When a design is complete, it typically needs to be presented to a client with views from several different directions, complete with details, annotations, dimensions, and title blocks. To accomplish this in VectorWorks, create “viewport” objects, which can show other design layers in this file, or even design layers in other files.
Viewports can display entire as well as cropped views of a drawing, with specified layer and class visibility settings, projection, render mode, and orientation parameters. If the drawing changes, the viewports can be easily updated to reflect the changes.
In both VectorWorks Fundamentals and the VectorWorks Design Series, you can create one or more viewports on a sheet layer, and each viewport can show one or more design layers from the current file. Additionally, the VectorWorks Design Series allows you to create one or more viewports on a design layer, and the design layers shown can be either from the current file, or referenced from another file.
Viewports are described in Presenting Drawings with Sheet Layer Viewports and in Presenting Drawings with Design Layer Viewports.
