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I had the same problem when I had multiple light sources with shadows turned on- if I turn off the shadows on all but one light source I don't get freeze-ups.... maybe this is a clue to the problem (Mac G4,dual 1GHZ, 1G ram)

same deal for me....

Kevin, You are right- the files do get quite large but I don't find this a problem. When I go to print I convert the page into either a postscript or pdf file which I email to a printing service (Ikon document services) and they deliver back the bluelines. The quality of the greyscales on the bluelines/ blacklines is excellent- I think you will find your elevations will have a much better sense of materiality than using hatches (I've been there) especially because of the shadows. It is important to set the right lighting before you generate your bitmap (I usually only use one light source approximating the sun aimed toward the face that I am creating the elevation from)- you will be able to tell after the bitmap is generated whether it is ok because although the print is greyscale, it will look very similar. Also make sure your bitmap prefferences are set to generate a final quality rendering. Thom

p.s. you can grab .jpg's from the stone company website you refer to and easily turn them into textures which will portray the material more realistically then any hatch

When I am doing elevations for my working drawings I do 2 things: I create a rendered bitmap of the model using the bitmap tool and then I create a copy hidden line drawing. I then overlay these 2 views (they are to scale) with the hidden line drawing in front to create my elevations. This technique gives elevations that are to scale, show shadow, and use textures which I find easy to create for stone, etc... Hope this gives you another option.

When I am in the Architect workspace and I go into the workspace editor and edit the current workspace the 3d pp tools/menu items do not appear on the left side to be transferred over to the right.Maybe I am not going about this the right way?- I have a feeling that I am going to want all these tools available to me in one workspace.Thanks

is there any way to move the 3dpp tools into my existing vw architect workspace?

sorry about that last reply- pressed the wrong button. Anyways, I experience lack of memory errors mainly when I am trying to import image files into a drawing- if there is an external app for this - where is it and how do I adjust memory

quote: Originally posted by Mike Swilley: The standard memory setting default is set by Vectorworks. If you are working with larger files and experiencing problems a feasible solution is the set your Minimum size to the Suggested size and make your Preferred size 10 megs or more higher then your minimum ( The distance between this is known as the Partition). This is depending upon what you are doing with the file. Printing, Exporting and Rendering (Renderworks and QuickDraw3d) use memory resources outside of the Vectorworks program, Therefore you should make sure you keep enough resources outside of the program when performing these operations. Otherwise if a large or complex drawing is causing problems then increasing the preferred size to Vectorworks should help.

I am running vectorworks 8.5.1 on a mac g3; whatshould i set the memory requirements at when i use the 'get info.' for the app.