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It would be good if somebody would share a file or two of some better boulders. Something "broken up" would be awesome. Or something scanned / modeled from real life. If I had had the time, I would have scanned the rocks below... VW Resource Library Boulder 11 and 9, for example, have modeling/mesh problems that probably should be fixed. The remainder look lumpy and somewhat peculiar to my eyes. I am not a landscape designer, so I will defer to the experts on this one.

I haven't thoroughly tested my file, but 2023 SP-6 Seems to have fixed many of my issues with disappearing Graphic Legend annotations. Thank you VW Team for making this a priority. Will keep exploring the functionality and let you know if I see anything.

Thanks Tom. In the time since I posted, I concluded that it was probably easier not to insert skylights into a roof. And cut out the holes manually. Maybe a new version will improve the tools.

Does anybody have a good trick to move skylights in a roof? I came across a video which seems to imply that skylights are easily moved in a roof face. However, whenever I click on an inserted skylight the whole roof moves as one element. The only way I can move a skylight is using the edit roof element dialogue box, which is difficult/counterintuitive.

I am still having difficulties with the gap. Settings are as follows. File attached. test .vwx

They were able to replicate the problems in the test files we sent. And I think they are working on a fix.

It's been over three years since this wishlist item was posted. Is there another way to exclude ( aka "not draw") objects that are not part of a data visualization? In the plan image below, I would like the gray items which are not part of a certain railing assembly, to go away. There must be another way to define this.... '

It's pretty easy to replicate this problem. 1. Full Graphic Legend with Annotations. 2. I edit the style. 3. Adding a rectangle to the Cell Layout does not affect the annotations. 4. However changing/editing the label does. In this instance I wanted to add a title field accessing the acoustic rating of the wall assembly. Et voilà!! Annotations magically disappear!

I have a really annoying 3/8" gap between the wall and the edge of the window trim in Windoor. I thought that setting "Offset (3)" to zero would work. But nothing in this group of settings actually eliminates this gap. Is there another setting somewhere else?

This post is sixteen years old. Is there a script or workaround to do align bottom of one object to top of another?

Are folks using two monitors? For me on a mac, the curser issues manifest in the gamer mode when my second (non-laptop screen) monitor is set as the extended display. When I set it as the main display, I do not experience issues. I always thought this was just how this tool worked.

I was having issues earlier. I had to reset the value a few times before my R-Value stuck. It finally reads 23...

Thanks @Tom W. That seems to have done the trick. Now I have to copy back all my annotations that disappeared when I made the change! 😖

No you can't. But VW really needs to implement this feature! It would bridge the gap between solid and parametric modeling.

No. I mostly avoid the structural member tool. VW's focus on data at the expense figuring out a tool that better meshes with construction is a little problematic, with respect to this tool. The structural member tool is scheduled to be improved in the VW roadmap. (probably in September) Not sure if this will be one of the changes. I use the framing tool for roof framing members and even for many of my steel detailing projects. The framing member has a useful dialogue box that allows you to lock the end on resize which is especially helpful when doing roofs. It shows the start and ends of members. It also allows you to group and stretch multiple members. While simpler, the framing tool is infinitely more flexible. Data is more easily applied via record formats, since everyone's data needs can vary. It would be really good if the both tools could show wood members in section. (Like in the graphic below).

I am trying to develop a graphic legend that shows the R-Value, and I am getting inconsistent results. I have defined the dynamic text via the wall's IFC Entity - Thermal Transmittance. In the wall style, I have set to override the calculated R-Value. Because I manually calculated. For some walls the values show up correctly. And others, they do not, and I can't figure out why. I don't think the .1 is a U-Value, because in other walls I get random numbers. Any ideas? As an aside, walls need a dedicated record format like other parametric objects. It is very difficult to locate their data. Test File2.vwx

I am sure you know you can duplicate and mirror a marker and place it at the other side of your drawing. A few more steps, but at least a workaround.

Does anybody know whether this is a bug or if this is how Graphic Legends are supposed to work?

I think I understand the situation better.... Because the framing member at the top and bottom of the steel column is closer to the section cut line, it's always going to show up "in front" of the object behind it. The only solution is to draw a black line over the plate in the annotation space.

In the example below, I want the layer "Steel" to show up in black. And "Background Layer 2" to show up in gray. Setting the layer section viewport layers to gray, or adjusting the layer opacity doesn't gray out the layers. (Did VW always work this way???) So I set up a data visualization which grays out everything on Background Layer 2. This works, but the data visualization shows up on top of the Steel Layer. --- See screenshot below. (For graphic clarity, I want the base plates to show up in front of the gray background lines.) Adjusting the layer stack order doesn't seem to change anything. The layer visualization is always drawn on top. Is there a better way to achieve this?

It would also be good to be able to show bolt hole patterns in base/top plates.

Is there any way the center marks for the structural member can rotate? It looks odd that they stay orthogonal to the page.

I was working on a file all day yesterday, mostly with section viewports. Toward the end of the day, all my section viewports started to show up with transparent lines. See screenshot below. Restarting VW did not help. Is there any way to fix the file? Is it a setting somewhere? Or did the file get corrupted. The screenshot below is from an earlier backup file. Test PDF.pdf

Does anybody have any ideas as to how to get a windoor configuration that looks like this? (Below). I can make the 3d configuration below, but can't figure out how to make three divisions in the transom.

Make sure to keep a second copy of any data in Graphic Legends Annotation space elsewhere. Any minor change you make to the data legend layout or style will cause the annotations to disappear. I submitted as a bug back in February. I am not sure whether it is actually a bug, or whether that is just how this tool was designed to work.