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Phil hunt

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  1. i have modelled a light unit in v13 and attached 5 materials glass, neon, gloss white and so on but when i export i loose the material textures i checked all the boxes to include the textures but they do not export with the model any suggestions please
  2. this was the finished result....trial and error....just needs a bit more softening to make it right !
  3. Hi probably won't be of help but I use artlantis for my renders and have exported from vectorworks the geometry mentioned. There is a slider on the render engine that allows you to smooth such surfaces which works really well
  4. Hi probably won't be of help but I use artlantis for my renders and have exported from vectorworks the geometry mentioned. There is a slider on the render engine that allows you to smooth such surfaces which works really well
  5. I guess you could create a tube from point to point and apply a neon glow as a texture you may need to photoshop the glow where it touches the mirror a bit of a cheat but I think it could work .
  6. Jim that's a great way to do this I guess a simple subtraction of shape over the main model would do this to get the seat area I'll give this a go but thanks so much for your advice and help
  7. had a look at knoll but just not quite there such a difficult chair to model could i convert mesh maybe or would that complicate the geometry to much ?
  8. no peter but thats a great idea i can usually use a model but this is quite specific to the client as they have had this furniture purpose made for the job
  9. cheers this is the file so far, did it with a shape and then extruded added a few chamfers just can't get the tapered look quite right.
  10. ps am i adding the attachment correctly ?
  11. i am having great difficulty in modelling this item of furniture for a project i am working on, any advice ?
  12. forgot to add that i export my model to artlantis render so i can map a flat decal onto a cylinder quite easy.... but to give me the 3d look it's better to have the extruded type. It would be nice to be able to type with a 3d letter along a path with an extrusion as required, thus saving the convert to poly-lines.. but thanks all for the help
  13. I use the convert type to polygons to create extruded type, to create 3d lettering, so for instance "New York" extruded to 50 mm with a height of 400mm, but is there a way to create 3d extruded letters that can bend say around a cylinder in a vertical mode or do I have to ungroup the extruded type and manually move each letter into position to create the curved look. I often design work with a curved fascia and instead of using a flat decal would like to use the 3d extruded letter look.
  14. Look forward to using this function in v15 then A great politicians answer Jim
  15. Will there in future releases of VW be a bend tool? I use the twist tool but it would be nice to have a bend tool which would aleviate in some cases extruding a shape along a path or am I being idle
  16. i agree this forum has taken over from match of the day (a soccer programme in the uk) i seem to be reading the forum and its many talented contributors and not so talented like myself but i keep on trying and learning everyday i find something new on the forum that helps, and speeds thing up many thanks to you all
  17. Hi jim yes it states that there are no more undos in the status bar so for instance i have moved a circle for instance to the wrong place on a plan and i want to just undo command z......mac although i have my undos set to 40 it say no more undos....in the status bar i have just installed the updated service pack and tried it and it seems to work fine so.....i'll keep an eye on things and let you know if i have any further problems many thanks for your time cheers
  18. i thought so.....but thanks for the reply mike
  19. whats the best way of setting a class so it keeps the point size of the font i have created a class and called it dimension 2 and i want to use a 4pt letter but under the class it seems to default back to 12pt.....i want to create different dimension classes with different size lettering and swap between so i don't have to change the font size manually.
  20. I remember the days when I used a drawing board to do my working drawings and then hand render visuals which although time consuming produced a lovely free expression of 3d concepts ....I wonder sometimes if a mixture of the two, are the way to go I say that after working on a large project over the past 4 days I think I could have cut that in half if I had worked out the concept using the good old pen and paper.....and then transferring the design to CAD .........
  21. Valued comments Jim, I am in a quandary whether to update my service select next year as I understand upgrades are part of the pack, so v15 will be part of that agreement, but what's the point if v14 has problems what chance do we have with v15....but the good news is I have completed my large project tonight using v13 exporting to artlantis 5 which I have to say works fantastically well ..... So so long v14 let me know when you have fixed all the problems
  22. Hi Although this seems such a simple shape to create, it's not in vectorworks.... There are many things that I wish to create but I am sure vectorworks can do it. It's not easy. Look at form z for instance so so easy to create such shapes......vectorworks is a great program but is it really a true 3d modelling program.......for organic surfaces I think not....... A big part of design these days I know I have diversified from the original question but I to get frustrated when tasked with a drape over a timber frame
  23. Further to my earler post regarding failing undo history, I am working on a large project and with the failing undo history I have had to revert to working on the project in V13 the project was originally modelled in V14 but archived to V13. The same file has no such problems in V13. So am I to think there is a bug in V14 . I am not a programmer just a regular designer who wants a function to work as it should do . I posted the problem earlier this week. Should I reinstall the program or what......... I don't think the file is corrupt as it works correctly in V13. Strange or what !
  24. I have set my undo preferences to 20 undos, some times it works and sometimes it doesn't, this is only happening in v14. i am having to shut the programme down and restart for it to work but then it can sometime fail...... in v13 i had 60 undos and never had a problem...any suggestions please i am undoing.... in the short cut method and my using the menu bar but it makes no difference.....
  25. I have sometimes had to covert the ladder frames to 3d polys when I have set the 3d settings to very high this sems to work for me but it means you won't be able to edit this section of the model at a later date.
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