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bcd

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  1. If you delete the 2d component you can rotate at will
  2. Looks like it's the floor texture that might be the culprit. Maybe try replacing it as a test.
  3. The Simple Beam calculator offers wood as a material (although a limited list) - but there is no way (that I know) to actually calculate using a simple rectangular section. It should simply take a page out of the Structural Member Settings for defining the profile shape It would also be nice if you could have it recognize a selected beam in the drawing as input.
  4. And don't forget access to BIMObject in the Furn/Fixtures Tool Palette
  5. I hate to say it but this would be useful ask of AI: Generate a low poly, or nurbs 3d model from a scale reference and few photographs of a fixture
  6. You can use the Clip tool to clip from a 2d shape, eg a rectangular chunk from a circle (or a Viewport Crop directly on the Sheet Layer) Holding OPT while using the same tool allows you to add a chunk to 2d objects. However it doesn't work with the VP Crop for some reason. It would be good if it did, so you could - so you could easily add to the VIewport Crop without the editing the Crop in the usual way.
  7. This setting will allow you to see objects outside the Crop You can also use the Clip tool to clip from the Crop directly on the Sheet Layer *Enhancment request - Opp(Alt) Clip to Clip to a Viewport Crop
  8. It's going to be tricky with those 3d polygons from Sketchup. Faster would be to remodel it, it's pretty straightforward. Quick and easy is to create a Section Viewport of one half -275mm and mirror it (I did this in the attached of all the Design Layers except the Logo which remains intact) Set design no thrust -550mm.vwx
  9. Can you let us know what the solution is @jblock please, for those who experience a similar issue?
  10. If you're both running Mac you could try switching to Apple's AFP protocol.
  11. Here when you're creating the Section Viewport And here in the OIP
  12. Project Sharing is good, however in many cases to keep shared files up to date the checkout/release, etc is more than needed. I'd like a Lite version that generally allows only one person to work on a file at at time or something like this: a VW file is stored in a shared folder on eg. Dropbox. User A opens the file User B opens the file and is met with the message 'this file is already opened by User A. Continue y/n?' On saving the file the same prompt it given.
  13. This sounds like a job for the Title Block You can add data on a per Sheet Edit the Title Block Style Sheet Data>Manage Sheet Data>Add a new field Title Block>Edit Title Block Layout place some text and in the OIP convert it to Data Type>Link Value, Parameter>Sheet Data, your newly created field. Then via the Title Block manager you can select which Sheet Layers you want to display this text and edit it to suit. However, having the Title Block Manager speak to the Notes Database to enter that text would be the business.
  14. AEC>Machine Design>3d Properties AEC>Machine Design>Centroid Model>Engineering Properties Model>Volumetric Properties For a part being designed using a particular Material the OIP should update to reflect the engineering properties Multiple selected objects with various Materials applied should also show the total mass in the OIP
  15. It's a very hidden functionality - It would be 1000% better if it were pre-highlighted in the Contextual Menu - rather than whatever random command is in the position of your cursor at that particular zoom level. Copy, Create Objects from Shapes, Send to Surface .....
  16. This is very useful too for those individual Leader Lines for the small dimensions in a chain.
  17. If a fillet, shell etc. fails because the specified dimension is too large - why not offer the max dimension possible as an option first rather than a jarring beep and unhelpful help message?Then it becomes a series of guess,beep,guess,beep... guess,works, guess a bit bigger, beep, .... bit smaller ... .. beep 🙂
  18. And in this case the order you click the walls for your L-join determines which wall abuts which
  19. Not with the Sweep command but you can with the Birail Sweep mode of the Loft tool
  20. Currently PDF pages are unhelpfully imported stacked on top of each other with a small offset. It would be much more helpful if they were brought in and auto-arranged in a grid - the width/height or spacing of which could be part of the import dialogue. I believe this was requested years ago too.
  21. Just yesterday I was praising the fluidity of the Resource Manager & how quickly and comprehensively the search is. (Although including misspellings in the search would be a welcome improvement even now) I remember when you may as well gone to make a cup of tea anytime you wanted to search the old Resource Browser. I suspect the Folder structure was set up then as a way to try and optimize the horribly slow search.
  22. Hi Eric, Lumion is my choice here for sure. It's reliable, produces great results, has an extensive library & LiveSync from the VW model is very stable. Happy to dive into discussing it in more detail.
  23. A lot of cool modelling here. I would also choose a different texture for the stone floor. It looks like cobbles that have been scaled up, resulting in the grout relatively too wide and the displacement too large. In a setting like this I would expect to also see an area rug. I'm curious why we can see out one window but none of the others. Could it be to do with the reflectivity/ transparency settings of the glass texture? ...because a vision softly creeping...
  24. Yes, the light is where it's at in a scene like this. You will get most of the light from the fire - the candlelight will be very localized & there should be much more shadow where shadows would naturally fall.
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