Changing the Layer Properties of Sheet Layer or Design Layer Viewports

The viewport’s layer visibility, opacity, stacking order, and colors can be changed from the sheet layer or the design layer (Vectorworks Design Series required). Other viewports, as well as the design layer properties, are not affected. The viewport attributes can be tailored for presentation; several copies of the same viewport can appear completely different.

To change the viewport layer properties:

  1. Select the viewport.

  2. From the Object Info palette, click Layers.

  3. The Viewport Layer Properties dialog box opens. Change layer visibilities and/or make layer attribute overrides for the selected viewport.

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  4. To override the layer properties (for viewport display), select one or more viewport layers and click Edit.

  5. Alternatively, double-click a viewport layer to edit it.

    The Edit Viewport Design Layers dialog box opens.

  6. The same parameters apply when you create a design layer (see Setting Design Layer Properties); for viewport layers, only the stacking order, transfer mode or opacity, and colors can be edited. These edits apply to the current viewport only, though they can be transferred to other viewports with the Eyedropper tool.

  7. The viewport layer colors can be controlled separately from the design layer colors, for flexible presentation output. Click Colors to override the fill and pen colors for the selected viewport layer. To see the effects of the color override, Use Layer Colors must be selected in the Viewport Layer Properties dialog box for the selected viewport. This is similar to the way that Use Layer Colors must be selected in document preferences to see the layer color settings for a design layer, as described in Setting the Design Layer Color.

  8. Click OK to return to the Viewport Layer Properties dialog box.

  9. Click Preview to evaluate the results of the property changes.

  10. Click OK to return to the sheet layer or design layer.

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Changing the Class Properties of Sheet Layer or Design Layer Viewports

Viewport Data Visualization

Modifying Viewports

Viewport Properties

Viewport Status

Updating Viewports

Reshaping Objects

List Box Functionality

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