Creating the profile objects
The profile objects determine the shape of the chain extrude object. The profile objects can consist of up to three polygons/polylines or up to two polygons/polylines and one locus. For users of the Vectorworks Architect and Landmark products, profile objects are available in the downloadable libraries (see Concept: Resource libraries).
To create the profile objects:
Create the continuous shape first. The Chain Extrude tool considers the first, or back, polygon/polyline to be the continuous shape, and extrudes it along the path polygon.
Create the second shape; the front object is considered to be the repeating or intermittent object.
A second shape is not required.
The reference location of the chain extrude relative to the path is the upper right or lower right corner of the shape’s bounding box. This location can be changed by including a locus in the profile group. The locus becomes the reference point for the path polygon in the profile group. This is useful if the bounding box of the repeating shape extends beyond the bounding box of the continuous shape.
Apply fill colors to the profile objects from the Attributes palette.
