Bairdg Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 (edited) In Auto cad - if one is to type 'ray' you get a line with a defined start point but it extends indefinately beyond this point. Is there such a command in VectorWorks. Edited July 18, 2008 by Bairdg Quote Link to comment
brudgers Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 No. The 2d locus can work similarly, using the preference setting "snap to loci." But only in an orthogonal direction to the current view...and are affected by the "rotate plan" command. They cannot be perminently rotated relative to aboslute coordinates. The "make guides" command is intended to provide a way of creating drafting controls as well...but it's more procedural than intelligent. Quote Link to comment
dovermyer Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Bairdg... What I'm finding is that the more I attempt to learn to use VectorWorks...the more memories I have to suppress from geometry class & 15 years of AutoCAD usage... My Mantra: Pretty Pictures Pretty Pictures Pretty Pictures... 1 Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 In VectorWorks, for very long lines beyond window reach, I start with a short line, and from its defined endpoint in the Object Info Palette, I can make it as insanely long as I want. The "ray" in AutoCad is an odd line - it can never be completely printed in its infinite length. I often used AutoCad rays as guides for elevation drawings. The alignment guides for loci in VectorWorks have a similar "ray" function when they are turned on - I usually keep them turned off, because those dashed lines tend to clutter the screen. Quote Link to comment
maarten. Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Here's a little script that may help. Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Thanks for pointing out those scripts - I'll have to put that in my 'Guides' menu. I was going to clarify further that Locus 2D points create alignment guides that stretch to infinity in the x and y direction, as long as the VW preference "Snap to loci" is checked. And I know this personally from a problem I recall in older versions of VectorWorks, in which not only the loci drew these guides, but also every dimension endpoint! Hence, the urgent hunt for the "Snap to loci" check box. This problem was apparently fixed, so that dimensions don't show locus alignment guides anymore, and maybe I'll start leaving that box checked in the VW prefs. Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 And I know this personally from a problem I recall in older versions of VectorWorks, in which not only the loci drew these guides, but also every dimension endpoint! Another clarification: it was in MiniCad 7 that the dimensions all had 2d loci on their endpoints. The following version, VectorWorks 8.0, fixed that. Quote Link to comment
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