The Class
The Basic and Intermediate hands-on VectorWorks training seminar runs two or two and a half days (a Saturday and Sunday plus a Friday afternoon for the two-and-a-half day class), and is always held in a computer lab where every participant has his or her own workstation. The course focuses on professional applications of VectorWorks to efficiently develop drawings and models, honing overall design and drafting strategies. Topics include:

• Setting up files and preferences
• Working with Constraints, Object Information, and other key palettes
• Using efficient drafting techniques with surfaces, 2D reshape, hybrid 2d and 3D objects, parametric objects, and symbols
• Organizing drawing files using groups, classes, design and sheet layers, viewports, layer links, and saved views
• Information management with record formats and worksheets
• Importing and exporting drawing files and images
  

Fast-paced and comprehensive, this vignette-based training is helpful to VectorWorks users at all levels. New users will benefit from having a 'road map' and sound foundation on which to build their VectorWorks proficiency, while experienced users will be able to fill in gaps in their practice. While the class takes an architectural approach to teaching VectorWorks, the lessons learned are applicable to a variety of industries.

The 3D Masterclass is designed for intermediate and advanced users of VectorWorks ARCHITECT, DESIGNER, or LANDMARK with RenderWorks. This vignette-based class covers:

• Digital terrain modeling
• Solids modeling, including Boolean solids and NURBS (nonuniform rational B-spline)
• Lighting
• Rendering with a variety of RenderWorks techniques
• Exporting image files and creating animations

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Profile
The classes are taught by François Lévy, a former lecturer at the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught several VectorWorks-based courses. He was a 1999 VectorWorks team member for the 3D CADD Shoot Out at A/E/C Systems in Los Angeles, and has presented case studies for VectorWorks events. A dedicated VectorWorks users since 1993, he currently organizes the Austin VectorWorks Users Group. 

Born in Paris, France and raised in the United States, François Lévy received his Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, equivalent to a philosophy major with double-minor in classics and mathematics, from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1987. After two years on the East Coast he enrolled in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin. There he received a Master of Architecture degree in 1993, as well as serving as a teaching assistant. During his studies he travelled to Europe and Australia, where he worked for six months.

Since completing his studies he has worked for noted Austin architects Dick Clark and Mell Lawrence, as well as having worked in Paris on the multi-million dollar Météor Project, the latest subway line for the Paris Métro. He had completed several independent projects by the time he and a partner formed Studio Mosaic, a full-service architecture firm, in 1997. He practiced on his own from 2002 until his return to Mell Lawrence Architects in 2004. In 2006, he returned to UT, this time to pursue a Masters in Architectural Engineering. He is currently back in his own private practice, and also teaching at the Cockrell School of Engineering.

For additional information or individual training, contact François Lévy.