Phil hunt

mapped a black sq and it seems that you can control how many black sqs appear in this case 2 x 2 but there seems to be no way of creating a space between them....i can't believe, there is no feature to do this an example would be a wallpaper for instance with a plain colour and a map of a sq to create a mosaic over this surface with a 2mm gap to appear as a grout line i have looked high and low to see if there is a setting but can't find one

i guess.... but is there a way to map a line and repeat it over an area at a given space thanks

trying to create this effect with a single line to create a grided floor can't seem to find a setting that allows the texture to have a space of say 1m at the moment i create an actual surface 15mm wide create the grid and apply a surface.....in artlantis i can apply a texture and give it a size of say 8m x 15mm and give it a spacing of 1m i can then apply another texture in the opposite direction to give me the grid effect any help would be appreciated

yep...but i think that looks really good as an effect

good reply jim.....didn't think of it that way

thanks again matt any particular reason why this is the case

example

all again been trying the new features and have no problem in getting the dropped shadow effect to work on a design layer in plan view but when i create a viewport it does not update to show the dropped shadows i have rendered in hidden lines do i need to render in another mode to make the dropped shadows appear thanks

Brilliant that's something I have never figured out. Thank you

sorry forgot to add this file

i really find the new elevation good so this is another question i created a section viewport on a design layer and not the viewport layer it shows as a heading under the section viewport 7-test however it does not show the updated section on the plan which is on the viewport but it does show on the design layer is it still better to do all the section viewports on a viewports layer

thanks matt just out of interest it only fails to render the numerals but does render the arrows when the ceiling class is turned on.... i guess i just need just need to remember to render the plan viewport with nothing above it otherwise this will fail the render i did out of interest try and move the marker up above the ceiling height but that wouldn't work as i guess it needs to be at zero to perform the wall elevations

thanks matt just out of interest it only fails to render the numerals but does render the arrows when the ceiling class is turned on.... i guess i just need just need to remember to render the plan viewport with nothing above it otherwise this will fail the render i did out of interest try and move the marker up above the ceiling height but that wouldn't work as i guess it needs to be at zero to perform the wall elevations

here you go tom and thanks problem2017.vwx

Will do tom

Been having a go with this new feature so created 4 interior wall elevations no problem but in the sheet layer the numbers and letters disappear when i render in hidden line with dashed hidden line for my background render settings however, if i turn of the ceiling class and re-render they appear is this a normal thing to happen i have to say this is a great new feature to get true elevations

hi matt seems logical I'll take a look never happened before but thanks

converted the symbol to a group.....ungrouped....then converted to another renamed symbol and all's fine strange i did save this to version 16 and the same thing happened so i think it's something i did not version 17 but i can't think what i have done wrong!!!!!!

when i edit the symbol it shows up on plan view but when i exit edit symbol it disappears in plan view

i have created a symbol its shows up on my iso views but not my plan all the classes are turned on in both views vectorworks 2017

its just that i want to use v17 but without the export plugin from vectorworks to artlantis i can't use the updated software so i can only use v16 as this does have an export plug in i have asked artlantis but they are as much help ...... as well you know what......they need someone like Jim who responds to all the good news is that i am trying to use the renderworks package to save me using artlantis its just a bind at the moment to convert all my car models over with all the correct texturing so I can use these in my models........i am trying but its taking an age to ungroup and reapply the textures

jim do you have anything to do with the above re plug-ins thanks

Both but on a restart works fine for 10 mins and then stops

my return key on my mac has decided to stop working on my mac for vw16 it's only when I'm in v16 and works on all my other systems have to restart v16 to make it work but then stops working after a while upgrade to el Capitan last week......mystery !!!!!!

been watching rendering for success videos so forget my earlier request.....excellent videos