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 grid

Architect

guardrail

Architect, Landmark

hardscape object

Landmark

irrigation design zone

Landmark

irrigation drip outlet

Landmark

irrigation hydrozone

Landmark

irrigation pipe

Landmark

landscape area

Landmark

landscape wall

Landmark

lighting pipe

Spotlight

linear material detail

Architect, Landmark

massing model

Architect, Landmark

parking along path

Landmark

parking area

Landmark

piping run

Architect

plant

Landmark

property line

Architect, Landmark

railing/fence

Architect, Landmark

repetitive unit detail

Architect, Landmark

revision cloud

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight

roadway

Architect, Landmark

roadway (custom curb)

Architect, Landmark

roadway (NURBS)

Architect, Landmark

roadway (poly)

Architect, Landmark

seating layout

Architect, Spotlight

site modifier

Architect, Landmark

slab

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight

soft goods

Spotlight

space

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight

stipple object

Architect, Landmark, Spotlight

wall

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 Design Series required), and slabs use the current Slab tool settings (Vectorworks Architect required).

To create a specific site modifier such as a pad or pad with retaining edge, select Site Modifiers (Vectorworks Architect or Landmark required) and then specify the type of site modifier from the Config list of the Object Properties dialog box.

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:

  3.     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.

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

  5. Click OK. If Show Properties Dialog is 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 and Continuous Spacing is 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 is 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 from the Object Info palette.

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Creating Custom Path Objects

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