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Hi Lyuben - Ahah, Well the one I would want is the bottom of the list, updated Feb 4th - and it is the second to last version, so - enormous sigh of relief!! There does seem to be two folders one in capitals & the other not - this is a mistake as yes, I'm using this on a PC and a Mac simultaneously, so this is probably where this happened. That would make sense - but why should that folder over write the other? Anyway lesson learnt! I'm still getting to grips with the cloud, mostly it seems to work for me. I think the FAQs pages have improved a bit, so will study them. Anyway many thanks again - panic over! Mark

Hi Lyuben, Thanks for the speedy response! Unfortunately the cloud portal gives the old version of the VW file, yet the pdf is up to date. If you can access my cloud portal, the files are FIORE bootrooms RevA.vwx & FIORE bootrooms RevA.pdf. The PDF being up to date & the VW about 3 days old! Its as if I've had autosave turned off (which it isnt!) Thanks Mark

What I dont understand, is I have two files next to each other in my cloud services folder, the VW version & the PDF version, time & date last saved within a couple of minutes of each other, but the PDF is upto date & what it should be but the VW version has gone back to an old version from a couple of days ago!......... Right - i'd better get on with the redrawing.

So - after a days work, I publish to PDF (18 sheet layers) & email to client, save (to VW cloud services folder on my PC), hit the 'status' & 'sync files' on the cloud services drop down, let them do their thing & go to bed. Next day when I open VW the drawing has reverted to an old version - ie I've lost a days work. I cant get the work I've done back from anywhere it seems! What did I do wrong? apart from keeping 2 copies of everything. At least I have a PDF copy............ Its always worked in the past, but for some reason it seems to have backdated the VW file rather than updated it. BTW the time & date modified is correct on the file info. Any ideas??

Hi & Happy New Year! So, I have been taking advantage of some downtime to organise cloud based workgroup folders for resources, templates & general tidying up. All good & going to plan so far. However - how do I organise custom plugin tools so that they can be accessed from more than one location? Currently custom plugins get saved to a seperate location to the standard plugin library on the machine they are created on - as per normal (the 'custom plugins' tab on the plugins manager). Is it possible to redirect them to a folder in the VW cloud services folder which can then be referenced on another computer? Would be nice! TIA Mark

So after years of merrily saving some drawings with 'M&E' or 'P&E' in the title (plus a few others), I find that Vectorworks cloud services wont accept them because of the ampersand.....WTF!! come on - this is a step backwards........!!

Yeah - I agree! I did in fact install the GTX1050ti as per a recommendation. Its hard to explain the problem, just a general 'fluffyness' & slowness. I use other 3D modelling software with no issues. The best illustration is if I place a locus point on a drawing, with the setting on 'best for performance' everything is good but the locus lines disappear if the locus itself is off the screen. With the setting on 'Good performance & compatibility' lines appear as they should, but it's a bit clunky. & set to 'best compatibility' its nice & quick, but lines are woolly. Its all bearable really, but its no real improvement on previous setups on less capable machines. - And again I'm only talking 2D cad here!

FWIW I have a GTX1050Ti and am running VW2017 & am greatly dissapointed in its performance. I only use 2D, so rendering is not an issue, but scrolling, lineweight - well everything in general, is awful!

Well gentlemen - we have a resolution! Thankyou for your help - 'turn master snaps off' is the solution, and the script works a treat. I have traditionally found the ease of snapping (amongst other things) in VW all part of the useability thing that makes it a much easier & quicker tool to use than AwfulCAD, so its good to know it's still the case. Much appreciated, cheers! Mark

Yep - same layer, same class. All in 2D Plan, I place a locus, start a line & try & end it anywhere along the locus line - but no luck! All snaps turned on except grid. Mystery - can't make it work!

Hi ArtV - thanks for looking! I'm afraid that doesn't work for me. I need to have 'Snap to Object' on as well as 'Smart Points' and then locate the locus & make it active (so that it gains a small blue box around it) - only then I can snap to the line, which is my grumble!. I guess it must be a graphics card problem?.....or a bug...

