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brilliant, thanks very much all - i will have a go and let you know how I get on! Thanks again, much appreciated, Graham

Thanks all, I've been away over the weekend, but I'll give the various ideas a go tonight. Islandmon, might I be able to see your test file, as there's a couple of steps I don't quite understand? Thanks again, much appreciated! Graham

Hi all, I'm hoping someone far cleverer than me can work out how to model italian strung curtains (see http://www.rosesleecollection.co.uk/page/gallery.html - the stairway curtains for an example) I've modelled standard curtains by lofting between two wiggly lines, but I don't know how to create the stringing effect, where the curtains are drawn up to create a swagged effect, similar to a proscenium curtain. Does anyone have any bright ideas on how I would begin modelling these? Thanks very much in advance, Graham OSX 10.6.4 VW 2010

Nicholas, Worked like a dream! (well, after a little bit of faffing about...) Thanks so much for the tip. And thanks all for the recommendations of libraries: the hansgrohe one is particularly good. If anyone knows of any tile manufacturers that offer downloads of their products, that would be great, as I want to be able to show individual tiles with grout lines also. Thanks again, Graham

Nicholas, Thanks very much for that - I will try it out when I get home tonight, but sounds easy enough to do! Does the same advice apply for importing dwg / dxf files? I'll also check out 3dcadco, thanks TBE Graham

Hi Peter, Yes, I've had a good look at the VW libraries, but the only decent 3d sanitaryware catalogue I can find is the Kohler one, and it doesn't include, for example, shower enclosures. Incidentally, I'm suprised at how few bathroom mfrs have 3d blocks for download. As for plug-ins, I don't really know what's available - I shall have a search or if anyone has any recommendations that would be much appreciated. Thanks, Graham

Hi all, I've got some really basic queries on 3d, which I was hoping you could help me with? I've been using vectorworks on and off for a few years (currently vectorworks 2010 on mac), and am starting to delve into 3d. I'm modelling some interiors for an extension I'm building, and am getting on ok with the vectorworks side. However, I need to pull in models in dxf/dwg format and from sketchup for things like sanitaryware etc, which are always quite 'messy' when they get imported. For example a bath in sketchup looks nice and smooth, but when it comes into vectorworks it' suddenly lots of polygons and doesn't render as nicely. My question is this: can anyone recommend a good workflow for bringing in external 3d models in a variety of formats that will import 'nicely' without me having to do lots of tidying up of the models (which I don't know how to do anyway!), and can someone explain why they import in such a messy way - is it with the different ways that programmes create 3d models? Once the whole thing's composed I will probably then export them to sketchup / piranesi / artlantis to render (depending which one I like best when the time comes to try them out). If that makes any sense at all, I'd love to hear your comments, Thanks, Graham