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My go to for things like this is Background set to with Final quality renderworks or Shaded (but with edges turned off) and then Hidden line for the Foreground render. Gives the best of both worlds.

What happens if you hit num pad 0 to jump to top/plan (reseting the working plane), then hit the Back button? Does that put the WP back as well as the view? Not in front of a computer currently to test. Just a thought.

Open the Working Plane palette from the window menu. (here you can save working planes and get back to them easily). First item on the list should be layer. Double click that. Does that do what you want?

I haven't looked at it in a while, but I think Fusion 360 has capabilites that might suit your needs?

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Is it a polygon or 16 lines? If it's 16 lines, go to Modify>Compose to join them and then add fill. If it's a polygon, post the file so others can take a look.

This whole thread makes me happy. You're all nerds and I am here for it! Great info being shared.

This actually sounds like more of a snapping issue - have you checked your snapping palette to see that you have the correct modes turned on?

Just to be clear: A 2024 file will never open in 2022 without being exported as a backsaved version from 2024.

Do you have a slab object in the file? VW doesn't like name sharing with any kind of object or organizational label, not just other classes. Can you use: Slab_ Slab01 SlabClass etc. ?

I made a wish list about the functionality of this tool - please review and upvote.

Did not know this. Excellent. I usually set up the first sheet and then all other sheets are a duplicate of the first sheet, so this isn't an issue for me, but good to know!

Are you rendering to a viewport on a sheet layer? By default - sheet layers have an DPI of 72 (low). Right click on the name of your sheet in the Navigation palette and choose edit - from here, up the resolution of the sheet and see if that helps. Each sheet is independent, so if you have multiple sheets, you'll have to do this to each one. And, obviously, the higher the DPI, the more time it will take to render. If this isn't the cause of your issue, can you post a file for us to look at?

I just make a dedicated layer and drop all my details on there as symbols. They appear around the drawing as needed, but I viewport them from a sperate independent layer where things never move. Since they are symbols, I can update them anywhere and they will globally update. Also - you need to make a Wishlist request thread for this and let people vote on it if you want the devs to seriously look at it.

Hi, Looking at your screen grab - at the top center it says "symbols/Plug-in Objects" with two blue arrows. Click that and Set it to ALL RESOURCES. Right now you are filtering your project resources to only show symbols or Plug in objects. e.