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Items disappearing and reappearing when scrolling on Sheet Layer
Andrew Davies replied to Andrew Davies's question in Troubleshooting
Really ? Look on the RHS - lawn area. Several symbols disappear then reappear -
Twinmotion Plugin + Sync
Andrew Davies replied to Tom Klaber's question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
Hi Sorry for the slow reply. It's working out ok - not a major leap forward but certainly a bit snappier. BEst thing about it is the keyboard and the physical escape key! -
Macbook Pro 16" upgrade? Off the shelf or add on memory etc
Andrew Davies replied to O Design's topic in Hardware
Hi I have a MacBook Pro 16". I went for the 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 and upgraded the memory to 32GB (as Zoomer says, this can't be done post purchase) I had a 2017 MBP prior - it definitely feels snappier. VWX 2020 still doesn't perform great on it though - so don't expect it to be a magic bullet.- 2 replies
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Items disappearing and reappearing when scrolling on Sheet Layer
Andrew Davies posted a question in Troubleshooting
Hi I've posted about this behaviour before a while ago - don't really understand why it is still happening. The objects on the video that disappear and reappear are all simple, 2D symbols. Nothing complicated Working on a MacBook Pro 2019 with a decent graphics card. To summarise - when momentarily scrolling - the objects are shown, but they vanish when I stop scrolling. When publishing they show up. Very frustrating Andrew Screen Recording 2020-01-08 at 12.15.44.mov -
Great - thanks Tamsin. I will respond. Andrew
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Thanks Tamsin - I will when I get a mo, but it is very difficult to replicate and happens across files. Thanks RussU - will give that a crack too Andrew
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Morning Just went to make some simple changes to some 2D symbols in a drawing. Opened the file - lots of instances of the same symbol missing. Edit it in Resource browser and add some geometry to test. Does not work. Thumbnail in Resource browser disappears. Restart Vectorworks -they re-appear (with the added test geometry) Carry on working Lo and behold - a different symbol then refuses to be selected (check layer, check class, check everything) - then also disappears Restart again (10 mins after first re-start) and they re-appear Have changed the settings to Good Performance and Compatibility ( was on good performance) to see if that helps - but I am on a brand new MacBook Pro - and this has happened before. So so so frustrating - what a waste of time- just want to get what I need to get done - done, Any ideas? Andrew OS X 10.15.2, VWX 2020 SP2 Radeon Pro 580 8 GB graphics
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Viewport Class / Layer visibilities - Presets
Andrew Davies replied to Andrew Davies's question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
That's a great tip Grant - thank you Particularly for what I am doing at the moment (unrelated to my wish list request). 12 viewports showing the project at different stages. Using the eyedropper tool to set layers / classes between viewports has really helped - thanks! Would still like the Wishlist suggestion though! Thanks again Andrew -
Hello This is one I have often thought of but never posted. I hoped Tags would do the job, but they don't. I have several viewports in the same file. Many of them, should have the exact same viewport layer / class visibilities. I'd like to have a preset that can applied to the viewport. Ie - the present defines all the visibilities and changes to the preset, propagates through all the viewports. Similar to Renderworks Styles. I realise this could add a layer of complication - but certainly on the project I am doing now I would find it very beneficial. Tags sort of help - but as soon as a new class / layer is added, I have to work back through each viewport. I could see this new functionality being added to the visibilities view of the Organisational pane. Thoughts? Andrew
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Twinmotion Plugin + Sync
Andrew Davies replied to Tom Klaber's question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
My MacBook Pro 16” with 32gb Ram is due to arrive today. It’s expensive, but I was surprised and relieved they didn’t hike the price even more. Will let you know how it performs. this is my old a MacBook Pro if anyone is interested! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254428179832 Ive considered moving to windows a few times - but just too big a shift for me! -
Script to name viewports the same as the sheet number
Andrew Davies replied to Andrew Davies's topic in General Discussion
Wonderful! Thanks both Andrew -
Worksheet - Grouping a drawing schedule
Andrew Davies replied to Andrew Davies's topic in General Discussion
Thanks again for this Pat. Appreciate it. Scripting is somewhat out of my league - but I will give it a go. Do you mind if I ask another quick question? Is it possible to pull data from a sheet border that is contained in a separate file? The file could be referenced in. In a nutshell, a colleague has created a set of drawings using the exact same border but in a separate file. I would like to include his drawings in my drawing schedule. That possible? Thanks again, Andrew -
Worksheet - Grouping a drawing schedule
Andrew Davies replied to Andrew Davies's topic in General Discussion
Thanks Pat - I knew you would come to the rescue! I am using : =DATABASE(SUBSTRING('Title Block Sheet Data'.'Sheet Number', '-', 1)='A') But it is not returning anything. No error. Am I missing a step? Thanks again, Andrew -
Hello I have a worksheet which I am using as a drawing schedule - currently approx 30 sheets and growing. Each sheet is organised A-XXX-XXX, B-XXX-XXX, C-XXX-XXX etc etc The Drawing schedule has sub titles. ie - A= General, B = Architectural. I would like the schedule to have a subheading over each section, I've currently got a separate database criteria to pull out only the A drawings (for example). I did this by adding a sheet field for "Category" - so I can manually select A, B or C etc per sheet. But just thinking - it would be much better to pick out the relevant sheets by using the first letter of the sheet number - ie IF (LEFT(XXX,1) = "A". I can't see a formula to do this - can anyone help? My current formula is : =DATABASE(((PON='Title Block Border') & ('Title Block Sheet Data'.'Sheet Category'='A'))) I would effectively like to change this to : =DATABASE(((PON='Title Block Border') & LEFT('Title Block Sheet Data'.'Sheet Number'),1) = "A" but I can't get the syntax to work. Any help greatly appreciated as always! Andrew
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Hi all Anyone tried Catalina with Vectorworks 2018? I am on 2020, but one of my clients is stuck on 2018 PS - The difference in speed between 2018 and 2020 is incredible!
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Hello I use a 5K monitor and a 4K monitor with the BlackMagic eGPU on OS X Performance of some apps is very poor - not just 3D modelling, but simply moving windows around. See the attached video showing Excel and VWX 2020 - compared to Safari Does anyone else experience this? Any one know why Excel and VWX are so poor? Could it be affected by the 5K Screen? @JRA-Vectorworks-CAD I know you use an eGPU so would be very interested to know if you experience the same behaviour Thanks, Andrew IMG_0076.mov
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Revision Date - can't add to Worksheet
Andrew Davies replied to Andrew Davies's question in Troubleshooting
Thanks Nikolay - I will give it a try Andrew -
Data Visualization on Design Layers is really cool
Andrew Davies replied to mike m oz's topic in General Discussion
I used it in anger for the first time last week. I had some scenic flats with 3 different types of finish. Adding a record format to the symbol - then a drop down box with 3 choices meant that data visualisation could colour code the different finish for each piece of scenery. Very useful - and something I have tried doing in the past but failed (I’ve want a “Colour by class” choice - within a symbol so that the symbol can change appearance depending on what class it is on for a while - this achieves the same thing via a different route. It even adds a nice key for good measure Very nice -
Would love to know why the collapsible menus are only half implemented
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2020 Teaser Tuesday - List Browser Direct Editing - Vectorworks 2020
Andrew Davies replied to JuanP's topic in News You Need
I had exactly that today. It is a shame that so many VWX features are a little half baked. -
AhhH!!! That makes sense.....😳 Useful too
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And update the “What’s new in 2019” at the bottom of this page too!!