Interior-Elevation Markers

There are two kinds of interior-elevation markers in Vectorworks. The viewport-linked marker is placed when you create interior elevation viewports (see Creating Interior Elevation Viewports); it maintains coordination with the viewports for automatic updates. This kind of marker is placed on the active design layer and graphically indicates for which directions the viewports were created. Specify the graphic properties, such as the marker style, when you create the interior elevation viewports. To access the marker from any of the associated viewports, click Navigate to Interior Elevation from the viewport’s Object Info palette.

The simple interior-elevation marker (available with Vectorworks Fundamentals) looks identical on a drawing, but it is placed using the Interior-Elevation Marker tool and is simply a visual marker, not linked to a viewport.

The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default properties. The properties can be edited from the Object Info palette.

Properties of Interior-Elevation Markers

Interior-elevation marker properties can be set before the marker is inserted in the drawing. If the marker is being placed by the Create Interior Elevation Viewports command (Vectorworks Architect required), click Interior Elevation Settings on the Create Interior Elevation Viewports dialog box to open the Interior Elevation Settings dialog box. If you are placing a simple marker using the Interior-Elevation Marker tool, click Preferences to open the object properties dialog box. These preferences serve as the new default for interior-elevation markers inserted in the drawing using that insertion method until the preferences are changed.

The parameters can be edited for selected interior-elevation markers after placement, in the Object Info palette. The available parameters are different, and displayed in a different order, for viewport-linked and simple interior-elevation markers.

The viewport-linked and simple interior elevations markers can be easily distinguished at the top of the Object Info palette. Markers that are linked to viewports are identified as the object type “Interior Elevation,” while the simple markers are identified as “Interior-Elevation Marker.”

Parameter	Description
North/East/South/West	Select the view directions to include; the interior-elevation marker detects its position in relation to the four quadrants in the screen plane, sweeping 45° from each XY direction (0°, 90°, 180° and 270°) corresponding to North, East, South, and West naming. For viewport-linked markers, when the selection changes, the section line that defines the viewport in that direction is automatically added or deleted, as is the corresponding viewport.
Edit Section Lines (viewport-linked marker only)	Click to enter Object Editing Mode and edit the section lines that define the viewports; see Modifying Section Lines Graphically
Navigate to Interior Elevation Viewports (viewport-linked marker only)	Click to view the sheet layer or design layer with the viewports and select the associated viewports
Interior Elevation Marker Style	Click to select the marker symbol. The Vectorworks software provides several marker symbols, but you can add a custom symbol; see Creating Resources.
Marker Size	Specify the marker size
Text Style	Select a text style from a library or the current file. To use the style defined for the object’s class, select <Class Text Style>. To format the text using options on the Text menu, select <Un-Styled>. See Using Text Styles and Formatting Text.
Auto-coordinate (viewport-linked marker only)	Automatically displays the Drawing Number of the referenced viewport, and the viewport’s Sheet Number. Deselect this option to enter the Drawing Number and Sheet Number manually.
Drawing Number	Enter the Drawing Number; this value is assigned by default for viewport-linked interior-elevation markers when Auto-coordinate is selected
Sheet Number	Enter the Sheet Number; this value is assigned by default for viewport-linked interior-elevation markers when Auto-coordinate is selected
Text Config	Specifies the display style for the Sheet Number and Detail Number text; depending on the selection, specify the Detail Number and Text Separator
Horizontal Text	Select to display text horizontally when the marker is rotated; deselect to rotate the text with the marker