MaxStudio Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 I'm using Vectorworks 10.5 example. Most of my drawings are drawn using a 4 mil line thickness. Every so often i want to create an object drawn with a 2 mil line thickness. When i draw the object it draws in a 4 mil line thickness. I then have to go back and select the lines and change them to 2 mil. How do I change the line thickness before I draw the object so my object is drawn in a 2 mil line thickness so I don't have to go back and select all the lines and reset their thickness? Quote Link to comment
MaxStudio Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 I think i figured it out. If the shift key is held down while selecting a new line thickness it changes and locks the line thickness a user draws with. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Hey Max, Here is a little more info: If you change the line weight (or any other ATTRIBUTE for that matter) with NO OBJECT SELECTED, the new setting will become the DEFAULT setting. You can also create little scripts using the CUSTOM TOOL/ATTRIBUTE command. Then all you need to do is double click on the script name and voila! Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 ...and to change line thickness of objects already drawn, the Eyedropper tool is often the best way. Quote Link to comment
Jim Smith Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 The best way to keep lines & other elements at the "correct" thickness is if you set the line thickness, pen colour and fill as the defalt in a class. Just draw what you are drawing and forget about graphic elements, by assigning what is drawn to the correct class your drawing will be what you are looking for; as long as classes are set up with the "correct" graphic definitions. Don't change the elements drawn, change the class! Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Ouch! I wouldn't do that unless I were sure I'd be changing the lineweights of particular classes quite a bit. And even then I'd consider suicide as a way of getting out of it. All that messing around with classes and names is an Autocad nightmare. For me, the great thing about VectorWorks is that you can see the drawing while working on it, perceiving it graphically rather than analytically, and can concentrate on the building that's visually represented by all those lines, instead of thinking about transformations and about what lines will be represented by all those named classes. But... each to his own taste. Quote Link to comment
Spunkmeyer Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I agree with you Jim. Quote Link to comment
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