digitalcarbon

Soooo...I've been working in mechanical cad since 2017 and it is quite different. while Onshape would not be good for architecture, it does have some things stream lined such as what you said above...VP placed on sheets do not move around when items in the design space are moved. This means you can start off crazy sloppy. then clean thing up and your sheets don't get destroyed

this is a major headache so early in the game...so instead of being able to solve problems with detail, I am also thinking "what is the final layout of this file 8 months from now?"

2d "details" before everyone gets in to heavy 3d.... Everyone knows what they are shooting for.

I'm trying to imagine an office of 20. you have a core team of 2d detailers that lock down the detail...then the rest of the office references in these 2d symbols and place in their particular jig for their project. this way you have a central control of key details.

Yes I have done projects and gotten 3d details from them. The way this project is working is like this..I listen to the architect, then I make a 2d detail, then I submit and say "did I get it correct?" He say yes, then I place 2d detail in jig an brig my model up to match. Also some details are standard and he wants to used them from project to project as he has a particular style. Best to have those locked down in a 2d Detail (symbol preferred) and then disseminate out through the office.

just to say it again, placing symbols on a sheet layer as a vp detaches the vp from a particular design layer location. this is something we want as reorganization of details library is ever changing & you are constantly moving around tiles in the DLVPs

Ok, so im not alone. this has been a thorn in my sided for years. Back before 2006 some visiting vectorworks person mentioned how this management of 2d details was a big thing in Germany and there was this hesitation to move to 3d because there was no way to work them both together. VW this is more important than AI Visualizer as 2d detail management will always be a core work method for everything architecture, no matter how much 3d someone uses. I've been out of architecture for 10 years and now back at it and BAM! major work flow issues.

also if we could ref in symbols right to the sheet layer then we would need the Resource Manager have the ability to have folders that are more like playlists vs folders where a symbol can only be in one folder.

so the above approach would allow a "team" of detail makers to control the quality of all details as they have them all on various design layers but their end product for the office is 2d Detail Symbols that anyone can get and drop right onto the Sheet Layers.... This removes the whole "I-have-to-first-place-it-on-a-Design-Layer-then-make-a-VP-of-it-to-place-on-a-Sheet-Layer" maze.

I've been out of doing Architectural cad for some time. the following approach is working however the location of the 2d details is the problem as I reference these by way of vps to the sheet layer then crop...everything works...but if I reorg the details on the design layer then all my sheets get messed up. Maybe the details themselves need to be symbols then we just need to be able to place symbols right on the sheet layer. this way there is a disconnect between the location of something drawn on a design layer and a sheet layer. put another way. we need to "cut out the middle man" (ie design layer) and have the ability to draw details as symbols (sure you can still have your library on a design layer BUT you would place the symbol detail right on the sheet layer.

found it...Framing Member tool

Hello everyone, while I have no problems making these from scratch, I need to ask if there is a library or tool that is a better way to go? the exact make and model is...(Nucor) Vulcraft 14K1, depth 14", approx. weight 5.2 lbs/lf

@rDesign you may have just saved my bacon...

So the small firm tried to install VW2024. A few things developed. 1. They needed to upgrade the office to the latest OS. 2. There computers are not on the min requirements list (something with the graphics card) So there ability to start this week with our collaboration is now being spent picking up the pieces. Big headache. I guess it's my problem since I did the recommendation for the upgrade. The whole versions paradigm is way past its expiration date.