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  1. Matt Overton
    Also sounds a lot like the Facebook sponsored OpenCompute project, expect all those modules so far have been about data storage / serving not big number crunching like MacPro would be. Still good news seem to be change was inspired by getting big Single GPU instead of duals. Also iMac is getting a Pro config this year and it sounds like that will follow the theme of having more GPU grunt.
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    Better still why does it not have a "Save and Commit" button in the dialogue box?
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    Went to an interesting talk the other day on building defects and leaks. The suggestion was all architects should draw isometric sketch details instead of section details as the top 3 things that can be down to stop problems happening. So so I can see the value in this.
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    I say no here. I say 95% of the time we want copy class as a sibling of original. So deleting the dash and using copy instead would be preferable here. As well, as the obvious of opening properties to edit.
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    I think storey and absolute heights could be in the same column as the layout has a bit to much white space. Still, certainly an improvement on current.
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    Minor version change we would do by layers. Major changes or changes that are only shared with limited audience we find better to do by new file. Really not expecting VW to add features to help this anytime soon. What I don't get is why they choose to actively get in the way of workflow. Requiring the user to "Save as copy", close working file and finally open the copy. When having exactly the same file type options in "save as" means one step? I mean the interface is already in place as "Save as" has the drop down but with only one option. Why have the drop down for one option?
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    Why is it my working file can be saved as a copy that can be just a plain old file type, but I can't save as plain old file type? This seems backwards to me as I do this most in one of two situations:- 1) branching the file to test an option or alternative. 2) Rescinding all access to make changes to the file that don't take if project sharing is enabled. In both cases, I want to work on new save not the open save.
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    Yes please. Better rules for the auto naming could be handy as well.
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    Yep, is tool is seriously broken in this regards. It doesn't use the dimension standards at all, it uses the document unit settings. So the only way to get it to say 3.2 x 3.4 means setting the document units (note: not dimension unit) to Metres with 0.1 display. Meaning the whole file runs +-50mm error / precision. This tool isn't set and forget reliable that is or sure.
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    Best method I've found is the render bitmap tool. Turn all lights off other than the sun then use the tool to render each time of day to a seperate class or layer. Then you can have the building appear like a roof plan with the shades showing. Also good if dealing with a terrain model as direct rendering of that rarely gives good results. You can use Artistic render works to get coloured shadows with the model set up in different configurations. Making it possible to distinguish neighbours, existing and new shadows on one plan.
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    We use scale bars in Annotation space as well and it's something that sometimes (mostly in some staff cases) is missed, leading the old crusty to make comments like "Sackable Offence". It just strikes me as one of those things the smart draftsman inside the CAD box should just get right with at most a checkbox. How it works - I don't overly care about as long it's easier to get right than wrong. To me if viewports could display a scale bar with a checkbox then that goes a long way. Yes also if things on the same sheet know about each other knew about each other like drawing co-ordination then also good. Given the sheet layer is the common container to connect them. To me maybe the easiest way might by to give sheets a base or predominate scale. - Title block on the sheet shows a scale bar for that scale and field. - Viewports when created default to that scale. - Viewports changed away from sheet scale or created at a different scale also pop up a separate scale bar with control point to move around. - Ideally, these viewports would tell the titleblock to add that scale to the right field.
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    Yes the more I model projects the more the scale of the working space become less permanent and more situational. So really see how converting model view scale to "view as" would work well. Same time I see no reason not to leave Layer scale setting so switching to that layer could quick change the "view as" scale. The flip side to this is - Should sheet layers have a scale? It would help with title blocks and scales bars embedded in the template to get the main scale used on the drawing.
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    Any chance you could post all three rendered images? It would interesting to see if improvement is noticeable.
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    It would be great if working on a project sharing project if the Save key command switched automatically to "save and commit". I know we can do this with workspaces which is workable for the people in the office who get to work all day on the same project. Not as practical if you might be jumping in to ongoing projects for quick dimensions, detail or co-ordination discussions. Might be a bit more controversial but switching close to close and release could be helpful.
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    Slab falls cover drainage well, but that function is useless when you have a slab between slabs. Carpark Ramps, threshold ramps for wheel chairs, or anywhere else the bottom of the slab runs parallel to the top sloping face. At the moment roof faces handle these situations better. Then you end up with a roof style and a slab style
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    The more I build BIMish models in Vectorworks the more I find I'm having to recreate slab styles as roof styles and vis versa (sloping ceiling, ramps in slabs,...).Either of those as a wall style is also useful for generating details and the wall tool being the best for laying out lines of shell detail. The problem being I end up with two even three resources to then describe what is effectively intended to be the same system. It would be good if the three separate shell styles could cross-over between all the shell tools.
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    Will the VR walk thru work with a 3d TV instead of goggles?
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    Going with the manual approach then ... I guess. I sometimes wonder where the Aided part of Computer Drafting is?
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    I'll support anything that has the goal that similar things should be unified and consistent.
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    Is there a way to get the Space and it's label to show room dimensions in the secondary dimension units instead of primary? Our Primary is millimetres and we want to keep that for all general dimensions but want to show the space label as metres on different rounding rules. I know I can change primary but that causes issue with drawing transport and other areas. Changing the area was easy I find it odd if the dimensions can be changed why the answer isn't just us obvious.
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    working with a tech company at the moment and though web 3D could be good but after trying I do agree not client ready. My fear is in current form it's going to set things back not move them forward. Now being able to render a static lighting set up to a nice dense point cloud could be far more presentable.
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    A section preview would be handy now walls are far more 3D.
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    I've found with slab modifiers it's generally more productive to go cut the one you need to modify out of the slab. Fix it in context then reapply the resulting polygon(s) to the slab again. Especially given so many standard edit operations send the slab into error.
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    Even better if the content of the sheet could be a single viewport that auto split its self across the sheets needed. By split I mean not just tiling across pages but putting break lines on each edge with "refer page xxx" and making sure the next none of the content is lost to page margins.
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    Yes it's annoying, as you have to ask them to release, but they can't at the moment as they are you know working. So down the track they release a sing out across the office. To the point that the talk in the office is not the project architecture but cad stuff so the boss comments we seem to be having lots of issues with the new software. When 95% of those time the change is not going to effect the work the other person is doing. Most of these cases are like what you say small nuggets of pure data, reference tag updates, class settings or new layers that effect a bunch of veiwports. The sorts of changes we don't need to attend but can't put off without effecting work flow. Why can't the system just inject the new data in to the database and be done with it so neither user has to checkout or release.
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