Matt Basher

Thanks Pat. I'll have to look further into that

Thanks you! I work in Caps Lock, so I will have to look into those scripts. I did also just upgrade my OS, but I accidentally attributed it to the VW upgrade Now to figure out what the "Component Edit" thing is when editing symbols, and get rid of that...! LOL

Just upgraded to VW 24 and there is a little blue cursor thing is there and too often just in the way. How do I turn it off?

Every now and then, I will be editing a symbol and the snapping fails. If I am trying to resize a shape or extrusion, the snapping just stops. Wont snap to objects in the symbol, or greyed out. I haven't changed anything, it just stops working. Any thoughts? Thanks

Thanks Andy, I had no idea that editing texture in or out of symbols would make any difference. Thanks everyone. I appreciate the feedback

Note, I just unchecked the Reflectivity and Transparency boxes on the right and that fixed it. Is it common to have to turn those off if nothing is chosen in the selection on the left? This is a problem that started happening about 3 versions of VW ago, and I just now decided to ask the question...

Here is a shot of the Texture Edit window. No transparency turned on. This happens randomly, without any rhyme or reason that is obvious to me. It sure is annoying though!

Does anyone know why this happens and how to fix it? Sometimes I will create a texture map and it will show up in the Resource Manager as a gradient. When I use the texture, and render in Shaded, the map shows up like the snapshot shows. This particular map, Wall Blue, is an old map that was displaying correctly. I recently edited it to a different color of blue, and it switched to this gradient glitch. Any thoughts?

Hey All, I took my display into Apple for diagnosis. The said that the camera was bad, which the said was common. They replaced the camera and the display doesn't crash on me anymore. Now the speakers don't work...! I hear this is a common problem too. Pretty pricey monitor to be having these problems.

Is anyone else having this issue? I just upgraded to VW2022 after replacing my system with a Mac Studio and Studio Display. Everything seemed to work fine for a while, but in the last few days, using the extrude function will lock up VW and the display will go black. I have unplugged the Studio Display and am now using my secondary monitor with no issues. Any suggestions? Thanks

thanks Pat, Parts are all on the same layer. I am currently building a display case. If I double-click the drawer base, which is a solid subtraction, and I want to edit a shape to line up with something outside that solid subtraction, it won't snap to the greyed objects outside the solid subtraction. It has in the past. I dont know what is different. I have never done a screen movie. I will look into that.

My system likes to decide when it wants me to snap to objects or not. Am I missing something??? I have Layers and Classes set to Show/Snap/Modify, and I leave my Snapping Pallets as shown below. When I am editing parts, sometimes it will snap to greyed objects and sometimes it won't. Thoughts? TIA - Matt

Thank you, Pat. My Conversion Resolutions were fine. It needed to be converted from an ellipse to a polygon I appreciate the help! MB

How do I get the overhead canopy to render out curved, not faceted? It is made up of 2 extruded ovals, with the center subtracted from the outer. Thanks, Matt

A few weeks ago I posted about rendering options disappearing. They came back, but did't stay! Below are a few screenshots; the Open GL 3/4 view from this morning (white) and a rendered viewport from a past PDF from a few weeks ago (full color) Last night I could not Edit any of my texture maps, and today my rendering options are gone, and, according to my Open GL rendering, my texture maps are attached to their parts either! Please help! Thanks, Matt Mac OS 10.12.6 VW 2020 SP6 No recent changes to my system

Using VW Designer and having issues with Renderworks. It disappeared for a while. Now the option is back, but it doesn't work! What did I do??? I have quit VW, and shut down the computer to restart, but no luck. Any ideas??? Did I accidentally toggle a function off? First screenshot show is "rendered" with Renderworks TIA for any help!

They are. Strangely, it started working again a few hours after I posted this. There are a few glitches that I have encountered. I usually work through them, but I should post them up

I am working in a symbol (wall partition) that relates to the bigger symbol (reception desk). I have drawn shelf pin holes in one part of the desk and am now trying to match them in the wall partition. In the past, VW would snap to objects that are greyed out, but it hasn't been for the last few days. I don't know if I accidentally hit a key command to turn something off, but I can't find a preference to correct this. Please help. Thanks

Hello, what is the best way to import vector art from Illustrator to keep the vector point count low? I am bringing in client art to CNC cut on the router and the import converts the file and increases the vector points, faceting the artwork. Is theres a way to fix this? Thanks!

Thanks Pat, I have tried Resetting the Preferences already, which sounds similar to what you are suggesting. I'll keep tinkering with it. Thanks for the help!

Pat, I don't understand. I am in my workspace and toggling through the Y key, but it doesn't change anything. Could you explain how that is supposed to work? Snapping is working in my normal workspace, just not in Symbol Editing mode

Thank you, Pat. Yes, they are. Odd too, because just before I closed VW on Wednesday night, the snapping worked briefly. Now it isn't again.

While editing symbols, I have the "Show Other Objects While In Edit Mode" turned on. In the past, I have been able to snap to the greyed objects outside of the symbol that I am editing. That isn't working now. Any idea why? Is this something that I need to check a box to activate? Never had to before. I just upgraded to 2019 SP2, but it was going on before then. Thanks for any help!

That didn't help, but thank you for the response. I am trying to show the number of brackets (etc) that are redundant. One would think that this part of the link would help do that, but it didn't work. Here's how to show the number of unique object types: Highlight column A and click the Worksheet menu icon (the triangle to the left of the Descending Sort icon). From the drop-down menu which displays, select Insert > Column; a new column A is inserted. In the cell at the intersection of column A and the header row, enter a value of 1. The individual totals of unique objects are summarized in column A. Any other advise? BTW - My symbols don't have records, they re just parts of a larger structure.

I am trying to use the Create Report function to count the symbols in my file. It comes back as counting 1 for every symbol. This is obviously not working correctly, or I am not doing it correctly. Also, is it count per layer, or for the entire file?