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  • cadmovie424 – Annotation Part 24

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    • jonathan

    There is another powerful way to use the callout with text from a database. You can tell Vectorworks to place a keynote. A keynote is where you repeat the same key (W1) and have a block of notes on the draw that have the detailed expansion of the W1 note….

  • cadmovie423 – Annotation Part 23

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    You can use the callout tool like this if you want, but you are losing a lot of power. The callout works really well if you get the text from a database. This allows you to set up database of standard notes that you can use on job after job….

  • cadmovie422 – Annotation Part 22

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    Callout tool. The Callout tool is used to place notes on the drawing with arrows pointing to the object that the notes refer to.  The callout tool can be used to place a note that you type in, it can be used to place a note from a   database of…

  • cadmovie420 – Annotation Part 20

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    Section-Elevation Marker. The Section-Elevation marker is used to place the section or elevation line on your plans.

  • cadmovie419 – Annotation Part 19

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    Reference Marker. The Reference Marker is used to place a detail reference, section reference or an elevation reference. Like the Drawing label the tool is scale-aware so regardless what the layer scale is the object always appears the same size.

  • cadmovie418 – Annotation Part 18

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    Drawing Label. The drawing label tool is used to place labels on the drawing. They can be used in 2D drawings, like I’m going to show you and they can use used in ViewPorts.  The Drawing  Label is scale-intelligent, that is it can detect the scale of the layer that you…

  • cadmovie416 – Annotation Part 16

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    Interactive Dimensions. In Vectorworks 2010, we have to ability to edit the size of an object by editing the dimension. This only works if you use associative dimensions, so make sure you have read the section on associative dimensions.

  • cadmovie414 – Annotation Part 14

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    Changing your Active Dimension Standard. If you are using Vectorworks 2009 or earlier, you have to use Document Preferences to change the active dimension standard.

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