MattG Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I am wondering what others may have done in the past for a situation I am presented with. I am essentially wanting to draw a section viewport that jogs and changes direction. I guess my closest comparison would be from the architectural front. Say you have a kitchen that is a "U" shape, but you want one view that essentially shows all of the cabinets "unwrapped" you would almost want to make a section viewport for an elevation that is the shape of the "u" just a little smaller. I have not found a way to do this. I am essentially trying to do the same thing as this and I have to imagine some people on here have come up with some creative ways to achieve this. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 You can jog a section line, after creation, by adding vertices to it (but I'never tried one that actually wrapped around more than 90º). However, I think it might be easier and perhaps better to use three separate sections, cropped and aligned next to each other as desired. If done carefully it can be made to look like one section. Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Yeah they can jog, but not turn if that makes sense so you can have the section line actually go from 8' to say 16' out but not really change direction which is what I am attempting. I wish it was that easy. What I described is a similar example, what I am actually trying to do is significantly more complicated. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Right. Well there's always a way to do it. Just gotta be creative. I'd be curious to see what your project looks like if you're game. Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 just sent you a message Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted December 28, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 28, 2018 You could create interior elevation viewports, edit the underlying section lines of the interior elevation marker to the desired positions, then move the viewports next to each other. 1 Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Hi Matt, I think there are two ways you can do this. First is what Matt P (and I earlier) suggested: multiple VP's placed next to each other. Second would be to create another Design Layer, then actually unwrap your runs, then create one VP along the unwrapped run. This of course means higher maintenance if/when changes occur... Quote Link to comment
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