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Jonathan Pickup

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  1. is there a reason why you don’t use a Draped hardscape?
  2. maybe the texture is too small, scale up the texture or get closer to the object
  3. ah, the old class issue. You have to be aware of the classes that you assign object to.
  4. the file shows lines in 3D, if you convert these to 3D ploygons, then you can use them to create the site model.
  5. If you use classes and set the classes attributes to Make All Attributes By Class, then you can change the graphic style of the line (but not the fill, depending on the plant options) by viewport.
  6. I use the fit wall to objects to edit the height of the walls. model the shape for the top of the walls, then use the fit walls to objects.
  7. I understand the gridlines created to only create the grids on viewports that are perpendicular to the gridlines. If your view ports are not at the correct angle, then they won't show up automatically. In this case, maybe you need to add the manual gridlines to the viewports.
  8. I can place the drains where you want, but be very careful about snapping to the loci, maybe Vectorworks is snapping to the loci and therefore it can’t see the slab.
  9. There is a solution for this. You can turn off the class for the linework, colour fill, but leave the outlines on. Ideally, you should create your library with a series of classes that will allow you to quickly change from the graphic design to the technical plan without any redrawing.
  10. you can do this with a viewport, it will allow you to crop the view to the size required, with out affecting the original data
  11. I have a youtube movie that shows how to import a plan and scale it to the correct size. You just need the first minute of this movie:
  12. i have a youtube movie from my Vectorworks Foundation 2020 course that covers this and snapping
  13. I know this doesn't answer your question, but if you create a graphic legend, you can make the plant images appear in the graphic legend instead of the version of the plant that appears in the design layer.
  14. You can create this type of object using subdivision surfaces. When you create the subdivision, you can choose the crease settings to give you the sharp edges to the things that you require. Then create a solid object that creates the gaps between the fins and subtract that from your subdivision surface. Once created, you can edit the gaps between the fins, or you can edit the subdivision surface, and then recreate the overall shape. That's how we did these seats.
  15. Hi Sharon, I think you've got two questions here. Number one about using the built-in data tag in windoor, or whether to use the data tag tool. My preference these days is to use the data tank tool to tag all of my windows in plan and in elevations and sections. I have a different tag for plan views than for elevations and sections. The reason I like the data tag tool is that allows me to create exactly the graphic style that I want, and also choose the amount of information that I want. The second question is about using the graphic legends. The data on the windows and doors can be shown on your graphic legend along with other information that you might want to attach to your doors and windows, such as lintel sizes, lintel fixings, etc. With windoor, you can choose which schedule you want to place the doors and windows on. You can have a door schedule, or a window schedule, or combination schedule. You can set up your graphic legend so that I can look for doors that are on the door schedule, windows that are on the window schedule, or objects that are on the combination schedule.
  16. For training? well, me of course… Subscribe to my YouTube channel and hit the bell so you get notifications. I do recommend attending regular monthly training, like a local user group, or my online webinars
  17. you might find it best to get individual training to ensure you achieve your aims in the most effective way. There are several movies for learning worksheets on my youtube channel, and these might get you what you want, but they may take a while to get you there.
  18. It has been this way for a long time, as long as I can remember. I tend to have a more complex class naming system that includes the slab and the components of the slab. I would use: Structural-Slab Main Structural-Slab-Flooring Structural-Slab-Joists Structural-Slab-Bearers etc This allows me to turn off the entire slab (Structural-Slab Main) or turn off part of the slab (Structural-Slab-Joists)
  19. If the mullions are really important, maybe consider creating the window using a curtain wall type wall. The curtain wall would give you the opportunity to adjust the millions to suit your design. You could then save this curtain wall as a symbol and use the symbol in your window object.
  20. another favorite of mine is the Custom selection, you can select objects by the record format field value, so you can set it up to find a plant with a particular Latin name, common name, etc...
  21. if you have the report on all of the instances of the plant in your report, change the report heading so that is not counting up all the plants together but showing the plants individually (turn off the sum). Then you can right-click on the left column and it will select the plant in the drawing.
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