Editing Object Surfaces

Editing 2D Object Surfaces

There are four commands for editing 2D and 2D/3D hybrid object surfaces: Intersect Surface, Add Surface, Combine into Surface, and Clip Surface. The Intersect, Add, and Clip commands have an equivalent context menu command accessed by a Ctrl-click (Mac) or right-click (Windows). Use these commands with the following objects.

Vectorworks Fundamentals Objects

     2D primitive objects that can be filled and are not grouped (arcs, polygons, polylines, ovals, circles, rectangles, rounded rectangles)

     Revision clouds

     Floors

     Roof faces

     Pillars

Vectorworks Design Series Objects

     Ceiling grids

     Plants

     Massing models

     Stipples

     Property lines

     Redlines

     Site modifiers

     Seating layouts

     Spaces

     Hardscapes

     Parking Areas

     Stages

     Slabs

 

These commands work in any view, as long as the objects involved are in the same plane. If a combination of 2D and 2D/3D hybrid objects (such as floors or pillars) will be used in an operation, the view must be set to Top/Plan. In Top/Plan view, screen plane and layer plane are considered to be co-planar.

The equivalent 3D commands operate on solids and can be used in a view other than Top/Plan.

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Intersect Surface

Add Surface

Combine into Surface

Clip Surface

Editing 3D Object Surfaces

 

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