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as a constant 3D user, I'm looking forward to large 3D speed improvements ...... and welcome the changes. But: there is always room for improvement I also like the rotate feature ... but that's just me.....

on another thread, NNA wrote that 2G RAM is good enough to run VW 2009 and they simply recommended 4G instead.

I saw the website info .. but it was missing a critical issue ..... is VW 2009 faster or slower than VW2008 ? In particular, there was a lot of information on the new parasolid kernal, but none of it stated if my 3D renderings will appear faster ? After waiting for hours for some renderings, a speed improvement is important. (PS: can anyone at NNA tell me if my full install of VW 2009 will actually run with 2G RAM or do you absolutely have to have 4G as listed in the sys reqmts ?)

I doubt VW 2009 will be even twice as fast. Marketing guys are akin to lawyers ...... they can lie all they want if it is in the interest of their client. However, if VW were 10 times faster, it wouldn't do me any good, because I can't think 10 times faster than I do now. As before, I'm limited by my brain. OK NNA, I've taken the bait, where is the 10 times faster software ? (PS: I like VW 2008 a lot, even if it isn't 10 times faster.)

I could use this too .... could you add it to the wish list ?

when you join an intersection with a nurbs roadway, there is always a black line that appears between the two. Is it possible to get rid of this line (in a 2D view)? (don't tell me to turn off "show joints" in the OIP since that doesn't work. (This also happens with other roadway sections.... curves, straight, etc ....)

Is the Vectorbits website shut down ? I tried to access it for a free plug-in mentioned elsewhere on this site, and it won't load in my browser. Anyone know where to get the plug-in that allows the document/vectorworks preferences to be set from a tool icon inside of the usual tedious menu commands ?

I'll also chime in ..... great idea and I could this on a regular basis .... please make it happen NNA.

Yes ... yes ... yes I strongly agree as I also have this issue on a regular basis. Also, when I try to export an image with opacity, it only seems to export nicely using pdf files. When I try jpeg files, the opacity turns to solid. Can you fix this NNA ?

I'd like the extrude along path command to allow the use of a 2D symbol for the profile. In my case, when making 3D crown molding or 3D chair rail profiles, if you extrude along path several times for each wall/space, then if you change the profile you have to go back and change each instance. If, instead, the profile was a 2D symbol, then if you change the symbol (or replace it) then all the 3D molding would change. The same problem could also solve 3D parking models ... different curb profiles or changes from curb to curb/gutter.

I agree with the sink cutting counter tops ... please make this happen NNA.

thanks alot .. it worked as you described .. just what I needed. I'm puzzled, though .... the hardscapes don't show up in the OIP under the data tab as having a record ... but yet they still are computed in the worksheet. Why ? doesn't something have to have a record to be part of a data-base? VW 08 Windows XP

I had the same issue ... with GDI on, the graphite font appears to be ariel on the screen, but will print as Graphite. This morning I had the font file on a different computer, and deleted my Graphite font, then replaced it with a copy from another computer.... and voila ! it worked fine .... with GDI on or with it off. Good Luck. vw2008 Windows XP

Can anyone point me in the right direction to solve this simple problem ..... I have a 230 acre park, and I want to design paved pathways throughout the park. I intend to use hardscape paths, and for each path, the area is listed in the OIP. What I want to do is set up a record/database so that all the pathways can be collected and the total area can be calculated (so I can do an estimate of const costs for the paths). I need to be able to change the pathways after I know what the total area is ... so I figure I need to set up a database to collect the hardscape areas ... but I tried to do it but I get stuck. Is there a good tutorial on this?

thanks for the help ... but I think this is a bug. My settings for the "format text" option in the text menu was not set high. I tried a test using callouts with the keynote legend on the same design layer, and the note font size did NOT increase and acted as expected. It appears this "enlarged text" bug only happens when you use the callout tool in the 'edit annotations' portion of a viewport on a sheet layer. Please help Nemetshek ......(or at least fix this bug for the next update).

Can anyone help with this simple problem ..... it seems that whenever I use the callout tool and add more keynotes to an existing set, when I'm done adding the notes and return to the sheet layer view, the entire list of keynotes has a huge text size (well over 200 points). I have figured out how to reduce the text size and related text box size, but this is cumbersome and I don't remember this happening a year ago. Please give me some advice (or tell me this is a bug and not my fault). Thanks for any help ....

OK ... I got it to work as you wrote..... thanks a lot brudgers ... I wish I had posted this issue on the board a month ago. I'm puzzled, though .... this isn't in the manual nor online help ?????

thanks ... but it doesn't work the way you describe.... if you change the class attribute, the text AND the space object BOTH change fills. I want the text background fill to be white but the space object fill to be a different color.

If I have a space object with a color fill, it appears there is no way to change the solid fill color of the background text for that object (the text that contains the space name, occupant dimen, etc...). Can anyone tell me if there is a way to have no background fill on the text part, without changing the color fill of the space object itself? (this is needed when the text is pulled away from the object in cases like closets where the space isn't big enough to have the text print on top of the space object)

I also want to know ... does SP3 resolve issues with GDI imaging and the buggy behavior with certain open type fonts (like Adobe Graphite? (With GDI 'on' the fonts change to arial, but with GDI 'off' the fonts look like they should.

I found this thread and I saved me a lot of time.... I suddenly have the same font problem with "Graphite Light" where it automatically changed into ariel and I could not change it back until I turned off GDI imaging. Other fonts seems to be OK. Even though I found this "work around" I'm still puzzled because I've been using this font for years and with VW 2008 since it shipped, but this is the first time I ever had the problem and I'm pretty sure I've had GDI imaging 'on' before. Is it a coincidence that it happened shortly after I downloaded a Windows compatibility fix so my Excel 2003 could reead Excel 2008 files? I tested Graphite Light font on MS Word and it worked fine. Oddly, when I am actively adding text with Graphite Light as the default selection, it shows nicely in the text box until I hit the esc key, then it turns into arial font. I hope my input can help VW tech supoport find a cure. VW 2008 Arch RW, Win XP sp2

can anyone tell me how to make a convincing glass block texture? I can't seem to find good settings on the shaders that renders it both transparent and have the refractive appearance in a typical glass block (8" size).

the walls of concern are styled walls. I guess from the responses that I can't simply color one surface of one styled wall. Looks like I'll use one of the "work-arounds".

When 3D rendering, I have some exterior walls where I want to keep the same exterior texture (brick) and many have a wallpaper texture on the interior surface. I want to change a few to have a solid color interior surface, and when I change the interior side of the wall to have texture=none, then I expect to see the attribute palette allow me to pick a solid color. However, the attributes palette has all the color options ?grayed? and I can?t pick a color for the interior surface. How do I solve this simple problem? PS: I want to avoid changing the wall style resource, since I don?t want all the exterior walls to have solid color interior surfaces.

I export pdfs all the time with no problems..... although it took me a while to figure out that viewports rendered in Final RW looked poor, until the Sheet layer dpi resolution was set higher.