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Hi @Jiajing, The math is quite convoluted, so if you can avoid it I recommend you do. There are functions that translate between Model Space (rotated plan view) and Screen Plane: ModelPt2DToScreenPt() ModelVecToScreenVec() and ScreenPtToModelPt2D() ScreenVecToModelVec() At one point I tried to figure out the differences between the function pairs, but didn't find anything so I quit looking. When I wrote scripts to work in Rotated Plan, I always used ModelVecToScreenVec() to return the screen X&Y from the model coordinates, and ScreenVecToModelVec() to change screen coordinates to model coordinates. If you need to understand the math to do the same thing, send me a PM and we chat offline. None of the basic VectorScript commands (meaning all of the Get and Set graphic commands) work directly in Rotated Plan, but if you massage the coordinates you want with the functions above, you can send the massaged numbers through the standard calls to make things look right. For some tasks it may be easier to unrotate the view, run your code, and re-rotate the view when done. Oh, I almost forgot, if the User Origin is moved, it's worse – much worse. HTH, Raymond

Try to figure out the fuction to retrieve value of screen X when I retate the plan OR the math behind the screen X. Thank you

@michaelk, bless you! that is amazing! perfect! thanks so much! very best, Alex

Export to dwg 14.zip

Hiya, I've just been sent 2 plans of our venue's lighting rig - in a vectorworks format. I don't have Vectorworks, nor do my team, nor does anyone I know, so we can't use it. Is there any chance a kind soul in here could open these 2 files (drawings of light trusses at Heaven) & export as R14 .dwgs into the same folder? Any help would be amazing. Massive thanks, Alex https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLI2rTos7G_X0tEGZLra0oGnMSu1FkCR?usp=drive_link Main Room.vwx Stage Truss.vwx

I've had issues with cropped DLVPS. I try not to crop them and found they worked better. Perhaps use class visibilities to remove objects from the DLVP instead? Though this technique is not without it's bugs also.

That looks either like Z-fighting (where you have two objects coincident in the same plane and the rendering engine guesses back and forth which one to display, or having something too far from the origin. Check the wall that is wonky and make sure it is not duplicated. If that is not it, go to the Design Layers, make them all visible, Show/Snap/Modify other, Select All, and Fit to Objects. If you end up zooming way out, then your have an object far away from your drawing that you need to move or delete. Do a Marquee selection around each corner of the zoomed out window and see if you can get a smaller selection you can then Fit to Objects on.

Repeatable error - crop a VP reference, ie: reuse the 2nd floor on 3rd floor but crop out a few bits. Switch to 3d view in shaded and it goes wonky. Screen Recording 2024-05-06 at 4.29.59 PM.mov

If you've made any changes to the default settings, I would recommend taking screenshots of your VW Preferences before resetting them to make your life easier when you have to rebuild them.

Great news! Thank you!

It sounds like you have a corrupted preference file. Go to Vectorworks Preference and click the Reset button at the bottom left. This will reset all of your preferences to the defaults, but will save your serial number. If this does not solve the problem, the next step up in forcefulness in resetting preferences is: "In Vectoroworks Preferences:User Folder pane click the Reveal in Finder button to see you user folder in the Finder. Go back to VW and quit. Rename your user folder. Restart VW. It will create a new User folder for you. Check if the problem is solved. If it is not, quit VW, delete the new user folder, and change the name back on the original folder. If the problem is solves then you have to decide what information you need to copy from the original user folder to the new one." HTH

That works for the Worksheet Image, and it will be linked to the correct worksheet, but the actual editable worksheet will still need to be stored at the root level or in a Worksheet folder.

Save the Worksheet as a Symbol - with the Symbol Option>Convert to Group You can save this in your Symbols' folder and Drag-Drop it onto the drawing when needed.

Then I have no idea. This may be a case where it is best to get in touch with Tech Support directly.

I thought you could upload a picture, although it looks like there is some conflicting info given. Anyway, I resized my certification seal to meet their pixel limits and I could not get it to work. I also tried to use the image URL method, but I couldn't get extract a URL from the seal in my university dashboard.

I'm running VW 2024, Update 4.1

Hi @jblock and @Matt Overton, I believe Matt is referring to our email over the weekend asking him to leave a review on G2. Matt, we appreciate you taking the time to express your concern and understand the importance of being cautious when sharing personal information with other companies. Just like other respected review platforms such as Capterra and Trust Pilot, G2 prioritizes the authenticity of reviews. To ensure this, they ask reviewers to create accounts, helping to maintain the integrity of the feedback shared. Our goal for asking customers like you to provide reviews of Vectorworks software is to help other designers hear from their peers about their software experiences and make informed decisions when evaluating Vectorworks products. We want to assure you that we read every review and report all feedback to the appropriate internal teams, whether that be engineering or customer service. If you do decide to leave a review and detail your experience with Vectorworks, here’s a link that provides details on creating an account. How to Create an Account Best, Tyler French Customer Marketing Manager

Hello @MGuilfoile The AI Visualizer feature requires either subscription or Vectorworks Service Select. The processing is done on the Vectorworks Cloud Services servers which have a non-zero cost to them. We will edit that sentence to say subscription or Vectorworks Service Select.

If you have a Service Select account with your license then you do have a Cloud Services account (if you want one or not). The only time you would not have access to Cloud Services is if you have an old "perpetual" license that you are not keeping current with Service Select.

This was exciting until I read this in the Vectorworks site: The AI visualizer is processed on Vectorworks Cloud Services, and is available only as a benefit of Vectorworks Service Select. Is this true? I don't need, want, or have any use for Vectorworks Cloud Services, but now I see that my version of Vectorworks Architect is disabled and not the full version I was told I was buying. If VW is going to start down the road of being a la carte don't be surprised to see large numbers of disappointed users. You can't hold features hostage just to bolster your subscription base to your Cloud Services. That is very, very bad business. Why do you want to anger your customers? It is bad enough that we have to pay yearly for updates whether we deem them worthy or not (news flash: yearly updates are not necessary.) I think you will be well-advised to make AI visualizer a part of the former premium-now-de facto-disabled versions of VW (Architect, Spotlight, Landscape, and Designer). MHBrown

Bringing up this thread for the issue of wanting to put a worksheet in the same folder as a symbol. I am currently building out a workgroup library for my department and would like to include a worksheet with inventory counts several symbol folders deep, where the information will be most relevant, but am unable to mix and match types.

Hi, Does anyone know how I can prevent me having to resize my palettes (Basic, Tool sets & Attributes) every time I open my Vectorworks Architect? I've tried saving the palette positions via the Windows dropdown menu (Windows - Palettes - Save palette positions) but to no avail. Is there a cache one can clear in Vectorworks to assist?

@Matt OvertonWas this regarding a specific survey you were asked to complete? With our Technical Support, you may receive an email asking to complete a short survey. However, these do not require any kind of login or sign-up for any service.

Why is the hole inside the tube not showing in hidden line rendering? First instance is hidden line rendering, second is dashed hidden line rendering which I am using to show that there is a hole in the plate below the tube. The tube (Round Tube 3d) at its top end is cut at a 45° angle with a nurbs surface. If I remove that solid operation from the tube then the section view is displayed accurately. It seems like the viewport section rendering cannot identify the hollowed out portion of a Round Tube 3d if a solid section operation has been performed upon it. Extents beyond Cut Plane keeps changing back to Infinite, but I have repeatedly set it to be Finite Depth.

And there is a fourth beta .-)