Scale Pattern Vectorworks
It is likely the the are set to us a pattern rather than a hatch.
Scale pattern vectorworks. Measure an item that has a known length like a boundary dimension or overall building length longer is better. The layer scale used by vectorworks comes primarily out of wysiwyg drawing pioneered on the mac and therefore part of vectorworks history. They do not use any background definitions and therefore have no background color. I have the design series user s guide.
It would really help to know your version of vectorworks. Layer scale exists to allow graphic properties of the drawing or model to be represented properly as though you were drawing at a particular scale on a piece of paper. There are several different ways to put in structural shapes exactly which tool and which options are you using to create these objects. Roger webster 1 roger webster 1 greenhorn.
A non associative hatch is similar to a screen that displays over other. Next under the modify menu i select hatch choose the hatch pattern to be used. Ie symmetric by distance current distance new distance. They obtain most of their attributes from hatch pattern definitions but they do not use the color definitions for the lines that make up the hatch.
You can use the measure option if you like. Patterns are always to screen scale and alignment. Image mask textures are another way to look at this but if the shape has thickness there will be lots of trouble. Posted march 9 2009.
The scaling factor is what the length actually is divided by what it should be. I just did a search on scale bar in vw2009 online help and found instructions. I wonder if process would complete the shape if the surface started at midpoint of straight segment then 4 bends leaving a straight length at the end to meet the start. Use the scale objects command on the modify menu.
I m using vw 2009. Non associative hatches obtain the color definitions from the current default attributes. First scale the object polygon or other shape to be hatched for example let s say by a factor of 10x s.