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Section - Elevation Marker Linking


LauraCB

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The section elevation marker tool only allows us to link to a viewport if we set this up in the tool properties ahead of placing the object onto the design layer. If we place the tool first it then shows as 'unlinked' but greyed out so that we can then link it afterwards.

 

This has been workable as we just set them ahead of placing in our workflow. However we now have a file where the marker tool drops the link to its viewport after its creation. Now the fact we can't relink it is a problem. Screenshot of the OIP attached.

 

Is there a setting that is causing the section marker to drop its link?

And is there a way to relink to a viewport after is has been created without redrawing them?

Screenshot 2020-01-13 at 10.53.05.png

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Hi Laura,

 

The tool has two modes:

1. Constrained: This mode creates a Section Line object rather than a Section-Elevation Marker like in previous versions of Vectorworks. You can create a section viewport from a Section Line object but you cannot manually link it to a viewport.  However, this object actually contains a Section-Elevation Marker inside it.  You can ungroup a Section Line and you will be left with a Section-Elevation Marker that you can manually link to a viewport.

2. Unconstrained: This mode creates a Section-Elevation Marker object as in previous versions.  The object works as it did in previous versions but can now have a section viewport created from it, but only if it contains right angles between its segments.

 

So, if you always use the unconstrained mode to create Section-Elevation Markers, you will have the behavior you're looking for.  If you have any Section Line objects that you need to manually link, ungroup them and you'll have a Section-Elevation Marker that can be manually linked.

 

I will note that we are aware of these problems and are looking into ways to correct them.

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