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You'll find many substantial workflow improvements in Vectorworks Fundamentals 2008.
Workgroup Referencing Improvements
In addition to the true referencing improvement found in the Vectorworks Design Series products, you'll find many other substantial workgroup referencing improvements:
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For easy management, references are now listed on new tabs in the Organization dialogue box and Navigation palette. The new reference tab shows the name of the referenced file, the kind of file being referenced (Vectorworks, PDF, or image), and the status of the references, for example, broken, up-to-date, or out-of-date.
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For faster updates, you can control whether to update all referenced files or only out-of-date files. Plus you can even have Vectorworks automatically check for out-of-date references after a specified period of time. And you can edit the setting for more than one reference at the same time.
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A new option lets you choose whether to save referenced data to disk. Saving referenced data with the document makes the document more portable, but uses more disk space.
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When a referenced layer becomes the active layer or if an object is moved to a referenced layer, a new warning alerts you so you don't inadvertently make changes to a drawing that could be lost when a reference is updated.
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New improvements make it easy to locate and update referenced files, even if they've been moved.
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For added convenience, all referenced files are listed under the Window menu, and you can quickly navigate to and open any referenced files via the Window menu.
New CAD Manager Features
New CAD manager capabilities make it easier to set up, share, back up, and manage Vectorworks content and preferences. CAD managers can easily control where resources and preferences are stored (centrally or locally on individual computers), which means CAD managers can control who can access or edit resources and preferences. And, because custom folders are stored outside the Vectorworks application folder, updating to newer versions or reinstalling Vectorworks will maintain your custom libraries or preferences. The new capabilities also make configuring new machines and maintaining existing machines with your firm's standards a lot easier.
Resource Browser Improvements
Interface improvements make the Resource Browser easier to use and faster to navigate between library file and document resources:
- The Home button lets you see at a glance if you are viewing resources in the active document or another open drawing or Favourite file, and can quickly display the resources in the active document
- The Up One Level button makes navigation through resource folders easier by allowing you to quickly switch to the resource's "parent" folder
- If desired, the Resource Browser will always display the resources of the active document
Extract and Reuse Image-based Resources
You can now extract images from image-based resources. You can reuse an image from an existing resource in the drawing instead of importing a new one, when creating image-based resources such as image fills, textures, image props, and backgrounds for RenderWorks users. For example, if you have an image fill you use for water, you can reuse the water image in a texture and map it to a 3D object. This will also save you space, since the image resource is not duplicated.
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