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Laura Stone

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  1. I am trying to export IFC on quite a simple (so far) project and getting absolutely enormous files (1.3Gb).

     

    We've exported on other projects no problem, the difference that stands out here is maybe use of the existing tree feature?

     

    I can import (eventually) into solibri and thee doens;t seem anything particularly complicated.

     

    Does anyone have any ideas?

     

    Thanks

     

    Laura

  2. In the annotation polygon display for bulbs I use the 'boundary-dashed' option to show that the bulbs are spread amongst other plants.  It is defaulting to a long dash dot line which is not ideal as it's difficult to distinguish from solid lines.  I can't seem to find anywhere to change the line type, can anyone help?

     

    VW2021 Landmark Mac

  3. I am finding that when I edit a plant style (say to change the default spacing) that the name doubles up.  For instance if I have a style HelHyb when I go in to edit it the plant/tag ID is automatically duplicated into the name and becomes HelHyb HelHyb.  I can manually remove it but it's very annoying.

     

    Anyone know why and how to fix it?

     

    VW 2021Mac

     

    Thanks

  4. Thanks Tamsin

     

    Did you find anything on the root zones?  The only work around I can think of is to import them as notes and then put them in in the object info palette, which at least saves peering at a table for each one.

     

    Laura

     

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

     

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  8. 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

     

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

     

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