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    "Cancel calculation" would be useful for grade objects and worksheets, too. Especially as now the worksheet file menu has the option "recalculate all worksheets" directly above the "recalculate current worksheet" - weird placement and order. I repeatedly recalculate all worksheets now...
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    Hi all, I wonder if anyone else is experiencing this issue. While dimensioning walls, we encounter these strange orange double lines. They seem to be some kind of display artefacts, since nothing can be found where they are. Screenshots attached.
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    This issue has something to do with pdf's: The problem disappears if the pdf is saved as a .png file in Photoshop, even though the pdf contains only raster information to begin with.
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    I can confirm this issue occurs with both GTX 1050Ti and QuardoP1000 graphics cards.
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    Here are screenshots. The pdf "moves" sideways in the background - the vertical lines in the pdf are way off, outside the clip. Zooming back out again "moves" the pdf back to correct position.
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    Hi all, We have encountered a pdf zoom issue suddenly. On a file that previously worked fine, zooming in on an underlying, imported pdf shifts the pdf sideways, significantly. The pdf doesn't actually move, but the display is incorrect. Zooming out remedies the situation. Previously the file worked fine. This occurs on at least two different pc setups. One user reported this after a windows update today. We've updated the graphics card drivers, restarted etc. but no help there. A sample file attached. PDF_Zoom_issue_sample.vwx
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    The following works for 2018: In the header row in brackets, point to the header row that lists the component names, I think row 5 in your schedule. A sample file attached (2018). This thread might be helpful to you, too: wall_schedule_sample.vwx
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    Great work, Taavi.
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    Or, make the copy number a one-time feature? That is, it would make x number of copies only once, the revert to 1. It's very very rare to have to make 20 copies of something and then immediately again 20 copies. Maybe there could be a switch to keep the copy number "on" for the copying enthusiasts.
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    Tech support confirmed they were able to replicate the problem, at least intermittently, and are working to find the reason for it.
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    As to project sharing...we are in a Windows environment, and still do have issues with it. My ten cents is to wait until functionality has been confirmed by other users. If you need project sharing, that is.
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    Maybe this is something you are after: First, have a look at worksheet functions and the wall component related stuff there (help file - worksheet functions). Look for keyword "comp" on the page. There are a lot of options - also for component thicknesses etc. To easily get an idea what's there and to get a sample formula for each of these functions, go to Tools - create report- select wall as basic criteria - add columns you are interested in. Thus a sample report is created. Basically you need "WallStyleName" and "ComponentName". This will give you the wall styles included in the drawing, and their first component. You'll need to add the rest of the columns for the rest of the wall components (as many as you have, at maximum). You probably also want to draw samples of the wall styles you want to include in the schedule, on a separate design layer in order to avoid including all wall objects. There are probably other ways to limit this as well. I've enclosed a screenshot, a sample file and a sample worksheet. As to the image function, right click the column and set the scale to eg. 1:20, if that is what you wish to present in. In the worksheet file menu/preferences, set the resolution to 300DPI at least. As to the sheet layer the worksheet is on, right click on the navigation palette and set the dpi to 300DPI at least. How to make the image black and white, I haven't figured out yet. Wishlist item? @Taavilooke - I can actually understand your component list (I'm in Finland) :-) Wall_schedule_sample.vwx Wall components.pdf
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    I see you're in a Mac environment - further indication that this is not a hardware or an OS related issue, since we are in a Windows environment.
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    Hi all, I'll post this as a separate thread since this has nothing to do with Mac-related graphics card issues discussed in another thread. We're encountering pretty maddening issues with screen updates in VW 2018. Please see the attached images. In a nutshell: 1) A door is moved to another location in a wall. 2) You can't see that the door has moved to the new location. It still appears in the original place. 3) If you do a mouseover on the new location, you can see the outline of the door. You can still see the door in the old location, as well. 4) When you zoom in/out a bit, the screen is updated properly and the old door disappears and the new one appears. We've encountered this problem with walls, too - sometimes when you draw a wall, it's not visible before you zoom in/out. I've tried every possible setting in the graphics options - no difference. Sometimes the issue goes away for a while and sometimes it appears again, which makes it even harder to track. We can replicate this on all different pc setups, so it's not likely to be a graphics card problem. We use cards from Quadros to GF 1050Ti's to laptop cards. No difference. We've tried to update all drivers on all machines. No help there either. From here on, we will adopt a policy of updating to a newer VW version only after the 5th service pack has been published. It's simply not possible to update before since the initial releases are, politely put, betas. For 2019, please fix doors, windows, stairs, overall quality and stability. I'll send you flowers and chocolate to HQ if you do that.
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    Tech support confirmed they were able to replicate the problem. The engineering team has been notified.
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    Here the same as well, and we are on PC's. Graphics performance is poor and there are a lot of issues like walls not showing at all, until one zooms in an out a bit. We've tried all performance settings to no avail. Same issue across different graphics cards, desktops and laptops. Something funny going on with the graphics perfomance in 2018.
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    I couldn't get the script to drop the other selected wall styles. I guess I should submit the original issue as a bug. One would think it would be easy to fix, since the software must know the wall styles of different walls.
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    Appreciate the effort anyway - thanks!
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    Here is a screenshot...I selected the walls in the topmost plan, however all similar walls were selected at the end
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    I had "object type" and "style" selected. But unfortunately no, it doesn't change behavior if only "style" is selected. It still selects objects outside the current selection. ...are you sure you used "current selection mode"?
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    Walls are the objects I've encountered this problem with.
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    Well, it seems the problem occurs even with a brand new file, in versions both 2017 and 2018. Here is a blank sample file drawn with built-in wall styles. Same issue. The distribution version we use is the international one. current_selection_error_sample_file_2_v2017.vwx
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    Hi all, When selecting walls with the select similar tool and using "current selection mode", the tool ignores the current selection and selects objects not included as well. We are running 2018 Designer/SP2 in a pc environment. Oddly, the same problem persists even if we save the file to 2017. However, the file has been created with 2018. The issue occurs across different computers as well. It can be replicated almost always. Included is a screenshot and a sample file. I've selected the walls of the top plan, but the SS tool picks also walls from the lowermost plan, even though "current selection mode" is enabled. Anyone else come across this? Does this replicate on other peoples' installations as well? We have never encountered this before in VW. Happy holidays btw! current_selection_error_sample_file.vwx
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    Hi, The grade tool could have tick boxes for: -lock elevation -lock rise/run or percentage AND then show the result live, before the grade line is set. Let's assume that: -I want to do a preliminary study of the site in regard to site elevations, just to get an overall idea what kind of "elevational situations" are going to occur. -I know the future floor level and the surrounding street levels, and the maximum allowed slopes. If want to test several different options; elevations and grades, I have to draw a grade line for each of these "guesses" with different settings. Why not change the tool so that I can see the end result before I click to set the line? Just like the floating coordinate bar next to the cursor does. To put it another way, the ability to see the numerical result "live" before the grade line is set. If I lock the run/rise ratio, I see the elevation at the end of the grade line change live depending on the lenght of the line, and if I lock the elevation, I see the run/rise ratio change live. This would allow me to get the about right elevation easily, after which one can input the exact numbers into the tool.
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    Definitely not Autocad :-)
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