[Extrudes shouldn't "remember" rotations]

1 hour ago, Markvl said:

Ya this sound like a very redundant feature.  Kinda like a history.  Extrudes don't need a history.  Gets my vote.

 

Please dont remove the history of extrudes. From me this is one of the best features of VW. 

[Associative Dimensioning on 3d models]

Almost everything gets modeled in 3d these days.

Associative Dimensioning is only possible with 2d geometry in Vectorworks.

Is wish it was possible on 3d geometry as well.

 

The following tools should be able to recognize 3d geometry in models and work associative on sheet layers and design layers:

 

- Unconstrained Linear Dimensioning

- Constrained Linear Dimensioning

- Dual Dimensioning

- Radial Dimensioning

- Marking Object Centers

- Angular Dimensioning

- Arc Length Dimensioning

 

Vectorworks should be able to recognize radial dimensions and curves on shelled nurbs surfaces and perfect round extruded polygons. 

 

Attached I have a file I wish VW could dimension associative and would be able to recognize al the different dimensions.

 

 

 

Pleas pitch in for enhancements on this wish.

 

Associative Dimensioning.vwx

[Revit to Vectorworks]

3 hours ago, zoomer said:

The problem is the missing indication of how often a Symbol is used.

So to find those Symbols you want to keep.

Within about 400 hundred Symbols, about 80 % are only used as a

single instance. If I could separate the good Symbols from the bad

Symbols, I could explode the bad only and keep the rest. 

 

You could create a simple worksheet and make it count al the symbols in your drawing.

In this way you easily see of which one there is just one, and of which ones there are more then one.

 

From the worksheet you can select each individual symbol of which there is just one and convert it to a group.

The only downside is that you can not select all symbols with just one instances at the same time (as for as i know)

So you have to select every symbol and convert it by hand.

 

But maybe someone can create a simple script to convert all single symbols...

 

[Texture issues]

When you go to the render tab of the the object info palette you can change the texture of the individual parts.

This solves your problem.

 

But I would recommend to create walls with components and for each component a individual class so your can control those through classes.

 

ut i would 

[Texture issues]

@Scott61

 

Could you share the wall in a file so we can have a look?

[Help with Chimney]

19 hours ago, line-weight said:

There's another approach which potentially avoids modelling twice: forget about top/plan view and generate floorplans using horizontal sections. Then there's no problem with elements spanning several storeys, or worries about how top/plan is going to interpret solid objects. Of course, you then lose some stuff like how things like stairs and doors are drawn in plan. How much this matters depends on the nature of the project.

 

I'm actually trying out this approach on a small project I'm doing at the moment where not much stuff can be covered using the standard VW objects anyway. Still using top/plan view for editing purposes, but the floorplans that are output will be generated as horizontal sections.

 

maybe it is useless but...

 

A :

 

what if you:

 

1 - create a separate layer for the chimney where you model the whole thing

2 - create your regular layers for your first and second floor without the chimney.

3 - create 2 design layer section viewport of the chimney layer for both floors on the correct heights 

4 - put the design layer section viewport in the correct place on the floorplans

 

Another option:

 

B:

 

Something else i noticed is that you can create 3d symbol of the chimney. You can paste the symbol on both layers and adjust the Z value of the symbol so it is at the correct height.

On each layer you now can create an auto hybrid of the symbol. If modeled correctly this should show the correct 2d plan.

(at first sight there are no problems with coplanar faces in Opengl if both layers are turned on)

 

Both maybe totally useless, but Vectorworks seems to be so close 😂

 

 

chimney test.vwx

 

[VW 2019 -- BEWARE Upgrade]

18 hours ago, Matt Panzer said:

 

Have you tried removing the user folder, but copying your custom workspace back? While I'm not certain, I doubt the problem has to do with your custom workspace.

 

This works. At the moment i have no black backgrounds when i render in Opengl.

But i had to redo stuff like the location where all my VW autosave files go to.

That`s probably for all plugin as well?

 

[VW 2019 -- BEWARE Upgrade]

2 hours ago, Matt Panzer said:

 

Have you tried removing the user folder, but copying your custom workspace back? While I'm not certain, I doubt the problem has to do with your custom workspace.

I will check this, in my mind that was the same 🤯

[VW 2019 -- BEWARE Upgrade]

9 minutes ago, Daimon said:

It's a Mac Pro on High sierra, I've sent everything to VW and they still can't fix it - I think I should get a refund for this years licence, but haven't got the time! My view ports all have black backgrounds and it means re setting every page from scratch,

 

 

This one is pretty frustrating.

I have the same problem. 

For me 2 solutions work:

 

- removing the user folder of vw 2019.

Vw then automatically makes a new one and this solves the black background problem. You have to put back all you personal settings for your workspace so this can be time consuming. For me personally a no-go, but.it works.

 

- if you set your open gl viewports to a white background instead of none you have relatively quick fix. The viewports then render as crisps as always. Using the similar selection tool lets you select al viewports quickly and edit them quickly.

 

Hope this helps a little bit.

[So is the 2018 Mac Mini a viable VW machine?]

To my knowledge Vectorworks uses the Graphics Card heavily.

A Mac Mini does not have a dedicated card and that is advisable.

For me personally a GPU score lower than what i would have now would be a 'no-go'.

A better GPU affects your daily interaction allot i think.

