The VectorWorks Design Series products include a sketch rendering mode that applies a hand-drawn or sketch effect to 2D and 3D objects in any projection. RenderWorks is not required. The vector-based sketch effects are saved as editable resources, and are applied directly to the objects in a drawing. The sketch effects can also be applied to hatches and viewports, and can be used in hidden line rendering.
Unlike Artistic RenderWorks, sketch rendering can be applied to 2D objects, and individual objects can have specific sketch styles. Sketch effects cannot be applied to worksheets, text, loci, or lights.
To quickly apply a sketch style to all objects in the current design or sheet layer, specify a default sketch style. Specifying the sketch style in a design layer applies the default to all layers in the file (design and sheet). For sheet layers, applying a default sketch style applies only to objects placed on the sheet layer, overriding the document default sketch style; viewports also have individual sketch style settings (see Applying Sketch Styles to Viewports).
Sketch styles are provided as default resources (default resources are automatically imported into the current file at the point of use and display in the Resource Browser; see VectorWorks Design Series Default Resources). The following sketch styles are pre-defined, and can be selected as a default sketch style. Custom sketch styles that have been added to the file also display in the Resource Browser and can be selected as a sketch style (see Creating Custom Sketch Styles).
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Does not apply a sketch style; useful for overriding an applied sketch style (see Overriding Layer Sketch Styles)
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Select View > Rendering > Sketch Options.
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Document Default Sketch Style or Sheet Layer Default Sketch Style
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Specifies the sketch style to apply when the Sketch command is selected
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Click OK to set the default sketch style.
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Select View > Rendering > Sketch.
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Select View > Rendering > Sketch Options.
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Click Edit.
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The Sketch Style Editor dialog box opens. The sketch edge and end point settings can be edited, and the style can be renamed. The preview graphic provides help with editing.
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Controls how much the sketched lines are offset from the true lines of an object; drag the slider to the right to increase the wobble
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Controls the length of the sketch drawing strokes; a short stroke distance increases the number of wobble points. Drag the slider to the right to increase the number of wobble points.
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End Point Settings
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Click Save.
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Alternatively, sketch styles can be edited by selecting the style in the Resource Browser and selecting Edit from the context menu. Sketch styles can also be deleted with the Resource Browser. For more information on the Resource Browser, see Using the Resource Browser.
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The New Resource menu opens. For more information on the Resource Browser, see Using the Resource Browser.
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Select Sketch Style.
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The Sketch Style Editor dialog box opens. Specify the sketch style settings as described in Editing Sketch Styles.
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Click Save to create the sketch style. The new style is listed in the Resource Browser and is available in sketch style lists.
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Each object can have its own sketch style, overriding the sketch style applied to the current layer. Apply the “No Sketch” style to objects that should never be sketched.
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On the Render tab of the Object Info palette, the Sketch list displays the current document default sketch style. Select the desired sketch style for the object(s).
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Alternatively, select the desired sketch style resource from the Resource Browser and click Apply from the resource context menu, or drag the sketch style from the Resource Browser to the object.
There are several ways to create a unique look for drawing objects. In addition to the current layer’s default sketch style and the object sketch style, each hatch can have a unique sketch style.
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Select Modify > Hatch.
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Select the desired hatch to edit or click New to create a new hatch.
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The document default sketch style is displayed in the Sketch Style list. Select the desired sketch style instead, or select No Sketch to never apply a sketch style to the hatch.
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When the document default sketch style is applied, the hatch sketch style changes when the document default sketch style changes.
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Click OK to exit the hatch editor.
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Sheet layers can have a document default sketch style applied, which changes the appearance of objects on the sheet layer, but does not sketch the viewports on the sheet layer. Each viewport can have its own sketch style, making it easy to present designs with different sketched looks.
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On the Shape tab of the Object Info palette, select Sketch from the Rendering list. Click Render Settings to select the viewport default sketch style.
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If creating a viewport, select Sketch from the Rendering list in the Create Viewport dialog box, and then click Render Settings to select the viewport default sketch style.
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Opens the Sketch Style Editor dialog box, for changing the selected sketch style parameters (see Editing Sketch Styles)
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Temporarily applies the current sketch style to the viewport (disabled when accessed through the Create Viewport dialog box)
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Click OK.
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The selected viewport sketch style overrides the document default sketch style for any objects within the viewport, including the crop object, referenced design layers, and any annotations.
A sketch style cannot be directly applied to a viewport from the Render tab of the Object Info palette or by dragging the sketch style from the Resource Browser.
The default document sketch style can be applied to hidden line, dashed hidden line, and final shaded polygon rendering modes.
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Select View > Rendering > Line Render Options.
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Select Sketch Hidden Line Results, and select the sketch style from the list. Click Edit to edit the sketch style parameters. Then click OK to apply the sketch style to hidden line rendering.
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To sketch a viewport’s hidden line rendering, select the viewport, and then choose a hidden line rendering mode from the Rendering list in the Object Info palette. Click Render Settings to access the associated hidden line render settings dialog box.
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Select Sketch Hidden Line Results, and select the sketch style from the list. Preview or edit the sketch style if desired.
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