Jonathan Pickup

contractors where I live hate the numbers that are not rounded, so we round to the nearest 5mm (almost 1/4 "). So your example 10'6" would be 3200mm. (3200.4), 6" = 150 mm, although if we are using timber sizes, 6" stud would really be 140mm. With the rise of computer wall frame manufacturing, it really doesn't matter as much, the computer doesn't care. our wall frames are delivered to site pre-nailed and ready to stand up, these tow photos are a day apart

you are welcome

this movie might help: this one might help as well:

sorry, sold fill

Yes. Vectorworks will update the file and save it as 2021 format. If you want to sent it back, you will have to export as 2016 file. in architect, you will have tools and techniques not available in 2016 Fundamentals.

You have used 3-D polygons to create the site modifier rather than using the site modifier tool. You could create these contours using the open edge site modify tool, or the contour mode it might be called in 2021 you. You can use 3-D polygons to create site models modifiers, but they have to be on the correct class. The class required is: Site–DTM–modifier. You have also assigned all of the existing contours to a class and then use that same class inside your site model data. This is difficult because when you turn that class off, you're also turning off all of those 3-D polygons inside your site model data. The site model should have the graphic attributes set to a solid fill, then when you change the 3-D view to cut and fill, you should be able to see which areas have been cut in which areas have been filled.

the problem is that you have left the Back reference as None.

Yes you can. When you update the units in your preferences, it will update all measurements, including all of your dimensions. The challenge is that changing the metric units to round off maybe counterproductively it could lead to errors in the construction. In the long run, it would be better to convert your building from imperial to metric from the beginning ensuring that your dimensions are rounded off to the correct amounts from the start. 1 inch equals about 25.4 mm, so every time you use an inch it's going to round off to an unusual metric dimension. It's better to create the plan using good metric dimensions. I work on projects with both, and it's always best to think in the units that you're working in. Don't think of 8 feet, think of 2400 mm.

@Tom W. I tried the mageByDataVis function in the worksheet, but it returns N/A

I tried this with the split tool, first mode, I end up with arcs. if I use the second mode, I get ploylines

a sweep can be used to create that form

you should look there, there is a lot of helpful stuff there...

the square is an extrude that is inside. you can remove the circle (NURBS) and keep editing to remove the square. another trick is to ungroup, then remove the subtraction, then ungroup.... repeat

it should work with the tools that need on object selected before you can use the tool (rotate, mirror, offset, etc). Vectorworks will tell you if that technique is needed.

could you give us a screen shot or video with the issue? this might help: https://youtu.be/43Jqa6L8yq4?si=-X16prIBFi_Mh6-A https://youtu.be/SpNt__5ashI?si=OxmaAuigkZ7wQvIL