[Objects disappearing]

I had trouble with a scale bar...no numbers were visible.

Worked fine with VW2013.

[Rendering on wall sides only...]

Thanks Jim.. It was scenario number one, texture not assigned to sides...not sure how I missed that, but thanks.

[Rendering on wall sides only...]

Hi

I'm having a challenge with a buildings wall within a landscape drawing. I have set the wall to have a Aluminum siding on a auto-align plane. The edges have rendered (see image) but I can't get this to show on the wall surface. Same issue with two buildings, and help is appreciated. I have another file open with buildings which are behaving themselves...

[Best Practice Q: How to create a site plan & section from a single layer]

Hi Niel

You can create as many viewports as you wish from a single design layer. If you wish to crop them just draw a rectangle around the area you wish to create (no fill) and go to view > create viewport. As you can see you have an assortment of settings. This should get you on your way.

[VW 2014 no full content]

Hi Jim

I have been trying to download 6 libraries for a week now... the server seems maxed out. Is there any other locations we can find these stored?

Thanks

[Combine Landscape areas]

The areas I'm trying to combine do not overlap but are in the same planting area.

[Combine Landscape areas]

HI BCD

That command seems to convert one of the areas into a polyline?

[Combine Landscape areas]

Hello

I have three separate landscape areas which all include the same ground cover. I would like one tag to be displayed to represent the three areas. I have tried the 'Change plant groupings" tool but it does not seem to work with landscape areas. Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Texture Beds]

Hi Peter

Thanks for the excellent guide. DTM are tricky and adding pads, buildings, retaining walls make it even harder. Thank you for your help in past Peter. Good luck 'will of maine'...this forum is a great resource for those trying things out for the first, second or third time.

[Set callout boxs and text to automaticly go into class 'text']

Larry...I have never used a script in VW before. Can you explain how this is "engaged" or activated?

[PAVERS ALONG A PATH]

What about using the hardscape tool ?

[sloping sidewalk]

You can use a pad (site modifier) and place a slope on it. This works well. The other option you could try is using the roadway tool which will allow you to set different elevations at each station point.

[Split Screen View]

I agree Neil. That would be wonderful...

[Topographical Map Creation]

I have heard that using the simplify 3D polygons will help reduce the resources a DTM can use.

[Improved Community Board]

Agree with all the above Bruce.

[Image prop background]

That's good to know Monadnoc.

[Change / update serial number]

I believe it is only done during installation or when VW detects another copy of VW which is open on your network that has the same serial number...it will then ask for a new or different number.

[Image prop background]

You could just drop in a 3D figure... there are numerous to chose from in the VW library...

[Artistic Rendering]

Very nice Bruce...

[Pad within mutiple slope options]

DWorks

Thank you very much for sharing your ideas...

You and many others have been a huge help in expanding my VW skills. I apologize if I came across harsh...

[Pad within mutiple slope options]

Hi Dworks

I have used 3d polygons as site modifiers and your right these can help 'tweak' situations. I do think an enhancement on the slope option would make the process smoother. Large hard surfaces can be tricky to meld together without this control.

Just my two cents worth....

[Pad within mutiple slope options]

Currently if you place a pad in a site model then apply a slope to this you are able to effect/control the slope in one direction. By moving the two control points on the slope option you can effect any direction on a given pad.

However when a driveway exits a site onto a sloped road you need to slope a pad (the driveway) in multiple directions to be accurate and simply the process. The ability to add additional slope control points (in some ways like a roadway station points) would make site modeling a far simpler process.

[Design Options - procedure?]

I agree with Tom to keep it simple and add more classes when needed. As landscape designers we produce three different concepts initially for clients. When we do this we create separate layers for the base plan information then create three additional layers called Concept 1,2&3.

We find this effective as we also need to control class visibilities in our sheet viewports such as plant-tags.

[Hardscape As Texture Bed]

In my limited experience, if any boundaries or pads overlap you will get unpredictable results. This is something I would check carefully... also I noted that a single boundary can enclose multiple pads, not sure if anyone else has discovered this.

[Service Pack 3]

When I produce section drawing(landmark) I get all the plants inverted when rendering in realistic exterior final RW. If I just use final quality the plants behave... the has happened in both SP2 and 3.