ChrisB Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I am new to vectorworks and so far i like how fast it is to draw on. I was wandering if ther is a quick way to draw a ruler with 1' marks on the plot for a rigging layout. I know i can go through and make one but that will take a while. Is ther a tool that can do that quickly with adjustable increments. I am running VW2009 spotlight with renderworks. Thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Chris There are a couple things you might try: 1. Set the snap grid to 12". Double click the snap grid restraint or double hit the A key. When the snap grid is turned on the the curser will snap every 12". This has the added extra benefit of "bumping" objects in 12" increments when you hold down the shift and command key (on a mac) and using the arrow key. 2. Set the reference grid to 12". It drives me crazy, but some people like working with a reference grid. 3. Use the Scale Bar tool in the Dims/Notes tool set. Set the # of Minor Divs to 0, Major length to 12", and # of Major Divs to as many as you need. hth michaelk Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 A couple suggestions: 1) use the RULERS that already reside (or not, as a user preference); 2) Use SNAP TO GRID with the grid set to 1 ft (set this by double clicking on the little grid in the Constraints Palette); 3) Make your own super fast using lines (or your choice) and the Duplicate Array command. Quote Link to comment
Kool Aid Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 A suggestion: get rid of the RULERS. Of course the question at hand is about drawing/draughting, but RULERS destroy files. To be exact, their coordinate systems, rendering them USELESS for anything but DRAUGHTING. If one draws only LITTLE BOXES made out of TICKY-TACKY, all these RULERS and GRIDS are sort of OK. Otherwise, one should learn how to use the GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTIONS available with the CONSTRAINTS PALETTE. I may have had a STRAIGHT ANGLE somewhere in my projects sometime, but that has been purely accidental. Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Is ther a tool that can do that quickly with adjustable increments. Try using the Tool >Dim/Notes>"Scale Bar" Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 You could try the Grid tool, which is fairly adjustable and will probably give you something close to what you need. You'll need to play with it a bit and make sure you uncheck the default "Constrain to Page" box. The odd thing is it will only draw grids from their centrelines, so you can only make a grid with an even number of squares. But if you turn the bounding box off it will give you a ladder of sorts that you can add labels to. The great thing is you can made lines on a certain spacing heavier than the others (in my example every 4th), making it ideal for an on-drawing ruler. KM Quote Link to comment
David Ormsby Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Chris You may want to have a look at FieldTemplates. There are a couple of nice ruler symbols included with that package. Quote Link to comment
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