The way the crop option currently works is that if you start to crop a viewport, if no other option is selected, the crop makes everything else on the sheet layer disappear. This creates the problem of cropping a viewport to itself instead of being able to line up one viewport to another. Even if other options are selected such as "Display Viewport Outside Crop", this only displays what's outside on the design layer. If I want to crop one viewport in relation to another I have to measure my crop boundary and paste that measurement into the other viewport's crop that I want to size to. There is an option in vectorworks preferences to "show other objects in editing mode" but if you want to turn it off because you are editing a symbol and the other lines are getting in the way, you have to go into the Vectorworks preferences to turn it off and on every time.
What I would like is the ability to, when cropping a viewport, see all the other viewports on the sheet layer so that I can position my crop in relation to every image around it. This can be in the form of a button or check mark just like the option "Display Viewport Outside Crop". This would give the benefit of setting up grid lines to easily crop and move my viewport to with the ability to turn it off or on depending on the viewport/symbol I'm editing. This would go a long way in making presentations, boards, and editing objects, like symbols and groups, in Vectorworks easier to work with, and more professional looking.
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The way the crop option currently works is that if you start to crop a viewport, if no other option is selected, the crop makes everything else on the sheet layer disappear. This creates the problem of cropping a viewport to itself instead of being able to line up one viewport to another. Even if other options are selected such as "Display Viewport Outside Crop", this only displays what's outside on the design layer. If I want to crop one viewport in relation to another I have to measure my crop boundary and paste that measurement into the other viewport's crop that I want to size to. There is an option in vectorworks preferences to "show other objects in editing mode" but if you want to turn it off because you are editing a symbol and the other lines are getting in the way, you have to go into the Vectorworks preferences to turn it off and on every time.
What I would like is the ability to, when cropping a viewport, see all the other viewports on the sheet layer so that I can position my crop in relation to every image around it. This can be in the form of a button or check mark just like the option "Display Viewport Outside Crop". This would give the benefit of setting up grid lines to easily crop and move my viewport to with the ability to turn it off or on depending on the viewport/symbol I'm editing. This would go a long way in making presentations, boards, and editing objects, like symbols and groups, in Vectorworks easier to work with, and more professional looking.
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