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Sections, Section Viewports and Details
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Vincent Oles replied to Gordon Manson's discussion 'Scale issue in VW 2011'

If the Sheet Size in your file is set to 24 x 36 then you have to scale down to 43% to make it fit onto an 11 x 17 sheet. If the Sheet size in the file is set to 11 x 17 then you would set your printer preference to 100% .

Feb 17, 2011

Vincent Oles replied to Gordon Manson's discussion 'Scale issue in VW 2011'

If you're printing a 24"x36" sheet set your printer preferences to borderless tabloid, landscape and at 43% scale. This works well for 11 x 17 paper. If you have 12 x 18 paper you can print @ 50% scale.

Feb 16, 2011

Vincent Oles replied to Vincent Oles's discussion 'Sections, Section Viewports and Details'

Vince, Thanks for the tip. This is a nice way to convert viewports across the sheet/design layers. I tried a few different variations and found the following to work pretty well: Copy the viewport and paste off the sheet > Convert the viewport to…

Jun 10, 2010

Vincent Cuclair replied to Vincent Oles's discussion 'Sections, Section Viewports and Details'

There is a way to convert viewports into line drawings too......ie. copy the viewport>convert to group>ungroup (I think) then copy and paste from Sheet Layer to Design Layer> Scale up to correct scale and save as Symbol (which is editable).

Jun 10, 2010

Vincent Oles replied to Vincent Oles's discussion 'Sections, Section Viewports and Details'

Thanks Frank, I was just taking the long way to get there! Vince

Jun 3, 2010

Frank Brault replied to Vincent Oles's discussion 'Sections, Section Viewports and Details'

Yes, what you are describing is known as a symbol library, which is an ordinary Vectorworks file containing resources such as the detail variations that you mention and can be available for import to any of your projects. This is very well supported…

Jun 3, 2010

Vincent Oles replied to Vincent Oles's discussion 'Sections, Section Viewports and Details'

Thanks Don! I'll try this out. I'm wondering if another approach to creating an editable detail symbol would be to create details in a dedicated file and import as needed. This would allow details to be modified as needed. Vince

Jun 3, 2010

Don Marquardt replied to Vincent Oles's discussion 'Sections, Section Viewports and Details'

Isolate the portions of the drawing for the details, as you have mentioned, then PDF or JPEG them. Make a symbol from them or just inport them into a new drawing when needed. They will not be editable, since the original is just a viewport, although…

Jun 3, 2010

Sections, Section Viewports and Details

I would like to re-use some details from project to project. If I create a Building Section in a Design Layer at 1/4" scale, I can create viewports at selected areas, ie. eave, window etc. but cannot turn these viewports into repeatable symbols.If I create the Building Section using the Section Viewport command, I cannot create another viewport at a selected detail area.My question is how to create a Detail Symbol Library from Building Sections?Thanks in advance for help!VinceSee More

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Vincent Oles replied to Mike Henderson's discussion 'The "Nems" Guys'

Count me in Mike! Having had to learn a CAD program on my own after 35 years of hand drawing, the support I receive from the tech folks at Nems is outstanding. Their commitment to education, product refinement and support for their users go way…

Apr 22, 2010

Vincent Oles commented on Frank Lipari's blog post 'Make a Vectorworks Library Already!'

After seeing J. Pickup's podcast I started my library and symbol folders. Very quick to do and a big time saver!

Mar 18, 2010

Vincent Oles commented on Frank Lipari's video

Nice tip! I was always copying and pasting from Word.

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Feb 25, 2010

Vincent Oles commented on Jonathan Pickup's photo

Appears to meet all of our (eating codes) in the States!

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Jan 5, 2010

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About Me:: Old school architect jumped intto VW 4 yrs. ago.

CAD System used:: Mac OS-X. Snow Leopard. VW 2010. SketchUp! Pro7.1

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At 7:59am on December 9, 2009, Frank Lipari said…: Excellent! If you have a calendar of events for your User Group we would most definitely add them to our calendar here. Thanks again for making VectorWorking THE community for VW users!

At 3:03pm on December 8, 2009, Frank Lipari said…: Hi Vince,

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