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Wesley Burrows

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  1. While I understand the current UI is crusty and the promo videos make it look and feel great. Perhaps it's the utilitarian in me that would rather have a rock solid, completely multi-threaded, lightning quick, patch on-demand software package first. The focus of 2019 seems to be a step in that direction. It could have the most beautiful/functional UI on the planet but if the former isn't met, who cares?
  2. I did originally, but since deleted the 2019 user folder and restarted it clean. I just did your gear > refresh libraries and that seems to be working so far.
  3. Anytime I use a tool that has you select a symbol from the dropdown there is a spinning beach-ball and the whole program/UI stalls for 20 seconds or so. IE: Insert Lighting Instrument. Select from the dropdown.... stall. This is a fresh blank file.
  4. Are there any videos relating to the new Braceworks tools? IE: Bridle Calcs, House Rigging Points / Structural Members?
  5. I don't know what service pack of 2018 you're using (SP4 is the most recent), but according to this: https://support.actlighting.com/knowledgeBase/11589468
  6. I copied that plugin to my plugin folder, restarted VW, added the export command to file -> export and it showed right up:
  7. Have you restarted VW since installing the plugin? You usually need to.
  8. This should get you in the ballpark. I don't have that particular plugin installed, but all plugins get added to the workspace more or less the same way:
  9. I see a magic new number in my service select portal. 🙂
  10. There is a third party plugin called Smart Paste from https://www.smartpaste.co.uk/ that will will let you merge/rename incoming pasted classes and will remember where you put them for the future. Not exactly what you asked for but, depending on your workflow it could help.
  11. For the love of all things holy, PLEASE let this become real. It has caused me numerous force-quits. Adding a tolerance would be amazing! A lot of DWG's I import (Venues) don't have perfect matching lines. Upvoted!
  12. I have 642 GB Free on my 1TB Mac Pro SSD. I also use hardwired ethernet to my internet to take full advantage of it's speed. (1Gbps Fiber) I don't think so. There was actually a period where I disabled Time Machine entirely thinking it might help, but there was no real discernible improvement. I use dropbox business, I have my own complaints about their app, but I haven't noticed a correlation. I know I'm not who you asked, but I'm also primarily a Mac user and experience the same sort of stuff. Vectorworks chokes all sorts of hard when dealing with large(ish) imported DWGs. Large in terms of scale, not really file size. (that my 10 year old machine handles no problem in AutoCAD) Same deal when trying to navigate around imported/scaled PDFs. VW has never really been a Stallion at it, but it seems to be getting worse with each release. When 10 year old hardware can outperform current on a 2D DWG line drawing (albeit in it's native software), that's pretty embarrassing. This is my experience with most drawings for me, as I'm usually starting from an existing DWG import.
  13. Thanks for the response Jim! Here's hoping! I'm looking forward to having a beer again with you @ Design Summit in November 🙂
  14. I started using Cinema 4D in April of 2017 and the bug existed then. So it's likely been around since 2017 was released in September of 2016 if not before. Why it hasn't been fixed? I have no Idea. I know tech support has reproduced it, I filed a bug back in October of 2017, tech support stopped responding to update requests regarding it in December. I really hope 2019 takes care of it, as it appears 2018 is a lost cause. Luckily?! Vectorworks 2018 crashes/need's to be force-quit/restarted so often on it's own that I've likely restarted between exports already.
  15. FWIW I have spent WAY more time trying to make the seating tool work than should be allowed by law. I've wasted way more brain cells than I care to admit being pissed at that thing, and quite frankly it just isn't worth the fight. Do I wish it was actually useful? You bet! But as far as I can tell, in real world use situations, it's more of a PITA then it's worth. You'll end up saving hours of time and frustration just using groups, move by points, duplicate array, rotate plan, and mirroring. I actually started a thread here last year or so asking others how they approach large seating layouts and there were some great answers from @scottmoore and @EAlexander (and others who's names escape me at the moment). EDITED TO ADD: That thread can be found here:
  16. This smells like a possible class remapping tool might become a reality 🙂
  17. Here is my test DWG export: 3D test VWX file v2018.dwg Does look like what you expect when you import it?
  18. I was able to achieve correct results by unchecking: Display Planar Objects and Project Screen Objects in the DLVP settings and exporting from a 3D view, not top/plan.... (#5 on the num pad in my case) These were my export settings: I re-imported this from the DWG export: Front View: And yes @scottmoore, I have had success exporting DLVPs to Cinema 4D, it dumps everything in the DLVP into group named after whatever class the DLVP lived on in VW. Though I have heard DLVPs don't play well with some other programs. Hopefully this helps! -W
  19. Still randomly broken in SP4. Vector-work-around is select all hoists, cut, past-in-place and then more than 50% of the time it will work. No ideal why it fails in the first place.
  20. You might try a couple times post restart and see if the problem resurfaces. The Cinema 4D export does, every time. Though a restart will fix it for an export or two.
  21. Still busted for me as of SP4. Though now I can occasionally get 2 exports before I have to restart. Also as of SP4 most of the failed files are as @RafaelPernia said @ 26kb in size. @JimW has there been any further information regarding: VSS-60589 ?
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