I am a Architect 10.5 user and have always had a problem trying to achieve elevation drawings. I will draw the floor plans as usual and entering a "Z" value for all the heights and then try to view the elevations.
What I normally do is create a new drawing and put the foundation, floor 1, and floor 2 all on one layer. From there I select the view I want and then select convert copy to lines, from there I choose hidden line rendering. It seems like this takes forever! Once this happens I discard the original drawing and I am left with a grouped drawing. At this point there needs to be a lot of clean up.
First of all, Is there a quicker more efficient way - Or am I doing it completely wrong. One last thing- How do I get"let's say the appearance of brick" once I am in the convert copy to lines on the exterior of the building?
I know this is a lot but I have always struggles with this part of Vectorworks.
Thanks