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What is a vectorworks viewport?
A detail viewport is a cropped sheet layer viewport that shows a detail view of any part of a drawing. A detail viewport can be created from a design layer, another sheet layer viewport, or a section viewport.
How do I edit viewports in Vectorworks?
Select Modify > Edit Viewport. Alternatively, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on a viewport, and select Edit from the context menu. The Edit Viewport dialog box opens. The options available depend on whether the viewport is on a sheet layer or design layer (Vectorworks Design Series required).
How do you make a 3d viewport in Vectorworks?
How do I edit a sheet layer in Vectorworks?
1. Select the command or click the View bar button.
2. Select the Sheet Layers tab and the Details view.
3. To change layer properties, select one or more layers and click Edit to open the Edit Sheet Layers dialog box.
How do you create a viewport in Vectorworks 2020?
How do you create a section in Vectorworks?
Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) to open the context menu. Select View > Create Section Viewport (for a design layer or viewport), or select Create Section Viewport from the context menu (for a clip cube). Draw the section line to create the cutting plane on the design layer or viewport.
How do you rotate a viewport in Vectorworks?
To rotate the plan: Select View > Rotate Plan, or click Rotate Plan from the View bar.
How do I delete a viewport in Vectorworks?
Use the Selection tool to drag a viewport to a new position (or edit the X- and Y-axis positions in the Object Info palette). Press the Delete key to delete a selected viewport.
What are the ways to create perspective view in a viewport?
1. Open the.
2. Click the Min/Max Toggle button (or press Alt+W) to make the Perspective viewport fill the space of all four viewports.
3. Click the Pan button (or press Ctrl+P), and drag the window until Bruce’s head is centered in the viewport.
4. Choose Views.
How do I edit a viewport layer?
1. Select the viewport.
2. From the Object Info palette, click Layers.
3. To override the layer properties (for viewport display), select one or more viewport layers and click Edit.
How do I make a sheet layer in Vectorworks?
1. Select View > Create Viewport.
2. The Create Viewport dialog box opens.
3. Enter the desired parameters and click OK.
4. If a sheet layer does not already exist in the file, the New Sheet Layer dialog box opens automatically to create one.
How do I change the viewport layer?
1. On a layout, double-click inside a layout viewport to make it the current viewport.
2. Click Home tab Layers panel Layer Properties. Find.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, specify the properties to override in the current layout viewport by changing the properties in the following columns: VP Freeze. VP Color.
How do you create a view in Vectorworks?
1. Select View > Save View.
2. The Save View dialog box opens.
3. Specify the view options, the active layer and class, and the visibilities of layers and classes.
4. Click OK to save the view with the specified settings.
How do I add a page in Vectorworks?
1. Select File > Page Setup.
2. Specify the page setup options, and click OK.
How do you cut a section in Vectorworks?
Select the 3D model to section. Select Model > Cut 3D Section (Fundamentals workspace only). Click to set the start of the section. Draw a line across the object to define the section, and then click to set the end of the section.