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How do I make a sheet layer in Vectorworks?
1. Select View > Create Viewport.
2. The Create Viewport dialog box opens.
3. Enter the desired parameters and click OK.
4. If a sheet layer does not already exist in the file, the New Sheet Layer dialog box opens automatically to create one.
How do I edit a sheet layer in Vectorworks?
1. Select the command or click the View bar button.
2. Select the Sheet Layers tab and the Details view.
3. To change layer properties, select one or more layers and click Edit to open the Edit Sheet Layers dialog box.
How do I create multiple sheets in Vectorworks?
To create multiple viewports simultaneously: Select View > Create Multiple Viewports. The Create Multiple Viewports dialog box opens. Specify the desired viewport scale, views, and angle projection method, and then click OK.
How do you create a viewport in Vectorworks?
1. Select View > Create Viewport.
2. The Create Viewport dialog box opens.
3. Enter the desired parameters and click OK.
4. If a sheet layer does not already exist in the file, the New Sheet Layer dialog box opens automatically to create one.
How do you create a section in Vectorworks?
Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) to open the context menu. Select View > Create Section Viewport (for a design layer or viewport), or select Create Section Viewport from the context menu (for a clip cube). Draw the section line to create the cutting plane on the design layer or viewport.
What is a viewport in Vectorworks?
A detail viewport is a cropped sheet layer viewport that shows a detail view of any part of a drawing. A detail viewport can be created from a design layer, another sheet layer viewport, or a section viewport.
How do I change the viewport layer?
1. On a layout, double-click inside a layout viewport to make it the current viewport.
2. Click Home tab Layers panel Layer Properties. Find.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, specify the properties to override in the current layout viewport by changing the properties in the following columns: VP Freeze. VP Color.
How do I edit a viewport layer?
1. Select the viewport.
2. From the Object Info palette, click Layers.
3. To override the layer properties (for viewport display), select one or more viewport layers and click Edit.
How do I change the size of a viewport in Vectorworks?
To scale a viewport with the mouse, select the viewport and use the Modify > Group command to turn it into a group object. Click and drag a handle to resize the viewport. Then use the Modify > Ungroup command to change it back into a viewport object.
How do I print a viewport in Vectorworks?
1. Select File > Print.
2. Specify the print options, such as which pages to print and how many copies to make.
3. If the Rasterize print output option is selected, specify the edge of the image onscreen that is the first edge to come out of the printer.
4. Click Print (Mac) or OK (Windows) to print.
How do you make a 3d viewport in Vectorworks?
How do I export a viewport in Vectorworks?
For viewports on sheet layers, set the layer and class visibility of each viewport. Select File > Export > Export PDF. The Export PDF dialog box opens. Specify the settings for exporting to PDF.
How do you cut a section in Vectorworks?
Select the 3D model to section. Select Model > Cut 3D Section (Fundamentals workspace only). Click to set the start of the section. Draw a line across the object to define the section, and then click to set the end of the section.
How do you create a viewport in Vectorworks 2021?
1. Set the view to display in the viewport.
2. Select the command.
3. Enter the desired parameters and click OK.
4. If a sheet layer does not already exist in the file, the New Sheet Layer dialog box opens automatically to create one.
How do you create an elevation in Vectorworks?
1. Make sure the desired design layer is active, and set the drawing to Top/Plan view.
2. Select View > Create Interior Elevation Viewport.
3. Click once to place the interior-elevation marker in the drawing, and click again to set the rotation.
4. Set the viewport properties and click OK.