Railings in Elevations with Hatches

[cbd]

I am doing my elevations (Hidden Line) in Viewports and putting on a siding hatch. (Which I wish it did based on the wall having exterior siding, but that is another issue.) When I send the hatch to the back so it isn't covering up windows etc. it still shows through the railings. Do I have to individually outline all of the uprights and rails and then send them to the back as I do openings in order to have siding on my buildings? There has to be a better alternative because it is definitely faster to do this by hand. Should I be doing my elevations in something different than hidden line?

Design presentations are so good but construction drawings seem to take forever!!!!

[CipesDesign]

If you are adding all that to your Annotations then, yes, unfortunately you do ;-(

If however you are generating your elev's from the 3d model there is very little, if any, annotating necessary...

For more on this topic do a search of the forum. There are loads of posts...

[cbd]

Thanks Peter

I am totally self taught (absolutely no CAD experience before VW12) and this wasn't something I picked up in the learning manuals. Being one of the hand drafting dinosaurs it has been a steep learning curve but the forum and Jon Pickup have been terrific resources. I do use 3D design presentations so this sounds really good. What would be the best search words for these posts?

[CipesDesign]

Try this (old) thread to start. Post back with questions. Hope that helps!

http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=77297&page=1

[cbd]

This looks like what I need. I will have to work on it and then I will probably have some questions but you never know, I somethimes surprise myself.