michaelk

Good idea. I'd also like the ability to reorganize the OIP. Especially the Spotlight instrument OIP, which is not well laid out. Until then, you might try using worksheets to enter data. You can copy and paste over a range of database cells, and resort the instruments any way you need.

I don't have a lot of experience w/ the circular stair. On my rapidly aging laptop there is a little lag when pressing the "settings" button. But other than that, it seems pretty snappy.

Rather than selecting by class and deleting, what happens if you delete the class and choose delete objects in the dialogue box?

If you go to Vectorwork > Preferences > Display tab is "Adjust flipped text" checked?

Yep. I'm seeing it too. Interestingly, it offsets the wrong way the first time. But if you try to offset the offset - it works correctly. It works correctly if you first convert the polyline to a polygon. Both polyline by tangent arc mode and polyline by point on arc mode cause the offset tool to fail if there is only one arc. Looks like a bug.

You can. All label legends live in the Label Legend folder in the Resource Browser. Just right click on the legend in the RB and choose Duplicate. hth michaelk

I don't think you can use that command. Just enter a letter in the universe field using the OIP or the Edit dialogue box from the OIP. Is this what you are trying to do?

Sorry. I didn't catch that your were using the Number Instruments command. I don't think it will work the way you want. I've always just used the Universe field. Have you tried using layer colors to color code the universes?

Where are you seeing the zero? (worksheet, export to LW, in the label legend?)

The "U" key will toggle the left group of modes. The "I" key will toggle the next group of modes. Then "O", "P", "[" This works with all tools. hth michaelk

I think what you are describing may be a variation of the create similar objects bug in 2009 Spotlight. But I've never seen it happen w/ the eyedropper tool. http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=117664 http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=127881 If the above links describe what you are seeing, contact tech support. There is a script that fixes it. Make sure you have the latest SP. There may have been a fix in one of the later SPs. hth michaelk

Are you placing text boxes on a design layer or are you using the label legend manager?

In a finder window select a pdf document. Don't open it - just select it. File > Get Info Toward the bottom of the window will be "Open with:" (there is a collapse triangle next to it. If it is collapsed, click the triangle to expand it.) In the pull down choose Preview.app Click the "Change All..." button You will get a "are you sure" warning. You are sure. Until you change it back, double clicking on any pdf should cause Preview to launch and open the pdf. hth michaelk

...except for Working Planes. Go figure. michaelk

There is a database inside the worksheet. You need to expose the database headers and tell it to sort. Open the worksheet. (Double click on it if it is in the drawing or right click on it in the resource browser and choose Open.) Click the triangle in the upper left corner. Select Database Headers A new row will appear with a little open diamond. Click on that row header. The three icons next to the little triangle which were gray, are now active. The first icon means sort in descending order, the second is sort in ascending order, the third isn't as mysterious. It says sum. (which doesn't mean add. it means group all the like entries together.) Look to see if any of the column headers (A, B, C,...) have a sort icon. If not drag the sort icon next to the little triangle onto the column header for the column you wish to sort. You can use up to 3 sorts per database. Little numbers will appear next to the icons to indicate which one sorts first, second, and third. Drag the sort icon away from the column header to remove a sort. Click the little triangle again and toggle "Database Headers" again to close the database header row. hth michaelk

Make sure the active layer and the layers you are trying to select from all have the same layer scale. Make sure they are all in the same view. It's easy to have one layer in Top view rather than Top/Plan. Make sure Stack Layers is turned on. hth

I don't know... It 's been this way since I started w/ VW 9, so I've learned to think that way. It does help catch problems - like a wall that is accidentally "sunk" into a floor. In that situation, the line for the bottom of the wall vanishes. But it would be nice to have a "Show Intersection Lines" option for rendering modes.

It will show the internal corner if the two solids are combined to a solid addition.

No need for layer linking. Use Stack Layers. hth michaelk

Ray knows far better than I, but I've never seen the problems he mentions w/ multiple solid additions(/subtractions/intersections). I have had similar issues when mirroring symbols. Rarely - but it happens - a focus vector on spotlight instruments can get turned 90?, nurbs directions flip in a way I didn't expect, and relative positions get wonky. If that happened in your drawing and you duplicated the mirrored windows, that might explain why some windows went nuts and some didn't. I've never seen relative positions get as crazy as yours, however. There was a thread a while ago about how solids of a given class behave when the solid is one class and the defining 2D geometry is the same vs different class(es). http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=27383&Number=133198#Post133198 It can sometimes also cause the sudden disappearance of 3D objects. That doesn't seem to be causing your issue, (for a while I suspected it was) but it's something to be aware of when you're rolling your own windows.

I agree w/ Ray about using symbols. Life is much better w/ symbols. Does any of this geometry have autocad in its ancestry? Are any of the windows mirrored from other windows?

I'm seeing it, too. I don't know what causes it, but it seems to be a problem w/ the solid addition. I can make it go away, but I don't know why it works. The problem is in the solid additions. I copied one of the solid additions to a new document to make life easier. Double click the solid addition to edit. Copy one of the elements of the solid edition. Exit the solid addition. Paste the geometry beside the original solid addition. Switch to Hidden Line. Solid addition still has problem. Copied and pasted geometry does not. Double click the solid addition to edit. Copy the other element of the solid edition. Exit the solid addition. Paste the geometry. Switch to Hidden Line. No problems. It's a mystery. Did any parts of this drawing begin life in an older version of VW? MK Another clue. Just drilling down all the way into the solid addition sub objects makes the entire object disappear. ie. double click the solid addition double click an extrude. Exit the Extrude. Exit the Solid addition. The solid addition had moved to another part of the drawing. very strange.

Whoops! Forgot to answer your question. "No."

When you say you're creating truss symbols, are you creating your own symbols or using the Spotlight Truss Objects - and then turning those into symbols? If you are looking for a count there is no need to convert them to symbols or convert them to lighting devices. (or upgrade to 2010!) Just create a worksheet w/ a database that captures the lengths of all the truss objects and divide by the connection interval. If you want to get really fancy you could add locations and sort the truss by location. If you are actually creating 3D symbols from scratch, then it's even easier. Just count the symbols. hth michaelk

Yep. It's the Create Similar Object Bug in 2009. It only affects Spotlight objects. The way I understand it, there is no command built in to reset the default values for lighting devices so all future lighting devices default to the value the last time the command was run. I thought it was fixed on one of the SPs. If not there is a script that fixes it. Tech support can email it to you. hth