Ahah- I have that already, but it whilst it enables the visibility of the locus lines, I cannot snap to them unless I locate the actual locus & make the line active with smart cursor enabled..........see post 1! But ArtV, you say you can snap to the lines? or do you have to make the locus active first? Thanks - Mark

'Make guides' is certainly a useful tool - but it is quite a bit of extra work. Well I guess 'snap to locus (lines)' is dead & buried then - oh well, another VW plus point sacrificed in the name of progress...... Surely I'm not alone in working this way??!

Yeah - I've seen that, but still no joy! In v2008 & previous, you could lay out a load of vertical & horizontal non print construction lines by placing locus points. You could then snap to anywhere on these locus lines, ie. draw a line to them, move an object to them and even trim to them - very useful! Mark

On 2017 you can turn Snap to Loci on & off, but it just seems to turn the loci visibility on & off, & if you cant see them - you can't snap to them.... Maybe its a graphics problem? Mark

Yes - acquiring the locus isnt a problem. Its the ability to snap to the line itself without having to find the locus, which might be a long way away. Mark

I'm sure this has been covered before - but I cant really find a satisfactory answer; How does one actually snap to locus lines?? I use VW mostly for 2D cad (I use other software for 3D), and the ability to snap to locus lines is (or was) one of the most useful tools in setting out say a floorplan. I understand the tool was removed & put back in at some point, but I find in v2017 it has become a pain in the arse to use. The only way I can snap to a locus line is to locate the actual locus, wait a split second for it to register and carefully try & work my way back up that line to where I want to snap to (if this makes sense!). This is a right royal pain if your actual locus point is a long way from where you want to snap to, and there is lots of other geometry in the way, & I feel this has put VW on a par with Autocad in this repect (ie. annoyance factor)!.........unless I'm missing the obvious?? For the time being I tend to revert back to v2008 - where it all works beautifully! I'm hoping someone will tell me I'm doing it all wrong! - TIA, Mark

Hear hear - having just updated my graphics card & put VW 2017 on an SSD, I am just as frustrated & will now start working back through older versions to find which works best. Its become unbearable! Its worse than minicad was on my old performa!

Hi - could someone with VW2017 SP2 confirm whether the slot tool (in Detailing) works correctly or not, when used in edge placement mode? ie. it actually places the slot from the edge. I would like to check that it does before I upgrade & find it doesn't! Thanks Mark

No, it seems to be the fact that 'edge placement' option isnt working with 2017. The shape itself is irrelavent. I shall go back to 2016 for the time being - as I have work to do! thanks anyway, Mark

Hi Pat, VSO enclosed. It was created back for v12 (2007) & works ok with v2016 but not v2017. Mark RC Batten Section.vso

Apologies for digging this up again - could anyone else confirm this is a problem? Or am I completely overlooking something, before I get all of my custom tools rewritten! I have also tried it with the sample simple grid script from these pages, which is also a basic rectangle tool; the same behaviour, it works properly in v2016, but does as above in v2017. Thanks Mark

Yes - I guess the funtionality has changed? or is it a glitch? VW2016 does this; (the square one) & VW2017 does this; (the rectangle one) Same plug in, different versions of VW. Its as though the edge placement mode get overridden by the centre placement mode.

But the thing is, I havn't changed the script at all. The tool has only started behaving like this with 2017. And it is the width that has doubled. It (normally) works by drawing an 'L' with the three points setting the height & width. The height works, but the width (the horizontal bit of the 'L') is coming out double. Its a bit of a pain as I have several tools which are rather complicated - maybe easier stick with the older version of VW for now.

Hi, I have just updated my VW from 2008 to 2017 & am finding my custom tools are misbehaving! I have a library of essentially simple vectorscript tools for speeding up drawing, here is the simplest; The problem is that with VW2017 I find the rectangle is coming out at twice its width - it should be a square. The tool seems to reset itself to centreline placement mode and double the box width. I'm pretty sure they were ok with 2016 for the very brief time I had it before updating. A bug or??! Thanks - Mark