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Take a look at the Worksheet Function Reference. In VW2024 you can get just about any wall length you want. https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php?title=Worksheet_Functions#Specialized_for_Wall The reference has documentation on how to use the following wall lengths. Length() Returns the length of a wall or its components. Length('control line avert core', [optional parameters]) Length('control line center', [optional parameters]) Length('control line facing core', [optional parameters]) Length('control line left', [optional parameters]) Length('control line right', [optional parameters]) Length('avert core gross', [optional parameters]) Length('avert core net', [optional parameters]) Length('center net', [optional parameters]) Length('facing core gross', [optional parameters]) Length('facing core net', [optional parameters]) Length('left gross', [optional parameters]) Length('left net', [optional parameters]) Length('right gross', [optional parameters]) Length('right net', [optional parameters]) Length('openings avert core', [optional parameters]) Length('openings center', [optional parameters]) Length('openings facing core', [optional parameters]) Length('openings left', [optional parameters]) Length('openings right', [optional parameters])

Can you post a file? It's difficult to see what's happening just from screenshots. The only thing I did notice is that there is no instrument symbol shown it the layout. This would cause problems because the label legend uses the instrument symbol in the label legend to determine the relative locations of the labels.

Clever, thanks

thanks for that - was inserting a door that wasn't preset in other locations but once in the curtain wall it was defined by the the preset. Appreciate it

Have you tried using pillar objects? Draw any polygon or polyline. AEC>Pillar… > give it a height. This helps with irregularly shaped walls. Regular wills will join to Pillars using the Wall Join tool.

Hello - I am trying to come up with a U-Shaped cantilevered staircase in the below configuration but I want to avoid the stair being in front of the window. Is there a quick way of determining the geometry without having to play around with the settings several times over? Model attached. Note the final level (not shown in screenshot) is including the 'SLABS' classes - model attached if anyone wants to play around.2024-04_Wick House_MODEL.vwx 2024-04_Wick House_MODEL.vwx

Some difficulty comes depending on which fields you are updating and which version of Vectorworks you are using. For instance, if you are trying to change the Symbol field of the Lighting Device and are using VW2021 or newer, you need to update both the 'Symbol Name' field as well as the 'Symbol Definition' field with the new symbol name. The other very important thing is to include a ResetObject command for the chosen Lighting Device after changing fields using SetRField so that the new values take to the Lighting Device. And also include an ApplyLightInfoRecord command if you are using a script to change Lighting Device instrument types.

Interactive Sizing Insertion Mode for Doors/Windows (added in VW2023) is great in these circumstances because you can size the PIOs as you insert them, assuming you have a survey underlay you are tracing over or other guides you can click to.

Me too. On the other side I hate that in VW open 2D Elements like a curve can have a Fill !? The rest of Fill Attributes is all fine in VW. Microstation also had a Fill or "Is closed" object Setting. But Hatches were also separate extra elements like in ACAD, which was a PITA in 2D CAD times. Thankfully most of architects are now at a state where Hatches in Plans are generated from 3D BIM Models and appearance controlled by Viewport Styles, Class overwrite, and such things.

You can select and edit multiple Windows via Window Settings or in OIP at a time. That is what we did before we had Styles. Yes, Styles are great. Styles are mainly to define the character of the Windows. E.g. one Style for your Wood Windows and another for your Metal Windows. To define Jamb dimensions, offsets, Material Classes, .... While overall Window dimensions, Sash configurations and such stuff will be unlocked in Style and edited selectively for each Window. However, at a certain complexity it may make sense to create more than one single Style for "Wood Windows". It has the disadvantage that when really something like a Jamb thickness has to be changed - you have to update 2 Styles. But you may have advantages to group other Settings and lock it to "by Style" and faster switch multiple "sub Style" Windows in one go.

Just checking as you have an M1: updating to Sonoma might help. To some of the users, that is… (see Compatibilty thread on the forum)

Right. In most graphics programs an object can have both an outline(pen in vectorworks) and a fill (fill in Vectorworks). In AutoCAD, if you want a fill, you use a separate object (hatch, super hatch, wipeout, really fat polyline, etc…), so you end up with two objects where most programs would only have one. I prefer the Vectorworks approach personally.

