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    Data Visualization settings not saving when file closed

    in Site Design

    Posted · Edited by Mark Aceto

    16 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

    Is there someone from VW we can ask on Forum before filing a bug? 

     

    I would just submit it, and let them see if they can replicate it. Share the file you're having issues with, any screenshots, and be as descriptive as possible. It's a bit like taking your car to the mechanic because if it doesn't make that noise (they can't replicate it), it won't get fixed.

     

    Quoting someone else (I keep this reminder as a template for submitting bugs), include:

    • A sample file 
    • A screen video or screen shots
    • An itemized list explaining how to reproduce the bug
    • A description of how things should work — that is, clear criteria for how to know when the issue is resolved

    For example, something like “draw a rectangle, press delete, see the warning” might seem obvious, but if there’s a test file with a rectangle and a screen shot of the warning, that will increase the speed with which it’s fixed.

     

    Data Visualization settings not saving when file closed

    in Site Design

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    6 hours ago, Tom W. said:

    I have to edit the DV + pretend to edit the criteria then come back to the VP + now it has taken.

     

    Having deja vu but this is a common workflow with one of my Data Manager mappings. I have to go through the motions of recreating the exact same function (character for character) the way VW wants me to (by picking from a list of pulldowns), and then it will work. Has been this way as long as I've had that mapping which is at least 3 releases.

     

    Anyway, I'll report my bug if you report yours.

    Structural Member tool - Lock parameters

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 10/18/2023 at 11:25 AM, Matt Panzer said:

    The option I was thinking about would not be for flipping the start and end points but for flipping the 2D profile shape used for the member.  If there needed to be a way to flip the start and end, I think that would need to be a button similar to the "Reverse Sides" button for a wall.

     

    Or:

    1. Mirror Tool settings (in the tool modes)
    2. Modifier like Option-- dammit! OK see number 1 above

    Structural Member tool - Lock parameters

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    In my mind, and more importantly, my workflow of selecting and editing multiple objects with the same start and end points:

    • Start is the low end
    • End is the high end

    Even if another user works the opposite of that way for some reason, I can't imagine a scenario where a user selects multiple objects that look the same but then the OIP is blank for those fields because they're different. And then it becomes a game of "which ones are which?" I wasted 10 minutes yesterday changing views, selecting, rotating in 3D... 

     

    If I'm designing an office space, and I mirror half the room, I don't expect the other half to be upside down. My reflection in a mirror is not upside down (assuming my feet are the start point, and my head is the end point). Mirroring is mirroring.

     

    This is just one more reason the Mirror tool can't be trusted. I'll start submitting VB's for all the Mirror tool fail points.

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    Structural Member tool - Lock parameters

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, Matt Panzer said:

    Right.  This is why I stated that I feel this is the wrong approach.  The problem is, if we simply change the behavior, the member profile will no longer effectively flip when the object is mirrored.   If we want to correct it and keep the current profile behavior, something more will need to be added.  Maybe a simple "Flip profile" checkbox would be all that's needed but we'd need to investigate to make sure there are no other consequences in making such a change and we'd need adequate testing to make sure there are no other side effects.

     

    I'll include this in the VB but the distinction is that the user is probably mirroring multiple objects around a center point to speed up the workflow vs simply flipping a single object in place (like a door in a wall). This is especially true if selecting objects stacked on top of other objects (posts, girts, purlins, braces, beams, joists). Categorically, objects should never flip vertically without that intention. The proposed checkbox would make sense as the exception to the rule (check to flip upside down).

     

    Matt, I nominate you to fix Mirror Tool once and for all. It's such an unpredictable mess, and always has been.

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    Structural Member tool - Lock parameters

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Mark Aceto

    5 hours ago, Matt Panzer said:

     

    This is technically working as designed.  The reason for this behavior is to effectively mirror the profile when the Structural Member is mirrored.  Of course, this is only noticeable when using an asymmetric profile.  I do feel this is not the correct way to handle this because it creates confusion for users by changing parameter values around (which also makes it difficult to get the correct data you might want to show on reports).  We have some ideas on how to better deal with in the future.

     

    I've never thought of the mirror tool flipping anything vertically along Z. It should only mirror objects along XY. I can't imagine a user in Plan view intending to flip objects upside down. For clarification, I'm talking about planes (XYZ). Technically, along XY is rotating around Z. Worded terribly all of this did I.

     

    Is there a VB to submit or will this totally unexpected behavior be fixed in a future update?

     

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    Mac Studio M2 Ultra

    in Hardware

    Posted

    @Dave Donley what's the recommendation for denoising on Mac vs PC? Is denoising disabled by default for both? Does VW Redshift take advantage of any hardware acceleration on a NVIDIA or AMD GPU? I'm assuming that even though VW Redshift uses the GPU on a Mac, there's no hardware acceleration for it to take advantage of... yet.

    Number Pad / Macro Pad / Stream Deck / Loupedeck

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Mark Aceto

    Had another Stream Deck break through this week when I was workshopping a design in a Zoom. Even though I have SD toggles for:

    • Ortho / Narrow projection
    • Wireframe / Shaded render

    I constantly kept playing Wac A Mole with those toggles and holding CTRL to temporarily activate the Flyover tool, and it was wildly inefficient. But my POV with customizing VW to streamline workflows is that you need hindsight to discover the efficiencies. Whenever I'm getting the most annoyed or frustrated is when inspiration strikes.

     

    So, I realized that (similar to the convoluted VW view prefs) whenever I switched to Shaded, I also switched to Narrow, and activated the Flyover Tool. So why not make all of those actions one click?

    Screenshot2023-10-07at9_41_52AM.png.b665b101a79d8089e99b5396979ec62a.png

     

    Now, CMD+5 is ingrained in my memory, so it automatically switches to back to the Selection tool in Plan View.

     

    But this could go one step further: you can toggle multi action macros.

     

    Screenshot2023-10-07at9_53_38AM.png.0f9c490bde8b2eb2ba4a5f9a51b9b227.pngScreenshot2023-10-07at9_53_42AM.png.498061842c95d790649162203c78f673.png

     

    With a single key, I can toggle back and forth between all of those projections, renders, and tools.

     

    If I wanted, I could also toggle Show Grid, Snap to Grid, Show Clip Cube, and so on...

     

    The only caveat I noticed, which you can see at the end of the screen recording below, is smashing that key like a rat in a Skinner box will confuse the SD. There seems to be a little latency. Who knows, could even be the cable I'm using.

     

     

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