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P Retondo

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  1. I can't comment on the particular problem this user is having, and I do recognize that VW uses different selection conventions from other CAD software. However, having used this program almost daily for almost 30 years, I can assure you that the selection procedures are consistent and effective. I urge the user to experiment, read the online manual, and figure out how to apply VW procedures.
  2. The simpler question first, an extrude will look like a wireframe if the object does not have a solid fill (first item on the attributes palette.
  3. Try putting the upper windows in a class, and making it invisible in the viewport. That should allow the lower windows to display as you want them to.
  4. Wacom tablet works fine, the only thing missing is the mouse scroll button. I use it constantly to keep carpal tunnel syndrome at bay.
  5. Thanks all for getting to the bottom of this. I’m on Windows, so I will wait to hear there is a solution. Can’t have laggy software.
  6. I am considering installing my 2024 upgrade, but comments like this give me pause. They also do not inspire confidence regarding the direction VW has taken - does anyone think this is an isolated case, or is performance with v2024 poor?
  7. What manufacturer does your supplier deal with?
  8. It strikes me that your model may be set to “ existing” instead of “proposed.” Check it out, that can lead to things not changing when you expect them to.
  9. Another of those annoying glitches in commonly used functions that NNA should dedicate some resources to cleaning up. The "Edit Contours" method should be made bullet-proof, instead of always problematic.
  10. I agree, lineweight. That is why it is particularly frustrating when I see VW management prioritizing new whizz bang features that never really work and sink out of sight, instead of getting down to fixing some longstanding flaws. It’s like car designers who developed grotesque tail fins instead of fixing basic flaws in transmissions.
  11. Ok, hate to be that guy, but although I have used Vectorworks for 28 years for good reason (also know AutoCAD and Archicad), all the advantages of VW were there 10 years ago, and for all I’ve paid since then I see precious little improvement. VW engineers say on this thread they are listening, but it seems like they are more interested in being praised than actually paying attention to very longstanding complaints. Give us a window PIO that creates a sill in a non-ridiculous way, or a stairs PIO that actually reflects architectural reality, and I will be happy to heap praise for the next three years. (Hint: a window sill is not a sill superimposed on a head jamb.)
  12. Check the Fill setting in the Attributes Palette. The object has to be solid to render as solid in any mode.
  13. Appreciate that, Juan, but the “roadmap” is pretty cryptic. I will email you, but if you’ve been following this board for a few years, you should surely know all the complaints about architectural PIOs and parametric objects. We can’t even get reliable wall joining, after years. There’s a decent cabinet PIO that I tried out, but it’s not worth all the extra dollars you have to pay to get it on top of what you’ve already paid for Vectorworks. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I think I should be getting something for my money.
  14. Pretty dismal. VW is now a prepaid subscription, in effect, and you don’t know what you are paying for since you have to decide on July 1 if you want to continue, and don’t know what you are getting until August or September. Based on the last several years, I haven’t been tempted to install my 2021, 22, or 23 versions because none of them offer fixes for longstanding issues with doors, windows, stairs, cabinets or anything else. After paying many $,1000s over the years, I’d say the subscription is worth $200, max, not the over $600 I pay per seat. I’m hoping 2024 proves an exception to this lackluster performance, but if there is yet again no response to the many complaints, I’m going to conclude a dysfunctional corporate culture has taken over there.
  15. All said and done, thanks for all the input, but I believe we would all be better off with the ability to dimension 3-D objects appropriately in a sheet layer viewport. Click on point, click on point, click on direction of the leader lines, click on offset, and display the actual distance between the points calculated from their coordinates in 3-D space. This would be analogous to our current dimensioning capability in sheet layer view ports. Display of text would be clearer, because when you’re looking at layer plane text at an acute angle, it can be unreadable. Plus text that is placed in the model shows up in the viewport, in unreliable scale and position. Why should we have to create elaborate workarounds? Isn’t software supposed to make our job easier?
  16. Does anyone know what improvements, especially for architects, will be included in the new 2024 version?
  17. If you use the window settings, you can accomplish everything except possibly the mullion trim. For some reason, the PIO does not want that to be flush with the casings. This can be one window using the "Custom" window type.
  18. Kevin, although you can view layer plane objects in a sheet layer viewport, sheet layer annotations use only screen plane objects, as far as I know. Don't fuss too much over this, I think that what I want isn't really available, and to make dimensioning 3d objects in a sheet layer viewport easy, it should be. We shouldn't have to go into a design layer, set working planes for various orientations, adjust text size, and otherwise fuss around to quickly dimension an object. I can do it faster just using 2d lines in a SLVP!
  19. Thanks, Kevin, that does work, but it is not very convenient. Among the issues: working plane does not always align with the desired plane, so you have to move the dimension; text size needs to be scaled when the viewport is in a different scale. I always dimension in a sheet layer viewport, so I am looking for a tool that creates proper-looking and correct dimensions from that workflow. Since the program is capable of doing this in a design layer, if we add manual steps, it seems like not such a big ask to make this work in sheet layer viewports. The dimension objects themselves can be screen layer (as my example above uses).
  20. I'm using v2020, so please tell me that this has been already developed by v2023: true 3d dimensioning so that we can create dimensions in a viewport on a 3d object from any viewpoint using the true dimensions of the object. This would require 4 clicks to execute instead of three: dimension point, dimension point, plane of dimension leader lines, offset of leader lines. Then we can create something like this without doing it manually with lines and text:
  21. I would just insert a window above the door.
  22. Question submitted by ChatGPT!
  23. Never had a problem quite like this, or even close to it. But I’m still using v2020, having never been persuaded that installing all the upgrades I’ve paid for since then were worth the trouble of transition. What version are you using? Are you using rotated plan mode by chance?
  24. Remove half the objects in the file, and test. If everything is fine, then the problem is in the half you removed. If you still have a problem, it’s in the half you didn’t remove. Take the half which has the problem, cut another half out of it. Test. Repeat until you get down to a few objects. This process takes about 10 to 15 minutes.
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