ethelen Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Hello, I am a VectorWorks "beginner" and I am using the schedule feature for the first time. I am trying to insert a plumbing fixture schedule in a drawing sheet. The drawing is in 1/4"= 1'0", and I cannot figure out how to scale the schedule to the appropriate size. I have tried: - Placing the schedule on its own layer and playing with the layer scale, but the size does not change. - Scaling the schedule as an object, but I get the message that the "object cannot be scaled." - Setting the scale under Architect Preferences - I don't see a setting. Can anyone help? This seems like it should be simple, and I need to figure it out by the end of today. Thanks in advance! Elizabeth Thelen Design Assistant Interim Design interimdesign.com Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted June 19, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 19, 2006 You control the size of the schedule by setting the size of the text inside the worksheet. Open the schedule worksheet, select the cells, and give them a text size appropriate to your scale needs (larger or smaller). Quote Link to comment
ethelen Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 Thanks Robert - this was helpful. However, it has generated another question. When the text is set to a small size (as is necessary for my drawing) it makes it difficult to work within the schedule worksheet. Should I wait until most of the schedule data is finalized before formatting text siz to a small scale? Is there a zoom function or something within the worksheet? Please advise... Best, Elizabeth Thelen Design Assistant Interim Design interimdesign.com Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted June 20, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 20, 2006 Elizabeth, how small are we talking about here? You could think about composing your drawing on a larger sheet of paper and using printer scaling to reduce it. Then you could have both readable text on your worksheet and the output size you need.... Quote Link to comment
dspearman Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 if you are using sheet layers and viewports you could place the schedule on a design layer and use a viewport to view it on the sheet layer. The 'scaling' of the viewport could handle the text size leaving the worksheet with whatever text size is easier for editing. Quote Link to comment
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