For features in products other than Vectorworks Fundamentals, icons indicate the Vectorworks product. The D icon indicates that it exists in any Design Series product; A indicates Architect; L indicates Landmark; S indicates Spotlight, and R indicates Renderworks. Where documentation does not have an icon, the functionality is available with a Fundamentals license.

As an example, for the S icon, you must have Vectorworks Spotlight (or Designer) to use the function.

(Mac)

Mac-specific instruction

(Windows)

Windows-specific instruction

Enter (Windows)/return (Mac) and Backspace (Windows)/delete (Mac)

To reduce unnecessary wordiness, both operating system terms will not be used; we have standardized upon “Enter” and “Backspace.” The meaning should be evident for users of either operating system.

bold text

Indicates a specific button, command, class, or explicitly named item

indented, colored text

Indicates a note, tip, or warning

click

Click the mouse button and release. For a two-button mouse, the left button is always implied.

double-click

Click the mouse button quickly two times and release

right-click

Click the right mouse button and release; on a Mac one-button mouse, hold down the Ctrl key and click the mouse

Key and mouse combination, as in Shift-click

Hold down the key and click; in this example, hold down the Shift key and click

Key combination, as in Alt+Shift+D

Hold down the key(s) and press the specified letter or number key; in this example, hold down both the Alt and Shift keys, and press the D key

click-click

Click the mouse button once and release. Move the cursor to the desired location and click again. This is the default drawing preference for the program at installation. See Edit Preferences to change the drawing preference to click-drag.

click-drag

Click the mouse button once and do not release. Drag (move) the cursor to a desired location and then release.

select

Click an object with the mouse, or click-drag over an object with marquee selection, to highlight it. The object is highlighted, and/or “handles” display on the object to indicate that it is currently active. This term also refers to executing menu commands.

Context menu

A menu command accessed by a Ctrl-click (Mac) or right-click (Windows)