Elevations and Sections for TV & Film: Vectorworks 2018

March 2024 Note: This is still a popular tutorial with lots of good information, but I don't recommend this workflow anymore (specifically: Convert Objects to Lines). There is a more recent update to this method you can find here:
   • Elevations and Sections From 3D: UPDATED  

You can also try the Clip Cube method laid out here:
   • Fastest Way to do TV & Film Elevation...  

See which one is better for your workflow.

Original Description: Working through taking a 3D model and laying out elevation and section views in Vectorworks. After a lot of research and trial and error of laying out plates with viewports for each view and detail, we found the files to be too processor intensive and inefficient. This technique lets you make a leaner, meaner file, though it's more work for revisions and changes.

This tutorial uses VW 2018, but any version from 2016 forward should work with the same techniques.