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    The world needs more VectorWorks or How do buildings drawn in ACAD actually get built?!?

    in General Discussion

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    Yes using BIM does almost highlight those bad choices straight away and its very useful but again like you say it can still be faked to a certain degree. I just dislike AutoCAD due to it feeling like everything is done the long way.

     

    Anyway I'm happily working away with my VW and getting on quite well with the BIM stuff now. (until my detailed sections need drawing!)

    The world needs more VectorWorks or How do buildings drawn in ACAD actually get built?!?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I was trained on AutoCad when I first joined the architecture/construction industry and knew my way around very well and could

    produce great drawings....or so I thought. Having used VW for nearly 7 years now I find it much more user friendly (most of the time!) and the output is much much better too. I know its 'garbage in = garbage out' to a degree but while freelancing recently I was forced back to AutoCAD for a couple of months! I hated it, really hated it. I found that people were lazy with it and the drawings were soooooo untidy, it felt that lines, boxes etc were just placed to make things look better rather than actually produce a 'working' drawing because it was easier than trying to work out how best to actually do it - and working out how to actually do it felt long winded in a program like that. Just drawing basic stuff in AutoCAD feels painfully drawn out and the long way round. 

     

    VW all the way for me please :)

    Window opening floor level but cill not

    in Architecture

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Gadzooks said:

     

    That amazing thank you.

     

    I was (and still am) creating a  3D presentation as such but I also need/want my 2D plans to look right too from the same model. I dont want to be doing things twice, although it does feel like that sometimes to get both 3D and 2D looking right.

     

    I will take a good look through the options above and have a play with it; as soon as I can get my Vectorworks to open that is! 

     

    Thanks again

    Window opening floor level but cill not

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Currently on my next cup! can't believe I got my lefts and rights wrong (hangs head in shame)

     

    Yours looks great, just what I need. All the points you mention I totally agree with and have been scratching my head as thought there was a simple way to do it and I was just missing it.

    Another thing with the splay is that it does this to the head also; as you see in my photo the head is flat! 

    Window opening floor level but cill not

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Hi all,

     

    So I have a window where the opening is floor level but the cill is not.....how do I create this in 3D Vectorworks? Ive attached a photo of the window I'm trying to re-create & a screenshot of my 3D model. I find the 3D aspect of modelling far easier for new builds rather than existing where there are quirks and details that are fiddly; but I'm getting there and I am now enjoying using the 3D side of Vectorworks (at last!).

     

    Thank in advance. 

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    BIM Objects

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Hi

     

    I could be being a bit blind/stupid, but when looking through the awesome looking BIM Objects it seems most files aren't compatible with Vectorworks?
    I've seen so many impressive visuals created with Vectorworks 3D and wondering where those objects must come from? 

     

    Any help greatly appreciated. Apologies if this has been brought up before - I did search but didn't find anything. 

     

    Niki (attached screenshot of BIM Object finder for clarity) 

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    Unable to select in rotated view

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Hi all

     

    So I'm working on a plan say at 90° but while in the rotated view I cannot seem to selection certain items particularly with the eyedropper tool or visibility tool and mainly polylines! 

     

    I'm guessing I have possibly changed a setting somewhere rather than this being a bug?

     

     

     

    Viewport not showing what is outside of crop

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, JimW said:

    For Design Layer Viewports, it works, showing the rest of the model in grayed wireframe when editing the crop object, with darker wireframe within the crop.

    However, on a sheet layer, the "Other Objects" being shown when i toggle the setting seem to be the other viewports on the sheet layer but not the rest of the model contained in the viewport im actively editing. I just tried the same test in 2017 and got the same result. This seems unfamiliar but I'll confer with the techs and see what's going on or if I simply never noticed the change before.


    Again thanks for looking into this Jim 

    Viewport not showing what is outside of crop

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, JimW said:

    Should be controlled under Tools > Options > Vectorworks Preferences > Display > Show Other Objects while in editing modes.

    Hi JimW

     

    Thanks for the quick response. 

     

    I just had a look and the 'show other objects while in editing modes' is already checked? (I've tried unchecking and re-checking with no luck)

    Viewport not showing what is outside of crop

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    First of all sorry for my rubbish title, could think what to write!!

    So in VW2017 when editing your viewport crop you could see (in grey) what was outside of your crop, I find this useful. I have noticed however that in VW2018 this doest seem to happen? Is it a feature that just needs to be turned back on?

     

    I have (hopefully) attached two images to show what I mean. 

     

    Thanks in advance. 

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    Multiple View Pane

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    20 hours ago, Chih-Pin said:

    Hello Nikihoops,

     

    Could you elaborate more on the issue you see?

    Do you mean it's not showing the real-time feedback in other 3D panes?

    Or after you finish moving, it's not showing updated location in other panes?

     

    Thanks!!

     

    Hi Chih-Pin

     

    Yes of course I can elaborate. I do mean like you say that its not showing real-time feedback in other panes while I'm moving/adjusting items of the build. It was mainly when I was showing off to my boss how great the multi view panes were that I noticed the wall I was moving on my plan wasn't being reflected in the 3D view in the other pane. 

     

    I'm also running on MacOS Sierra 10.12.6  

     

    Big undo issue.

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, DLDINYC said:

    Call Tech Support... They had me throw out my old 2017 preferences or library...Don't remember which and then start the program again.. Maybe with updated templates and it seems to have helped the situation so far...  Dillan helped me with this from Tech support so maybe try calling and doing that...

     

    Thanks DLDINYC
    Spoke to UK tech support who have logged the issue and also had me delete the 2017 preferences/library from my machine. They said not to delete VW 2017 though incase I need to revert back to using it if this issue carries on. 

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