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William Haas

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  1. Thanks for the reply. Looks like another little universe to vectorworks that I had not come across yet. This will be very helpful. Bill
  2. Does Vectorworks Designer support inserting lighting instruments and applying gobos? I am able to open the library file/lighting instruments-symbols and put that into the resource browser. When I double click and get the insertion tool, I insert the instrument and set the rotation. I then seem to be left with an instrument that does not work? I have read the warning about accidentally using the 2d insertion tool but do not see any alternative insertion tools than the one activated by double clicking on the symbol in the RB or by right clicking on it and making it active. I do not get the "lighting Instrument" label in the object info pallet, just a label of 2d/3d symbol. Is there something I am missing here? thanks in advance.
  3. Thanks for the tip. I'll give that a try also. Much appreciated! Bill
  4. I liked the idea of a symbol since it would be easy to keep a library of gallery/framed images that could be applied to walls as need be without overtaxing or bloating the vwx file, but that is a problem if it does not seem to work for people as described. Does this list serve provide any ability to pole people on their experience with what solution for image gallery procedure is most preferred? I have uploaded a 2009 version of the test file. I could not get the images to show at all in version 2012 after saving back to 09. Thanks
  5. I miss-spoke, the file was compressed as a jpg but vectorworks info pallet labels it as a bitmap. I have done the texture alternative to apply an image but am new to vectorworks and am going with the recommended and easiest processes for how to integrate images into this 3d environment. I am just interested in taking the route that provides the most reliable results. Anyone who uses images and applies them to a 3d environment that has found the most reliable route to achieving that I would be quite pleased to hear what that is. This seems like a fundemental goal that should be sort of clear cut. Thanks, William Haas
  6. I have attached the image gallery file that is giving me the bitmap rendering problems. There are 2 sets of duplicate pictures. The first of each set is a symbol of the following picture(s). For me the symbol picture fails to render anything but the frame except for at an elevated isometric view. None of the bitmaped images render in front view, just frames. In a skewed viewpoint, again the symbol bitmap images do not render, only frames. The grouped bitmap/frame images do render skewed most of the time but not always the first render attempt. Any insights to this would be greatly apreciated. Thanks, Bill
  7. I am experiencing trouble with the upload. I have compressed the file from 5mb to 820kb and get a failure to upload message, from the tech.board site that it has failed to upload by a certain period of time. I will try again later. Do you know if this happens often or is it because I may have a slow upload moment on my DSL? Thanks for your help. Regards, Bill
  8. These 2 videos were already posted to me in this thread which were helpful but does not answer the current dilemma about rendering bitmaps failing within a symbol and in straight on views. I have an example of the files that is not working if there is a way to post thus as Monadnoc suggested and I could possibly get some feedback, that would be great. Its a simple file and if it works for some one else then I know its my system. Though I experience the same thing on my desktop which is a pc dual core with a decent nvidia card.
  9. I am new to this list and unfamiliar with posting a file. Can you give me a little instruction on this or point me to a link that does so. Thanks!
  10. They range in size since I am experimenting, from 470x640 to 2000x1700. I have not put more than 5 pictures up but have seen the problem with as few a 1 picture in regards to being turned into a symbol and not rendering the bitmap, only the frame. I forgot to mention I have 8 gigs of ram.
  11. A follow-up to my previous gallery of paintings problem is that I am now having problems with bitmap images not rendering all the time. Seems to be a consistent problem when a framed picture is made into a symbol which results in only the frame rendering in a final renderworks command (shows in open GL and wire-frame)When not turned into a symbol it works more often but not all the time,renders are not predictably successful from camera views, sometimes renders sometimes not. I am using jpeg images of various file sizes. My computer is an asus laptop U46E i7 processor and an intel graphics card. Any insights to success would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
  12. Thanks for the links! The 3d painting tutorial is the ticket. Seems to do exactly what I was trying to do. I saw the previous video about importing the image through the resource browser and that is what was giving me all the problems with alignment. It does not seem to work for me as intended. Thanks again.
  13. If I take a point of view looking down at the gallery the images slip down in the frame where I can look over the top of the image. If i take a point of view looking up from the floor the mapped image in the frame slips up and I can look under the image. It only stays mapped correctly when I set a camera looking at the mapped image straight on eye level with picture center line. Rendering with renderworks or open GL does not fix this aberration.
  14. I am new to vectorworks and have a problem with image fills slipping out of alignment when viewed from an angle. I am trying to fill picture frames in a gallery and can align the image to the inserted 2d square when looking at the frame straight on. When I switch the view to an isometric view, the image no longer lines up with the filled square. Is there some obvious solution to this? Thanks in advance
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