Mark Aceto
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On 11/30/2023 at 3:01 AM, Peter Telleman said:
And in the soft goods tool you can set how wide 1 piece is, and what the overlap is, this suggests to me that it can count how many pieces are in a length.
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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4 hours ago, KWiley said:
Well, thought all issues were resolved. As soon as I dove back into work I noticed the Attach Record selection after right clicking an object in the Resource Manager is now missing. It was there the last 2 days I know for sure, I installed update2 this morning. Anybody else see this issue?
This, combined with your solution above, is starting to sound like an issue with the RM (and where libraries are stored)... Have you run the Refresh Libraries command yet?
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1 hour ago, michaelk said:
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11 minutes ago, KWiley said:
@Mark Aceto I don't even know where to begin on a bug report. The software as a whole is just really slow and clunky feeling now. You right click and it takes 30 seconds before a window opens or you place an object and it takes 30 seconds to be placed in the drawing, etc. I wanted to make sure there wasn't any performance settings suggestions inside the software or on my graphics card that I could try first that I already haven't. Or if maybe there is any known issues with workspaces or 2023 files coming over into 2024.
I think that's what this is for in the public forum:
https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/forum/55-troubleshooting/
If you wanna shoot me the file, I can test on both Mac and PC this weekend. I'm not aware of any general slowness in 2024 but your door insertion issues does ring a bell (no pun intended).
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I know of no way to get Rhino to model or export solids.
All of the Rhino files I've received are under NDA.
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9 minutes ago, zoomer said:
But I would bet that Rhino "Volumes" can come into other Apps
(Bricscad (?)) as Solids if needed.
As it also seems towork by IFC imports, but I would need to test that
They offer a generous 90-day trial for testing.
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Everything I import from Rhino is a mesh, takes forever (if it succeeds at all), and brings VW to a crawl. I've experimented with quad remeshing, mesh reducing, and converting to SubD within Rhino with limited success. Long story short: every other modeling app (aside from Solidworks) is exporting mesh objects. I need to find a workflow that doesn't choke VW.
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Not sure how mesh-based Rhino.Inside would work with solids-based VW but I'm desperately in need of interoperability between the two apps (and every other mesh-based DCC that collaborators export from that I have to take into VW).
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23 minutes ago, KWiley said:
@Mark Aceto I'm working in the same files I was working on in 2023. I've mainly just been continuing my work with custom doors and windows since updating to 2024 and any time I place an object in a wall it takes 28 seconds before i can go to the next. The software is very slow and delayed in everything though, its not isolated to doors and windows.
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1 hour ago, KWiley said:
2024 has been VERY slow and clunky. 28 seconds between making a change or adding an object before my next click. Installing Update 2 now. Very concerned about the software at this point.
That sounds like a persistent autohybrid issue but could be literally anything. What tools, operations, etc. are you doing when experiencing slowdowns?Not for nothing but I’ve stayed on 2023 for all production work so far because 2024 / third party plugins haven’t been ready for prime time. Next gig will be 2024 though.
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That would really streamline the workflow of:
- Uncheck Unit Number
- Check Universe
- Enter "1"
- Uncheck Universe
- Check Unit Number
- Enter "1"
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There used to be a great way to just click on an "@" in the post / comment, and it would automatically add them to the reply but that was deprecated for the new and "improved" manual method of stumbling through this workflow. Tagging people, I mean.
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Also, you can make a Blue symbol that’s essentially a bunch of Red symbols. For example, every PIO you listed above can be saved as a single Blue symbol (group)—literally an entire show—then dragged out of the RM, and populated in your drawing as preconfigured PIO’s.
No idea how to do that with a Stream Deck but it does save a quadrillion clicks.
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3 minutes ago, benjamin.annas said:
Thanks Mark. I was thinking vectorscript / python. Programming isn't a strong suite to be honest! I've started reading but I almost need someone tell me it's possible and worth the time learning! So far from what I can see it might need to be a SDK development rather than scripting. People don't seem to use scripts for similar uses and it appears to be batch tasks.
I've thought a lot about it today and figure there are three different sweet spots for "power users" and stream decks - especially for the Entertainment sector as that's where my use case lies.
1 - being able to select a tool, enter object info parameters and have it ready to place.
This would be ideal for spotlight tools like deck, steps, curtain etc.
