digitalcarbon

please send a screen shot (resource browser) of what it looks line on your end

seems like there needs to be a way to make the point cloud a model with a fill in tool for the walls so it shows up with a generic fill look in a VP. Then model with native VW tools (wall tool) the new additions etc. skipping the whole "turn it into a 3d model with VW tools". would need a way to clip the point could model if one need to make a hole in a point could wall. said another way, IF you had a point cloud that had solid fill for all the wall spaces then it would be a good model even it not editable in the standard way. editing would be clipping out the existing to then be filled in with standard vw tools. This would bypass all the effort to turn it into a model. which will be obsolete when they come out with a way to see in walls.

@Tom W. so 8.6mm is grand since this does not add up over log distances. So the way I understand it is that each room is a bit fuzzy (8.6mm) but the rooms at each end of the bldg would be how close? I would assume they would be more accurate that if you hand measured and added together 10 rooms. Again the total station locating each door frame in 3d space would lock it down for me.

@shorter Actually I have been thinking that. The problem is it is a large building (theater) and I would lose continuity over long distances. I would have to triangulate very aggressively to make sure I did not wander. I almost want to use a total station to locate the door frames, then sketch the rooms by hand. This way the door frames are a solid lock through the whole building with me sketching rooms and referencing the door frames.

@Sebastiaan thanks. I was not sure what the protocol was.

@Tom W. thank you vey much

@Diego - Resuelvector Tell me that you are a master of Point Clouds. You stellar VW user. Don't let me take this beating alone.

The pros and cons of point clouds.

yes, I have the clipped cube thing set to 26m as the floor is at 25m and lower. saved view set to take me to a layer set up for tracing and this layer is set to 26m also. I guess my point is. I do not really see myself using the wall tool anywhere. Or any other automatic thing. as nothing is uniform in basements.

So...I'm sure we have all seen the grand entry of some place being done in 3d by way of point cloud. (Luis was that you?). For some reason I'm stuck in the basement just trying to squeak out a 2d floor plan. Note the stuff leaning agains the walls. How are people doing this? I'm open to constructive criticism.

So if everything is working why do I want to upgrade? 1. I paid for it. 2. this is driving me nuts...which symbol is selected? I can hardly see it. is this fixed in 2025?

So I offered to upgrade the major project that I'm working on for a local Architect. Upgrade all the libraries and files to 2025 on my own time over the holiday season. (everything seems to shut down for 2 week anyway) Offered to do it for free during this 2 week shut down time period...all they had to do was get 2025 and install. No deal. They are too nervous that upgrading in the middle of a project will cause problems. (we are one year in and still have another year to finish) And there you have it. Yearly upgrades are a paradigm that can no longer exist.

again, this is what configurations are all about. You can have one model but different materials etc So VW should look into configs for the symbol.

this is where VW needs to borrow from the mechanical cad world. mechanical cad (Onshape, solid works etc) have something called configs. you can set up a config with dims that are editable....so in this case you would place the 2d plan symbol on the wall then type in a dim for an offset off the wall...and it would move out the 2d part but not the 3d part. no need for multiple symbols of the same thing. Stellar work by the way...looks like everyone is having the same problem.

@E|FA can you send a sample file or show pics?