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    How do you align roof & wall render textures?

    in Rendering

    Posted

    Thanks Peter

    I am still struggling with this, just to note it is the roof element I want move to match with the walls.

    If I am looking at the wall elevation and adjust the offset values on the roof nothing seems to happen.

    If I look at the roof face plane and adjust the offset values nothing seems to happen either.

    Can you think of anything that i would be doing wrong?

    Colour discrepancy between 2D elevations and 3D?

    in Rendering

    Posted

    Same model, same render settings. Different view projection = different colours. Why?

    I'm glad you asked that question I'm having the same problems I thought it was just my settings, I spent several hours trying to get 2D elevations, from a 3D model to look the same colours, without success, using renderworks.

    I notice that moving the light source does help a bit tho, but far from what i need.

    VW2013 Rhino Import/Export

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I am trying to export a Vectorworks file into a format that can be used in rhino format, for a friend.

    I've never used Rhino before but there seems to be problems when they try to open an exported file from VW into the Rhino 3DM format.

    What is the best file format to export a VW file into Rhino?

    Thanks

    Co-ordinate markers in v2013 (Eastings Northings)

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Stake tool doesn't work for us in the UK we need to show Eastings over Northings

    NOT Northings over Eastings as the stake tool only permits. A contractor has already ridiculed us over this on a previous job.

    Has anyone got any good co-ordinate marker plugins for v2013 or know where to get one? preferably with the ability to position the text so it doesn't obscure the drawing.

    or

    Is there anyway to show Eastings over Northings using the stake tool?

    Thanks for your help.

    How to avoid issuing drawings with objects accidentally moved

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Or let us draw ONE wall that goes up all the way instead of several walls.

    yeah, thats definitely the best option!!! I agree with Christiaan regarding the levels, it creates far too much complication to the drawing process, when it could be so much simpler.

    How would you deal with materials changes vertically tho e.g. If you have a brick cavity wall that changes to insulated single skin clad walls etc?

    I guess you would have the main structural wall element as a wall style that would run through all floors, and then have other walls styles somehow connected or drawn next to it to show various external finishes.

    How do other programmes do this?

    How to avoid issuing drawings with objects accidentally moved

    in Architecture

    Posted · Edited by Alan H

    Position lock only would be a great help, probably one for the wish list. It would definitely put your mind at ease, when working on complex models.

    This might be silly or too futuristic, but here goes anyway. I wonder if NV could do something with the wall style core option.

    We have the ability to set the wall styles up with a core, and usually this would be the structural element of the wall. Most of the time (but not always) the structural part of the wall styles should align vertically, would be possible for the walls to have some sort of intelligence to know where the cores are in the walls below and above them, and then have the ability to warn if the structural cores are not stacked vertically?

    I can see already there could be problems with structural walls supported on beams etc... just thinking...

    or how about being able to lock cores in the wall styles this means that if you edit parts of the wall style the core position wouldn't move. I should probably stop thinking!

    Stair handrail & cutline

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Is there a way to just show handrails up to the cut line of the stair in plan view? I am using the break, dashed above setting for the stair.

    Is it also possible for the stair handrail to show as dashed above the break as well as the stair?

    Please reduced file sizes and improve performance

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted

    Most of our files are now about 200MB since moving to a 3D workflow, they seem to crash a lot and are generally unstable, especially when switching between users.

    One of my colleagues is on holiday and i'm working on his files, it has taken me all afternoon to open his files and do some minor alterations, something that should take minutes has taken hours. I thought the benefit of a 3D workflow is once you have set up the model changes should be quick...I am not finding this, because the programme crashes so often.

    The overall performance of Vectorworks needs to improve.

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