Janice V Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 why is it that in some drawings, the send back or forward doesn't work at all? Is there some setting or glich that causes this? I'm using vectorworks 11.5 Quote Link to comment
Janice V Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 what does html have to do with moving an image to the front or back? the graemlins I understand. Is there a way to poison them for awhile until I finish this drawing? Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Send Forward or Backward only sends an object one step. So it's only useful for relative layering of two objects that are right next to each other in layer order. And how often does that happen? Send to Front and Send to Back are the ones I use a lot. But bear in mind that they only move the object to the front or back of the layer they're on. Even if an object is in the front of its own layer, it's still behind everything on the layers above. So most layering of objects is done by putting them on particular layers. That's one of the main uses of layers -- as opposed to classes, which are similar to what Autocad misleadingly calls layers. Quote Link to comment
Janice V Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 so how do i know which layer is on top of another? and it doesn't happen often, but when it does, it makes my life (work) miserable. Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 They are stacked in the order shown in the Layers Pallette. N. Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 ...and that order is also shown in the pull-down list of layers. And in the layers palette you can change the order by selecting a layer and using the Up, Down, Top, and Bottom buttons. Layers should be life-enhancing, not a source of misery. You should use them only when you want that layering effect, to have certain objects cover up certain others (for example, windows on a 2D Elevation, covering up the siding behind them). Quote Link to comment
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