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    Time for Nemetschek to stagger releases with Apple

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted · Edited by Wesley Burrows

    17 hours ago, B Cox said:

    Exactly. SP0 is like a useless release. Too buggy and incompatible with current environments to use.  It might as well be called Beta 1 Beta 2 Beta 3 until Sp4

     

    I have said this too..  SP0 = Beta 1,    SP1 = Beta 2/Release Candidate 1,  SP2 Release Candidate 2/Release etc.    

     

    1 hour ago, Kevin McAllister said:

     

    ^ part of the challenge is that I don't think their beta test base is big and varied enough, so many issues aren't discovered until the SP0 release. Different workflows discover different bugs. Without implementing an open beta program (or at least a different beta program) the result may be the same even with a longer release cycle. From other threads it seems like the plan is to change how VW is deployed so that adding features isn't confined to a large release.

     

    Kevin

     

     

    I agree,  and really hope they expand.   It is pretty amazing to me the number of bugs/tools not working I have found within an hour of using a release,  many of which I'm fairly astounded no one found.    This latest 2019 SP1 update definitely felt more like a hotfix style/less intrusive update,  which I like,  it also felt like it came out much faster than previous SP1s,  I'm pretty sure the last two SP1s at least were around Thanksgiving each year.

     

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    Lighting Instruments back to Symbols in Correct position

    in Entertainment

    Posted · Edited by Wesley Burrows

    I'm not a Vectorscript wizard by any stretch,  but it seems like a vectorscript should be able to take a selection of lights as input, step through each one,  grabbing the x, y rotations from it, storing them as a variable,  convert it back to a symbol, and then 3D rotate it back with the stored x, y rotations,  then rinse and repeat it's way through the rest of the selection.

     

    Perhaps this should also be a wishlist item.   I would imagine it's "working as designed" but I can't think of any reason why the current functionality would be desired over the proposed rotated result.

    OIP Data Tab - Bottom Half Minimized

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    35 minutes ago, Jim Wilson said:

    If you switch to another workspace thats unmodified in any way, edit the arrangement, shutdown Vectorworks, then relaunch, does it still move? I've been unable to replicate this one on Mac or Windows since the beta of 2019 but I just got another report of it today.
     

    If that still happens, if you undock the OIP, adjust the data tab arrangement, then restart Vectorworks does it still collapse again?

     

    Default Braceworks:                               Adjusted Braceworks:                           After VW Restart:

             

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    So yes,  it appears to work with a default workspace.  Though my 2019 workspace started as the default spotlight workspace.   I modified it vs importing an old one.

    Vectorworks Cloud Workflow

    in Workflows

    Posted · Edited by Wesley Burrows

    I,  like you,  attempt to screw around with it about once a year,  and I can almost never get it to work right.    Then I give up,  cause I actually need to get stuff done.   I got hopeful with the last update as it said that they fixed problem with Dropbox for Business integration.    But nope,  I still get stuff like this all the time.    The file's live in dropbox,  they are always sync'd.   VW Cloud has full integration to my Dropbox for business account.    Then I get pissed at it and move on.  I can see the value of it,   I would like it to work.   But so far,  no good.

     

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    Edited to add,  I can get the Nomad app to output PDFs but then it just outputs everything.   No way to control it.   Just like what you were saying.   That's what is confusing because you are supposed to be able to publish from VW like you usually would choosing your sheet set and telling it to process and store via the cloud:

     

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    But even when I have that selected I still get this crap:

     

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    Maybe you'll have better luck?

     

     

     

     

    A second monitor, yes or no?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Wesley Burrows

    I run dual 27" 2K screens on my Mac.   I Tried a 4K monitor and I found everything too small,  (I even used 55" 4K TV for a minute,  that was comical)    Most of the time I'm operating VW on one screen and have all of my reference material on the on the other.    In 2018 I would say there definitely was an overall performance/stability hit when the second display was plugged in,  but VW was the only app I experienced this with.    So far,  2019 seems to behave better with this configuration than 2018 ever did. 

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    VW 2019 -- BEWARE Upgrade

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    I've actually had a mildly pleasant experience with 2019 thus far.   I wasn't planning on using it right now,  but out of sheer desperation with the complete failure that is 2018 SP4,  I tried it and so far I haven't had nearly the number of beachballs per hour as 2018.     Switching sheet layers is stupid slow though,   30 seconds or something.     And the "new" to braceworks Structural Member tool doesn't work.   I'm sure there are other things.   Time will tell...

    Just getting started

    in Braceworks

    Posted

    It's somewhat self explanatory.  But I recommend a healthy amount of patience when you start to get in to it.    You also have to pay pretty good attention to what you're doing to make sure loads really are added where you expected them and stuff.    It seems to behave a bit more like you would expect it to in 2019.   There were quite a few idiosyncrasies with the behaviour of things initially and though improved in 2019,  I imagine many are still to be found when I have time to start running it through the ringer.    So a lot of patience, and a healthy amount of double checking.

    Line Array with Bracewroks?

    in Braceworks

    Posted

    Along these lines I don't understand why you can't (or I can't) seem to get a single hoist to grab the load info from the Line Array tool let alone connect to it.  (single point array).   If I stick a point load under the hoist with the weight of the array and same Z value of the motor, that works.    What am I doing wrong?   Or is it really that stupid?

    Point load calculation

    in Entertainment

    Posted · Edited by Wesley Burrows

    As Scott said this is precisely the functionality the Braceworks module provides.    It’s a great tool to be sure, and has been much improved since it’s initial release, but it is still relatively in its infancy.     And as such it can’t handle all rigging situations you might encounter in the real world, but for those it does,  it does well.

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    Creating Hoist Layout Stickers

    in Braceworks

    Posted

    I would imagine it would be generating a worksheet in Vectorworks with the info you want, exporting a CSV delimited version of it.   Then use Microsoft Word mail merge (or similar),  with that CSV as the data source.  And format how the labels look/what size label.

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