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Jim, One comment came up today was why not just put effort into getting the VW nomad to work better rather than have basically 2 separate viewers?

Jim, Thanks for raising this to the next level. My main issue was that I wanted to show Clients the model I was working on, as I saw it with VW2015, material texture, lighting etc and be able to use the walk-through tools. I would like to do this on a laptop or ipad which does not have the power to run the large files in VW2015. I have used Nomad but I have to send the file up and to get processed than download. Not sure if most Clients would want to mark up drawings as it may be a daunting task for the not so tech savvy. They will usually call to discuss or you are with them in the presentation. I think the ability to render your model in the different styles would be helpful, open GL or hidden line etc. You would have to be mindful of the items capacity to render files and the time of the item you have in your hands. (Ipad etc). I first used Unity (a gaming program) to bring my 3d model into and then the Client can walk around their house as in a game. They loved it, it was easy and with the W,A,S,D keys and the mouse, they were away. The ability to use the clip cube and turn on and off classes and layers would also be great. Any ways hope this produces results. Regards Alan

Hi, I find that the automatic plane mode becomes unavailable sometimes. \ wont turn it back on. It even happens with a new file and draw an extruded polygon, then gone,cant use. " Automatic Working Plane mode is not available in the current context" Any ideas?? Most annoying. Thanks

This is a great feature saving lots of time. One issue have noticed is that if you have a door and sidelight set up in the Form section of the WinDoor the Accessibility section is greyed out and cannot be used. Is it that you can only use if a single door is selected and if you need a sidelight you have to put in a separate window??? Which works well in 2d but in 3d you would always have a slither of wall showing between the window and door. What should I know to resolve this? Regards

Jim, Thanks for this. It seems ludicrous that a viewer created would not show (highlight) the benefits of Vectorworks. I would have thought it would be a must to be able to show a Client his project with materials and render styles using a viewer on say a laptop that wont run a large file properly. Here's hoping they add this feature. Thanks

Hi, When I run the viewer and do a walk around I have no materials in the model. Its only a coloured model but in VW it all has the materials etc. What am I missing? Regards

Great Thanks, will do.

Peter, Yes have done this which is good for the basic units but eventually the design will involve high end joinery so the extrude option and building the cabinet in 3d exactly the way a joiner will make it I found gives me the best result and I don't mind stretching the pieces separately but other staff ask why cant I do it in one go, so I keep asking and searching. Maybe its something that can be added to the next VW update. Especially now the 3d capabilities are so good. Regards

A Cup'd is short for a cupboard. a wardrobe etc. Peter thanks for your comments, unfortunately when you group the object and stretch the object all the components enlarge. So I solved this by grouping all the parts that needed to be longer, then moved the sides that were parallel to the stretch direction so they did not increase in thickness.

Hi, How can you reduce the width easily of an object made up of a series of extrudes, like a cup'd say without individually reducing each part of the cup'd one at a time. have tried the reshape tool. Thanks

Check in the object info palette that you have 3d display set to proposed. Regards

Hi, Any way to remove the join line in hidden line elevation viewport. Solved the problem of straight walls over and beside each other, its the geometry. This one even if I create a rectangle and start the curve from the corner as well as the straight wall and I still get a line. I even have auto join wall on. Thanks

Hi, When I create a site model all the triangle lines always show in hidden line. even if I make the make that class invisible the still show. Any way of making them dissapear in the viewport? Thanks

Hi, I used to use the Recession Plane Plug-in in 2008 but now I have 2015 I cannot see the plugin when I copy the plugin from the CD to the new program. New computer also so cant just update. Has a new Plug-in been set up, or???? Thanks

Hi, Thanks I made a small model with walls duplicated and placed on 3 different floor levels and sure enough the lines did not show. So Garbage in Garbage out lol. Thanks

Hi, Is there a way to hide the lines between the floors in a model. Also if you butt 2 walls together you get a line in hidden line mode. Thanks

Thanks for this the first scrip in your thread worked a treat, the all went onto layer planes. Thanks PROCEDURE Objs2LayerPlane; { © Petri Sakkinen 2010 } {Modifed 2014, Ray Mullin, Pat Stanford to work with VW2015} Procedure DoIt (H : Handle); Begin SetObjectVariableBoolean(H, 1160, FALSE); End; Function ResetDef(H :Handle) :Boolean; Begin ResetObject(H); End; BEGIN FOREACHOBJECT(DoIt, INSYMBOL & ALL); ForEachObjectinList(ResetDef, 0, 0, FSymDef); Sysbeep; END; RUN(Objs2LayerPlane);

Pat Thanks the first script worked a treat in 2015. The second script made no difference. Thank you very much.

Hi, is it possible to change the colour of the shadow cast by the Heliodon, or have the shadows cast as a pattern to define existing and proposed shadows without having to trace them and then hatch???? Thanks

Anyone know how to convert all objects that have been drawn in screen plane to layer Plane. Opened an old file and half appears on screen plane so when you switch to a left iso view they still stay on the screen even if you toggle the unified view button on and off. Only way is to turn all those classes off. Thanks

Do any of the Windoor tools have the option to place a door stop on the jamb? the window options are many and you can adjust just about any component of the window but the door seems to suffer. Thanks

Hi, Does anyone know why the Automatic mode switches off at random times. Make a cube and spin a few times and the Automatic mode won't even toggle back on. I Have a house model and automatic does not work or toggle on or off. "Automatic working plane not available in current context" So you create a new file and draw a cube, hey presto Automatic mode, toggles on and off. Tab back to the house drawing and Automatic mode is working, but alas only for a few minutes. Anyone have any ideas how to make it stable. Thanks

Hi, Having trouble setting the height of doors in relation to the wall. So I have a bound wall on a split level house and the elevation is -962 and design layer is 2-Slab. I set the wall to bound to foundation and top of structure. When I put a door in it attached to the high point of the wall with elev set to head of frame. The only way to move it down seems to guess the Elevation and put in -520 and it lowers down to floor. Anyone can suggest a good video or tutorial to better understand the bound wall / storey setup. If you dont have bound walls its easy to set door position, but that would defeat the purpose of the program opportunities available. Thanks

Thank you very much:) Yes that's the one and it now works fine.

Hi, I had this issue where one of the xrefed drawing viewports moved and we found that we fixed it by resetting the 0,0 point back on the reference drawing that moved. and reopened the drawing or refreshed the viewport reference and it came back to the original position. Don't try moving the drawing back. Just make sure they all have the same 0,0 point. Hope this helps.