 

Have a look at this thread:

 

If I`m correct wireframe is done by the GPU and hidden Line by the CPU

 

[Vectorworks User Interface Overhaul]

32 minutes ago, Jim Smith said:

I agree Kevin, & I might add that like everything in Architecture Use drives everything. For example the Royal Ontario Museum added the  Carbuncle    Chrystal entrance & abandoned the old main entrance & made it chair storage. After a few years of use the old entrance has been quietly refurbished and users get to ignore the Carbuncle Chrystal if they choose - & they do.

So file all of this under "be careful what you wish for".  I thought that when I saw the Multi View Panes this would be a vast improvement to my workflow. At first it was a huge pain (pun intended) until I customized my hot key back to unconstrained Dims. I use Multi View, sometimes; but it's not been the huge improvement I thought it would be. Would I go back to not having the option? I might if meant that I could have things like bringing back hot keys to align walls when they are replaced, or even little things like fixing the screen lag with rotated objects.  

 

I used Google images to see what 'carbuncle' means,  such a bad idea in hindsight🤮

But learned a new English word today 😂

[Creating a worksheet for a Bill of Materials]

Great help Pat! 

The only thing i now have to look out for is that everything has the record attached, otherwise I`m missing parts in the BOM.

 

I`m not finding 'concat' in the edit report dialog box in the section of columns and then searching in the functions? Is this correct?

[Creating a worksheet for a Bill of Materials]

16 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

Of course I didn't attach the attachment. What sense would it make to do the right thing the first time when I can get to go back and fix it later?? 😉

 

Attached to above post.

Thanks! 

[Creating a worksheet for a Bill of Materials]

Hi @PatStanford, thanks for your help!

 

I can't see your edited file, did you upload it?

 

Thanks!

 

[Creating a worksheet for a Bill of Materials]

Hi guys,

 

I`m doing allot of designs which need a BOM when they go in production.

My setup of for that now is: all objects are symbols with an attached record. In this way I can count the amounts and get information about the materials and give them a brief description

If I use a plugin object like a set screw from the fasteners palette I put them in a symbol and attach my own record to it with the chosen length and diameter manually.

This is prone to error and double work because al this information is automatically attached to the plugin object by VW.

 

My questions i hope you guys can help with:

 

Is there anyway I can create a worksheets in which there  is column that uses my manually created records and the plugin record without the need of a column for each individual setting in the plugin object?

 

Is it normal that you can not 'read' the hidden records from a plugin object inside a symbol like the length?

 

 

 

Attached a simple file to illustrate what I`m looking for.

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

test for bom.vwx

[ability to change the format of current plot date]

🎉🎉🎉

[Date format in current plot date]

I just now see that in VW 2019 it is possible to choose custom formats!

This really makes my day! 🎉🎉 So much better when you can exports pdfs starting with YY-MM-DD

 

Thank you so much @Nikolay Zhelyazkov and all the other VW-people who made this possible!

I think allot of customers will appreciate this.

 

@_c_ where you aware of this al ready?

[Renderworks and OpenGL produce black backgrounds on one machine, render fine on my computer]

Just now, line-weight said:

 

Not quite sure what you mean by this?

 

Sorry about that 🙂

If you add a symbol to the RB and it is set to Opengl it gets a black background as well.

It happens to everything that is rendered Opengl mode

 

 

[Renderworks and OpenGL produce black backgrounds on one machine, render fine on my computer]

9 minutes ago, line-weight said:

I think this is just another instance of the long-running 'black render' problem that has remained unfixed over several releases including 2019?

 

 

Sometimes I experience the situation where the whole render goes black, sometimes more like what is described above where portions render as black. When it's just portions that render black, it often seems to be reflective (or transparent?) surfaces that are involved. I'll sometimes see it with windows, sometimes where I have a body of water. Solutions include if you are lucky, simply duplicating and re-rendering the viewport, or if you are less lucky, a requirement to completely reboot VW each time it happens.

IMO i do not think this is the same thing, it this is a very persistent problem.

A restart does not fix it and it is visible in the resourse browser as well.

[Renderworks and OpenGL produce black backgrounds on one machine, render fine on my computer]

Removing or renaming the preference folder of Vectorworks fixes this problem:

 

C:\Users\.....\AppData\Roaming\Nemetschek\Vectorworks     >     remove or rename '2019' folder

 

This is not the greatest solutions because you have to redo all the personal settings, so another solution would be very welcome.

[Best Imac pro setup?]

1 hour ago, chris said:

After seeing all the comments about Corona, I downloaded a trial version of C4D and the Corona plugin, and I am really impressed with how easy and quick it is to render. I've only played around for a couple of hours, but managed to do these renders which only took 15 mins to complete.

 It`s pretty amazing indeed, did some testing as well.

A shame you cant buy a license, but that they have a subscription model.

I read that in 2019 they are going to drop the beta version and change it to the subscription model.

[Best Imac pro setup?]

2 hours ago, fabrica said:

 

C4D + Corona ! 

Off topic, but pretty jealous

 

Just converted the imported scene? 

Or do you need to retexture, relight the scene and us Cortana camera's?

[Best Imac pro setup?]

18 minutes ago, fabrica said:

5 mins.....

How?

[Best Imac pro setup?]

Attached the file and render as for i got.

This result is renderd in 1h5m.

 

Maybe someone can check how the reflections on the chairs and kitchen can be less grainy without adding allot of render time.

steve kitchen 3d v2019 (1).vwx

[Best Imac pro setup?]

With some further tweaking down to 19 min for this result: