[Extracted-planar-object hatches in viewports]

I am able to Extract-planar-objects and apply a hatch, can't get the result to show up in the updated Elevation Viewport with the hatch Class shown.

The video "Extract-planar-objects" indicates PLine (Hatch) should appear on Layer plan, but only the 3d Plane or screen plane is available for me.

The documentation seems to indicate that it will show in 3D views.

Is it just me or is there any way that it can be shown in the viewport?

[Exporting Section Viewports as CAD-Files]

Can one Export a CAD-File of Section Viewport on a Sheet Layer as a DWG

or What about a Section Viewport on a Design Layer

[lost reshape handles for rectangles]

Hi Craig

Click your Selection tool. Now look at the modes for the tool on the Tool bar. You probably have the first mode selected, which turns off Interactive Scaling Mode. Click the second mode instead and you'll get your handles back.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Tamsin, you know I always forget to look up there for other options...

[lost reshape handles for rectangles]

I could reshape either the length or width of a rectangle, by pulling or pushing on the centre handle of the 4 sides, and now I cant even find the reshape handles even on a line...and "eight reshape handles" option is selected.

I didn't knowingly turn anythin off. What gives. Is it just me and my machine or is this normal?

[best way to create a solid from a network of 3dPolys]

I thought I posted this earlier, but it's gone:

If the 3d poly facets actually enclose a volume, the Model>Add Solids should work. If it doesn't, then either too many facets, or the edges/vertices are not coincident.

Try adding a few at a time. Then add the bunches. When you get them all, Convert to Mesh.

Just a reminder - If working a LONG Way from drawing Origin (say 100s or 1000s of miles), the 3d tools have problems. Move the whole thing to origin and try again.

-B

That works...especially after closing one of the PLines that was causing the error

Ctrl +A

Ctrl + Alt + A

Problem Solved

Thanks a whole heap Benson

[Revolve A profile that twists as it turns?]

Here's an other one for you all.

I would like to revolve a square profile around a center, but with the profile itself twisting 360? around itself while it's revolving...do you know what I mean?

I tried duplicate array of the profile with rotation and then perform a loft, selecting the same rotated corner around the array, but I was not able to click to the starting/ending profile dupe to complete the twist as a closed solid.

So I got a lofted twisted profile with a gap between the 2nd last and first/last one...

Can this sort of thing be done here?

TurboCAD could "Revolve with Twist" no problem...

[orienting the camera viewpoint to match the BG pic of the location]

Thanks Matt, I a still using VW Designer 2011 for the forseable future, so do you have a backward compatible version for that version?

It definately seems like a plug-in worth having..

Craig,

CameraMatch 2011 is still available and compatible with both VW 2011 and 2012. Unfortunately, there is no trial period for that version.

OK Matt, I will contact you (Monday) for pricing

[best way to create a solid from a network of 3dPolys]

There should be a better way tho....LOL, you havent tried editing that solid, have you?

Time to create (NNA) a unified script that deals with all possibilities.

Ironically, at the heart of this program is parasolid its time for a paramedic

Scripting may be a possibility, though i have only tried object creation scripts, but it couldn't be too hard to figure out; along the lines of:

for each member of selection do

ConvertToNURBS

CreateSurfacefromCurvesNetwork

end

SelectAll

TrimNurbsSurface

of course all in the proper VS/Pascal syntax...

[RE: auto-updating fields in Title Blocks]

I am trying to get my head around VW Title blocks

I studied the help file and was able to create the Records/Fields with the "P_" and "S_" prefix and the "_SN" suffix for the sheet number, and the "_SD" suffix for the sheet title effectively.

I have not got into the revisions and issues yet

1) He there any more auto-updating field suffixes that one can use, particularly one for drawing ...etc?

2) Is there a separate Project information data area where one can enter the project specific data, and then use autofields to link that info into the title block records?.. And I did not see anything like that in the Managing Project Information Error/Revision Management area.

Thanks again

[orienting the camera viewpoint to match the BG pic of the location]

Craig, post back with your results!

Sure Matt, Here was the preliminary render. A ghosted version appeared at the beginning of this post.

I am waiting on approval to go onsite myself to take better pics myself, as what I had to work with was 640x480.

But this is what I was able to achieve manually matching to what was provided

Thanks for taking an interest.

[orienting the camera viewpoint to match the BG pic of the location]

Hi Craig,

If you're using Vectorworks 2013, download and take CameraMatch 2013 for a FREE 10 day trial:

CameraMatch 2013 Downloads

You may be interested in some of these links:

This is a gallery of user images:

CameraMatch Gallery

This 3 minute video gives you the basic idea of what CameraMatch does:

This 10 minute video shows you a CameraMatch rendering of an interior space being created (start to finish) in real time:

If you still want to see more (a lot more), this 50 minute video is of a recent Webinar I did. It's much more in depth with tips and tricks:

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks Matt, I a still using VW Designer 2011 for the forseable future, so do you have a backward compatible version for that version?

It definately seems like a plug-in worth having..

