Tobias Kern

Hi zoomer, Anything can happen in IT. Years ago, I had internet problems for 3/4 of a year because a power supply unit of a router was defective two houses (same property) away. A technician was able to detect interference with a cheap Chinese radio. The interferer (power supply unit) was found and removed and the Internet and the Fritzbox router worked perfectly again. Since then, I believe that anything is possible! Greetings Tobi

Hey there, today I'm in the office and have no problems/crashes so far with clamshell-mode. I really tried to crash the system, as I have done many times in the last few days. In the office, I use a different monitor with only 72 Hz. What's also different in the office: I do not use powerline-2-ethernet adapter like: https://avm.de/produkte/wlan-mesh/fritzpowerline-1260-wlan-set/ … maybe monitor with high Hz-rates are problematic (in my case) … maybe powerline-2-ethernet-adapter are problematic. … maybe the combination of both. … maybe something else Greetings Tobi

@VIRTUALENVIRONS The Dragger is available with VW 2024 Update 4. Greetings Tobi

Hello, I have the same problem as Andy Matthews with my MBP M3 Max. macOS 14.4.1 (before 14.4.1 IO had no issues) The problem mainly occurs in clamshell mode. There is a brief screen flicker when I am in 3D view and then a complete system reboot a few seconds later. I have never had such severe crashes before. The programs affected are: Vectoworks 2024 and Sketchup 2024. I have lowered the Hz of my external monitor from 144 to 120 and am currently only working with an open Macbook Pro. Never had an issue with laptop-only! My gut feeling is that it's more of a problem with macOS than with VW, but that's just a feeling. Greetings from Germany Tobi

It seems not possible to get Storey data with custom formulas.

@Pat Stanford Hi Pat and Happy Easter. Are there any innovations with VW 2024 that would be helpful for this topic? Greetings from Germany and thanks for your help Tobi

If it is possible to transfer the Storey Elevation data to a worksheet, you can link the data record there with this data.

Hi Tom, yes, create an custom Record with a data field for 'Project Elevation'. with =FORMATFIELD() you can have access to this information, even if the Record isn't attached to an object. If you update the standard data in the data field, you have to update the worksheets as well. … as far as my test are right, this could solve such situations Greetings and Happy Easter Tobi

Hi, In my experience, 'Project Elevation' is only related to the Elevation Benchmark. I think it is a pity that 'Project Elevation' has not become a standard data field so that you have general access with worksheets and data tags. However, I have already communicated this and hope it will be made possible. However, you could create your own database and store the same information there and query the information like this: =Formatfield('Record Name'; 'Datafield Name') With this solution 'Project Elevation' would be universally usable! LG Tobi

Hi, I think best would be to separate the "Transform Mode" from the U-Key-Modes and offer a new key to activate "Transform Mode". … and I never used 1st and 2nd mode. Greetings and Happy Easter Tobi

Hi, We have now reached Vectorworks 2024, which of the above limitations still apply and which are obsolete. Please update the FAQ. It would be fantastic if Vectorworks could get Physically Based Rendering (PBR) in the future! Best regards Tobi

Hi, My preferred method is to model generic solids that represent the volume I want to subtract from the wall and edit the bottom or top edge of the wall with the option: "Fit walls to objects". Greetings Tobi

Hi Letti R, okay, that's a problem if DEPTH gives wrong values! Can you post a sample file with some 3D IFC objects? Greetings Tobi

HI Letti R you can try to use: =MIN(WIDTH, HEIGHT,DEPTH) =MEDIAN(WIDTH, HEIGHT,DEPTH) =MAX(WIDTH, HEIGHT,DEPTH) … maybe this can help you for sorting your rotated stuff in your Worksheet. … but only if the objects are not diagonal in 3D space. Greetings Tobi

Hi, if you model the roof in three separate instances (left-, middle-, right-part) you got more control over the Eva Cut of the hole. I sometimes model my roofs with this technique. Greetings from Germany Tobi

Hi Pat, thanks for that solution, I will try it tomorrow. It late here in Germany! I wrote a request for my idea to VW Inc, I think there is a use for it. Hopefully we'll get access to pop-up lists in spreadsheet cells soon. Greetings and have a nice rest of the week Tobi

Hi Pat, greetings. The idea was to have direct access to the database and the database content (Pop-Up list content) itself without having to select a specific object. With =Formatfield() you can access the default value of the pop-up list, but not the rest. Greetings Tobi

Hi VW-Forum, Is it possible to refer to a database field (type: pop-up) in a Spreadsheet cell within a worksheet and to be able to select (list) the pop-up entries in that Spreadsheet cell? Greetings and thanks for help Tobi

Hi VW-Forum, I'm kind of stumped and need help with a formula. Idea: If there is a certain value in a Spreadsheet cell, then show the content of a database field with a certain value in an other Spreadsheet cell. Please find attached the test file with a further description. Greetings and thanks for help Tobi 24-02-29 Test.vwx

... so not everyone here uses macOS Sonoma, as I can read in the signatures, then I would assume that the error is more likely to be found in VW and has less to do with macOS. But I recognized the bug first with Sonoma an VW 2023 + 2024. Strange!

The cursor is also causing problems for me again, the problems have only existed since macOS Sonoma. I suspect it is a combination of VW and macOS. Let's see how the behavior develops when macOS 14.4 comes. So far I have not been able to find out what is causing the problems ... Greetings from Germany Tobi

Hi Tom, sure it is "only" a visual problem. I thought it would look nicer without the empty rows. Greetings Tobi

HI there, I have a Data Tag for getting out the thicknesses of wall components. The code of the Data Tag look like this: #WS_IF(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(1)<>0; TXT(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(1); 'Millimeters'; 'Units'); '')# #WS_IF(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(2)<>0; TXT(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(2); 'Millimeters'; 'Units'); '')# #WS_IF(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(3)<>0; TXT(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(3); 'Millimeters'; 'Units'); '')# #WS_IF(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(4)<>0; TXT(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(4); 'Millimeters'; 'Units'); '')# #WS_IF(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(5)<>0; TXT(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(5); 'Millimeters'; 'Units'); '')# #WS_IF(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(6)<>0; TXT(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(6); 'Millimeters'; 'Units'); '')# #WS_IF(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(7)<>0; TXT(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(7); 'Millimeters'; 'Units'); '')# #WS_IF(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(8)<>0; TXT(COMPONENTTHICKNESS(8); 'Millimeters'; 'Units'); '')# The problem is that the data tag displays empty rows if a wall has fewer components than 8. Please look at the screenshot. Is there a way to write an "operator" or something else (maybe with regex) to get "EMPTY" if nothing is given out? I know we have "ELSE" for: =IFS() "ELSE" is not documented anywhere Maybe a "EMPTY" or something else exists, if a nothing is given out? Could this be a useful wish, I mean "EMPTY" as new option for Data Tags? Attached VW 2024 demo file Greetings and many thanks for your help. Tobi Test Data Tag.vwx

… sorry for the screenshots of the German version.

Hi, these are the settings I use.