Section Viewport and Section Line Properties

Section Viewport Parameters

The properties of a section viewport can be edited in the Object Info palette.

 

Parameter	Description
Object Position Locator	Specifies the point on the section viewport’s bounding box that is to be positioned by the X and Y values; click on a different location to change the point
X / Y	Specifies the absolute position of the section viewport’s bounding box along the X axis and Y axis, based on the point specified in the object position locator
Crop	Indicates whether the selected section viewport has been cropped (see Cropping Sheet Layer Viewports)
Update	Click to update the section viewport to reflect any changes which have occurred since the section view was created or last updated (see Section Viewport and Section Line Status)
Layers	Specifies which design layers are visible in the section viewport, and allows layer visibility changes
Display Objects Beyond Section Plane	Shows or hides objects beyond the section plane
Classes	Specifies which classes are visible in the section viewport and allows class visibility and attribute changes, including changes to viewport crop and annotation objects
Scale	Specifies the section viewport scale relative to the page; select a scale or choose Custom and enter the scale value in Custom Scale
Custom Scale 1:	When a custom scale is selected, enter the scale value
Rendering	Specifies the rendering mode for the section viewport; RenderWorks is required for certain rendering modes. Open GL, Hidden Line, Dashed Hidden Line, Final Shaded Polygon, Artistic RenderWorks, Custom Radiosity, and Custom RenderWorks enable the Render Settings button for specifying rendering parameters
Render Settings	Certain rendering modes require parameters to be set; click to specify (see Line Render Options for Hidden Line Render settings, Rendering with VectorWorks for OpenGL and shaded polygon settings, Artistic RenderWorks Options for Artistic RenderWorks settings, Custom RenderWorks Options for Custom RenderWorks settings, and Radiosity for information on rendering with radiosity)
RW Background	Select a RenderWorks background from either the default resources or the current file’s resources to use as a background for the section viewport (RenderWorks required); see VectorWorks Fundamentals Default Resources
Projection	Select the projection type for the section viewport (see Projection)
Perspective Type	For Perspective projection, select the type of perspective, or choose Custom and specify the perspective distance
Perspective Dist	For custom perspectives, enter the perspective distance
Lighting Options	Click to change the ambient light parameters described in Setting Lighting Options. By default, a section viewport’s ambient light is set according to the ambient light settings of the first visible design layer in the section viewport. If there are no visible layers, then the ambient light is set to on, with a color of white and a brightness of 35% (similar to the default ambient lighting for a design layer).
Advanced Properties	Specifies advanced section viewport parameters defining the extent and attributes of the section view; see Advanced Section Viewport Properties
Reverse Section Side	Switches to view the other side of the section line
Section Line Instances	Lists the section lines present in design layers (see Section Line Instances)

Section Viewport and Section Line Status

The status of a section viewport based on a design layer is indicated visually.

 

Status	Description
Normal	A normal, up-to-date section viewport displays with rectangular handles when selected
Out of date	When the objects in a section viewport have changed since the viewport was created or last updated, the viewport becomes out of date. An out-of-date viewport is displayed with a red and white outline.
Empty	A section viewport is displayed as a red “X” when the referenced design layer contains no objects or the objects are hidden, or when the referenced design layer is set to “invisible”
Unlinked	An unlinked section line (disconnected from its associated section viewport, possibly because the section line was pasted from a copy, duplicated, or mirrored) displays as a black and yellow line, and “Not Linked” is displayed in the Object Info palette