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It's actually quite simple: the 0.0 center of a pattern is the center of the group of all the objects making up the pattern. In the image below, it's the red dot. So if you want the 0.0 to be at a particular point, you have to make sure that the center of all the objects in the pattern is at that particular point. To do this, I draw a square (option from center) that includes all the objects in my pattern, from the center 0,0 I want : Finally, I place 4 2DLoccii at the 4 corners and one at the center of the rectangle, and erase the rectangle. The one in the center just helps me to visualize the 0,0 origin of my pattern. My pattern is finished. 2DLocci are only visible on-screen and are drawing aids. But I can place them in a class that I can make invisible if I don't want to see them anymore.

a headache like I love 🙂 Patterns don't seem to work like hatching. Patterns create their 0.0 point at the geographic center of the pattern. You can see this center by grouping the pattern elements, and the 0.0 will be the center of this group. So to get around the problem, I've added the “2D locus” so that all your tiles + the 4 “2D locus” form a whole, and the 0.0 center is the point you want. The “2D locus” are invisible when printed, so you may want to place them in an invisible class. Not easy to explain, I'm attaching the modified example. Tile Example-correct.vwx

Do you use a site model in the area of your Landscape areas? sometimes a refresh is needed on the landscape area to see update.

Ho, sorry! Yes, my first column is sorting in ascending order to have the names of my hardscape objets in the right order. BUT, if i delete all sorting, then component are in the right order... but then it doesn't suit me because the hardscapes are no longer in the order I prefer.

Yes, the firts colum in the component configuration. But i can't fond the formula that call this in the worksheet.

One more question: my different components are not displayed in the order defined in the hardscape. How can I put them in order? I was hoping to find their ‘id’ to put them in a column and sort that column but I can't find it...

Is it possible to obtain the volume of each component?

Thanks for the idea! To have all the data in the same column and avoid the ‘N/A’, I use this formula : =IFNA((OBJECTDATA('COMPONENT'; 'THICKNESS')); 'Hardscape'.'Slab Thick') I then have the total thickness AND the individual thicknesses. ATTENTION for European users, you must use the semicolon (;) and not the comma (,).

Never use new versions of Vectorworks before SP4 or SP5... There are always a lot of problems with new versions, even on tools that worked perfectly well and have nothing new in them. That's the Vectorworks touch 🙂

No, not possible. This tool is of rare uselessness. You can't even see the plants. Better to forget it and use the planted surfaces.

Hello, I'd like to be able to build these simple vegetation volumes with very few polygons to represent vegetated spaces. Does anyone have an idea of a good, quick method? I've tried with subdivisions, but it requires a lot of 3D manipulation, turning the plan in all directions and it's not ergonomic. My dream would be to be able to draw in plan, like a polyline, and have the volume created according to a few parameters. Here's the challenge :-)

Hello, There is the "terrain section" command (I don't know its name in the US versions), it generates a profile with the existing and the proposed. A very basic command that it would be nice to update as already requested several times in the WishLists, but hey it's a base to work on.

It doesn't seem to work with geometric patterns, but it does with hatches. And for plants, I can't see, it doesn't seem to work with parametric objects, it's an old plugin.