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Maybe I am missing something very obvious, but I would like my door headers to have a fill, so that the reflected ceiling plans read correctly. How does one do this? Thx
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Oops my signature is old. I am currently using VW2015 SP3
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According to Vectorworks 2015 Help, you can export shapefiles from Vectorworks. However when I follow the help instructions and try exporting using File_Export... export as a shapefile does not appear as an option. Am I missing something here? Or is this a feature only available to Landmark/Designer? Or is some feature that has not been fully implemented. Thx, http://app-help.vectorworks.net/2015/NNA/eng/index.htm#t=VW2015_Guide%2FImportExport%2FExporting_in_Shapefile_Format.htm%23XREF_12167_Exporting_in
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I've always wondered why the ceiling grid doesn't have 3d thickness information embedded in it?
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Wow! Thank you so much Dexie and especially Miguel for writing the script. This is exactly what I was looking for! Worked perfectly. This feature should really be added to the VW tools. Cberg
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I've tried many times to figure this out, but can't seem to figure out how to label a item in after importing a GIS shapefile. I know how to attach text to a record label, create a symbol and attach text to a record format. However when I try to use the ID label tool, I don't seem to get very far. There has to be a way to do this. What I want to do is label the streets on this map. The record field is Streetname. See attached.
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I find the new curtainwall tool a little frustrating for the reasons POA describes. It assumes that storefront/curtainwall systems are free-standing wall elements rather than insert-able window-like elements. In the real world, sometimes storefront is conceptually more like a wall, but it also can act more like a punched opening in a larger expanse of other wall. The examples of ribbon windows or storefront set into brick come to mind. I do wonder whether there are any architects on staff at VW and whether they have they ever worked on projects bigger than a single family house…. All that aside, it seems a little counter-intuitive to be forced to create a symbol and insert that symbol element into a wall. It works, but I haven’t figured out a way to schedule any of the curtain wall elements as symbols or standalone elements. It would be nice. I have resurrected the legacy window wall tool for stuff like this, since it does most of what I need. It has record fields that can be quantified, and you can set some user specific. Ideally the good VW programmers would reintroduce a revamped window wall tool with the functionality of the curtainwall tool baked into it.
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It would be very helpful to import sketchup files to fixed coordinates.
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One thing I noticed is that the font size for all the pull down menus in VW2015 seems to have gotten even smaller and much much harder to read. Your software developers must all be in their twenties. Is there any way to change this?
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Vectorworks 2015 , 64bit and other technical questions
cberg replied to PVA - Admin's topic in General Discussion
So how will plan cuts work then with this new level/story paradigm? If I have a stair tower that goes up say three stories. And I have windows and doors in various locations. How it be possible to make sure that they show up correctly in plan? Cberg -
Vectorworks 2015 , 64bit and other technical questions
cberg replied to PVA - Admin's topic in General Discussion
VW2014 was released mid September... http://planet.vectorworks.net/2013/09/vectorworks-2014-releases-today/ -
I figured it out. It is indeed a preference. Under Preferences, checking Quartz imaging displays rounded end caps, whereas unchecking makes the ends square.
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Maybe I am missing something, but I don't see an option to keep the edges square. Is it a display preference? Could you share the file with the line type? Thx, Cberg
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Is there any way to edit the line types so that the edges are square instead of round when you zoom in on them. I saw this discussion but it was not particularly useful in answering the question. https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=11292
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I found a workaround but it is kind of a pain. I had to set up a design layer with the keynote legend. All the callouts are linked to this layer. It then keeps all numbers consistent and when one updates, all of my sheets update.
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Here is what I am doing... I set up a master sheet with all my notes. A master keynote legend sheet as it were. I make global edits there. I place all my callouts as keynotes on this master legend sheet. All is good. I go into the various annotation windows of the next next sheet, and start labeling. I can reference the master sheet, and the numbers are consistent. All is still good. However when I want to move a copy of that master keynote legend to the sheet I am working on, the keynote information disappears. There appears to be no way to duplicate it or copy the master keynote information across sheets. If you change the callouts to reference the default sheet, numbers start to change from sheet to sheet. I was looking for a dialogue box for the keynote legend object which "establishes" the database. Instead the keynote legend appears to link itself to the sheet layer. I suppose I can ungroup the high level object and make copies, but it sort of defeats the purpose of having a legend. Am I missing something obvious?
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I guess not. Frustrating.
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Is there a trick to keeping the callout numbers consistent across various sheets? I am using the database manager and the place as keynote function of the callout tool...
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Is there way to reference the same viewport detail callout to multiple locations. For instance I may have a typical parapet detail or sill detail. How can one place the same detail marker on more than one viewport? I am trying to make use of Vectorworks' "intelligent" automated drawing coordination features. Thx, Cberg
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That's even better, thank you! I never knew about the =L trick. Is there a list of format commands for worksheets?
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I see what you have to do. Set some additional criteria, and summarize by that criteria. Like the parking width. This will work if all the parking spaces have the same field values. It's a little bit of a cludge, but I guess it will do.
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This is a similar but related question. If I have an object like a parking space, where I need to summarize a field, like the number of spaces, how do I collapse or summarize the information. For example, in the attached file, I don't need to list all the parking space objects individually. I need a tally of total spaces, preferably by layer. I'd like to be able to summarize by a field. See attached.
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In the space tool, I'd like to be able to adjust the unit tolerances for areas and room dimensions separately from the document unit tolerances. Frequently you want these units to be to the nearest whole number, not fractions or decimals. However when you adjust the global unit tolerances, it affects the accuracy of the drawing and your ability I find myself having to frequently toggle unit tolerances and recalculate areas quite frequently.
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Maybe I am not seeing something obvious... Why does the object information dialogue box for standard viewports allow you to change the drawing/detail tag name, but not the drawing number? Section viewports on the other hand allow you to change both the drawing name and the drawing number.
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I've discovered that exports to Sketchup work better when the VW files are exported as ACAD 12/13 instead of later versions... Not sure why this is the case, but thought I'd share.