[Round top and extended round base model for 3D printing or milling]

4 hours ago, WhoCanDo said:

Yes, but I couldn't "Closed" it. The Close button would not stay ticked even though it was not greyed.

 

The loft created multiple Nurbs and grouped them. It did not merge them into one solid/surface as I was expecting.

 

It's the Create Solid checkbox that creates a solid object, not the Closed checkbox. Your curves also need to be going in the same direction.

 

Kevin

 

[Objects View plans on viewports - Hybrid Objects]

Are you able to share the file from your example?

 

Mark Doubleday's video on schematic views may be helpful to you - 

 

 

Kevin

 

 

[Round top and extended round base model for 3D printing or milling]

12 hours ago, WhoCanDo said:

With this and another, which is smaller so I can make a 5mm wall thickness, I wanted to subtract solids to make a tube, but it's not a solid, it's a group of Nurb surfaces.

 

When you lofted the two curves, was the Create Solid checkbox active? If not, it will solve your issues.

 

Kevin

 

 

[Objects View plans on viewports - Hybrid Objects]

It looks like part of your object (a symbol within a symbol) was not designed to be rotated in 3d. The plan view of one of the elements is out of sync with its 3d view. Note that all of the various 2d views within a symbol are user generated. If it's a stage lighting setup there are specific methods to present instruments hung on booms.

 

Kevin

 

[Update 5 Issue]

Updating from Mac OS 14.4.1 to Mac OS 14.5 solved the issue.

Kevin

 

[Rectangle to Walls - always one unjoined corner]

Solved here too. The tool problem and the wall problem. Updating my Mac to 14.5 solved my tool problem. Update 5 seems to solve the wall issue.

 

Kevin

 

[Update 5 Issue]

Hello,

 

I just got notified and updated to Vectorworks 2024 Update 5. When I started up Vectorworks after the update none of the tools from the tool palettes work. I can select them, but they won't draw, navigate or work in the drawing (both new and existing). The menu commands work fine as do the contextual menus. Its like the tools system is down.

 

What's the recommended troubleshooting for this? I've done a restart etc.. Do I need to do a reinstall? Are others having this issue?

 

Kevin

 

[Rectangle to Walls - always one unjoined corner]

8 hours ago, Benson Shaw said:

Draw a layer plane rectangle. Objects from Shapes. Creates 4 walls, but one corner is not joined. 

 

I get the same result here - an unjoined corner. It's the same corner that would be open if you converted the rectangle to a NURBS curve.

Noting that Benson's signature says Update 4 and Tom's says Update 5. I'm using Update 4.1.

 

Kevin

 

Edit> I updated to Update 5 to test this and now none of my tools work, sigh 😔

[How can I get rid of the origin that appears when using the selection tool?]

1 minute ago, Kevin McAllister said:

What OS and Vectorworks version are you using? It looks like a bug. I'm on a Mac (current versions of both) and don't see the same behaviour. The only difference I can see is you've dismissed the interactive scaling warning dialog (see attached).

 

Kevin

 

Actually if you change modes while the dragger is set to Re-position mode it happens for me too. Move it off reposition mode and it resets (graphic attached. reposition mode is the one with the arrow, move it to the other one). Definitely a bug.

Kevin

[How can I get rid of the origin that appears when using the selection tool?]

What OS and Vectorworks version are you using? It looks like a bug. I'm on a Mac (current versions of both) and don't see the same behaviour. The only difference I can see is you've dismissed the interactive scaling warning dialog (see attached).

 

Kevin

 

 

[A Master 2d Detail Library & 3d Model]

17 hours ago, EAlexander said:

I just make a dedicated layer and drop all my details on there as symbols.  They appear around the drawing as needed, but I viewport them from a sperate independent layer where things never move.  Since they are symbols, I can update them anywhere and they will globally update.

 

Also - you need to make a Wishlist request thread for this and let people vote on it if you want the devs to seriously look at it.

 

Longstanding wish - sheet layer viewports should be able to look at symbols as an option. @Matt Panzer  it's come up again 😊. Vote here - 

 

Kevin

[Skewing, Sheering, Warping (but not deforming) a 3D model]

I've done this sort of thing before with the deform tool. If you want to do a row of buildings, you'll probably need to do them individually. I used some common guidelines to do it, so I had a common origin and common target height. The guidelines were beyond the buildings.

 

Kevin

 

[AI Visualizations - Sketches]

These are interesting. I played a bit with a set design in a theatre and AI Visualizations. The visualizer seems to think stage or theatre lighting means colours 😊

Kevin

 

[Artifact in a viewport, looks like a shadow, but from what?]

