How to

All the vector models on this site are made with a two-layer technique. Handled correctly, it lets you move a scale model around without cutting any lines behind it.

This is how it works:

The outline layer of a figure, filled with a solid colour

One layer is a joined curve of all the outermost lines in the model. Fill this shape with a solid colour and keep an outline thickness. The other layer holds all the details of the model and sits on top of the first.

The two layers combined into the finished figure

The combined layers make the finished scale model. Both layers have to be above the layers of your drawing.

Pro tip: give the outline layer a higher line weight than the inner detail lines. All models on this site are drawn that way.

The figure placed in front of a drawing without cut lines

Since the models are 2D, this is how you actually experience them. Group the model and move it around without cutting lines from the drawing behind it.

Example
A section drawing with scale figures placed in it