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MRD Mark Ridgewell

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  1. 2 hours ago, JimW said:


    But that's how almost all commercial media works. If you subscribe to the sports channel, you get to watch sports. If you don't, it isn't that those sports are being withheld from you, it's that you don't have a subscription to them. The creation of the media and other content is directly funded by the Service Select program in the first place.

     

    Surely, encouraging product Manufacturers to produce native VW content for the use of all Vectorworks users (not just VSS customers) just as they do for Revit etc. is the way to go; ie. content that is free to specifiers (ie. VW users). Re-purposing Revit or skechup models for VW does little for VW user productivity in my experience.

     

    Product Manufacturers need be shown the market they can access by providing VW assets of their products, and supported in creating the content themselves.

  2. Copy & paste between drawings/ 'windows' - sometimes works, other times not. Haven't found a pattern to it.

    The command on 'window' drop-down doesn't let me switch betwen open files. Found a work-round but it's a real pain.

    Anyone else had this...or is it user error?!

     

    M

  3. Thanks for response. Good to hear it's not just me!

    My work-round is to copy the 3d object onto a new design layer, but really not ideal as you end up having to re-generate sheet layer viewports when you delete the auto hybrid, but really not ideal; not an efficient workflow!

     

    Be good to get a Vectorworks view on this!

     

  4. Hi,

    Have been using auto hybrid tool for some joinery items recently (reception desks etc.). Brilliant tool for generating elevations, worth alook if you're not using it BUT, when I go to EDIT the hybrid, the graphic of the model geometry diappears from the screen. It is still there if you hover mouse over it, but not able to edit it. It also disappears in the sheet viewports. Anyone else had this issue/ know of a possible cuase or even better remedy?!

     

    I'm up to date on VW2018/ SP3 and new pc/ graphics card (this issue was there in VW2017 also I seem to recall).

     

    Thanks in advance!

     

    Mark

  5. I find the following works well;

     

    1 Draw 3d model

    2 Create interior elevation viewports

    3 Add colours in viewports by tracing 2d polygons and applying the colours you want

    4 Group the polygons

    5 Copy said polygons into model, rotate and place on 3d walls

     

     

    Been using 3d skirting plug-in too, which is great to get skirtings drawn on before you do the above.

     

     

  6. Hi, Thanks for advice. 

    Managed to find it with some scrolling around once I turned the drawing border display on but issue persists if I fit to objects. I wonder if the drawing is corrupt or something as walls display rather strangely in open GL. I though it might be a graphics card issue,

    I've recreated the drawing and all works 100% as expected.

     

     

  7. In a recently created drawing, have selected 'fit to view'

    Now can't find the drawing. All classes & layers are displayed.

    Display set to Top/ Plan...

    Have 

     

    Any ideas where it's gone/ how I find it?1

     

    Thankyou!

     

  8. Really like the windows (and doors) tool  in VW. A real time saving tool and well worth spending a bit of time to set up window styles. Brilliant to be able to quickly place basic windows and then add more detail as project develops. The representation and control of sash windows is very good, but a couple of a couple of questions:

     

    1)  Anyone know of a simple way to show the 'boxes' for sash weights to more accurately represent the windows?

    2) Splay wall: I need chamfered opening to walls vertically. Unfortunately it splays the sill (or cill) too, which needs to be flat. Don't think I've ever seen a sloping window sill..

     

    Any suggestions appreciated.

     

  9. Thanks Tolu,

    Tried the non-scientific click things on and off and got it to work eventually and it's very good!

     

    I find my verbal reasoning lets me down when I read some of the 'help' dialogue information,  eg this under 'automatically update out of date references during file open' option box (in 'edit preference'):

     

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    Does this mean 'update resources during file open'? Maybe re-word the dialogue information and you wouldn't need the 'help' text?!

     

  10. On 11/22/2017 at 12:54 PM, MRD Mark Ridgewell said:

    In VW2018, this defaults to display 'mm' in workspace. Beggining to bug me having to turn it off on every new drawing.

    I'm sure there's an easier way..anyone know how?

     

    thankyou!

     

    More certain than ever this is a bug - just edited a chain line dimension (in viewport annotation) and it turns on the 'mm' display setting for a drawing in which it is set to off?!

     

    Is this happening to anyone else?

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