ckennedy Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I am trying to utilize the Redline Tool but I am not really sure what the proper way to use it is. I attempted to use it in the Design Layer of the viewport, but it put the notes way out beyond the drawing. I attempted to use it in the Annotations area of the viewport, but it would not show up in red, only in black. I could not find anyway to modify the color. I attempted to use when I was in the Sheet Layer and it seem to work fine, except for the fact that I could not readily check dimensional aspects of the drawing without going into the Design Layer or Annotations. This seems excessively annoying. So I assume I am not thinking clearly or am totally misunderstanding how to use the tool. It would seem to me that it should work best on the Annotation area. Clarity would be appreciated. I am using VW 2012 with Service Packs all up to date. I am using a Mac with OS X.6 Snow Leopard with all Updates installed. Thanks Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Are other colours showing up in your viewport? It may be set to black and white (accessed by clicking the Advanced radio button in the OIP when the viewport is selected). KM Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I'm sure Kevin is right - you probably have a viewport set to show only black and white. You can put the redlines anywhere - design layer, annotation space (as long as the redline class is visible in that viewport), sheet layers. It can be useful to create a worksheet to solve the navigation issue and organize all the redline notes. Open the worksheet, right click on the row header of the note you want to work on, click on select item and the drawing will navigate to that annotation space, sheet layer, or design layer, center the drawing on the redline object and select it. (sometimes when navigating in this way to an annotation space of a viewport with a crop it can behave strangely...) hth mk Quote Link to comment
ckennedy Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Thanks to both of you. The black and white tab under advanced properties was the ticket. ck Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Glad to help. This is something that catches me all the time. "Show only black and white" is a great feature, it often saves me from colour overload when I import Autocad files from associates. But why it affects the annotations associated with the viewport puzzles me.... as does why its buried under Advanced.... Kevin Quote Link to comment
atari2600 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 As much as I love VW, I actually prefer using the redline tools available in Acrobat. We have many employees at our office who don't have VW installed on their desktops, and Acrobat is quite useful for them, too. And it automatically creates a list of the redlines for one to check off when they are complete. I also have a sense of comfort knowing that I am redlining exactly what will be shown to the clients, and not running the risk of a mis-print. Matt Quote Link to comment
gbland Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I'm trying to use the redline feature, but when I use it in the sheet layer, it appears 3000' in the x and 7000' in the y directions. If I use it in the model layer, it show fine, but when I re-position the text, it points out in space (near the point stated above.) Is there a settting I'm missing somewhere? Quote Link to comment
DianaK Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) For me too, when i draw one on a sheet layer it lives many thousands of feet off from where I drew it. Help please! p.s. i'm in 2014 SP3, Mac Edited April 8, 2014 by dianak Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I've seen this occasionally. It seems to be limited to particular files. If you create a redline object on a blank document, does it behave? mk Quote Link to comment
Ian M. Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I am getting this, too. The redline object does not appear where I draw the box, but some random point, sometimes a great virtual distance away from where I am making the note. Is this just a user forum, or do Vectorworks support staff monitor/respond? Quote Link to comment
Ian M. Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Did you ever find a solution to your redline issue? I am having the same problem, but I don't see that anyone has provided an answer? Quote Link to comment
Ian M. Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Interesting point. The file I am using did start out with an older version of Vectorworks, maybe even as far back as Vectorworks 12._. Creating a new file and using the redline tool works fine. Any suggestions for how to clean up older files for use in 2013? Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Ian It's a user forum. But Vectorworks folks also hang out here. The easiest way to jump to a new file is 1. Create a new blank document. 2. Start to create a new design layer 3. In the New Design Layer dialog box select Import Design Layers 4. Use the Choose? button to navigate to the source document. 5. Select the design layers you want to bring in. Make sure "Import Layer Objects" is selected. That will get your design layers. Do the same thing with Sheet Layers. This won't bring in your viewports. You will have to recreate those. (Although I've had limited success grouping viewports and copying and pasting them from on drawing to another.) hth mk Quote Link to comment
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