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  1. For what it's worth ...

     

    Read this thread the other day, then proceeded to have #@!?#@¿! issues with text.

     

    The file in question was created in ACAD / imported so that does not help.

     

    Essentially text was selectable, yet invisible when attempting to edit. Especially true with text that was rotated.

     

    The OIP issue mentioned above was NOT encountered in this case.

     

    Solution was to copy / paste the text into a new drawing and edit - 

    In some instances replacing the text was easier that the edit process.

     

    Make sure your FONTs are all good in the operating system.

         An alternate font alleviates many edit / VW issues with text.

     

    Change the fonts en masse when importing may be a good Workflow

     

     

    When ever VW gives me the font is to small warning I instinctively change the font.

     

    Peter

     

     

    V2021 / MacBook Pro M1 Max OS 12.6.7

  2. FYI

     

    The Hybrid 2D/3D Symbol and classic VectorWorks Top/Plan View (as it already looks rendered...) are key to ours and many many other work flows. We produce sets of PDF designs for clients with ONLY Top/Plan as the Exported / Published / Printed view. Producing excellent, multi view Class based rendered 3D designs is amazingly simple without the need for a single Viewport . Top/Plan - Hybrid 2D/3D Symbol is a hallmark of VectorWorks and few other applications that I am aware of. That said...

     

    Since Viewports arrived in VectorWorks, we have come to the conclusion that asking Tech Support WHY this or that Viewport glitch happens, or searching the FORUM for clues is fruitless. Resorting to adding inside the Viewport annotations, or even just on top of the Viewport in the Sheet Layer... lines, covering polygons, weird crops, even images to replace what is not rendering or displayed correctly.  Get the job out the door is the important part as we assume that fixing the application may not happen for a while, if ever.

     

    As @Matt Panzer says ... My $0.02

     

    Peter

     

  3. @Camila85

     

    KISS. If it is a 2D design, draw everything with 2D (We use Screen Plane...) rectangles or polygons - Set the Line and Fill colors (Shape Color)  in the Attributes to a desired color, pattern or hatch 

     

    NO lines allowed - This way your design will already have a look ie:color fill - vs filling in the boundaries at a later point in time.

     

    Remember that Filled rectangles or polygons in VectorWorks cover up what is behind them. As stacks of paper on your desk may cover smaller items underneath.

         NOT something that is usual and customary in other legacy CAD applications. Use this to your advantage!

     

    Peter

    Draw with Rectangles NO lines allowed.pdf

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  4. What is often confusing with a Viewport Crop ?  No Crop is needed. 

     

    So ... one might think that there already is a Crop in the Viewport based on the Selection Handles when the Viewport is active. ( ...or the fact that Edit Crop is available as a selection with Edit Viewport)

     

    While VectorWorks only allows a single crop, it can be any 2D shape ...

     

    Peter

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  5. @greatdaytoday - 

     

    The DECAL option is one of those oddly named items in VectorWorks - Not so good at Decals (... there are some interesting things it will do.) 

     

    BasketBall.png.384af08a9173b847f1d0eeb1a3a1ce69.png

    Try creating a PNG with an ALPHA Channel, where the transparent masked area is around the desired image.

    Import this PNG image as a 2D LAYER PLANE item (Basketball) and maneuver so it is just setting above / almost on the desired surface location (Checkered Cube)

         ie: what @Jesse Cogswell comments on above - avoids the dreaded Texture Conflicts 

     

    Make sure to check the Import ALPHA Channel box

     

    See attached

    ALPHA Channel check box.pdf

    Peter

     

     

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  6. When UNIFED VIEW was first introduced, we experienced parts of existing 2D/3D Hybrid Symbols "disappearing".

    Turning UNIFED VIEW on, then off ... or off, then on helped. Rendering Mode was also a factor.

     

    @Tom W. awake suggestion was another step. Edit, then Exit.

     

    Peter

  7. @VIRTUALENVIRONS has a good solution...

     

    You may need to Decompose first, then Compose...  if Compose does not do it this first time as @Pat Stanford suggests.

     

    I often FIX such shapes that exist inside of imported or inherited files, one or two sub components at a time. 

    Take what appears to be OK and move it to one side, then work with what is problematic. Combine into Surface, when you have the parts as polygons / polylines that look correct. 

     

    In the OIP, look for the CLOSE check box ... (Often an overlooked source of frustration when the shape perimeter looks complete, yet the object does not fill, extrude, nor render correctly.

     

    Peter

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  8. @michaelk This is what the doctor ordered ... Much appreciated ! (See attached)

     

    @Tom W. Please and Thank You - clue me in if this is what the Framing Member tool already does. 

     

     

    Attached Example:  Aluminum extruded frame components exists for graphic projects in Single and Double Face profiles. These typical 2D Symbols are show in opposite corners. (Green and Blue for clarification) - In the center is a Persp View of an Extrude Test Object. The Extrude Test.vso Plug In (above) allows the VW extrusion to be designed, (based on a 2D Symbol) and then the extrude / profile can be changed when needed, by selecting a different 2D VW Symbol from the OIP. Very Slick! 

     

    Symbol naming Convention speeds the process - original location of the 2D Symbol, determines placement in the extrude, and therefore where a different 2D Symbol is located, if the intent (as demonstrated) is to have them swap out as though the design started from scratch. 

     

    Thank You Again !

     

    Peter

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  9. A way to make a variable Extrude - ¿ Use a PIO ?

     

     

    Intent is to have a series of pre drawn 2D shapes that equate to various in stock aluminum extrusions.

     

    Symbols would be created with one of the pre drawn 2D shapes Extruded, or Extrude along path.

     

    When needed, it would be great if there was a way to select a different one of the pre drawn 2D shapes and have the end result show a revised Symbol, without the need to Edit the Symbol, and edit the extrude inside.

     

    We already realize that the pre drawn 2D shapes can not be Symbols, as one is NOT able to extrude a symbol.

     

    Suggestions ?

     

    Peter 

  10. Script that changes Callout settings to match Text ...

     

    Callouts are easy to use in a worksheet - Text does not have the same ability (That I am aware of ...)

    The Callout settings often make a selection that does NOT represent the size of the text in the Callout

    The attached shows two similar groups, each with the Same Callout

    One has been manually adjusted to keep the selection size of the Callout in sync with the text it contains

     

    Question is: ¿ Is there a way to have the Callout settings in the OIP match the Text in the Callout ?

     

    Peter

     

    Callout Bounding Box.pdf

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