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Mark Aceto

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  1. Room Plan is that Apple AR tech that the Rhino iPhone app and a bunch of others use. Of all the available modes, it's the most Fisher Price. Probably not what you're looking for. LiDAR Point Cloud is the most robust option. Take your time, move smoothly, try to "hold onto an edge" so it doesn't get lost. No need to scan flat surfaces (walls, floors, ceilings); just the corners and edges where those surfaces meet. Photogrammetry is good too if that's your thing but it's not my tempo (too much work).
  2. Check the yin & yang circle that's black & white in the screenshot (on mouse hover) but will be blue & white if it's selected:
  3. Reading between the lines, it seems like this accomplishes 2 power moves: Bypasses the need to create / replace a unique keyboard shortcut in VW or OS for each command Platform-agnostic across Windows / Mac (see #1 above) so the same SD / profile can be used with multiple computers / workspaces Am I missing anything?
  4. This has been an issue for years, and it never gets prioritized for a fix. I’ve just accepted the Sisyphean task of resizing them on every restart for eternity.
  5. @lainy1961 that dialog will also pick up where you left off numbering so you have to pick a different field, start at 1, then pick the field you want, deselect the other field, then start at 1… it’s a mess but it works if you go through that rigmarole. Sadly, it’s been that way for years. Bug’s been submitted. Maybe it will get fixed someday…
  6. Not for nothing, here are the gorgeous teapot "radar" icons that I pray will never go away. Man, I wish this one was available in dark mode (guess I could just invert black to white in Photoshop): BackgroundRenderingIndicator.zip
  7. Here ya go: RenderModes.zip Vectorworks 2024.zip/Images/SVG/ModeViewBar/VisualizationPanel/RenderModes For reference, Wireframe and Shaded:
  8. These look gorgeous. I could see doing this for scenic elements (entertainment users). What’s the overall VP render mode for each?
  9. I think what Sam was relaying is that it’s a low priority to fix. Seems like pretty low hanging fruit to add an X to close the palette (and add the palette name to the menu). Also frustrating that there isn’t a UI guidelines QA that says “all palettes must have an X and menu… “ It’s this type of friction we encounter all day every day for years on end that drives us crazy and gives us bad attitudes. We need a Snow Leopard release to remove all these little pain points (not new icons).
  10. All I’m saying, snark aside, is bury it in the Legacy 2D settings. As an entertainment user, I enable screen plane in my template file. A simple checkbox would solve this for all users in all industries. At the same time, add some standard behavior to control position and settings. Maybe this is something that was not possible before but with the new SaaS model, can be achieved in a future update.
  11. Would love to see a use case. I’m all about building the Mise en Place in my custom library.
  12. Upvoted this one too but not holding my breath. Just seems like another half-baked feature that got abandoned instead of iterated into something more useful. #snowleopard
  13. The 2D geometry is ostensibly a hidden line render, so if I want to see a hidden line render of a 3D view, I’ll just render that VP in hidden line. I don’t have a use case where I will mix a few hidden line rendered objects in a wireframe elevation view. The same thing happens with Schematic Views when using Braceworks / truss workflows or any vertical structural member that can’t be tipped up from a laying flat position (truss tower, goalpost, torm). The end result is just another hidden line elevation view, so there’s really no point in creating extra work my myself. That said, if I’m missing the utility of this feature beyond bathroom fixtures LOD, someone please post a screenshot of how you use it.
  14. I need to start a list of everywhere I can play Whack A Mole in VW. Right click: Generate 2D components from 3D Every other (3D) view is just a hidden line view that will render in hidden line anyway. Hence my snarky comment about Schematic Views.
  15. Bury it with Legacy 2D. If I wanted to waste time isolating a Hidden Line render, I have Schematic Views for that.
  16. One thing to keep in mind is that braceworks will calculate a 1.5X safety factor so if a user is mixing flavors of point load calcs on their plot, they should clearly annotate or consistently calculate, if for no other reason than clear communication with the rest of the team (safety).
  17. I would definitely go with a Soundvision report over the alternatives.
  18. BW calcs the weight data in the symbol record, so it’s as accurate as the data entered (garbage in, garbage out). However, there are some weird BW limitations I’ve run into when it comes to speaker arrays and the myriad methods of hanging them.
  19. Wondering if this is yet another one of those Whac A Mole scenarios where tab of the file you want to attach the record to is not active because you're in another tab... or some other version of that which would contextually change the... context click.
  20. The reason I asked was because someone smarter than me once pointed out your Favorites folder gets indexed every time the resource manager is opened, where as the user and workgroup folders only get indexed when you run the 'refresh libraries' command. So that might have explained the slow startup time (depending on how expensive those Favorites files are).
  21. There's a Tied Fullness field that will automatically add drapes, and count them. For example, enter "50%" for 1.5x panels or "100%" for 2x panels. Not gonna lie: been faithfully using the tool forever, and just discovered this amazing feature last week (always thought it was just a text field, like a note).
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