[best way to create a solid from a network of 3dPolys]

Greetings again

I have a network of closed 3dpolys that they themselves enclose a space much like a faceted sphere or polyhedron.

What would be the best way to convert them into a solid

I could convert them all to a Mesh at once, but not a solid from the mesh...

I converted them all to nurbs then ungrouped them and re selected them all and could not create a surface from all of them.

I was able to individually convert each Nurbs Curve to a surface...and from there stitch and trim Surface to get a Solid

after Undolng, I was also able to Ddd Solids to get a Solids Addition

So I was able to convert all 3d Polys to Nurbs at once, all to a Mesh at once, and all surfaces to a solid at once, but not all Nurbs to either one surface or one solid at once...

Is this just me, or is this normal operations?

Is there a better way?

Thanks

[orienting the camera viewpoint to match the BG pic of the location]

looks good, thanks

[orienting the camera viewpoint to match the BG pic of the location]

I think you want camera match by panzercad. Makes this a snap.

That does look interesting, and may be something to look into sometime in the future...but for now I need to do it this way.

I marked stake positions on tracing paper, and cut out a hole in the sheet aligned to them and taped it to the moditor to line up the camera perspective to the BG image for a subsequent rendering of another out building on this project.

anybody else do this sort of thing?

[orienting the camera viewpoint to match the BG pic of the location]

What is the best way to orient the camera viewpoint of the building model onto the background?

I noticed that when I go into Edit Camera that the background image disappears so I had to guess the first couple time where the stakes for the building location were.

I then used two fingers on the screen to orient the view, eventually ghosting the walls so I could see the stake placement in the rendered view behind the building.

It took over an hour of going back and forth , but I was able to do it eventually.

Am I missing something, or is there a more effecient way of doing it?

It's too bad one can't see the BG in Edit Camera mode.

Here's what I was able to achieve...

[Section Viewport not staying HL rendered during Editing Anno]

I presume it is "Save viewport cache", but why wouldn't it default to being checked...

An interesting side issue I noticed, was snapping dimensions to the window actual jamb size...could see them when it was unchecked, but not when it was checked and couldnt snap to them - just the outwardly visible lines of the window frame, which doesn't work well when you want to dimension actual window sizes

I had to draw a jamb size dashed rectangle in front to dimension correctly.

Is that normal, I mean is that how one snaps dimension to jamb sizes in elevation anno mode

one should be able to snap to those 4 corner points, no.

[Section Viewport not staying HL rendered during Editing Anno]

That's bacically it. Section Viewports are not staying HL rendered during Editing Anno...to the best of my knowledge I did not change any settings...but now that I think of it...I did get an opening msg that my preferences were being reset or something like that...what is the setting to keep the VP rendered during Anno-edits?

Thanks

I presume it is "Save viewport cache", but why wouldn't it default to being checked...

[Section Viewport not staying HL rendered during Editing Anno]

That's bacically it. Section Viewports are not staying HL rendered during Editing Anno...to the best of my knowledge I did not change any settings...but now that I think of it...I did get an opening msg that my preferences were being reset or something like that...what is the setting to keep the VP rendered during Anno-edits?

Thanks

[Section Line Instance Text Sheet % scale]

For now, I screen grabbed an image of the floor plan with the elevation/section markers and set in it a corner of the Elevations and Sections Sheets as a Key Plan

[Section Line Instance Text Sheet % scale]

I'm able to create the Section Line Instance in a Sheet Viewport, and scale (1/4"=1') most of the variables

except I can't get the proper Text Sheet % scale value

and it appears way to large a the minimal setting of 1.

Is this just me, or is there a way to show it at the proper scale on both the full size floor plan, scaled in model space to match the paper space text size(3/16"-1/4"), and in the scaled viewport?

Thanks

[Is there no Truss object]

Here is what I was able to produce using the Framing members for the scissor timber truss, and Column for the KP.

Is it just me, or does this seem a little cryptic method of attaching an image

[Is there no Truss object]

Here is what I was able to produce using the Framing members for the scissor timber truss, and Column for the KP.

[Is there no Truss object]

Framing Member tool has wooden truss with pitch and angle settings.

I saw that it had a Wood Floor Truss, but I was looking for a customizable Roof Truss that had two oposing rafters set by the same pitch and had separate ceiling, and colar tie heights like my old beloved ArchiCAD 2005 that was two computers ago...

I ended up using all framing Member Components to make one though

Thanks

[Reselecting the Camera Object while still in the view]

Cameras appear on the Visualisation palette. One this palette, locate your camera and right click on it in the Visualisation palette. You have a few options, select on document I think it the one you need.

I never used that palette before, and I'm just beginning to use the WP one now and save WPs...

all the palettes take up a lot of room, and should be tabbed a little better so one tab can take over the whole dock and just tab another for it to come to the top...

I mean even Excel VBA can do a tab strip or a multi-page that has that capability...

Thanks again Jonathan,

[Reselecting the Camera Object while still in the view]

P.S. How does one attach an Image to their post off ones HD?

See post #2 in white edge on dtm texture

Thanks Much...