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    VW12.5: Custom Control Line Mode of Walls

    in Architecture

    Posted

    My reluctance to using wall components is that my experience is VW dimensioning to the outside of the wall. I do not want to dimension to drywall or plaster. I wish to dimension to face of stud which is of course convention.

    Is there a way to get VW to dimension to studs, or do I need to manually place all dimensions?

    Wall line showing through door

    in Architecture

    Posted

    I run into this too. I tried to create an arched opening in a wall. I made the jamb thickness .01 to eliminate it. In rendering. there is a thin strip of wall along the bottom of the opening.

    Not a problem if the wall is inside where there is a floor. In this case the opening is outside where there is no floor, thus the wall ribbon shows.

    Peter is this what you are referring to?

    VW12.5: Custom Control Line Mode of Walls

    in Architecture

    Posted

    I am drawing a floor plan of an existing building. My measurements are to the finished surfaces, face of drywall to face of drywall.

    I don't want to use wall components. I only want a simple stud wall that is 3.5 inches wide.

    I am trying to get the control line to offset my stud wall by the thickness of the drywall. This way I can draw to my measurements and have the wall studs offset by the thickness of the drywall.

    The problem is that VW will not allow this. It is only allowing the offset to be within the wall and not outside the wall.

    Is there a solution here?

    StoneCAD

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Thanks to you Robert, I found them. You are right. That is one odd file structure. I found the files located in the Hatch Folder. Each file contains a mixture of hatches, images, and textures.

    Like you, I am on a Mac.

    VW12.5 Window Schedule is Decimal Feet

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Thank you Robert. That did it. I am puzzled why VW has the default value in decimal feet.

    Robert, can you direct me as to how I can once and for all understand how the schedule system works in VW. The online help manual seems to jump around without giving a step by step how to.

    Now that you have solved that problem, I am trying to figure out how to eliminate some of the columns that I do not need from the schedule.

    I have used this software since MiniCad and still am not comfortable with the schedules.

    Thanks in advance.

    VW12.5 Window Schedule is Decimal Feet

    in Architecture

    Posted

    I am stumped on this one. All of the dimensions in my door and window schedules are reading decimal feet. 2'-4" is reading 2.333'.

    How do I get these schedules to read feet and inches?

    Also, is there a way to eliminate some of the column entries, such as frame details?

    Thanks in advance.

    Ability to map multiple classes to sub-class

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted

    There are two existing solutions to this that I know of.

    1. There is a utility that operates under VW which will set a prefix for classes. I do not know the name of it. With it you can change the classes Alpha and Bravo to prefix-Alpha and prefix-Bravo. Therefore when importing a survey you can use the prefix of survey and all of those classes now reside under the class of survey.

    Sorry I don't know the name of this plug-in. Do a web search and perhaps you can find it, or perhaps on VectorDepot.

    2. VW12 will allow you to delete classes and automatically reasign them to a class of your choosing. I know this is not the same. But for some it might be all they need to tidy up their classes.

    Of course you can really do the same by importing into a new blank file, select all and change them to a new single class.

    Having said all that, it would be wonderful to have the ability to add a prefix right in the OEM version of VW.

    3D People and Round Windows

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Once again Islandmon, nice work. I have two questions:

    1. Does the round window appear anywhere in the PIO, or did you take half of a round window and duplicate it?

    2. How did you achieve the stone border circling the window?

    Thanks in advance.

    Kevin

    Scale Changed - What Happened?

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Unfortunately, this does not answer my question. I am in model space (sorry, autocad term) and now everything seems to be at half scale. Any other suggestions?

    Are we talking about Vectorworks or Autocad? I do not know what "model space" would be referring to in VW. See if you can use VW terms for VW and AC terms for AC.

    Scale Changed - What Happened?

    in Architecture

    Posted

    The Scale Objects command does work well. However, it can cause great harm too. Be very careful about the Scale Entire Drawing check box. If you accidentally re-scale a mulit-layer drawing, you may not be able to easily recover from this action.

    The safest thing to do is to import your DXF/DWG into a new blank document.

    I wish NNA would change the Scale Object command dialog box. The Scale Entire Drawing option should have a secondary "Are you sure?" dialog box.

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