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    Are you subscribed to the VW mailing list?

    in General Discussion

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    whoa soccerkd11! 27 emails? flooded? You must not get alot of emails!!

    "that have nothing to do with my knowlage of vectorworks or improving my knowlage of vectorworks"

    It's your "knowlage" of things you don't know that are important! That email list has been and will probably continue to be a life saver for me! I have two words for you man...spellchecker and email rules...ok that's three words

    Workspace editor

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I am in the workspace editor and wish to drag (or copy) an existing menu item (including all submenu commands and menu line spacers), let's say "Machine Design" to my custom workspace. I

    cannot drag the whole menu item from the left column to the right column, only individual commands within the machine design category.

    Does this question make sense? I thought I used to be able to do this!

    Thanks!

    Advanced 3D training and tutorials

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello,

    I am wondering if there exists, more tutorials and/or training for advanced 3D and rendering techniques. I am getting fairly adept at basic 3d, but am having difficulties creating more complex shapes (furniture and the like). I know that NURBS are the ticket but I am having a hard time finding something that works for me. If anybody knows of any good NURBS tutorials, please let me know!

    On another thought, I am exploring the possibilities of attending a training seminar that NNA puts on around the country but have noticed that most all of the sessions take place on either the east or west coast. Now I know that the people who live in these locals have a hard time believing that anything exists after 500 miles in-land but we actually have computers and do CAD. I am wondering why NNA does not offer courses in say, Chicago or St.Louis / Kansas City. This is a little bit closer to the geographic center of the country and a little easier to travel to!

    Just a few thoughts!

    3D Snaps

    in Solids Modeling

    Posted

    Hello,

    I have *finally* figured out how to enable 3D snapping. I fretted and complained...to myself...for a couple of years, not being able to figure it out! Now that I have, there is a question. Is it possible to enable 3d snapping in as a default? It appears that I have to go in and enable it in every new drawing (Double clicking on snap to object constraint).

    Thanks...and by the way...I love VW!

    Pat

    And the beat goes on

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    I have a HP 130nr plotter and have been having a problem with the drawing printing out maybe 1/8 or 1/4 of the whole then spitting the rest out as a blank page! This started in v11 and continues into v12 Designer! Does this happen to anybody else? My associate uses ACAD and it prints to the same printer flawlessly. I'd say over the life of this plotter I've wasted 2-3 rolls of paper...getting a *bit* annoying!

    Any help would be appreciated!

    Pat

    Docking Attributes pallette to top of screen

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted

    It would be nice if it were possible to dock the attributes pallette along the top of the screen, horizontal instead of vertical. I stack my OI and Resource Browser pallettes on top of each other on the right side of the screen. When I stack the attributes in as well things start to get a little scrunched up.

    If I remember correct, the last version of ACAD I used (2000 I think) had the line weight and color stuff in with the toolbars at the top of the screen.

    Pat

    Educational Upgrade

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Has anybody upgraded their educational license from VW 11 to 12 yet?

    I heard a rumor that if you upgrade from 11 to 12 a new dongle isn't sent and that the v11 dongle is used. I have two questions:

    1. My v11 dongle is used mostly on my laptop and even with me being very careful, It is starting to get a little beat up. It still works, but some days I have to put a piece of tape accross it to hold it into the usb port. I could stand a new one!

    2. Somebody please tell me if this is legal or not. I have a desktop machine in my office that I thought, once I have v12 up and running on my laptop, I'd install v11 just to have "in case".

    any comments?! Thanks in advance!

    Pat

    Attributes Pallette question

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Is it possible in VW 11 or 12 to dock the attributes pallette along the top of the screen, horizontal instead of vertical. I stack my OI and Resource Browser pallettes on top of each other on the right side of the screen. When I stack the attributes in as well things start to get a little scrunched up.

    If I remember correct, the last version of ACAD I used (2000 I think) had the line weight and color stuff in with the toolbars at the top of the screen.

    Is this possible or any utilities to do this? Could be a good request for next update? Or maybe I'm just full of it!

    Pat

    Edit focus points

    in Entertainment

    Posted

    Hello,

    I am wondering if it is possible to edit what the focus point actually looks like. I would rather use a big letter rather than a little circle with text. I use sl 11.5.x and hope to be upgrading soon!

    Thanks,

    Pat

    Manual

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I am getting ready to upgrade (from v11) and am wondering if VW/SL/RW includes pdf versions of the manual on the install cd.

    I think the v10 help link accessed the pdf manual. That was REALLY nice. I REALLY do not like the help files in v11. Mostly for the warning that pops up every time in IE, but also because they just don't seem to be as good as they used to be.

    Thanks,

    Reducing Polygon Count

    in Rendering

    Posted

    Please excuse me if this is not the correct forum for this question.

    I import quite a few 3ds models from the web for some of my work. Everything imports in but the polygon counts, even for a seemingly simple object like a rocking chair, is staggering. Somewhere near 7k - 10k!

    Is there some way, either in VW or another (hopefully low cost!) utility to accomplish this?

    Thanks in advance!

    Pat

    apollo

    in Rendering

    Posted

    gov_colin

    I know this may be oversimplifing. But a gobo is a small, thin, circular piece of aluminum with a pattern stamped in it. The gobo is then inserted in a theatrical lighting instrument and the pattern is then projected onto the stage. Common uses of gobos are leaf/tree patterns, clouds, windows, ie.

    They are quite useful and effective for theatrical design!

    I hope this helps,

    Pat

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