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I didn't say that PC's don't crash islandmon, just that Macs are not stable. However you are correct about the file. I have had files that incur errors and will not behave themselves. Cutting and pasting the drawing to another drawing usually solves the problem.

Thanks Ray, I will check with my Acer laptop techs then.

When you use the Windows key you are using a Windows operation which is independent of VW.

Not to create a huge argument about Mac v PC but I've never know a stable Mac.

Just checked Ray, everything is up to date.

If the 3D file is rendered OpenGL then I can drag any file/stationary sheet into VW and it stops. If the 3D file is wireframe then drag-n-drop does not stop VW. I wanted to see if anyone else has a problem to find some similarities before reporting the problem.

One of the major differences between VW and AC is that AC is imperial and VW is metric. When I import from AC I often have to re-scale by x24.5 which is 24.5mm = 1" I think that AC use to associate colour with line weight but in recent versions it has stopped that association. It now sounds like AC uses line weights per layer. In VW you can use custom selection to select lines of specific sizes of objects of different types which can them be changed or moved as required. Will this help?

I don't usually draw a lot of 3D but I recently had a need to do so. I am finding that VW2010 on the Windows 7 platform often stops with the message: "Vectorworks 2010 application has stopped working" "A problem caused the program to stop working correctly" "Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." There is no solution offered and since it didn't crash, there was no error report sent. I removed VW2010 (inc. registry items) and re-installed. I tested sp0 and sp4 but I get the same result. The stop usually occurs when I have a 3D drawing open (only tested with OpenGL rendering) and I drag-n-drop another file into Vectorworks. Can anyone else verify or expand on this?

Thanks Guy, I have every other setting set to Very High.

A step forward Guy, I have found that my OpenGL settings were set to low. Now my result is almost like yours although I am still getting the outside edge looking like it's several chords using a circle and Nurbs Circle unlike your smooth result. It can't be the fact that I am using Fundamentals version can it?

Hi, I want to find what objects are within a 2D polygon region. Currently I pick a polygon and duplicate it with h2=MakePolygon(h) then name it with SetName(h2,'tmp'). After this I will: ForEachObject (Check_for_X,((Loc = 'Tmp') & (T = X))); if (h2 <> Nil) then DelObject(h2); This works well but when I have two polygons grouped that represent the final product I can't use MakePolygon. Any suggestions on how to create a tmp polygon profiling the perimeter of the final product?

Yes but I can see that you are getting a different result. I have repeated what I do on your Pipes.vwx drawing and I get what you get so there must be some settings retained by your drawing that I need to change. I'll keep fiddling for a while.

I usually draw pipe with extruded circles and sweeps for corners but I thought I would try something different. Simply, I used the 3D polygon tool to draw a right angle and the 2D fillet, set for 140R, to fillet the corner. I tried both a 2D circle and Nurbs Circle and Extrude Along Path. I used a 21.2 radius. The 2D circle makes the fillet corner into 3 segments and is not a smooth radius. The Nurbs Circle does something weird at the corners. Can anyone suggest another option to create a bent pipe using Extrude Along Path or do I have to use the manual method to get the best look?

One small problem. This works when the object is extruded but doesn't work when the object is created using the 3D Polygon tool. Lets say I have a similar angle problem as above but I only have angles either side and not the angle itself. The angles either side are also at different angles? so I was planning on filling in the back of the missing angle with a 3D Polygon and using bcd's method to set the working plan and then draw the 3D missing angle but the working plane tool does not pick the 3D Polygon. You can see I don't do much more than simple 3D so this one is a challenge for me at the moment. Any more suggestions?

Fantastic bcd, Thanks

I have created a 3D angle 125 high and 75 wide. In top view I am looking at the top of the back of the 125 and I can see the 75 flange at the bottom. I rotate the angle -43.4? From the front view I rotate the angle 19? Looking at the top view again you should see a leaning angle at -45? or 135? depending on your point of view. Keeping in mind that I may not know the method above used to create the end result how do I set the working plane to be the angles back face?