Eg: select deck tool > set height > set width > set depth > set structure. Ideally I see this being 2 buttons. Button 1 selects the tool and sets the width and depth based on which button was pressed. Multiple buttons for multiple standard sizes - 8ft x 4ft, 8ft x 2ft, 4ft x 4ft etc etc. The second Button allows you to set the height of all the buttons above. As the tool remembers the last information entered, if any of the above was possible I think this is the best way to have complete control with minimal buttons.
2 - Tools such as truss, motors and lighting fixtures that have specific tools but hundreds of different options within the resource browser need a slightly different work flow. The tool selection would be the same but the script would need to be able to select a item from the resource browser. I don't know if each item is given its own "code" or "reference" that would allow us to locate it and activate it using a script.
If anyone has any insights into the above I'm all ears. I honestly think that having access to something like the above would be a massive efficiency upgrade for regular users especially in spotlight and would make drawing so much quicker
Are you familiar with the Red Symbol workflow?
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42 minutes ago, JustinVH said:
Sometimes we even discuss Braceworks and I send them our paperwork of what information is needed and then it is crickets and I need to reestablish the communication again.
Think you identified the bottleneck.
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21 hours ago, benjamin.annas said:
Has anyone managed to map symbols to the stream deck? For instance - I get very bored when drawing truss having to select the drop down and change between lengths, spacers and corner blocks. I almost always use h30v or s36r so I'd love to map some groups to a stream deck of my most commonly used symbols whilst using a specific tool.
Top picks that spring to mind would be truss, lighting fixtures, stage decks with preset dimensions and heights. My mind's bursting with possibilities but it rings true that being able to map buttons for tool.and symbol combos would greatly increase efficiency and drawing time!
Button pressing with the left hand and mouse control with the right...it would be a thing of beauty
You might be able to achieve that with a multistep macro that begins with selecting the Truss PIO, then "I" for the 2nd mode, but not sure how you select a resource from the Resource Selector... Maybe with VectorScript?
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1 hour ago, Bill_Rios said:
20.5" Tyler Truss Weights - https://tylertruss.com/product/20-5x20-5/
A little generic but getting me where I need to be.
@Mark Acetocorner blocks?
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I've been on a 43" Dell for the past year or two. That past 8 years have been a mix of 43" (including a Sony TV), 40" curved (Dell), and 32" (BenQ). The only caveat is that currently all 42/43" monitors have a terrible subpixel layout, so text looks like trash on screen. Also, any wireframe stuff definitely doesn't look as pretty. For me, the productivity outweighs that.
For some reason, the 40" curved did not have this subpixel layout (same horizontal pixels as a 43"), so it was truly the best of all worlds. I just missed having that vertical real estate. Anyway, if anyone is picky about pretty pixels, stick to the 32" monitors for now.
Personally, I'm hoping for a refreshed (pardon the pun) version of this discontinued model: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1559359-REG/asus_pg43uq_rog_swift_43_4k.html
Also, when you hit 43" wide, you really want a curved display. Anything over 32" benefits from the curve, especially when viewing screen corners.
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6 hours ago, E|FA said:
BenQ has monitors with a CAD/CAM setting. Does anyone have any experience with them?
Absolutely love BenQ monitors. Have owned two 32", and used many more. You won't use the CAD/CAM setting. From memory, it's sort of like a brown dark mode that takes over the whole screen, and is seemingly specifically intended for AutoCAD. However, BenQ monitors are very easy on the eyes, so there's no need for that CAD/CAM mode.
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On 10/29/2023 at 7:30 AM, Shortnort said:
UI is extremely important and should be created to allow users to quickly find and use the necessary tools. VW2023 I found quite easy to navigate. VW2024 is a strain on the eyes to figure out what the icon "means" and there is such a lack of consistency in icon colors. As a compromise, why not allow the users to use the old icons and be done with it? In my opinion it is not debatable as to the readability difference in 2023 vs 2024. Even the smaller 2023 below is easier to comprehend.
This has been my feedback for over a year. Lots of others for nearly a year. The powers that be are reading everyone's feedback, so whether you love it or hate it, everyone should speak now or forever hold their peace.
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4 hours ago, Jesse Cogswell said:
Also, it took a little fiddling, but you can totally have the VW2023 tool icons in VW2024.
Now do Quick Prefs!
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8 hours ago, Rob87 said:
Too bad, am I really the first and only one with the need for an "object center" insertion?
I believe @trevorgooch has a workflow for tagging the ends of HUD truss...
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Got my hands on tonight's presentation, so I'm leaking the clearly accurate graphs:
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Anyone using 2024?
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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).