mattryan

This is really great thank you Tom! I greatly appreciate it!

Hi Tom that would be amazing, we are currently using 2024. I really want to get to the next level on extracting data from our models. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. Thank you Matt

Hi Tom yes correct I was using the WallComponent pre-formatted worksheet and edited the heading to material and material area for ease of communication with th contractor. So what you are saying is by using Material Resources in the wall definition you are able to calculate quantities more easily and define whatever calculations you need in a worksheet?

Thanks Tom would you be willing to share an example of how you do this? I am new to using custom worksheets so its a bit of a foreign language to me right now. Thank you for taking the time to respond

Thank you Pat, I'll give that a try. Can I ask one more thing. How would you generate a worksheet that reports back the area of Drywall but then also lists the number of sheets. So I can get my total drywall square footage but then I want to divide that by the sheet area 1200sq.ft/32 = 37.5 sheets any ideas? Thank you again

Yes thats it thank you Pat. One other issue I am having when I add my next wall type W3, it is showing 2 instances of this type instead of summarizing as one? Any ideas? Thank you

Hello All I am trying to create a quantity take off of my wall assembly. If I use the preformatted wall report w/components I can get a report showing all the wall instances. The components are visible and the areas are visible. If I try to summarize the components so that I can get a total drywall or sheathing area for a particular wall type the quantities disappear. Does anyone have any ideas why this is occurring? Thank you

Hello I have an issue with a file that was created in 2024, then saved in 2025 and taken back to 2024. The window and door objects dont seem to be behaving properly. I can't change the thickness of the frame to match the wall thickness, nor can I manually change the frame thickness of the object. I have looked through all the settings ( I think) and can't seem to figure out what's happening. If I take the file back into 2025 the problem persists. The other strange thing in 2024 these objects are " glued" to the wall, I can move them but I can't pull them off the wall. Anyone have any ideas? Thank you

Hello all I would really love it if you could reference a sheet from another file. I have standard details set up with all of the text and notes on the Annotations. Using a reference file right now only allows access to the design layer, unless I am missing something? If I could reference the sheet it would save so much time.

William's tip did the trick for me, it has improved performance noticeably. Thank you William!

Hi William Thank you! I will give that a try.

There seems to be a serious lag issue running Vectorworks on MAC OS Sequoia when using 2 monitors. I was troubleshooting with Apple regarding my computer becoming very laggy and glitchy when trying to use drop down menus or moving the mouse. We narrowed it down to Vectorworks and while running more tests it seems to be related to using 2 monitors with Vectorworks will cause a very noticeable lag and glitch. Can you fix this please?

These are the window labels that are built into the window tool.

Hello all I seem to have a bit of a glitch with window tag sizing. I have some windows that wont allow me to change the text size or font. First Image is showing a window and a door. The door tag size is correct and set to 4. The window says its text size is 4 but it's clearly not, and it wont change to any other size. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you, Matt

I have a similar issue with Slab Styles, by default only 2 styles will show in the graphic legend, I have tried copying those styles and then editing them and I have tried adding a new slab style but only the 2 original styles will display in the legend. I have checked viewport visibilities and class visibilities, there must be some setting that I am missing. Any ideas? Thank you, Matt