[Bend text on curved surface]

Thanks all for the suggestions. TAP works. As Kevin McAllister had mentioned "Rot about Path is the key" I set it to 90 degree and I got a desired bend around a curved surface. Thanks again.

[Bend text on curved surface]

Yup i wish there was a quicker way to do it. I tried text along path but it doesn't give me a desired bend. Thanks Peter.

[Bend text on curved surface]

Is there a way to bend text on a curved surface in vectorworks?

Thanks,

[CreateExtrudeAlongPath]

Thanks Raymond. This is very helpful!

[CreateExtrudeAlongPath]

Hi,

I can't seem to make the CreateExtrudeAlongPath to work. I have a simple arc and a rectangular on the screen. The was testing out the scrip below but I don't see any new extruded along path object after running the script. Please help!

PROCEDURE SuperExtrPath;

VAR

p,n,h:HANDLE;

a,b:INTEGER;

BEGIN

p:=FObject;

n:=NextObj(p);

h:=CreateExtrudeAlongPath(p,n);

END;

RUN(SuperExtrPath);

Thank you

[setWidth and setHeight of a rounded rectangle?]

Hi,

Thanks all for your feedbacks. I ended up extrude the 2D object first then use Set3DInfo to change with width, height and depth of the rounded rectangle. It works!

[setWidth and setHeight of a rounded rectangle?]

I can't seem to be able to change the width and height of a rounded rectangle through vectorscript. Am I doing something wrong?

PROCEDURE test;

VAR

h:HANDLE;

BEGIN

RRect(0,0,200,100,20,20);

h:=LNewObj;

SetWidth(h,300);

SetHeight(h,200);

END;

RUN(test);

Thanks,

[Shortcut to switch between Screen Plane and Layer Plane]

Is there a shortcut in Mac to switch between Screen Plane and Layer Plane mode?

Thanks,

[HVAC piping]

I try to insert HVAC piping symbols from the resource browser but having trouble aligning and rotating each pipe. Is there a trick for this? I simply want to place a 90 degree elbow round pipe on top of a vertical round pipe.

Thanks,

[Multiple selection with vectorscript]

I created a rectangle and a series of oval using Vectorscript. I wanted to clip surface but I can't seem to make it work. I think it has something to do with the last too lines in my code

SelectObj((T=RECT) AND (T=OVAL));

DoMenuTextByName('Clip Surface',0);

Did I do something wrong?

Thanks,

[Access vertex of a 2D object]

Thanks. I will give it a shot!

[Access vertex of a 2D object]

Is there a fuction to or predefined procedure to access each vertex point of a 2D object in Vectorscript? I want to insert a custom symbol at each vertex of a rectangle. Thanks!

[Custom structure shapes]

I created a custom 2D symbol like you said. I then created a column and picked select structure shape to pick my custom shape but it said "Invalid Selection". What did I do wrong?

[Custom structure shapes]

Has anyone try to create custom structure shapes to expand the Vectorworks' Structure shapes library?

Thanks,

[insert symbol in corner of 2 walls]

Is there a way to make "Enable Connected Wall Mode" to work with curved walls?

[insert symbol in corner of 2 walls]

I like to be able to insert custom structural posts/columns and objects to walls so that when I move a wall, the inserted structures will move along with it. That offers so much flexibilities when there are changes to the design. I also find constraints in Vectorworks are very limited and unstable.

[insert symbol in corner of 2 walls]

Hey there,

I have been trying to insert a custom symbol in a corner of two walls but have had no luck. Does anyone has a solution?

Thanks,

[Parametric Constraints]

Hi Guy,

I think what you preferred to is Dimensional Constraint. I was preferring to the Parametric Constraints. Anyway, I believe it is a bug in Vectorworks 2012. I downloaded Vectorworks 2013 trial and it worked fine.

Does anyone know how to make a hybrid symbol (2D/3D Symbol) to display its 3D outline in a top view? I created a simple square and added a locus to the bottom. I then converted them into a hybrid symbol. When I changed to top/plan view, only the locus show up. I rather see the locus and the outline of the box.

Thanks,

[Parametric Constraints]

The parametric constraint indicator (green) displays correctly on a top plan view but when I change to a perspective view, it isn't in a correct place anymore. Can we assign parametric constraint in 3D view? If not, is there a way to just show it in a to plan view?

Thanks,

[automatic dimensioning]

Hello,

Is there an automatic dimensioning tool for 3D object similar to the way Dimension Exterior Walls work?

Thanks,

[Multiple selection with vectorscript]

Thanks Pat. DSelectAll does the trick.

[Multiple selection with vectorscript]

Thanks. How do you pass a selected (highlighted) object to a HANDLE variable. I am a bit confused on

h:HANDLE;

h:=FSActLayer;

I think FSActLayer only return the most recent object and not an object that I actually want to select.

Thanks,

[Multiple selection with vectorscript]

I wrote a simply script using ForEachObject and would like to apply it only to a few objects selected on screen. What do I use to retrieve a group of selected objects?

Thanks,

[Convert to polygon]

Thank you so much. It works. I was making a custom script to project a polygon on ground plane and I was looking at ways to convert a complex object to a group of polygons before running the script. Thank you!

[Convert to polygon]

Hi there,

Is there anyway to convert a 3D polygons or nurbs surface to polygons but maintain it integrity on a working plan? The convert to polygons tool flatten a 3D polygons on a screen plane which distorts the original shapes and dimensions of a 3D polygons.

Thanks,

Huy