cadmovie383 – Mapping and Scaling Associative Hatches
One of the big arguments about associative hatches was that you can’t set the origin on the hatch. This has now changed.
One of the big arguments about associative hatches was that you can’t set the origin on the hatch. This has now changed.
You can use up to 128 dash styles and reorder your dash styles.
In the past it used to be confusing when you changed to a 3D view and the 2D objects would be all over the screen. Planar graphics lets you choose to have the 2D objects appear like a 3D object.
One of the things I hate about associate hatching is that there is no way to control the insertion point of the hatch, or the angle, or scale. Well, that was until Vectorworks 2010. Now we have the ability to move the origin of the hatch, rotate the hatch and…
This is really cool. If you set up your wall styles correctly, you can auto join the structural components of the walls. The setting is on wall style preferences, just tell Vectorworks which component is the core.
A client emailed today to ask about the custom line styles. Im not sure if this is exactly like the AutoCAD custom line style, might it is a line with a symbol in it.
I saw someone asking about how to add a heavy line to elevation viewports. This movie shows my trick, its fast and effective. Of course, this trick is from my manuals…
Importing a DXF file that has oversized arrows.
I saw someone on the Vectorworks Community board asking about drawing walls for an elliptical plan. I have a workaround. Its a workaround because the plan is not really an ellipse, but it looks close.
Adding annotation to the section viewport, using the callout tool.