Hen Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I am fairly new to Vectorworks but does anyone know how to make a hardscape surface appear in a 3 D Isometric (wireframe)? I don't have renderworks. I want there to be some sort of texture in the wireframe but maybe its not possible. Also what is the best tool for depicting a slope in 3D/Right isometric? I need to draw the back of a built in garden seat with an incline ie the cross section would look like a triangle with a right angle in the bottom right corner. I can't work out how to do it. Would really appreciate any advice. Thanks Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 (edited) You will only see textured surfaces if the drawing is rendered and the render mode is one which renders textures (eg Open GL & Renderworks). I forget if textures are included in VW or only when Renderworks is installed. But you can test - Open a new drawing, draw any 3d object, make sure it has a fill color. While the object is selected click the Render tab in the OIP and choose a texture (if any are provided without Renderworks) from the texture pulldown. Now render with OpenGL. If you don't see a texture dropdown in the render tab, or if it has no textures, then VW did not provide any textures. Select some of your wireframe objects and apply textures, then render w OpenGL. Is your bench a 3d object? For instance, set drawing to Side view, draw your triangle, extrude it and relocate it as necessary. You may have to switch to top or front views to move/rotate it into correct location/orientation. Now switch to iso view. Please click the My Stuff tab at top of this forum window and make a signature for your posts - VW version & variety, system type & version, and a bit about your hardware. This helps with troubleshooting. -B Edited April 8, 2010 by Benson Shaw Quote Link to comment
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