TriptychScenic Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Hi there, Recently I have been using symbols that I created a few months ago. My problem is when I go to place them on a drawing, say in front view, the symbol will appear in top/plan view. I know I have created the symbol in the view that I want it to be in and I have even recreated the symbol and it still places it in the wrong view. any ideas what im doing wrong? thanks ts Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Could you post a file that shows this? Click on the Switch to Full Reply Screen link at the bottom and use file manager. Please create a signature with your version of Vectorworks including updates and computer specs including OS. Click on the My Stuff link at the top, Edit Profile. Quote Link to comment
TriptychScenic Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 i will post a file when i get home. i use a mac at home and a windows machine at work which i would have no idea of the specs. Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Hybrid symbols have both 2d & 3d components. Perhaps, you may have inadvertently created 2d objects while in the 3d FrontView and then converted to symbol Top/PlanView. Quote Link to comment
TriptychScenic Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Hi again, sorry this took awhile. for some reason i couldn't get to the forum all of last night and today. a short description of the problem is on the drawing. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 It isn't changing to plan view, that is the orientation of the symbol. Symbols are placed to the view, not to the orientation of the object when it was created. If you want to place it in front view you would need to create another symbol. Quote Link to comment
TriptychScenic Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Hi Ray, thats what i mean. i created the symbol in front view and i want to place it in front view but it just flips to plan... Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Think of it this way, no matter what the view it will orient itself to the screen. This is the way symbols work. Quote Link to comment
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