mike m oz

I also need this. Closing cavities at openings is a common construction method here in Australia - particularly where the cavities are wider so that structural steel columns can be concealed in the cavities. I have tried all sorts of work arounds but it is difficult to get a solution that works in both 2D and 3D. Often the result is uising short sections of walls to make up a wall run OR using separate walls for the inside and outside leaves of walls. This is time consuming though, and when the drawings are exported to consultants the results are messy.

I just want the dimensioning to be less like 'electronic drafting'. The program has come a long way since MiniCAD 4 when I first started nearly 11 years ago but there a few things which are basically the same as they were then. Dimensioning is one of these! It needs to come into the 21st century.

Thanks Petri, but in VW11 you can't actually do that easily. If it were so simple to change the popup lists then why don't NNA do it? These sorts of issues are just annoying for experienced users - but for new and inexperienced users they are real problem because they just add to the confusion. Part of the dilemma I think is that whilst programmers are comfortable dealing with text most users are graphic oriented and therefore 'text issues' like this make the program less user friendly and therefore appealing. [ 02-02-2005, 08:08 AM: Message edited by: mike m oz ]

Thought this would be a real issue for most of those who model out there. I find it hard to believe that others aren't clammering for these types of improvements in functionality.

This also bugs me Often it may be a case of just wanting to copy something from an old drawing to use in a new one. Having to make a copy on your hard drive is a pain. Even worse if you are 'browsing' to find what you want becaiuse yor memory is a bit hazy about exactly where it is.

I second this Simple and consistant is much better

Have noticed that Chris Manus had a similar 'wish' in his posting on 5th Feb 04. This really is an issue which needs to be addressed

I would like to be able to: - define dash style by real units (provide more control) - have the option of inserting text in dash styles so that service lines and the like can easily be drawn - have the option of inserting other lines or objects so that 'fences' and the like can be easily drawn. Would also be nice if dash styles were slightly elastic so that they always have a line portion at each end. The opposite option would also be useful - ie. a blank area at the beginning and end of a line.

The Task Manager in Architect is a great idea but it needs to be more intuitive to use. I believe that if it was more accessible and obvious that more people would be likely to use the Model Setup and Create Standard Sheets routines built into VectorWorks Architect My experience is that many people get confused with this capability of the program and therefore don't use it because they believe it is too complex and inflexible. I think a bit of the 'KISS' principle needs to be applied so that people are not inhibited by it. A start would be to have the Task Manager in a pop down menu of its own rather than embedded in the Organise menu. [ 04-08-2005, 01:39 AM: Message edited by: mike m oz ]

Would be nice to have option for walls to associate with roofs above or below (separately of course). eg. scribe to underside of roofs over and top sides of any roofs below Even better would be the ability to describe the relationship with the roof so that the profile could be adjusted to finish where desired in relation to the roof. For example: - Internal roofs finishing at the underside of the roof - Gable end walls finishing say 400 above to form a parapet which follows the roof line at a consistent height above it - Gable end walls following the underside of a roof profile below

It is about time that the class options within plug ins gives us real class options rather than Style-1, Style-2, etc. Surely it can't be that difficult to have them with real names rather than these generic ones. On larger models it is easy to use up all of the Style-x's

I find having all symbols/plug ins attaching to walls particularly annoying. I don't want: - a piece of furniture 'attaching' itself to a wall just because it is near it - difficulty in having a symbol 'attach' itself to the correct wall when close to a corner intersection Surely only door and window symbols/plug in objects are the ones which need to always interact with a wall. For the rest the default state should be no interaction.- with perhaps an interaction option for the rare cases where this is required.

I long for associative dimensioning that actually works and is useful: ? It needs to recognise objects such as walls, doors and windows ? It needs to recognise corners so that you don't have to choose an object to associate the dimension to ? You should be able to move a dimension line to a new location as a whole rather than having to move each one laboriously ? You should be able to add or delete points to a dimension string by clicking on the appropriate point ? Making dimension style changes should be simpler