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Bruce Kieffer

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  1. I place a Data Tag on an object in the annotations of a Viewport. I think I have the default class for the Data Tag set to None, but it will only show if a completely irrelevant class is turned on in the VP classes. Am I missing some setting?

     

    Maple is the Data Tag. The object it tags is in the Cabinet Bottoms class. The Data Tag only shows if my End Panels-Rails class is turned on in the VP classes. It makes no sense.

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    I just added a rectangle with Red Oak Material on the page with the VP. Both the rectangle and Data Tag show they are in the None Class. If I turn off the End Panels-Rails class the Tag disappears.

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  2. 18 minutes ago, line-weight said:

     

    I don't think they are really "too limited" - I think you were trying to use a section viewport when what you wanted wasn't really a section.

     

    Section viewports are critical for architectural documentation. 99% of all orthogonal viewports I create for architectural projects are section viewports.

     

    They are what you use to show the detail of internal buildups of walls, roofs and so on.

     

    They are also what you use to explain the relative levels of the interior of a building and the relationship to adjacent buildings, site levels etc.

     

    In practice they are also what you use for external elevations (or at least I do) because buildings aren't free floating objects - they are always embedded in a context. So a building elevation is really a section through the landscape parallel to the face of the building you are looking at.

    @line-weight This info is helpful. I figured there must be good uses for them, and as you noted my needs are better served another way. Thanks.

  3. I spoke with Bryan Goff yesterday. He's a Vectorworks trainer and a member of our local Vectorworks community group. There are numerous ways for me to create viewports that show the cabinet components I need to see so I can dimension them. That's not the point. I saw section viewports as a possible simple way. Unfortunately they are too limited and that leads me to ask these questions...

     

    What are section viewports used for, and why use them if they are so limited?

  4. 51 minutes ago, EAlexander said:

    I set up the clip cube where I want it - Right click on the Clip cube and choose Create section viewport and then the viewport is just like any other Section viewport i.e. I can set any viewport render modes I want - are you not seeing that behavior?  I do this all day long on 3d models when I'm drafting.

     

    That works, but there is no Wireframe render option for the section VP, although Unshaded Polygon does show the biscuit grooves. Even so, I cannot snap to the drilled hole centers, and that is the main problem I have with the section VP.

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  5. 3 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

    Correct. So presumably when it worked on the Design Layer you weren't tagging a symbol...?

    Yes.

    3 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

    You can tag objects inside Groups but not inside symbols...

    Good to know.

     

    3 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

    Another option in your case would be to place the tag inside the symbol + control its visibility by class i.e. turn it on in VPs as required.

    That's a good workaround. I will give it a try. Thanks.

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  6. 2 hours ago, Tom W. said:

    Yes it should work in a VP too. Not sure why it's not working for you.

    You can use the object function #MATERIAL# or the worksheet function #WS_MATERIALNAME#: they will both do the same thing.

    I did some testing and I think I can't data tag the material because the VP is of a symbol, and Vectorworks does not see the individual components of the symbol in the VP. I added another VP with a cube with Red Oak material to my sheet. The data tag works on that.

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  7. I tried the MaterialName() function with a Data Tag. I can make it work on a design layer, but not in a viewport as an annotation. Is there a way to do that? It would be nice for me to be able to "tag" the objects in the VP to show what Material they have associated.

  8. I want to use section viewports to isolate cabinet components to dimension them. Here is a a side of an upper cabinet. Problem is I can't find a section VP wire frame render option. Those black rectangles are cabinet dividers where the VP is cut. I need those to be transparent so I see and dimension the biscuit grooves I need for assembly. Is there some setting I can change to make those black rectangles wireframe?

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    This is how the design layer looks:

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