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@rjtiedemanI'm interested to see what route you go. I'm in a similar situation with a 2012 era MacPro. I love it but its days are numbered. I'm not that keen on the iMac pro as I have a hard time using the large glossy monitors. Thanks for your post.

That looks great @rowbear97, well done.

Totally agree with this...

Totally agree Kevin ...lets not overlook the opacity control which could be streamlined.

I think you have hit it on the head @JohnAthayde, perhaps a typical solid fill could be adjusted using a brush tool that removed or edited the areas applied.

@Rossford I have done the same thing at times but it still looks quite hard and certainly not an organic look.

I've been using VW for around 18 years, yikes, and have concluded it's the best fit for the services I provide. So thank you VW. One improvement I would love to see for the Landmark module is the ability to better control the fill feature for objects or shapes in order to provide some randomness within a 2d plan. The attached image is an example of what I'm referring to and from a designer, I follow on Instagram. In my opinion, the colour application is what really makes this design present well. Typically a lawn or pond/pool looks much better with darker edges and some lightening of colour towards the center. I also recognize that the attached image is a hand coloured drawing. If VW was able to produce this type of random fill/colour or allow users to control the depth of colour within an object it would bring most peoples presentations to a new level and give it a more hand crafted look. Thanks for considering it.

Good idea @mike m oz

Thanks for your valuable feedback @JimW

Good question Jim, it's a 2012 version, specs here, Perhaps a thunderbolt port could be added via a PCLe slot ??? Just a thought. I'm really fond of my computer and am in denial about upgrading it, probably because I don't find the alternatives to exciting.

Hello everyone. I saw this product today and was wondering if anyone here has an opinion on it. Could this extend the life of an older Macpro? Thanks to all for your feedback. OWC Mercury Helios FX

Currently when one wants to change opacity of a fill they click the opacity button on the attributes palette> slide arrow or enter percentage amount>preview (perhaps make some changes)>OK It would be great to have the slider built into the attributes palette itself and the preview automatic.

Cropping the site model might be the easiest approach, assuming you have created this.

Hello everyone Question for you all, over the years I have developed a file I call 'Office standards"(advise from a VW webinar I saw years ago) where I place amongst other things, I place plant symbols which I often use within drawings. As I create new plant symbols within a design I will export these to this file so that I can create once and use these in future designs. One thing that I haven't figured out is the default tag settings on these saved plants. When I import these into a new design I have to spend quite a bit of time going through each plant and changing the tag settings. Below is an image of the default tag and the tag structure I like to use. Is there any way to set this as a default? This would save me hours of work on each of my designs...thanks for any feedback. ps, it doesn't seem to make any difference what the tag settings are when the plant symbol is exported to the Office standards file. When re-imported the tags goes back to the default setting shown in the image.

Have you tried using the align tool? Select the plant tags then Modify>Align>Align/Distribute leader lines.

Have you tried to print to pdf and then send this to your printer? Export>pdf

HI @miajani the iMac Pro would be a good option except that I don't like the glossy screens found on the iMacs. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping my trusty Macpro can hand in there until a suitable replacement comes on the market. Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks @markdd, I'm not sure how I missed that.

Is it possible for the eyedropper tool to pick up and place opacity? I haven't been successful with this but would use it a lot. Thanks for any feedback.

I've had this happen before @halfcouple try restarting VW. I found it happens more often when working on a file that was designed using a previous version of VW.

Thanks for that link @PatStanford I took a look at it was really geared for Macpro 2009 era firmware upgrade. Great idea for those with an older Mac. @rowbear97 I haven't considered the external GPU approach. I think I'll cross my fingers and baby my unit along for a bit, at least until some new release come into being as Jim suggested. Thank you, everyone, for your really helpful feedback.

Thanks very much, @JimW I'm not in a 911 situation and will hold off as long as possible. I would love to see the new Macpro line before committing as I feel I've received lots of value from my old "Cheese Grater" as @zoomer calls them. Thanks again.

Thanks very much, @JohnAthayde for that insightful post. Lots of things to consider. My gut instinct tells me the Macpro is the place I should stay, saying that I ran a Macbook pro and monitor years ago and quite liked the flexibility. It ran pretty hot and there's no doubt you sacrifice some performance for the portability. Thanks again.

Hello everyone My 2012 Macpro is showing signs of needing replacement and I'm taking a look at some of my options. One of the options I'm staying away from the Imac pro as my eyes have a hard time with a glossy screen. The new Macpro is a bit of a mystery at this point so one idea that has come up is considering a Macbook pro laptop which I could plug a keyboard and monitor into. My work is a combination of 2d and some 3d with some site model work and rendering. So I guess my question is whether the new Macbook pro is a unit worth considering. Love to hear opinions from some of your Mac folks...

Yes, that is easy to do @Stephanie Desmeules I suggest you take a look at the help section of VW and search under worksheets. You have to open up a worksheet and view database headers to modify the sheet. It takes a bit of getting used to but once you have understood how to modify the sheet it's very easy. You end up editing the criteria for rows and add functions to the columns such as this ='Plant Record'.'ID'