John Windswept Design Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 When I render my elevation in its viewprot on the elevation sheet. The grid bubble text disappears. All the classes are on. Then when I go back to wireframe they are still gone. Could be the font in the bubble or??? Regards John t Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted January 18, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 18, 2005 Is the grid bubble on a design layer or is it in the notation part of the viewport? Quote Link to comment
John Windswept Design Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 The grid bubble is on the elevation layer with my model view. The class is none and none is turn on in the viewport. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted January 18, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 18, 2005 I understand from your first post that you're using viewports. I recommend that, instead of using model views, reference the original model layers with the viewport, and on that elevation view, add the grid bubble as an annotation. Quote Link to comment
John Windswept Design Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Do you annotate on the elevation sheet? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted January 18, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 18, 2005 After you create the elevation viewport, double-click the viewport and choose the "Annotation" radio button, then OK. Now you can add notes and dimensions to the viewport. When you click the "Exit Viewport Annotation" button, you'll be returned to the sheet layer. Now your drawing (including the notes, etc.) is a "block" that can be moved on the sheet or between sheets. Quote Link to comment
John Windswept Design Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Actually all text disappears no matter the class. Dimensions and symbles seem to stay but any text is gone???? So I can't annotate on the mod-elevation layer and viewport that into the sheet elevation layer for printing? I've just done a whole set of drawings this way and wanted to see if I could have colored elevation and now all my text is gone from the viewport. I can delete that viewport and create another viewport and the text is back but if I render it my text will disappear. Is this a bug? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted January 18, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 18, 2005 jonel, I'd get on the phone to Tech Support, so they can step through this with you and help. This is not a known bug. Have you tried using a different typeface? Quote Link to comment
John Windswept Design Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Yep, no effect. What are the wait times for tec support? Is this the best approach for elvations? -do the model -model view -send the model view to mod-elevation -annotate on mod-elevation -viewport of mod-elevation on sheet-elevation This was suggested to me. Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Jonel, I'd suggest skipping steps 3 and 4. Set up your viewport on your elevation sheet and do all annotations there. You're just doing extra work and creating a somewhat larger file than necessary. Good luck. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted January 18, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 18, 2005 Generally, whether annotations should be on the design layer or in the viewport would be a function of whether the notations are specific to a particular drawing (viewport) or not. Quote Link to comment
John Windswept Design Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Well I generally do residential construction and my notation usally consists of dimensions callouts of ie. siding...ect. But I just tried to dimension on the viewport hoping that the dimensions would be scaled to the sheet and they would pick up the smart points... but no. I would like to do my dims and notes on the same page and that would be the disign layer(mod elevation). But that would mean if I render they will disappear. See my problem. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted January 18, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 18, 2005 Jonel, if you enter the annotation group of the viewport (by double-clicking on the viewport and choosing the 'annotations' radio button), dimensions will scale properly and will "snap" properly to your elevation. Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Robert, That's only mostly true (a little like being mostly dead, I suppose): You can only snap to points in the Viewport that have their class turned on BOTH in the viewport settings AND in the Classes menu option. It's possible to see the objects in the Viewport (the viewport class is turned on) but not have them "snappable" (they're turned off in Organize - Classes). If Jonel has his sheet layers set up as saved views, and the necessary classes aren't all turned on, he'll get really frustrated because he can't snap to the points that he can see. (Should someone submit this as a bug?) [ 01-18-2005, 06:46 PM: Message edited by: Travis ] Quote Link to comment
John Windswept Design Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Thanks guy I just printed out a great elevation sheet with shade and grid lines. Cheers john t Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted January 19, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 19, 2005 Travis, this issue has been resolved (i.e. fixed) in an upcoming release. Quote Link to comment
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