How to create a section viewport from a model
June 17, 2008
1) Go to “View”
2) “Create Section Viewport”
3) Click on first point to begin section cut
4) Click on second point to end section cut
5) Designate direction of cut and double click, a box will come up “Create Section Viewport”
6) Create a “Name” for the viewport
7) Designate which sheet layer for the viewport to be located (Sheet Layer 1)
Click on the “Layer” tab and turn on layers you wish to show up
9) Make sure the “Display Objects Beyond the Section Plane” box is checked
10) Set Scale
11) “Rendering” should be set to Hidden Line
12) Click on the “Advanced Section Properties” tab
13) “Length Range” should be set to Limited by Section Line Length
14) “Depth Range” should be set to Infinite
15) Click “OK”
16) Click “OK” again
17) The drawing will take you to the new viewport and you are now ready to draw over the model in annotations
Any questions just ask!!!
YWA address won’t show up on title block!!!
June 17, 2008
When placing a YWA titleblock on a new sheet layer our address may not show up.
1) Double click on the “Classes” tab in the “Navagation” toolbar
2) Scroll down and click on the “Class Name” Titleblock
3) Click the ”Edit key”
4) Change fill style to “None”
This will fix the problem!!
Title block does not show YWA address
June 13, 2008
After bringing the title block into a new sheet the YWA address may not show up!! In the “Navagation Palette” double click on the “Classes” tab, scroll down to the “Titleblock” class and change fill from solid to none and the address should show up!!!
Top/Plan View
June 11, 2008
When using Vectorworks, one should always make sure to be in Top/Plan View Mode (not just top). If you notice that things are not able to be selected or snapped to, check to make sure that’s your view.
2D Reshape Point Selection
June 3, 2008
Yo, it’s the incredible Paulk and I’m here to say, A rectangular marquee ain’t the only way…Baaaaaaaamm!
In the 2D Reshape tool, If you want to select points using a lasso, just hold the alt key down and draw around the points you wish to relocate.
