Cropping existing sheet layer or design layer viewports

Command

Path

Edit Viewport

Modify

Context menu

To crop a viewport:

Select the viewport.

Select the command. The Edit Viewport dialog box opens (see Modifying viewports for a description of the dialog box parameters).

Click Crop to enter object editing mode (see Object editing mode).

To edit the crop of a design layer viewport, switch to Top/Plan view.

Choose whether to display the viewport outside of the crop area. Select Display Viewport Outside Crop to view the rest of the viewport; select Gray Outside Crop to view the area outside of the crop in gray. These options make drawing and editing easier, since objects outside the crop can be snapped to.

To view other layer objects while in object editing mode, select Show other objects while in editing modes on the Display pane of the Vectorworks preferences (see Vectorworks preferences: Display pane).

Alternatively, right-click on a viewport and select Edit Crop from the context menu.

Create a 2D object such as a rectangle, circle, or polyline. The 2D object must define an area; for example, a 2D line cannot be used. Position the 2D object to delimit the new viewport display area. The fill of a viewport cropping object is always None; however, the pen style can be set from the Attributes palette while in object editing mode.

Use the Flyover tool to adjust the view (see Flyover).

The bounding box of the crop object is also the perspective clip rectangle, if the viewport is in Perspective projection. Reshaping the crop object changes the perspective clip rectangle as well.

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Click Exit Viewport Crop to return to the sheet layer or design layer.

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The cropped viewport displays; in the Object Info palette, the Crop status changes to Yes.

To change, replace, or delete the crop object, select the viewport and then select Modify > Edit Viewport to re-enter object editing mode. Alternatively, right-click and select Edit from the context menu.

To change the visibility of the crop object, change the Crop Visible setting in the Object Info palette.

Modifying viewports

Viewport properties

Viewport status

Updating viewports

 

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