Fast Flats 2 Download Plug-in Example file 2022 Example File 2020
Fast Flats 2 is a little more user friendly :-)
Fast Flats v1.2 Download Plug-in
v1.1 adds a button to create standard classes + minor bug fix.
v1.2 (29 August 2020) finally fixed the Andrew Dunning Bug™
Fast Flats is a tool that makes theater and TV flats. It will do traditional broadway flats or Hollywood flats. Either 2D or 3D. And it will show a material estimate for the framing in the OIP.
Some people set the thickness of the flat skin to 0 and use it just for the framing.
And it has braces. So that’s fun.
To install: Download the plug-in. Go to Vectorworks > Preferences. Click on the User Folders Tab. Mac users will have a button that says "Reveal in Finder". Windows users will have a button that says something like "Reveal in Explorer"(?). That will take you to a folder with the year of the version you are currently using. Inside that folder will be a folder called "Plug-ins". Put the Fast Flats.vso file in the Plug-ins folder.
Then you need to add the tool to your workspace. The great Jim Wilson explains it here.