I used that for years. Even at times when my eyes were still good.

Interesting thoughts. The good thing for me is just that lately there came some movement in the non existing Speckle Connector. Means that so far it was known that a "community" tries to build a Connector but had problems and we never saw any early versions. Now there seems to be a real chance that Speckle stuff will maybe work on it. Maybe even with the help of VW stuff. Users of Revit, Rhino, Sketchup, Blender, Navisworks, PowerBI, QGIS, that other GIS, .... and even Archicad users are already heavily collaborating between each other with Speckle. But my only serious Software supported by Speckle ins Blender. (Beside that I start looking at QGIS or Unreal Engine) So the only thing I can do to test Speckle is uploading an IFC to stream it to Blender .... (Which doesn't need Speckle as you want BlenderBIM AddOn anyway) I need and want finally Speckle Connectors for my VW and my Bricscad.

I still have to arrange the palettes when I start up the program, but they stay put after the displays have gone to sleep and wake back up, so the bigger annoyance is resolved, thank you

The Casing If there were lots of windows that were similar, but different sizes, I would create one window using Extrude Along Path (EAP). I would edit it so the path was the outside on the casing. Then all you have to do is increase the size of the Path. The Panes, The same could be done for the individual panes and they could be symbols. Then, just some basic math to recreate all the panes. I make this sound simpler than it is, if you have not done this before. But, this is how you learn.

Isn't VW Fill basically the same as Color by Object/Layer/Block in ACAD ? Ah, ok, it's not a bout a VW Fill Color but Fill Type Hatch, Image, Mosaic, .... Beside it looks ACAD has also Layer or Object transparency. And if VW "Hardscapes" are 3D and use a Render Material (RW Textures), yes, a pity, VW does import DWG Materials fine. But unfortunately does not export VW Materials. (Often asked for that in the past)

Here's another example: looks great in label legend layout, TOTALLY different on the design layer. mini in Layout.pdf mini on design layer.pdf

i have disconnected the external displays and the crashes are still happening 😞

Hi, did you rearrange the palettes without any drawing open? Save the positions after that via Palettes > save palette position (have a Dutch version running myself, don’t know the exact translation…). All now opened files should use the version stored in your user folder… HTH!

This means that something other than a Title Block Border object is named Title Block Border. Make sure that you don't have a symbol, style, or class named "Title Block Border". Vectorworks uses a single naming pool for ALL objects in a drawing aside from Layers. So you can't have a class named "Wall" and also have a Wall plug-in object in the same drawing. I keep this organized by grouping my classes together (walls are in Facility-Wall, title blocks are in Sheet-Title Block, etc) and by adding "Symbol" or "Style" at the end of my symbol and style definitions (as in "Title Block Border Symbol"). If you are having a hard time identifying what object is creating a conflict, you can use this plugin to determine what object is currently named "Title Block Border":

I'm using Macbook pro M3 (14.4.1 ) and Vectorworks 2024, i'm experiencing many unexpected system crashes. Just run the repair, didnt help.

I have an iMac M1 running macOS 13.3.1 with current version of VW 2024 4.1 When I start the program I always need to arrange the palettes how I like them (main VW workspace on the iMac monitor, the tool palettes and OIP on the left monitor. This is just a mild inconvenience, and I just do it whenever I start up. Now (and maybe always) if the monitors sleep, upon waking them up everything reverts to being piled up on the iMac monitor and I have to rearrange again. Is there a fix for this?

Perhaps to avoid antitrust lawsuits by building a history of trying to play nice? To finally respond in an actionable way to the open letters calling for Revit to improve. To squash some of the emerging startups that threaten to turn things on their head by forcing them to open up their API if they want to play with the big dogs? It will be interesting to see how it all plays out. I don’t expect anything significant. The infrastructure software companies kinda get a pass on the whole monopoly thing due to the “national security” excuse. I don’t think architectural software making McBuilding can use the same.

Make the size parameters by instance