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Max McDougall

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    Problem exporting 3DS file and "Normals"

    in Entertainment

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    What I usually have to do is convert any 3D objects to generic solids. This usually fixes all my export issues into MA 3D. It was suggested earlier to select 'simple 3D' in some of the plugins, and I highly suggest doing this if you want to keep your MA file size down and high FPS in 3D. Remember, all those 3D objects are stored in your show file, and get pushed down your whole network regardless of 3D being connected or not!

    Assign to layer BUG

    in Known Issues

    Posted

    Glad I'm not the only one! Good idea on cut and paste in place. I feel like the time saved using the search function makes up for the extra time of moving things between layers at the moment. I hope there is a fix available within the week,

     

     

    3DS export. Should it be taking this long?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Max McDougall

    I feel like 3DS exports are taking forever since I updated to 2015.

    For example, 3 cubes that have already been converted to 3D polys took 6 minutes to think about it, and then once the 2ds export bar shows up another 25 seconds to run the export.

    What's strange is it takes almost exactly the same time to export larger geometry consisting of around 300,000 vertices.

    Anyone else experiencing this? Just want to see what's happening with other users before I contact support.

    Taking the leap from Autocad to Vectorworks - Help!!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    If you are serious about learning the software I really think you should just purchase the current release with Service Select. There have been many changes in the last few revisions and you'd really get the most bang for your buck by getting the current software.

    I hummed and hawed over buying Vectorworks for over a year. I decided to take the jump during a sale in July. I can say that for in my industry of entertainment lighting, the purchase has easily paid for itself in the first two months.

    I still use other CAD software for things Vectorworks doesn't implement or otherwise sucks at, but I have to say that it's really given me a lot. I hope that they continue to pump out the libraries through VSS on a regular basis, and not just during major software updates.

    My .02

    Trouble with Instrument Summary Text

    in Entertainment

    Posted

    NM.. issue is back again.. Trying to label legends and the chosen fields won't show up in layout view. I can't seem to place text anywhere in vectorworks either. It says that the 'text size is too small for creating or editing'. However, I have trying increasing the font size (dramatically even), zooming in, and changing font type to no avail.

    Help?

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