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Good, Thanks. This was confusing and not explained in help.

My database header says =('Equipment Record'.'ID') only. I try to add criteria and I get this =('Equipment Record'.'ID')((L='Design Layer')) instead of the ID for each object

I am trying to create a lighting schedule with VA schedules. It has been successful so far with single storeys, but now I have a double storey building, it is only referencing the objects on the ground floor. Any suggetions?

Do you use the WinDoor tool? I would be able to switch off parts of the openings - frames, sills, etc. but leave the ceiling line. Except it won't do it. My WinDoor objects have various classes set for each part, but they do not turn off when I turn off the respective class, only when I turn off the class the whole object is in... and how do use of the classes allow me to see walls without openings or holes?

Thanks, but my issue is to start the plan I have the walls which show all the openings or the holes. I want solid walls, as you would normally see in a RCP. It looks like I have to draw the whole plan in 2D, whereas it would be easier to use the existing walls (esp. if they move). It also means I have to draw in a lot of polygons for my raking ceilings. Another issue is my 3d polygons are not solid. It would be good if there was a way to cut the plan at ceiling level.

Ok, I've typed in an advanced search 'Ceiling +Plan' in subject and returned 277 results, only one of which was about ceiling plans. Also looked in VW help and no info on this. So how do I create a ceiling plan? View from below mirrors the building which I don't want. Top plan shows the openings, I also do not want. My windoor openings are set with individual classes for frame, door, etc, but do not switch off when I turn of those classes seperately (only when I turn off the class they are created in). Any ideas please, I'm at a loose end

Great, thanks, But it is only dimension 2 of 8 walls, and none of the openings?

Hello, Another query from an ArchiCad user: Is there a way to dimension a wall and it's doors and windows? I would typically use the chain dimension and just click on each edge of the wall and objects, but we are wondering if there is a simpler way to choose the wall and the dimensions are automatically generated?

Great, thanks!

I'm helping an ArchiCad user use Vectorworks and this simple command I have not been able to figure out. We wish to draw an object a set distance from a reference point. For example, we have a wall that starts 1m from the corner. We have the wall command active, but cannot select the point and move 1m from it to start. The only way I can see is to draw a line 1m long to get the point, or draw the onject and move it. Surely there is an easier way?

Mitch, In a new drawing, inserting the slab on ground Layer which has Z=0 and Delta Z=0 Jonathon, the slab is NZ 100mm concrete slab - Datum Offset from Layer Z=0 BCD, 3d locus on same layer inserts at 0. Not sure how you toggle the document units. Is there another place for the reference datum, other than in the Slab Preferences? Screen shot attached

Hello. I am trying to understand why when I draw a slab on a Layer that has Z=0 and +-Z=3000, it puts it in at +3000 and not at 0. In the insertion options the Datum offset is 0. Also when I draw a ceiling (also Datum offset = 0) it puts in at +6000. I tried a different layer with datum +-Z=2700 and the slab is still put in at +3000. Where is it getting the +3000 from??

yes, why should this reset the origin?

Thanks, but I already disabled the dragging, and I haven't pressed ctrl 9 - the dialog box comes up anyway so I would know. It seems to be randomly resetting, and is very frustrating.

My origin keeps moving, and I can never see when it happens. I have disabled to drag origin setting, but it still occurs - going off into +300,000,000 x +5,811,814,000...