[Tree Survey Import]

I'm trying to import a tree survey (VW 2020 Mac) but can't seem to find anywhere where the RPA (critical zone in VW-speak) can be mapped to.  Can anyone help?  Suppose can be done manually but a bit tedious.

 

Also for existing trees it would be good to have a style that can be changed.  At the moment if I decide I want to change the appearance, for instance by making the critical zone in red, I seem only to be able to do this one tree at a time.  Even if I select all of the tree and make changes, they only seem to be applied to one.  

 

Thanks

 

Laura

[Plant tag line marker]

Great, thanks very much

 

Laura

[Plant tag line marker]

Is there a way to have a tag line marker other than an enormous arrow for plant tag lines?  I have tried setting the attributes to a dot marker before drawing the plants, but this has no effect (VW 2020 Landmark)

 

Thanks

[Plant Records]

Hi Katarina, yes that would be great if you can let me know how to make a bespoke set of data.

 

Thanks

 

Laura

[Plant Records]

Hi Jeff,

 

I have found the density under 'rate' in VW2020,  didn't spot it before because it was in with the pricing info.  I have been inputting into worksheets the data I want.  My gripe is that there is way too much data, the vast majority of which I will never need for a given project and this slows down my workflow when setting up a worksheet or adding into in the object info palette.  It would be very useful to be able to limit the data that VW displays in drop down menus etc for a given drawing.

 

Hi Unearthed, I've been doing a similar thing - have a worksheet called 'plant numberer' which I usually use to calc numbers for my custom plant records.  I think this is the only time I have shown individual plant outlines, new client, I hope in future they will trust me to get the densities right!  I think if I was going to swap I might use landscape areas instead.  

 

The other thing I've noticed is that VW's placing of individual plants is a bit wonky, often off to one side, due to the way the spacing has been programmed, so I am having to move them around to make them a bit more realistic.  Something like this 

would be great!

 

Laura

 

[Plant Records]

Hi Jeff,

 

Thanks for the files

 

I know some people will use spacing, but Planning Conditions will almost always require a schedule with planting density (this is the case for the project I'm working on).  I notice your file does include distribution rate, I am currently on VW 2020 and that option is not coming up for me when I  create a report.

 

I know some people will want the option of all of those records, but it would be good to be able to edit it for each drawing.  Just finding and picking the fields for a report at the moment involves a crazy amount of scrolling and if I was adding the info into the object info palette it would be even worse.

 

Laura

 

[Plant Records]

Started using plant tool just in order to show a particular client spacing graphics and was looking at possibility of using it for plant scheduling.  There are a couple of things that don't work for me at the moment:

 

Spacing - even when I have a plant style set to plants per sq m (this is surely the most usual way of expressing it in schedules?) the record available when I create a report will only return the spacing expressed as a distance.

 

The number of fields in the records is huge and the vast majority are completely irrelevant for my purposes.  I really only want National Plant Spec data plus number and density.  This makes the whole thing pretty unwieldy when trying to enter data or to create a report as a plant schedule.  I can't seem to find any way of editing and deleting the fields, this would be incredibly useful.

 

In the meantime I think I'll just use it to count plants and use my own plant info databases on the surrounding polygons.

 

Laura

[Uneven 2D conversion of arcs]

I have been constructing an extrude from two concentric arcs to transform into a subdivision object.  I keep having issues with the resulting polylines and polygons not having points evenly spaced along the arcs.  I've been forced to add the 'missing' points myself before extruding but this is pretty time-consuming.  I am using 'low' 2D conversion, but changing this doesn't seem to help and gives me a very complex subdivision object.

 

Any ideas why it's happening?

 

File attached

2DConversion.vwx

[Contour Modifiers]

Even stranger, if I mirror the bund to the north VW calculates it perfectly

 

Laura

PondCutFill.vwx

[Contour Modifiers]

Thanks,

 

I have tried that on the RHS bund, but still not getting the right result - see attached.

 

The pads are a workaround but feel the contours should work in a future update.

 

Laura

PondCutFill.vwx

[Contour Modifiers]

Anyone have any idea why it is making such a mess of the bund on the right?

 

Laura Stone

PondCutFill.vwx

[Closed Contours]

Thanks Tony,

 

I have found a workaround by dragging a new node and placing it on top of the first, so the contour is still open but works like a closed one.

 

Would be good to have contours reflecting reality though.

 

Laura

[Closed Contours]

I am trying to create a cut & fill model where the proposed contours are closed.  

VW2020 doesn't seem to close contours, when I click the final node on the first one it just creates an open contour.  If I convert a closed shape to a contour it creates an open contour.  Clicking the 'close' button on the OIP has no effect.  

 

Any ideas?

 

Laura

 

[Parking Space tool misfire in 2020]

I have this issue too

[Sheet settings in Title Block Styles]

Thanks!  I thought the icons were just illustrative

[Sheet settings in Title Block Styles]

Hi Tamsin,

 

I can't find the option for 'by instance' or 'by style' when I edit the style plug-in object.  Can you tell me where to find those settings?

 

Thanks

[Sheet settings in Title Block Styles]

When I create a new sheet layer and drop in a title block style the title block border settings for margins and grids in that style are not copied through, resulting in tedious changes to each individual sheet.

 

Am I missing something?

 

 

[Aligning Textures in Texture Beds]

Nearly 8 years later and Vectorworks still haven't provided a solution to this.  The paving texture has chosen to render at about 30° to where it should be, so there isn't even a way to rotate the texture image as a workaround.

[fence railing tool upgrade]

Also so that 'top' rail can be below the top of the pales (frame verticals) e.g. like a picket fence

[Vertical Bar Railing]

Thanks very much for that, looks like a good workaround

 

I do think Nemetschek need to up their game on this one, we have been using the fence/railing tool because it is quick to use and very handy for giving an accurate layout, including post positions, in 2D whilst allowing us to share IFC models with other consultants on BIM projects.  To have a tool that can't produce a normal railing type like the above without lots of workarounds is really poor and I would want it to be able to follow site contours using send to surface or similar. 

 

Laura

[Vertical Bar Railing]

How does the railing/fencing tool create a standard vertical bar railing like this one?

 

 

[VW 2019 Crash when attempting to "Replace" Symbol?]

I have a similar issue sp2 on vw2019,  VW will go into a spin when a SINGLE INSTANCE of a symbol is selected, or if I place a symbol.  If I select 2 or more symbols there is no issue.  Spinning beachball for 2-3 minutes then works it out, but it is extremely frustrating. 

[Centre/center points]

Thanks!  

 

That will teach me to have something switched on that I don't understand.  

 

That avatar looks good....

[Centre/center points]

VW 2018 is very reluctant to pick up center/centre points.  I have to zoom right in to pick up a top, bottom, left or right center and it's really slowing me up.

 

Is anyone else having this issue?

 

It's all set to pick these up in the snapping palette and preferences and didn't have problems in previous versions.

 

 

[Object Info Palette does not work properly in VW2018 SP2]

Also having problems with the OIP since installing 2018. Particular issue with the data tab which refuses to display which records are attached to the selected object.  When this happens I cannot move the bar between the formats and the input section.  Undocking the OIP seems to allow the display to act normally, but I want to have it docked.