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  • PRESENTATION CHALLENGE

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    DESCRIPTION

    Welcome to the Presentation challenge! In this challenge you will check your understanding of Sheet Layers, Viewports and Annotations. 

    OBJECTIVE

    The objective for this challenge is to make sure you have a clear understanding of how you can present your design to a client. After this challenge you will be able to demonstrate how to create a sheet, place a viewport and annotate. 

    SKILLS NEEDED

    TO START

    Within Vectorworks open a new template file by going to File > New > Use Document Template > Use the Fundamentals Metric or Imperial Template. (Remember to save your file!)

  • CHALLENGE BRIEF & KEY STEPS

    BRIEF

    Your challenge is to set up a Sheet layer with a preset Title block, create a Viewport and annotate the Viewport. First you will need to create a plan on a Design layer to create your Viewport from. For example a room plan, garden layout or a stage layout. This is yours to personalize so feel free to draw anything you like! 

    Good luck!

    KEY STEPS

    1.Create a plan/layout, you can follow the image or create your own, get as creative as you like! 

    2. Create a Sheet Layer.

    3. Create a Viewport of your plan and add to your Sheet Layer.

    4. Select the Titleblock Border Tool and apply a preset Titleblock to your Sheet Layer.

    5. Navigate into the Annotations of the Viewport and annotate with Dimensions, Text, Callouts and more.

    6. You now have a Sheet layer you can Print or PDF for a client!

    ⓘ Tip: It’s important to check Use at Creation if you wish objects assigned the class to display its graphic properties.

  • CHALLENGE ASSISTANCE VIDEO

    DESCRIPTION

    If you need a little guidance for this challenge, please find a video on the link below taking you through creating Sheet Layers, Viewports and how to annotate within Viewports.

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