047-2013 Creating Animations and Using Animationworks (Short Sharp Training)

When you present your design you cannot be sure that others are visualizing the plans as you imagine them. One tool to help you present are images and drawings from several angles. These can be rendered views so your client can see the light, shadows, and textures. These images work well with printed media. However, I believe that there is an even better tool, a movie / animation of your design.
There is a wonderful extension to Vectorworks, called Animationworks. It dramatically increases your presentations, is relatively easy to use and is available online (http://www.ozcad.com.au/products/)
Some users report that Animationworks makes it easier to control the flow of the movie, because you can tell the camera to follow a 3D NURBS curve. It also allows you to animate objects in Vectorworks, which means that you can move, slide, show, hide or rotate objects during the movie. This is a major improvement to the animation / movie making capabilities that come standard with Vectorworks.