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  1. This:

    Opened the Backup, Saved a Copy As- Vectorworks Document

    Deleted the Project File

    Created a new Project file, same location same name.

    Other users will need to create new Working Files from the new Project File.

     

    or was there a more elegant way?

  2. So, using the Legacy Cabinet tool I experienced a crash when working in a working document.

    Reopening the backup file I get Working File - Offline.

    What's the best strategy to relink to the Project File without losing any of the as yet uncommitted work?

  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.

     

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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.
  6. 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.

  7. 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 .....

     

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