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I agree. Check out an early thread of mine - in my first post I stated that I missed the temporary dimension feature. VW's set position feature doesn't go far enough to be really useful in comparison. Also, a post from Ariel in the same thread is worth a read. Starting Out with VW What does in some small way make up for the temporary dimension feature is that VW convert shapes to objects makes changes quite quick. We do have associative dimensions which can lock onto walls and will move when the value is changed but is not as intuitive as Revit's temporary dimensions (and has a tendency to screw up wall joins)

The first minute or so will give you the idea. Anyone with any basic Revit knowledge will know that this works in walls, windows and doors. P.S. if you've been waiting for the ability to work in dual windows simultaneously then better not watch the video

Better yet, a redesigned interface to eliminate the need for auto-hiding palettes.

Further to this, I would like Autohide to be able to expand upwards. For example, I keep the Dims/Notes tear off at the bottom of the screen. When it expands, it disappears off the screen. That's dumb and a bug in my book.

Check out Needle and Mortar - many of us have been asking for key improvements to Vectorworks (to bring features to VW that Revit/Archicad already possess) for years now. If anyone asks me about VW, I advise them to reconsider VW when the "out of memory" error has been fixed.

Maybe to allow those that are used to the existing class management scheme to continue in their workflow. But my opinion is that if a class visibility template is applied to the design layer then there would be less need to tweak classes in the SLVP. After all, the goal is total WYSIWYG in the design layer...

I have downloaded a trial of Autocad LT 2015 to try out the dark theme. I like it. More info here It took me a while to get used to the ribbon (Microsoft Office) and it works really well on Revit. VW's interface (on mac at least) needs a redesign. A unified interface. At least it's not as bad as Archicad's interface.

Yep lack of caffeine, there's no known cure for that. Confirmed. Same for mac as is the case for windows..

Autohide resource browser for mac (same as PC)

+1 for the reverse wall/door/window button

My guess would be in photoshop with an image overlay for the grass on it's own layer and the unwanted parts erased. This can be done very loosely with a hard brush then using a soft brush for the edges....

There Is Hope! According to JimW's reply in this thread.

Image prop? You could create a VW Plant (Landmark) but you still need an image prop for the 3D component.

What about this? Class Group/Set = A selection of classes grouped together. They can be turned on, off and greyed as a group. Layer Group/Set = A selection of layers grouped together. They can be turned on, off and greyed as a group. Visibility template = A saveable, user defineable collection of visibility settings of individual classes, layers, and class and layer groups that can be applied and attached to a design layer. A visibility template should also be able to set the view and render style. A user could: - Use classes and layers as they are now (no change to present workflow) - They could use class and layer grouping to control groups of classes and layers - They could use the visibility template for complete control of classes and layers.

My wish in this thread is for class types or "sets" But implementing class types in VW requires that all objects be automatically assignable to a class. Some objects in VW cannot presently be automatically assigned to a class e.g. drawing labels and viewports. Why not? Hence, the two go hand in hand, class types and complete autoclassing. My proposed implementation allows you to have as many or few (or none) class types as you desire. I could have all my door classes in a door class type and all my windows in a window class type. I can turn all these classes on/off with two clicks instead of 20. Add to this the capacity to save class visibilities to class types and apply them to design layers, viewports etc and you really start to leverage the power of layers and classes in VW. Revit is not the only program that handles objects in this way. I believe Archicad does as well. And BTW, if autoclassing of all VW objects was user controllable, your class list can be as broad or compact as you wish... P.S. I spent two years on Autocad - I think it's scarred me..

You've hit the nail on the head Vincent, I'm sure Archicad handles it similarly as well. For group classing to work, autoclassing of ALL objects (including all annotation objects!) within VW must be achievable. I tinkered again with standard naming and autoclassing the other day. I made limited progress. They appear to be half-baked.

Yes, and to increase my productivity by not having to scroll through and manipulate lists of classes. I think Grouping of Classes should be a distinct feature (i.e. not linked but grouped) although you could perhaps include the ability to right click a class and add to group. One of the possibilities the grouping of classes will achieve: You can assign classes to a group - Existing, Proposed, Demolished etc and turn them on or off at will. And of course, to be able to assign a view and a class group to a Design Layer would be a big thumbs up in my book. Class Group and View assignable to Design Layer

Link to solution... Thanks to this post by JimW

In a hidden line render of a building elevation on a site I would like to be able to turn off the DTM triangulations and have just the contours showing. (I want to achieve the look you get with 3D Contours turned on, and 3D Style set to 3D Mesh Solid - without all the DTM segment lines which show in Hidden Line)

We need to be able to group classes by type. And we need to be able to control the visibility of the class types. And the visibilities of classes and class types needs to be saveable so they can be applied and reused. Fiddling endlessly with classes is tiresome.... there must be a better way. maybe on creation of the class you can assign a "Type" to it, such as, Landscape, Annotations, Furniture, Structure etc.

I would prefer to interactively (using handles) adjust the gap in the section marker rather than using Gap Line Length.

I would like to have the ability to "tear-off" the classes, layers, saved views etc tabs from the navigation palette. As the navigation palette is docked in a tight workspace, scrolling through classes etc, would be easier with a tear-off palette.

I would agree with you if I didn't just happen to finish hatching a heap of elevations in a SLVP........

My point is that it is no longer acceptable to excuse lack of development by saying "at least we are cheaper." Time wasted on workarounds and missing critical features is money lost (not lost by VW but by us, the end users)