mchev Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Question: Is there a Vectorworks setting to control that a symbol made from 2D linework will stay as a 2D element? The problem: My vw2014 SP4 is acting up: when I create a symbol from any 2D shape, vectoworks creates it as a 3D symbol out of the 2D linework — and if I enter the symbol to edit the 2D component there is nothing there. I am in Top/Plan view and working on the layer plane. Have logged out, restarted etc… tried in a new file with same results. Any ideas for a fix? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Hi Mark, Here try mine...in the file is a rectangle drawn on the SCREEN plane. Save it as a symbol and you should get something that looks like what's in the Resource Browser - it's a 2D symbol with a small "2" as a designator. Make sure that you are in SCREEN plane when creating these...mine defaults to Layer Plane, so just before I turn it into a symbol,I have to look in the Object Info Palette and make sure the PLANE setting is set to SCREEN. Wes Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Check this thread for a set of scripts to switch objects (including those inside symbol definitions) to/from Layer/Screen plane. https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=32814&Number=204804#Post204804 Simple description of what Wes says above: Screen Plane objects are considered to be 2D in symbols. Layer Plane objects are 3D. It does not matter what type of object (line, poly, text, circle, etc.). Quote Link to comment
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