Open Association of Landscape Industries
Vectorworks Training Competition - win a day of training
Vectorworks Landmark, is the CAD software of choice for Landscape and Garden Designers, with tools for surveying, site analysis, designing hard landscaping and planting, contour modelling, rendering and much, much more.
The Vectorworks Training team, headed by, Tamsin Slatter, specialises in delivering high quality training and expertise to the landscape design world. All their trainers are qualified designers and use this expertise to help clients build a business process around this powerful software.
They offer a range of courses, from beginner through to the more advanced 3D site modelling skills.
Landscape Juice has teamed up with Vectorworks Training to offer this competition to LJN members to win a free place on one of our one day public courses. The competition ends at midnight on Friday 04 March 2011.
The winner will be entitled to one free day of training, at their training suite in Newbury, Berkshire. The course must be selected from our current training schedule (subject to availability) and must be taken before the end of June 2011. Courses run from 9:30 am to 16:30 and include a light lunch.
Our current schedule includes:
Vectorworks Foundation
Aimed very much at those totally new to the software, you will learn how to set up your “drawing board”, and learn how to use the basic drawing functions, to get yourself ready to make the most of the landscape specific features.
Vectorworks Landmark
For those who have mastered basic drawing skills, but would like to explore the more industry-focused tools within Landmark, we look at surveys, hard landscaping and planting plans.
Move to 3D
So, you can draw 2D plans, and have made use of the built-in Landmark features, but want to extend your knowledge of working in a 3D environment so that you can model more bespoke features.
Rendering and Lighting with Renderworks
Learn how to add light sources to the model to create accurate sun and shade studies, apply textures, apply backgrounds and create perspective camera views. Learn how to combine textures, lighting and 3D Image Prop plants to create stunning effects.
Site Modelling
Although this course does expect you to know your way around Vectorworks and have an understanding of the above, this course really is the icing on the cake! Learn how to plot heights from your own survey, or import information from your surveyor. We then create a model of the site, look at the site analysis possibilities and then learn how to adjust the site to suit your design, giving you a great visual for your client, contour plan for your contractor and those all-important cut and fill calculations.
How to enter
The rules of this give-away are simple; just leave a comment in the box below for your chance to win a day of training with Vectorworks Training - please just one comment per person (multiply or non relevant comments will be discounted).
The person chosen at random after the closing date will be the winner (draw will be made using random.org)
Once the draw has been done and the winner announced, you'll be contacted directly by Vectorworks Training to arrange a convenient time and date for your day.
You can learn more about Vectorworks Training at www.vectorworks-training.co.uk.
Add a Comment
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Comment by Christopher R Lloyd on February 16, 2011 at 19:59 -
I used an old version several years ago at a friend's practice - very intuitive and MUCH better than AutoCAD for landscape design then. Considering looking at this if I decide to go back into design full-time.
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Comment by Daniel Gillings @ DC inc on February 16, 2011 at 19:41 -
Wow! Great prize, I'd love to win!
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Comment by Robin Torrie on February 16, 2011 at 18:53 -
I saw Vectorworks being demonstrated at Ecobuild last year - looks an impressive bit of software.
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Comment by Oliver Hawkins on February 16, 2011 at 18:03 -
Tamsin trained me on VW2010 and I must say I found the course to be excellent; pitched at the right level and very clearly explained.
The potential for the VW2011 makes me shiver, and I'd love to learn more about the 3D modelling and rendering capabilities,
Oliver
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Comment by James Tucker on February 16, 2011 at 17:27 -
Would be an excellent opportunity. Been using Vectorworks for a few years now, but no where near it's full potential.
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Comment by Lucy Bravington on February 16, 2011 at 16:46 -
This is a great opportunity for us designers to work with this fantastic product. I used it a little on my course at Pershore but would love to learn more and use it regularly.
Thanks LJN and Vectorworks for teaming up!
Lucy
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Comment by Luis Moreno on February 16, 2011 at 15:27 -
I've been using VW during my Diploma and found it very useful. Would be a nice next step to learn how to draw everything in 3D.
Cheers.
Luis
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Comment by Tracey Hutchison on February 16, 2011 at 15:06 -
I would love to get more info on Vectorworks. I have no CAD experience at all eek!!!
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Comment by Joy Van Geesbergen on February 16, 2011 at 13:29 -
Thank yo for this amazing offer,
It is always a pleasure to improve in our formation skills, and Id definitely benefit from a couple of extra tools.. Thank you
Cheers
Joy
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Comment by Svend Rumbold on February 16, 2011 at 13:27 -
I can personally vouch for both Tamsin and Vectorworks software, from her training at OCGD. But like many software packages, there are lots of more advanced features e.g. terrain modelling, which are potentially very useful but most users rarely get to grips with.
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