Samuel Derenboim Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Hey everyone, I have used Vectorworks for a while, however i still can't seem to wrap my head around a few Vworks functions. Is there a way to create a design layer viewport and convert it to polygons like the section viewport? The reason why i want to use design layer viewports is that because i don't use 3d capabilities of vectorworks, instead I draw out whole building sections in 2d and just reference the connections or required details via the main section cut through design layer viewports which i then annotate differently. That way if i need to change something all i need to change is one detail section. Now I have a problem - I need to export to autocad and when my design layer viewports export as to dwg the details do not remain, only the main section cut does. Is there a way i would be able to go around this problem? Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 You can convert a DLVP to polygons via the Modify>Convert>Convert to Polygons. Quote Link to comment
Samuel Derenboim Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 Thats interesting. Does it do this for Vectorworks 2008? It disappears soon after i perform that function. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 It should work. Check that you are in top/plan and that other layers aren't obscuring your view of the group that is created by this operation. Quote Link to comment
Samuel Derenboim Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Hm...for some strange reason it keeps repeating this operation. It works on a section viewport but not a design layer viewport. It only works with convert to lines - and even then it doesn't keep the viewport box size it just simply creates a whole new line drawing of the entire layer that its referencing. Quote Link to comment
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