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    finding symbols in your drawing

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    In addition...it is quick and easy to set up a 'custom selection' item that immediately will select and highlight all the symbols on any design layer.  

    I use this a lot.  When setting it up you would benefit by making a s script from the criteria to use later on...

    Tom, I know you know all this but I am attaching some screenshots for Peter's benefit 🙂

     

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    Corner Door

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

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    Tom

    Ok, it appears it is too complex using Windoor to do this.

    I was able to do a bit of a workaround by creating two 'openings' to get the basic mitered corners happening,  then just created two Windoor Sliding Doors but NOT placing them in the walls.  They just float within the openings that ARE in the. walls.  The only caveat is whether one door will 'overlap' the other??

    I just showed them touching at the interior of each door. I also didn't put a Threshold for the doors because I wasn't sure about what was happening with that.

     

    There ya go...there are other methods to procure this, as you can imagine, but it will involve a lot of extra moves to do so.

    This workaround just involved creating the two uncased openings in the. walls.

     

    I attached a file...there are several settings you need to be aware of, relating to how the corners are mitered, etc. You wiil note all that in the OIP

    Sorry , that's all I got 😞

     

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    Tom.vwx

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    Sub-Forum for Design Evaluation

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    First, you guys did a great job with your various bits of feedback!  

    Much of which was all perceptive positive stuff and definitely appreciated.

    This is sort of where I was going in suggesting there be a place on the Forum for such discourse. 

     

    @Kevin Allen was totally spot on about the candles being a bit too cold looking...I messed with them a bit .

    Paul, the scene was rendered in C4d and Redshift. You may be correct about some additional lighting under the dining table, although with, in this case, being just before dark outside, I am not really sure how much light would actually find its way under the table.  I certainly could just create a bit more by placing a very dim area light under the table to procure that. Good point, none the less 🙂

    @bcd, your comments were also valuable and duly noted 🙂 In this Rendering it really is all about the lighting. The stone floor is some old, beat-up cobble stone, which I was thinking would be appropriate to what was going on in those days, but that said another texture could be used.

    Area rug?...definitely didn't think of that 🙂. Like perhaps a large one under the dining table?? The reason it seems like you can see out of some windows and not others, is probably because of the HDRI background I chose.  Some of it, which you could see in the daylight, was very dense with trees and other areas not as many trees, which, to your point is why it appears as you noted.  Always a tough choice in choosing an HDRI background 🙂 I turned the brightness wayyyyy down to get the sort of twilight, early evening, exterior environment feel. I could make the time or day a little earlier so you could see more out the windows 🙂 You did a good job darkening the images a bit !  Lots of ambiance there!! Although I would hope you could find your fork if you dropped it 🙂
    But all in all, again, I really appreciate all of the comments you guys contributed.

     

    So what I didn't hear is whether or not you think it would be of value to include an area of the Forum to do exactly what you all did with your comments, etc ??

    It will be interesting to see how and 'if' this resonates with the powers that be if they take note of the post.

     

    And lastly...for Tom W who needed more wine!! I think the stone table with all the extra booze was not very visible in those rendered views I posted....so Tom....I even put in some champagne in a bucket for ya...since you are such a refined Brit!  🙂 I made the brightness of the HDRI image a little lighter too so you can see a bit more through the window behind the booze table. Honestly, you can go on and on with small tweaks with this sort of scene. It never stops!  You may need to click on the image in the post to see it in better resolution.

    Btw, for all you students of history, that large piece of furniture on the wall to the left of the booze table is called a 'Vargueño.  They were ubiquitous during the 16th century.

     

    When I initially mentioned the idea of a 'Design Feedback' zone on the Forum I was not so much thinking about Renderings specifically, but other things, like home designs, etc, but really it would be unlimited in scope.

     

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    Sub-Forum for Design Evaluation

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I will probably rue the day I brought this up. 🙂

    Some of you may recall my last great idea pertaining to a 'Vectorworks Store"....that went well ! 🙂

     

    Anyway, here goes....

    Personally,  I REALLY value feedback along the way, for any of my designs, which are usually in the arena of Residential Design, with some Commercial and Furniture Design thrown in now and then.

    We often get so close to our design work that it sometimes becomes the 'forests for the trees' scenario. We get so close and focused that we , certainly I, miss obvious things.

    A quick example...I have a good friend who was having a Client meeting for a new home design.  He was pointing out various things to his Client and the woman said "David, the master suite is just fabulous...but don't you feel it would be a good idea to have a toilet in the master bathroom"? 

    That is my point. In the heat of battle he just forgot the toilet!! 

    Had someone else, with a fresh set of eyes, looked at his master bathroom plan, they would probably have noticed that immediately, right??

     

    So...what ya think??

    Would this fly to have an area on the Forum for folks to discuss their designs, etc and receive feedback from others? Or is this really bad idea ?

     

    I will go first.....have at it...

    I was just working on a rendering for a sort of Renaissance dining room.  Back then they had no actual electrical lighting, so they used a lot of candles, oil lamps, etc for general lighting.

    Pertaining to this Rendering...where did I go wrong, or what may be missing or just not right?

    Don't be shy...I have very thick skin!  🙂

     

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    Scale object with texture

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Paul, Tom is spot on correct....if you scale an object that has a repeating regular texture, it will be fine....BUT...as you also noted, if you have an image, or like in the example below, a soup can label, after scaling the soup can you will need to mess with scaling the label texture. I have never found a way around this.

    Let me know if you would like the actual file.

     

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