Melodiese Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Is there a way to customize the Line End Marker size on the Callout tool to be bigger than 2"? Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Are you trying to create a really big call out? Or are you using a Design Layer with a scale of 1:1? If it is the second try and use a Layer Scale of something close to what you expect to use for final output. Then the 2" call out marker (real wold size) will be way too big and you will want to use something smaller. Layer scale are slightly misnamed. They are actually closer to a preset zoom. The menus and dimensioning tools still all work directly (ie if you want a wall 10' long, you draw a wall and watch the scale bar or the head up display say 10') no matter if you are in 1:1 or 1:48 (1/4" scale). HTH Quote Link to comment
Melodiese Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Thank you for the help. I am trying to make the transition from AutoCAD to Vectorworks and follow Company procedures. Not easy. Yes, I am using a Design Layer scale of 1:1, Company procedures. So far my options have been to add the call out to the Design Layer with an arrow marker that's small or add the call out to the the Sheet Layer (against every fibber of my being) where it works. So, vectorworks has a limit on how big the markers can be. Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 29 minutes ago, Melodiese said: Thank you for the help. I am trying to make the transition from AutoCAD to Vectorworks and follow Company procedures. Not easy. Yes, I am using a Design Layer scale of 1:1, Company procedures. So far my options have been to add the call out to the Design Layer with an arrow marker that's small or add the call out to the the Sheet Layer (against every fibber of my being) where it works. So, vectorworks has a limit on how big the markers can be. is there an override in the SL where you can size the marker to the desired scale? Quote Link to comment
Melodiese Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 The Callout does not have to be as big on the Sheet Layer as it does on the Design Layer so the standard Marker settings work. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 What do others in the Company do to follow procedures and work around this issue? But the company specifying not to use the Layer Scales (one of the strengths of VW in my NSHO) seems like a bad policy. 1 Quote Link to comment
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