Sometimes you find you can’t get the information from your Vectorworks file, or the file might seriously misbehave. I have a possible solution. This works most times, but not always. If this techniques doesn’t work, there is nothing else you can do, you have to go a backup copy of…
Visibility Tool. This tool is great for turning classes off.
Removing the link to the new file, keeping all the imported information.
Class and Layer Mapping. Class and Layer Mapping is a command that allows you to merge layers and classes together. You can use this to merge all the imported classes into the classes of your choosing.
Set Your Layer options to Show/Snap/Modify others and you can work in 3D. You can select any object on any layer and edit it.
The unified view looks a lot like the the Stacked Layers view in earlier versions of Vectorworks. After all, it has the same icon. Do not be fooled, this is a big improvement in dealing with your building.
I have had a few clients asking for clarification about setting the wall heights. The walls are set to Link Height to Layer Delta Z, but the walls have no height in 3D. What is wrong?
Layer and class standards are part of developing your library. When you create symbols you will use specific classes. When you create other information on the drawings you will use layers and classes. It would be easier to have a set of layers and classes that you use in a…
Sometimes when you import a file you get a lot of classes and layers you don’t want.
Another example for layer and class mapping would be where you download building details from a suppplier’s web site. When you import these they always have classes you don’t want. There are several site where you can download CAD file details.