Christian Fekete Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Is it possible to create views with a model cut with clip cubes while having other viewports showing complete models? I have elevations viewports in OpenGL (rendering for clip cubes) and details in 3d that I would like to isolate using the clip cube. If I leave the clip cube option on then both viewports will show clipped views of the model and the detail. Is is possible to avoid this "overall " effect. Thank you Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 This is possible, and there are a few steps. Use the clip cube to create the section viewport. place the section viewport on a design layer, set the view and make a viewport from that. I have created a gif to show the steps on my web site: http://learn.archoncad.com/2017/05/30177/vectorworks-tips-445-clip-cube-viewport/ 1 Quote Link to comment
Christian Fekete Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 Thank you Jonathan, I looked at the video and tried to implement, still not sure how stable this solution is with respect to maintaining the cut location. It seems as if the clip cube goes away if I turn it off to keep working. Does this method work for just production of an image, jpeg or else.? Anyway right now my computer froze while doing a section viewport with that method. Frustrating since the file is 60 megs. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 It's completely stable. Beacouse you are making a section viewport, the cut planes only change if you change the section viewport. Quote Link to comment
Christian Fekete Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 got it Jonathan, thanks. My next question is whether or not one must keep that new design layer section viewport as the sole drawing on that layer? Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 you should be able to have several section viewports in the same design layer. I would have a separate camera for each layer viewport. i did cover this technique in one of my Architect online user groups... Quote Link to comment
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