How to take the numbers out of the titleblock

1)  In resource browser hit the home key

2)  Scroll down to the ”Drawing Border Components” folder

3) Double click to open file

4) Highlight titleblock to be edited

5) Right click & click edit

6) Check “2D Component” and click edit

7) Edit titleblock and then click “Exit Symbol”

On sheet layer double click on titleblock

9) Hit ok in “Edit Titleblock” box

10) The titleblock should now be updated

Any questions please ask!!!!

Title block does not show YWA address

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!!! 

Fire Rating on Code Sheet

• Design Layer reference the masterfile into the current file onto it’s own layer (such as MASTER)
• Turn this viewport to black and white only.
• Create a viewport in your sheet layer, but when you choose which layers are visible select the third option which looks like a grayed out eye for the masterfile.
• DO NOT set this viewport to black and white
• Draw all your fire ratings and all other notes in the viewport annotations.
• Select the line type and weight from the “fire rating legend” on the sheet.
• When you go to print there is an option in the middle that says “Gray level for grayed layers and classes __%” – Make that 29%.

 

G001 – location map insertion

To place a location map on sheet G001begin by creating a pdf of your location from mapquest. (Per Jeremy VectorWorks always prefers pdfs over other file types). You can check 3.0 photos in your job file for an existing location map as one is usually needed for the project plan.

Once you have a pdf of your location go to:

File – import – import pdf

Locate & select your location map pdf in the “import pdf” window, choose “open”

In new “import pdf” window make sure you adjust the range if needed. Generally “pages from 1 to 1 should be checked, choose “import”.

Stretch your location map to fit in the location map box on G001.

Note: if you use a jpeg of the lacation map the size can not be stretched to fit the box permanently.

To use the Viewports without Leaving the Drawing Window

To make it so that when you enter a group, symbol, or viewport you don’t leave the window you’re working in and can still view the background, go to Tools> VectorWorks Preferences. Choose the Display tab and check the “Show other objects while in groups” box and click OK.

Design Layer Standard

• Each design layer shall have a scale not equal to 1:1 (1/8”=1’0” most common).
  • For masterfiles, use the scale of A101.
  • For details, sections, wall sections, and elevations, use the scale that you want the viewport to be on the sheet.
  • Room tags, window tags, and door tags shall be inserted on the masterfile. As in AutoCAD, duplicates may need to be inserted on enlarged plans and the originals may need to be turned invisible.

Viewport Standard

Each drawing on a sheet shall have its own viewport

• Viewports shall be set to Black and White by going to the object info palette -> Advanced Properties -> (check) Black and White Only
• All notes, dimensions, and call outs shall be done in the Viewport with the exception to standard details where the text is on the Design Layer assigned to that details scale.

Drawing Tags

Drawing tags shall be inserted from the Resource Browser and shall never be resized.

• One tag shall be inserted per Viewport, in the Annotations of the viewport
• Tags shall be Arial, plain style
• The end of the tag line shall be anchored to a loci on the title block
• You can add the following file to your resource browser favorites:
  • Y:002 CAD Standards\VectorWorks Defaults\Symbol Library\Drawing Tags.vwx

Referencing into another Drawing

·         View, create viewport, (or right click in the viewport tab, new)

o    Name the viewport – “acad import”, “master”, etc.

o    Create on new design layer

§  As a standard, name the design layers as follows for each type of reference:

·         acad import for any existing autocad file needed to design a new building

·         master for any masterfile being referenced into individual sheets (A101, A102, etc.)

o    Select the source – choose file to import (Select “path relative to current document” then OK

o    Click on the layers tab and choose layers you want to show

o    Hit ok

·         If you need to update the reference go to the last tab of the navigation toolbar (where you see your classes, design layers, and sheet layers) and if the reference appears red it needs to be updated.  Right click and hit update.

Inserting a Title Block

·         Open VectorWorks. File, New, Use Document Template, YWA New Drawing

Inserting Title Block:

·         Go to the sheet layer tab, right click, edit

·         Use 300 dpi, rename sheet if desired, then click page setup

·         Choose one printer page, then click on printer setup.  Choose printer and paper.

o    Adobe PDF – 22×34 or 30×42, scale 100%

o    HP LJ M5035 – 11×17, scale 50% for 22×34, 36% for 30×42

·         Then go to file, document settings, document setup

o    Drawing Border

§  ASME D paper for 22×34

§  US ARCH F paper for 30×42

o    Title Block

§  Titleblock 22×34 (YWA titleblocks.vwx)

§  Titleblock 30×42 (YWA titleblocks.vwx)

§  Note: they’re the ones with the cyan x’s

o    Check “To create a border now on layer”

§  Choose sheet layer

o    OK

·         In object info click on border settings and change “inside dimensions” to “outside dimensions”.  OK

·         Towards end of object info. Click hide border.