Vito89 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Hi everybody. I'm new to Vectorworks and I have a problem with drop shadow. I applied drop shadow to polyline, polygon and plant. It appears in design layer but once I go to sheet layer and export to pdf there is no drop shadow. Only plant shadow that I applied from object info is visible. Polygons and polylines shadows from attributes are invisible. Could anybody help? Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) One thing to look at: Viewport OIP>Advanced Properties (button near bottom of OIP)>tic the Drop Shadows box, Click OK to dismiss the dialog. Drop shadows for the polys should appear in the VP. Might also need to update the VP. In my test, the drop shadows also are visible in pdf export, print to PDF (MacOS) and Publish to pdf. Post back it this is not getting what you need. -B Edited March 11, 2018 by Benson Shaw pdf Quote Link to comment
Vito89 Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Thanks for respond. I tried that in the first place. Unfortunately it doesn't work. Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Are the drop shadows visible in the Viewport, but not in the pdf? Or not visible in both? Another test: In Viewport OIP, Project Screen Objects should be checked. Otherwise, drop shadows are not visible in the VP. Keep posting until you get what you need. -B Quote Link to comment
Vito89 Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 There are visible only in design layers. Both viewport and pdf have no drop shadow. Project Screen Objects is checked. Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Is this in any file? I suggest try making a new file with, say, a square to catch the shadow, a polygon or other square to drop a shadow. Add a plant, too. Make a VP and try the pdf. If demonstrates the problem, eg no drop shadow, post the file so we can look at it here. Vectorworks troubleshooting is often helped by isolating the issue in a new file containing only a few objects. -B 1 Quote Link to comment
Vito89 Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 The problem is solved. There was something wrong with that file. I started from a new file and it's ok now. Thanks for help Benson Shaw Quote Link to comment
mikesmith199 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I have applied drop shadows to multiple buildings on a Masterplan and they refuse to show in the Viewports! This is a very frustrating, temperamental feature. I tried opening a new document, applied a drop shadow to a box and the shadow shows in the page space viewport, so why won't they appear on my main drawing? Would be great if it was a class. Quote Link to comment
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