Janvin Lowe

Wow, just a quick look at some of those helpful posts regarding the VW 2026 update... SMH, just my quick rant and I'll shut it - this modernization of walls biz in this 2026 version, despite being an 'it is what it is' situation and being what some are calling the necessary steps to a more stable and streamlined performance enhancement moving forward, sounds like b/s and more a painstaking and time-consuming step that the VW developers may have either missed on their end or just decided to put the onus on the user to do or as the video even puts it, 'to fix' (4:26). It really goes to show that, on a larger picture, after all this time and after all the subscription fees paid over the last several years, very little has been done to truly evolve the software -- since at least as far back as 2018 (given that even the upgrade that I did from 2018 to 2023 (5 versions!) went off without such a hitch vs this, for me, two-version (2024-2026) upgrade). This almost feels like a version update that Trimble dishes out on Sketchup users but at their subscription rates who can blame them - that's almost expected - but for VW, I expected better. I digress... looking on the bright side, I'm glad there are VW resources such as the videos and this active forum which, fortunately for us, have fostered master users/moderators such as Pat to help guide users back on course whenever possible. Apologies for the rant! J

Thanks guys for the prompt response! I'll dive into those and get to the bottom of it! regards, J

Just did an upgrade to 2026 Update 3 from 2024 and discovering a few things that are causing my walls to not show up correctly. Jonathan Pickup had a quick YT reel on how to fix some of those walls that are not showing up but there are still some stragglers that aren't. If this is a per file basis, that will be a daunting task to have to do this each time i'm opening a file that is opening in 2026 for the first time. Another issue we're coming across is doors and windows that are showing up (in plan) in a wall but it doesn't appear to show up as such and instead shows up as if it hasn't been insert - when I take that same 'problem' window or door and insert it into another wall, graphically it shows up the same - ie. as if it's not inserted into the wall. Have any of you guys experience the same and if so, I would like to hear what other initial issues are popping up for you and what needs to be done to fix these issues. I couldn't find the right forum that was about upgrading to 2026 so if you know of one, please share the link. Thanks all! J VW 2026 Update 3 Macbook Pro 16" M1-chip 64GB RAM 1TB

thanks for the pointers Tom - I'll look into this and get report back. I'll start by defaulting back to a VW Architect workspace which will help shake the legacy 2d settings and go from there

will look into this - thanks!

hi all, Can someone please point me to some reference material online or elsewhere on how to go from 2d top down plan view to a decent 3d perspective view so that I can see what I'm constructing. I've been working in the 2d realm for waay too long (ie. manually drawing sections & elevations) and I just wanted to finally break that pattern but it just seems so convoluted in VW to simply change to a perspective view. Aside from setting up the levels and storeys (which I do in 2d plan view already), how can I switch to a 3d perspective view similar to that of Sketchup (yes, I'm sure I'm not the only one who has referenced good ol' Sketchup as a ground zero). So far, all I've done to get this frustrated is: I'm in the 2d plan view and then I go to View > Projection > select Normal Perspective that's as far as I can go it seems without knowing more on how to configure what comes next: see attached screenshot: I've got the elements in my 2d floor plans (bottom left side) AND what appears to be some viewport for the perspective view (???) on the upper right - so far so unintuitive! I have no issues going to the Isometric views - it's the perspectives that are driving me up the wall. I'm sure this is normal and I'm just missing some setting(s) or... something to correct/adjust this view but if anyone can point me in the right baby steps direction, that would be huge. Thanks all! J Vectorworks 2024 SP8

@rDesign - That's a great share - thanks!

Would love to either see a script that can do this or have VW incorporate this as a feature - it'd essentially be built right into Saved Views. So for example, Saved View 1: single pane with the specific saved view (as it currently works) Saved View 2: opens up 4 panes with a unique saved view within each of the panes Saved View 3: opens up 2 panes with a unique saved view within each of the panes etc. For our office, we have a various combination of panes set up for different tasks / stages of the project so this would be super handy to flip between those set panes. Dare to dream! J

