96 Vectorworks 2010 Products
Vectorworks Spotlight 2010 Getting Started Guide
Class Overrides
Here’s a great thing. Assuming that you have modeled your Lighthouse as I
did in all different colors so that you can tell the pieces apart, what happens
when you want to generate mechanical drawings from the model? Select the
Viewport. In the OIP, select the Class Button. Select a Class and Select Edit.
You can change any of the class attributes there and those changes only
apply to the Viewport. See my note about duplicating Viewports above so
you only have to make these over rides once.
You should end up with two sheets that look like these:
Paperwork
We’re almost done. What about that Instrument Schedule we created?
Create a new sheet layer; set the page size to a normal letter size and
locate the schedule in the Resource Browser. Double click on the schedule
in the Resource Browser to add it to the drawing, and then you can double-
click on the schedule in the drawing to edit it.
If you are a Lightwright user, Vectorworks also allows for interactive sharing
of data with Lightwright. The export setup is located at File>Document
Setting>Spotlight Preferences.
You can export your instrument data to Lightwright by going to
File>Export>Export Instrument Data. As I said, Lightwright and
Vectorworks play together interactively, as you make changes to your
Lightwright data, even if you move an instrument, you can import that
information back into Vectorworks Spotlight and your plot will be updated.
Simply go to File>Import>Import Instrument Data.
To print, go to File>Export>Export PDF (Batch), select sheets of similar
size, export and print from your PDF viewer.
It is always best to export and print rather than printing directly from
Vectorworks.
Consider adding a blank sheet layer with a border and title block to your
stationery le.
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