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@rDesign Yes, my bad - two-point perspective. I posted here to see if VW can address it, and I emailed Enscape to see if they can address the shift on their end. The synchronization function is important to me and one of the perks of having Enscape work within the VW environment. Experiment and see if it happens to you.

@Dave Donley Yes, that helps, but it defeats the purpose of synchronized views. Perhaps that's the only workaround. Thanks for the tip.

I have the same problem but learned to let it go. It's funny how walls and slabs will blend, and the lines will disappear, but I'm afraid VW can't do the same in this case.

Has anyone experienced this when using Enscape? I noticed that the screen, which usually matches between Vectorworks and Enscape, does NOT align when switching to Vectorworks' new one-point perspective. It might not be a major issue, but in my workflow, I create views that I want to render, and it becomes a bit more challenging and slows me down if I want to render with a one-point perspective. See the screenshots with and without. I've reported it to Enscape, but maybe it can't be fixed.

@shorter Thanks Steven, Yes, the surveyor will give points to the GC to set the building corners. Also, I'll have a site plan with a North arrow and a North arrow on each floor plan drawing. I just needed others to talk me in or out of making many changes that require a ton of drafting that lend little benefit in return. So far, everyone has voted in my favor. I'm not posting drawings on the wall to be reviewed by professors in school, so I think I can get away with not rotating the plans. Thank you!

@domer1322 I appreciate that. I just had a long conversation with a good friend architect who is also a VW user. He said the same thing.

VW question for anyone who will listen... If you had a project where you were creating CDs for the third identical building in a series (Phase 3) where a contractor has already built Phases 1 and 2 (one in 2023, one in 2024) from my CDs, EXCEPT now Phase 3 (in 2025) the building is positioned such that it is oriented 180 degrees to the first two phases, would you: 1. Rotate the VW model and adjust all the viewports. 2. Rotate the viewports 180 degrees and tweak a bit. 3. Forget it - keep it as is and rotate the north arrow 180 degrees. I am starting Phase 3 this week or next, and I have a complete Vectorworks model of a building constructed twice. With Phase 3, we needed to rotate (or flip) the building. To make the contractor's life easier, I'll keep North upward on the drawing sheet, which creates a lot of drafting work for me. Have you faced this before? (FYI, I will duplicate the model to retain the original)

@James Carr I have the notes working well now. I've worked through figuring them out. However, I am solo. But to your point, I am thinking of moving them from the default location buried in the Windows folders to a common area on Dropbox so that they register when I use my laptop and my PC. My laptop has the same problem you described. It cannot find the master file as it's not on Dropbox but locally on my PC. I'm eager to hear other's solutions.

@Nina Ivanova I'd be happy to share the file, but not publicly. I've used VW since 1995, so my experience goes far back. My typical workflow is to turn off as many classes as possible and export them to DWG. My settings were close to the settings, but I may have had boxes checked under the 3D category. I've been exporting from a design layer, NOT a sheet layer. Is that not the intended workflow? My desired result is a simple 2D (flat CAD) drawing as small as possible to share with whomever. I want all 3D information to be removed. For years, that was my workflow, but it seemed that either VW or I changed something this week. When I imported the DWG file (which I do to check it), much information was missing, and at times, the "arcs" in a furniture symbol were enlarged many times over, making the drawing look confusing. (No, I didn't take a screenshot). Ultimately, I'd love to export to Revit (or IFC), but when I did recently, my engineers were able to open an IFC model, but it had no 2D representation for walls, doors, and other elements. It doesn't have the proper 2D appearance, so I'd instead have my engineers work on a flat 2D file so their drawings would have the same graphic quality as mine. Ugh...this is the real day-to-day experience of this architect. Would you prefer I send you a private link to the file?

@Jonathan Pickup Do you recommend exporting from a Sheet Layer or Design Layer when the desired output is a flat, 2D drawing? I've been exporting from the Design Layer all these years. Using your settings from a Sheet Layer was more successful.

I thought it was just me @zoomer. I've been exporting to DWG since the beginning, and today, I was asked to send a DWG file of a floor plan of a VW BIM model. I even had my settings saved. I always check my DWG export by importing it into a blank file. Most of it was missing because I was not getting what I expected. I had to rely on an older DWG file to solve today's crisis, but the problem still exists. What changed @JuanP? Why did someone mess with something that was working? I need to try @Jonathan Pickup settings, but I think this is headed in the wrong direction. Why can't it simply flatten everything to 2D without weird stuff happening? My clients and engineers merely want a 2D CAD file similar to how we would have created it in the 2D-only days. Any ideas or links are appreciated

If I can hop on a stream that asks the same question, I am not following why the Data Visualization Tag defaults in a Sheet Layer VP when the Data Visualization (DV) is toggled off and on. Can I find the data tag style in VW and edit it? I may be missing something here. See the attached screenshot video. My sequence: 1. Start with Sheet Layer VP - Turn ON DV 2. Enter annotations and edit DV label text 3. Exit SLVP, turn off DV 4. Data tag defaults to original text and text style I omitted the OIP in the field of view but wanted to focus on the tag detail. Thanks to anyone who can help. @Pat Stanford Data Visualization Tag - On and Off.mp4

It's taking me a while to get used to the newer cabinet tool, but once I had something close to what I often use, I made it into a 'style.' That helps going forward, as I rarely get that crazy with cabinets (primarily commercial or multi-family work). I'm still working to understand it better, hoping it becomes more intuitive in later versions. For now, I have what I need.

Ugh - I am having a horrible time with this on a PC. I upgraded to VW 2025 and after a long frustrating series of guesses, I finally got logged into it. Now, I am logged out again, and I can't remember what I did before. Enscape - FIX THIS!

Yes, I am having that problem now. Can anyone please help? It seems like a bug, and I have editing to do. I've tried in multiple files with no success. @Matt Panzer - anyone?