mike-h Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I'm doing some basic annotation on sheet layers of a 2D drawing. I would like to put an arrowhead type object on the end of lines. I have a class called 'notes - sheet", which is showing 'markers' as arrows, but I can't see where there is an option to use or not use these markers. In the attributes pallette I have Line Endpoint Style set to Class Style but no arrows appear when drawing a line. If I manually change Line Endpoint Style to a particular arrowhead it still doesn't appear when drawing a line. Its a simple 2D drawing, but I'm precious about graphics so don't really want to use an annotation tool, I want to create a number of notes within a single text block then arrow the relevant bits of drawing. Got a feeling I'm missing something simple, but... any help appreciated. Mike Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted April 20, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 20, 2015 I suspect its the scale you are currently at. If you zoom far in on the ends of these lines (many thousands of % zoom) do you see the markers appear? Quote Link to comment
mike-h Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Thanks Jim, I don't think its the scale - if I draw a line at 1:1 on the sheet layer there is still nothing visible. The marker is default settings of 3.17x3.17mm (circle actually, rather than an arrow) and I have my units in mm so a line of 3mm should have a circle of similar proportions attached, I guess? I've also tried drawing a line of 3mm on a design layer & still no marker visible! Mike Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted April 20, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 20, 2015 Post a file here that contains one of those markers and I can have a look. Quote Link to comment
mike-h Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Simple drawing of a line 3mm in length, that as far as I can see, should have a marker at each end? thanks Mike Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted April 20, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 20, 2015 The marker was selected but not turned on. (Also, in this example the marker will be much larger than the line drawn so that may look odd once you enable it) Make sure to click on the marker to turn it on, not just have the type selected: Your current setting: [img:center]https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=12132&filename=Markers%20off.png[/img] Turning the right/end marker on: [img:center]https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=12131&filename=Marker%20one%20on.png[/img] Quote Link to comment
mike-h Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 wahey, Eureka! Now why didn't I see that?! Thanks a lot, thats a great help Mike Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 There is an old (ancient even) tool called "leader line" (actually there are two of them, which reside in "all tool" in the Workspace Editor). These, or one of these, might be of interest to you for the task at hand. You can add them to your Workspace via the Editor. To use just select the tool, then first click is the outbound end of the shoulder, second click is the elbow (shoulder to leader) and third click is the arrow end. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 PS: before selecting the Leader Line tool make sure that arrowheads are not selected as the default in the Attributes Palette... Quote Link to comment
mike-h Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Thanks Peter, it looks just the job but I can't see how to install it! Under Workspace Editor I go "Edit the Current Workspace", find the 2 leader lines under Tools, then once highlighted the only options seem to be "OK" or Export Workspace to Text File. If I click on OK i get the window shown as attached. Clicking OK doesn't seem to add Leader Lines to my tool palette - how do I access the 'modified workspace'? (and I thought the point was to modify the current workspace, not create a new one)?! Thanks again, Mike Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 The workspace editor has never been very intuitive (at least for me). In order to use it you need to understand that the left hand column is what is available and the right hand column is your workspace. Unfortunately it doesn't look like your workspace and also it is "collapsed" or "nested". Clicking on the workspace name (in the right hand column) will reveal (nested) lists which represent your workspace. To add a tool (or a menu item) to your workspace, find it on the left and then grab it and drag it to the right, into the appropriate tool palette in your workspace (my workspace has the leader line in the Basic Palette (eg). It is probably a good idea not to alter the original shipped versions of the workspaces. Rather you should choose Edit a Copy of the Current Workspace. Then you can rename it "mike's workspace" or whatever. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment
mike-h Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Thanks Peter, as you say, not very intuitive compared to what we're used to. But installed now and having a play around, I've been looking for such a tool for a long time! Cheers! Mike Quote Link to comment
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