Hi @Pat Stanford, thank you for bringing this VS procedure to light - super handy esp once I've got it set up as a Command Menu item. My only gripe (and this might just be a VW bug) is that once I go into and exit out of a group after activating this script, the Exit Group button (and the halo around the drawing screen that indicates you're inside a group) remains on the screen!!! arggh haha! super weird! To get rid of the button and halo, I have a shortcut key that toggles Multiple Panes on/off so that in a sense, refreshes the screen.... The same is NOT true for when going into and exiting a symbol after activating the script - ie. the Exit Symbol button (and the halo) disappear as it should. Any command that you can think of that we can insert into the script to pre-emptively nullify this 'bug'? Thanks in advance for looking into this! Janvin VW 2024 SP7 MacOS14

That's great! And yes, I do realize that having the viewport refresh in the background with a dialog box open might not be available for scripting but here's to hoping! Have a good weekend Jesse!

HI @Jesse Cogswell, I have yet to thank you for coming up with this script so thank you so much for this - it's been really handy and helps with the workflow efficiency that I'm sure everyone is after! After using it for a few years now, I actually thought it was a core VW feature / function until I recently tried to tell my coworkers about adding it to their context menu! It also even impressed a couple of VW product engineers who recently visited our office! They're even the ones who suggested I reach out to you about the request that I'm about that I'm making below. That said, if it isn't too much to ask or difficult to do, (if it already hasn't been updated to include this) and you think it's a good idea as well, would you be able to add a Preview function (button) similar to that of the Viewport Layer / Class Properties dialog boxes so that prior to committing to the visibility modifications, that you can quickly view it. If it's not something that interests you in doing, then I totally understand as it's already a bona fide super script as-is. Have a great day! Janvin

Thanks Peter! I'll reach out to him.

Hi Pat, Thanks for your added line - it helps if we're using any other units but we're almost always in either feet / inches or decimal feet. It appears the Format parameter (ie. '0') that we're feeding the PrimaryUnits procedure isn't switching the fractional setting to decimals - my last guess is it's the dispFrac parameter but I'm not quite providing the proper syntax for it to work at the moment. Haha - feels like it's so close! Janvin

I think I've seen a few posts / threads that had something similar but didn't get quite the result (was close) I was looking for - below is the script that I believe is based on one shared by @Pat Stanford - it's just the parameters that I think I'm entering incorrectly: Procedure ToggleUnits; {©2024 Pat Stanford - pat@coviana.com} {licensed under the Boost Software License 1.0} {https://github.com/boostorg/boost/blob/master/LICENSE_1_0.txt} {TL/DR Use as you want, attribution for source, No warranty} VAR style :INTEGER; prec :LONGINT; dimPrec :LONGINT; format :INTEGER; angPrec :INTEGER; showMark :BOOLEAN; dispFrac :BOOLEAN; BEGIN GetPrimaryUnitInfo(style, prec, dimPrec, format, angPrec, showMark, dispFrac); If Style=3 then PrimaryUnits (1, 2, 2, 3, angPrec, showMark, dispFrac); {Feet/Inches (style 1), Fractional (format 2)} If Style=1 then PrimaryUnits (3, 2, 2, 0, angPrec, showMark, dispFrac); {Feet (style 3), Decimal (format 1)} End; Run(ToggleUnits); As you can see in the screenshots, the Feet dimensions is displaying AND dimensioning as fractional Feet instead. I hope someone can help me with this! Thanks all! Janvin

hi @DomC Wow - what a difference! You were right! I'm glad I found your response as that totally did the trick for me. Was previously on Ventura Mac OS 13 and VW on my MBP was flying - dont' ask me why I decided to do the Sonoma upgrade. Currently: Running VW 2024 SP6 (build 765860) Mac OS 14.6.1 M1 Macbook Pro 16" Monitor setup: - macbook screen displays all working palettes - 32" ext monitor displays working viewports - 32" ext monitor displays other apps It wasn't just VW lagging so I knew it wasn't a VW bug, although it could be a combination of the two. As soon as I turned the separate spaces option "ON" and rebooted lags were gone - lags that I experienced weren't just in the drawing space, they occurred when inputting values such as length or distance values when certain dialogs prompted for them. I'll have to look into this "separate spaces" option a little more to see how / if there's benefits to be had - one instant feature I see right away is now I've got the menu bar on each of my monitors which I'm absolutely fine with as I don't need to cursor down to my MBP's display to get to those menus now - although I can see others not so excited about that. Thanks again @DomC ! Great find! J