A little more help please. I have replaced the first "repeat until" with a GetPt because I want to be able to pick an existing object to align this new object with. The problem is that GetMouse turns off snapping opitons. Is there another way to do the following? procedure Get_Placement; var h1, h2 :Handle; x1, y1, x2, y2 : real; AngleOfPt2, LastPt2Ang : real; V : vector; begin GetPt ( x1, y1); moveto (x1, y1); closepoly; poly (60, #90, 580, #0, 60, #-90); LastPt2Ang := 0; repeat GetMouse (x2, y2); V.x := x2 - x1; V.y := y2 - y1; AngleOfPt2 := Vec2Ang (V); RotatePoint (x1, y1, AngleOfPt2 - LastPt2Ang); { rotate by delta angle } LastPt2Ang := AngleOfPt2; Redraw; until (MouseDown (x2, y2)); end; run (Get_Placement);

Thanks Raymond, I didn't know I was so close. I've not used vectors before so I will have to study it more. Love the first macro. Regards

I want to create an object: repeat if (MouseDown(x1, y1)) then begin moveto(x1, y1); x2 := x1 + 580; y2 := y1; closepoly; poly (30,#90,x2,#0,30,#-90); h := lnewobj; end; until (h <> Nil); and after h := lnewobj; I want to pick the object and free rotate it with the mouse around x1,y1 until I pick a second point with the mouse. I've tried repeat getmouse (x3, y3); rotatepoint (x1, y1, AngleOfRotation); redraw; until (MouseDown (x3, y3)); but I think I am on the wrong track. Any suggestions please?

Sorry to let this slide for such a long time. I get busy spells. When creating a worksheet and adding Database line and formula such as =('Record Name'.'Field Name') I would normally turn the database headers off. After adding serveral database lines to the worksheet and then adding the records to the objects on the drawings you can "Recalculate" the database. All objects on the drawing with records will list and the database lines that don't have records recorded on drawing objects are invisable (don't list). These empty (invisable) lines are made visable when exporting to .dwg which is not correct. Only the visable line items should export. When I have a worksheet that includes 20 database lines but only one record is used, the result shows a number of items on the drawing with different lengths & widths on different lines correctly. After export the line items appear as well as the other 19 unused (normally hidden) database lines. SP1 didn't allow metafile export and import to get around this but SP2 does. However this is not the solution to the problem. If anyone else can emulate the problem then I can report it as a bug to VW.

Ozzie, I have now downloaded a fresh update and realised that my previous download is only half the size of the new one so I must have somehow lost some during copying ??? Thanks for the suggestion.

I have used the same installation download on XP & Win'7 but on Win'7 the installer won't even run except for an hour-glass for a few seconds. Has anyone else installed on Win'7 ?

Much appreciated ccroft. I'll try that. Thanks.

I'm not totally clear on what you guys are arguing about or what you are actually saying (95017 ????) but has anyone answered my question yet? All I am asking VW to do is pick the double line tool, show the setup window and then let me use the tool as normal. I am guessing from above that you can't do this so utilising your expert VW skills instead of your expert arguing skills can someone give me a suggestion (without being rude). Maybe this should not be a tool type?

This simple macro, which makes it easier for me to draw parallel lines throughout the day, works as a macro in Vectorscript Palettes but does not work properly as a tool. 1. I want the StrDialog question before the tool activates. Why in Vectorscript Palettes does the StrDialog activate first but as a tool it activates after the first point is selected? 2. Hovering over an object vertex and then moving away shows extension lines. In the Vectorscript Palettes if the mouse moves slightly off the extension line and then pick a point, the picked point is actually along the extension line (ie. correct). Why doesn't a tool work in the same way? Picking a point slightly away from the extension line with the tool actually picks the point under the cursor. How can I resolve these problems? procedure Parallel_Line_Tool; var Line_Separation : real; begin Line_Separation := GetDLSeparation; Line_Separation := Str2Num (StrDialog ('Spacing?',Num2StrF (Line_Separation))); SetDLOptions (0); SetDLSeparation (Line_Separation); CallTool (-216); end; run (Parallel_Line_Tool);