Does anyone know how to draw on a vertical plane as if it was 2d in CAD? For example an elevation view of a building? I don't have enough points to snap to everything, and just want to draw sort of free-hand. The data needs to stay vertical, though.
> Does anyone know how to draw on a vertical plane as if it was 2d in CAD?
What software are you using to do this?
AutoCAD 2013 with Carlson survey
ViewCube?
2d polylines all still lay flat on 0 elevation, while 3d lines snap to who knows where when you rotate/pan (looks like crap).
I'm trying to do all four sides and preserve the 3D aspect of the building.
I found this:
I'm getting old, forgot about Google for a moment. 🙂
To draw on the Z/X plane for example:
Commands as follows:
"UCS", enter
"X", enter
"90", enter
"plan", enter
This will rotate the user coordinates 90 degrees, and put that plane "flat" on the screen, for drawing.
If you want the other vertical plane, it would be "Y", enter, "90", enter.
Good luck!
Just set the UCS to your desired plane, then PLAN|CURRENT.
if you want to draw on a vertical plane that is aligned to a building elevation, for example.
first use the command ucs e or ucs obj to align the ucs to a 2d line representing the elevation in plan.
Then either
1) ucs x -90 followed by plan c
or 2) use the view cube choosing "front" then ucs v (align ucs to view)
there are toolbar, ribbon, menu shortcuts etc; for all of the above but everyone is setup differently so you would need to find them on your system.
not terribly elegant, but I draw on the xy plane and then use 3D align to align it to the vertical surface I'm wanting to attach it to. These other recommendations sound a lot better though.
You can go view then go 3D view and change the view to front to see the elvevation.
Cheers
Jan