If you want to test for weirdly scaled text or arrowheads, you could temporarily change the layer scale in a copy of the file (always do testing in a copy not the original).

Kevin

[Remove "hardcoded" zoom keyboard shortcuts ctrl+1 and ctrl+2.]

Ultimately the solution is this old wishlist item -

 

 

Kevin

 

[Create Hanging Position Tool Moves 2D Geometry]

It may well be related to this thread about a bug with symbol creation - 

 

I know that creating a hanging position makes a symbol so it would be logical it would be affected. Was the hanging position you created originally away from the origin?

 

This bug was submitted and confirmed. I don't have a tracking number.

 

Kevin

 

 

[Adding text to a dimension]

So much good information here. I wonder if NV should make a tech tip on this! Or maybe one exists @JuanP?

Kevin

 

[Adding text to a dimension]

32 minutes ago, Andy Broomell said:

If you already have a chain dimension, you can right click on one of the dimensions and choose "Edit Dimension." Then in the pop-up window that looks like the OIP, you can type in a Note and have it affect only the dimension you right clicked on. This approach can also be used for Precision and other properties.

Oooooh, I just learned something. I needed it only ten minutes ago 😊

Kevin

 

[Do design layers have coordinates?]

I'm not sure I entirely understand your setup. Originally it sounded like you were just having the issue in the design layers, but in your more recent replies you mention a sheet view too.  Is it possible to share an example file?

 

Things I would check - 

1. What's the state of the origin in the file? Are you using the internal origin only or is there a user origin as well? In my experience, moving the origin can cause a lot of weirdness.
2. If you are using sheet layers, be aware the sheets can be moved. If they've been moved it can cause things to feel weird, especially when navigating between design layers and sheet layers. If you double click on the Page Move tool while on a sheet layer, it will reset the page position.

Kevin

 

[Remove Unnecessary Scrolling of Navigation Palette]

Please continue to remove unnecessary scrolling of the Navigation Palette. I'm sure this used to be a Wishlist Item but I couldn't find it. This type of scrolling happens during certain tasks. My specific example happens when Sheet Layer Viewports are updated but there are others. My personal preference would be for the Navigation Palette to never scroll unless I actively scroll it.

 

Here's my specific example. I have a file with many sheet layers to illustrate various scenes in show. Each sheet layer has a perspective viewport that needs updating and a plan viewport that updates automatically. Sometimes I have to update a few in a row, so I select the sheet, select the viewport and then click Update in the OIP. Moments after I do this, the sheet layer pane of the Navigation Palette scrolls until the current sheet layer is at the bottom. Because of this I need to scroll up to select and activate the next sheet layer. This should be unnecessary and the Navigation Palette should not scroll when a viewport update is performed. I've attached a video.

 

Thanks,

 

Kevin

 

 

[2024 - UI Modernization]

6 hours ago, GatRed said:

I was wondering if it could always be displayed ?

(I’m using a 14" macbook pro M2).

 

It's no problem to fix this. As Stephan says its a Mac OS thing. Go to the Window menu in Vectorworks and uncheck "Use Full Screen". Your Vectorworks window may shrink. If it does just resize it to fit the full screen. The menus will also disappear if you click the green "Enter Full Screen" button at the top left hand corner of your Vectorworks window.

 

Kevin

 

[What's a reasonable response time to a Premium Tech Support Request?]

If you submitted a Premium Tech Support Request to NV, how long do you think is a reasonable response time?

[Service Select Increase is Crazy - Not Impressed]

Looping back since I wrote the original post. My concern is not about overall cost or value. I feel Vectorworks is a great value and generally the cost is not out of line with what it provides or in comparison to other software. My concern was directly about a sudden large increase rather than something incremental or with a lot of notice. Many theatre practitioners here are one person shops and budgeting is tight.

 

Kevin

 

[Symbol Creation in VW2024 Update 3.1]

Update - Confirmed by Tech Support and filed as a bug - VB-201952

 

Kevin

 

 

[Symbol Creation in VW2024 Update 3.1]

9 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

MacBook Pro, M3, OS14.2.1. Working with 2D objects only.

 

I just tried with a 3D object and a hybrid (Extruded Octagon with 2D Octagon) and both of them worked exactly as I expected.

 

🤷‍♂️

 

Interesting. Thanks for testing this. You're starting with an object that's not at centre?

KM