DesignSeries.pngCreating Objects from Shapes

The Create Objects from Shapes command uses an existing polyline or shape as the path for creating a variety of objects, as listed in the following table.

Object
Product

ceiling grids

Architect

guardrails

Architect, Landmark

handrails

Architect, Landmark

hardscape objects

Landmark

landscape areas

Landmark

landscape walls

Landmark

lighting pipe

Spotlight

linear material details

Architect, Landmark

massing models

Architect, Landmark

parking area

Landmark

parking along path

Landmark

piping runs

Architect

plants

Landmark

property lines

Architect, Landmark

repetitive unit details

Architect, Landmark

revision clouds

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight

roadways

Architect, Landmark

roadway (custom curb)

Architect, Landmark

roadways (NURBS)

Architect, Landmark

roadway (poly)

Architect, Landmark

seating layouts

Architect, Spotlight

site modifiers

Architect, Landmark

slabs

Architect

soft goods

Spotlight

spaces

Architect

stipple objects

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight

walls

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight

In addition to these standard objects, the Create Objects from Shapes command supports custom path objects (custom path plug-in objects with a .vso extension). For details, see Creating Custom Path Objects.

Walls created with the Create Objects from Shapes command use the current settings made active by the Wall tool (Vectorworks Architect or Landmark required), and slabs use the current Slab tool settings (Architect required).

In the Vectorworks Fundamentals workspace, walls can be created from polygons using the Create Walls from Polygon command (see Creating Walls from a Polygon).

To create an object from a shape:

1. Draw a polyline or select an existing shape such as a line, rectangle, oval, polygon, arc/circle, rounded rectangle, polyline, or 3D polygon representing the path for creating the object.

2. With the item selected, select the Create Objects from Shapes command from the appropriate menu:

     Architect workspace: AEC > Create Objects from Shapes 

     Landmark workspace: Landmark > Create Objects from Shapes 

     Spotlight workspace: Modify > Create Objects from Shapes 

Alternatively, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) and select Create Objects from Shapes from the context menu.

The Create Objects from Shapes dialog box opens.

3. Select the type of object and the creation parameters.

4. Click OK. If Show Properties Dialog was selected, the object properties dialog box for the specified object type opens. Enter the appropriate parameters, and then click OK.

If you are creating guardrails or handrails and Continuous Spacing was selected in the Create Objects from Shapes dialog box, enter the distance between the first upright and the start of the shape in the 1st Upright Spacing field of the object properties dialog box. If Continuous Spacing was not selected, this value is applied to the first upright at the beginning of each segment of the shape. Also enter the spacing to maintain between uprights in the Upright Spacing field of the object properties dialog box.

The object is created from the shape and its parameters can be edited in the Object Info palette.

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Creating Custom Path Objects

 

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