Bunbun Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Help. The last post I did on here was resolved due to some helpful answers and was also about drop shadows. Does any one know why the drop shadow box on my attributes palette is greyed out and I can't apply drop shadows from the attributes? Also some of my classes have drop shadows properties on them but these aren't showing either. Is it something to do with sketch renders being used? Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 17, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 17, 2018 What objects do you have selected when the attributes palette disables that button? If you draw a simple rectangle and select it alone, do you see the drop shadow option come back on? Also to clarify: I believe Drop Shadows will only work in Top/Plan, I don't think they work in rendered modes from Top or Front etc. Quote Link to comment
0 Bunbun Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Hi Jim Thanks for your quick reply! No matter what I select it's not enabled. Tried drawing a rectangle too but still doesn't come on. I don't think anything in my drawing is other than 2D / Top plan but how can I check this? Thanks Popping out but back in an hour Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 17, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 17, 2018 View >Standard Views > Top/Plan should do it. Feel free to post or send me that file in a message and I can take a look. Quote Link to comment
0 Bunbun Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Hi Jim Still not working. I've probably done something weird and can't remember - I've just send the drawing. Good luck! Thanks Michelle Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 17, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 17, 2018 AHH apologies, I forgot it was a document preference. Go to File > Document Settings > Document Preferences, should be the last checkbox on the first tab, "Drop Shadows" Turn that on and then click OK and then any 2D geometry should let you shadow it as expected. Quote Link to comment
0 Bunbun Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Hi Jim You solved it so delete the drawing I just sent you! Thanks so much for this - saved me a massive headache and lots of time head scratching! Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 17, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 17, 2018 53 minutes ago, MAnderson10 said: You solved it so delete the drawing I just sent you! No worries, anything you send us is destroyed after the troubleshooting is done unless we explicitly ask to use the file in a report to engineering. Glad I could help! Quote Link to comment
0 Jeffrey Gilbert Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) Similarly, I see objects in 2d plan view where I have expressly turned on drop shadow (Design Layers). However, that same plan when in Viewport mode randomly show some shadows, many are missing. Feels very arbitrary. Yes, "Drop Shadow" is turned on under Viewport Advanced Properties. Thanks. Edited November 30, 2018 by Jeffrey Gilbert No response to irregularities. Quote Link to comment
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The last post I did on here was resolved due to some helpful answers and was also about drop shadows.
Does any one know why the drop shadow box on my attributes palette is greyed out and I can't apply drop shadows from the attributes?
Also some of my classes have drop shadows properties on them but these aren't showing either. Is it something to do with sketch renders being used?
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