CAD software by invoking the function and picking edges of interest. Once these features are included in the CAD design of a part, they are often manufactured automatically using cnc computer numerical control . Different packages use different names for the same operations. CATIA , Vectorworks , Autodesk Inventor and Solidworks refer to both concave and convex rounded edges as fillets, while referring to angled ... more details
Image Set construction.jpg thumb right Carpenter theater Carpenters work on constructing the set Image Sethenfiona.jpg thumb right A finished set Set construction is the process by which a construction manager undertakes to build full scale scenery suitable for viewing by camera, as specified by a scenic design Production Designer or Art Director working in collaboration with the theatre director director of a production to create a set for a theatrical, film or television production. The set designer produces a scale model , scale drawings, paint elevations a scale painting supplied to the scenic painter of each element that requires painting , and research about Theatrical property props , textures, and so on. Scale drawings typically include a floor plan groundplan , Elevation view elevation , and Multiview orthographic projection Cross section section of the complete set, as well as more detailed drawings of individual scenic elements which, in theatrical productions, may be static, fly system flown , or built onto scenery wagon s. Models and paint elevations are frequently hand produced, though in recent years, many Production Designers and most commercial theatres have begun producing scale drawings with the aid of computer drafting programs such as AutoCAD or Vectorworks . In theater, the technical director or production manager is the person responsible for evaluating the finished designs and considering budget and time limitations. He or she engineers the scenery, has it redrafted for building, budgets time, crew and materials, and liaisons between the designer and the shop. Technical directors often have assistant technical directors whose duties can range from drafting to actually building scenery. In major film production, a Supervising Art Director is responsible for a team of Art Directors, each drafting separate sets or sections of a single set. Construction supervisors interpret the drawings and allocate labour and resources, with the Production Desi ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2008 Ashlar Vellum , a dba of Ashlar Incorporated, is a developer of Computer aided design CAD and 3D modeling software for both the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms. Ashlar Vellum s interface, designed in 1988 by Dr. Martin Newell computer scientist Martin Newell and Dan Fitzpatrick featuring the patented Drafting Assistant. Originally founded in Sunnyvale, California, Ashlar Incorporated is now headquartered in Austin, Texas with additional offices in Kiev, Ukraine. The Designer Elements Product Family The Ashlar Vellum product family features the Designer Elements including Graphite, Cobalt, Xenon and Argon. Graphite Commented out because image was deleted Image drafting in graphite from AV.gif thumb right Using Graphite Graphite offers 2D and 3D wireframe drafting. Graphite is the modern successor to Ashlar s earlier Vellum program, originally released in 1989. Introduced in 2001, Graphite competes with AutoCAD LT and VectorWorks. Cobalt main Cobalt CAD program Commented out because image was deleted Image CAD2 in cobalt from AV.gif thumb right Creating a Simple Gear in Cobalt Cobalt is Ashlar Vellum s top level product for 3D modeling and CAD on Mac and Windows. It integrates parametric wireframe , freeform surfacing , feature based solid modeling and photo realistic rendering all using the Vellum interface . Everything in Cobalt is history driven with associativity and 2D equation driven parametrics and constraints. It offers surfacing tools, mold design tools, detailing, and engineering features. Cobalt also includes a library of 149,000 mechanical parts. Cobalt is the successor to Ashlar s earlier Ashlar Vellum Vellum Solids Vellum Solids program released in 1998. Debuted in 2001, Cobalt competes with Solid Edge , SolidWorks, CATIA, NX , and Pro Engineer. Xenon Xenon is the mid level product in Ashlar Vellum s Designer Elements line of 3D modeling and CAD software for product design on Mac and Windows. Xenon s set of tools wit ... more details
Image Clip image002 0001.png right thumb 400px Studio 58 Studio 58 is an intensive theatre school located in Vancouver, British Columbia . A part of Langara College s Theatre arts Theatre Arts Program, the school offers professional theatre training for actors and production personnel. It is the only conservatory style theatre training program in Western Canada . Studio 58 is a three year program for acting and a two year program for production. The school operates its own theatre and presents 4 full length productions annually. Professional directors and designers are hired to work on each production. Studio 58 productions are open to the public and reviewed by the Vancouver media. The Program An average day begins at 8 30 a.m. and finishes by 11 00 p.m. The daily routine includes classes, crew calls, rehearsals and the evening performances of our public shows. Working into the weekends is not uncommon. All students are required to take first year English. Acting students take classes in Scene Study, Improvisation, Modern and Classical Text, Voice, Speech, Choir, Singing, Mask, Movement, Alignment, Period Dance, Tap dance Tap , Writing, One Person Shows Solo Show , and Theatre Fundamentals. All production students take acting in their first semester with the other A Term acting students Voice, Acting I, Acting II, Joint Acting Class, Movement I, Movement II, Physical Theatre, Choir, and Voice . . In the second semester, the production students switch over and take production classes Stage management Stage Management , Costume design Costume , VectorWorks , Design , Lighting designer Lighting , Sound design Sound , Scenic design Set , and various other workshops throughout the semester. Auditions Studio 58 accepts up to 16 students a semester through auditions. Interviews and auditions are held during April and May across Canada in Vancouver , Toronto , Edmonton , and Montreal . An Audition Package with date and time of audition, as well as monologues, are mailed ou ... more details
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