Kevin McAllister

@Jim Wilson this is unexpected news. I sincerely appreciate all of your hard work, support, and the advancements you've achieved over your years here. You will be greatly missed but you've set a great standard for your successors. Wishing you health, happiness and success for the future. Happy rendering, CNC'ing and 3d printing! Kevin

If the lines in your example are indicating the surface curves, you can adjust the Hidden Line Render Setting for Smoothing Angle to control whether they appear or not. Not ideal, but it does give some control. Kevin

I'd be curious to know myself. For years arcs behaved the same as your second example. A few versions ago it changed and now arcs extrude to wedge shaped solids. I've often wondered why they revert to a wireframe surface when the fill is set to none. Its like they partly maintained their old behaviour. @Jim Wilson do you know why this is? Kevin

I had this issue recently with an extrude. I was told by Tech Support that perimeter mapping isn't yet fully supported for surface hatches. As you discovered the solution is to switch to Auto-Align Plane. Kevin

I'm not sure you'll get that draped NURBS surface to trim. Its quite complex and won't slice using the Split Tool which is a bad sign. The resulting drape ends up with a bit of an odd top edge too. I often make table cloths using the soft goods tool instead. I've attached an example file. The image below shows a comparison between the draped surface and a table skirt created with softgoods. If you draw and circle and use the "Create Objects from Shapes" menu command you can convert it to a Softgoods object. Kevin Table Using Soft Goods.vwx

^ things staying behind when moving grouped viewports is definitely a bug. See this thread - Kevin

Looks like a bug. I could easily reproduce it here. It seems to affect the Cased Opening and Opening configurations. Kevin Edit - I filed this as a bug. Horizontal Section Cut Doors.vwx

^ this method or using the Extract tool in surface mode with the tool options set to create planar surfaces will get you what you need. Kevin

The two settings that would normally affect this are 3d Conversion Resolution on the 3D tab of the Vectorworks Preferences and the segment angle of the Sweep itself. The segment angle is already very high (I would normally set mine to around 5 degrees) so I did some testing with the 3d Conversion Resolution. The results were odd and not what I expected. For whatever reason, the curves got smoother when I reduced my 3d Conversion Resolution (I normally set it at high) to Medium or Low. For the moment I would suggest you try adjusting your 3d Conversion Resolution and see if it resolves your issue. @Jim Wilson would you know why reducing the quality of the 3d Conversion Resolution would make things smoother? Here are some images of what I'm seeing. Does the 3d Conversion Resolution override the Sweep segment angle or vice versa? While not completely smooth, the lower 3d Conversion Resolution settings are visibly cleaner which is not what I would expect. Kevin

I remember having a group I couldn't ungroup. I couldn't reproduce it again afterwards. What type of objects do your groups contain? Are you working in 2d or 3d? Does it happen in the design layers and the sheet layers? Kevin

^ Sometimes cut and paste will work. Its always worth a try. Kevin

Note that when using the Project tool your "curves" can be 2d polylines, they don't have to be NURBS curves. If its just text of a specific font you need, use Text Along Path to create your extruded letters since it will essentially place them for you. Kevin

Here's a link to download some of the objects related to the video if you want to print your own - https://www.compliantmechanisms.byu.edu/maker-resources Kevin

This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing it. Kein

@Jim Wilson would you be able to combine this with the existing wish - Kevin