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Biplab

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  1. Duplicating and moving is not an offset operation - if you offset an arc for example, you will get a arc with smaller or larger radius but with the same angle span - which is different from just moving it.

    The ofset tool also behaves diffrently when a number of connected objects are offset - e.g. offsetting a number of connected walls.

  2. Walls, roofs, floors etc are tagged internally in VectorWorks as "structural" elements. Since you are not using conventional building objects - it's a bit difficult. You may write a script which does the folowing on the selected object:

    SetObjectVariableBoolean(handle,702,TRUE);

    702 is the structural property that you can assign to the object. Once assigned, this will be picked up by the section viewport mechanism.

  3. I think in 11.5.1, if you had the Scale with line thickness property turned on for dash style, it would change only if the thikness is changed. Try turning this flag off in the Edit Dash dialog for the particulr dash style (Page->Set Attribute Defaults->Dash Style). This has since being changed to scale always irrespective of this property in 12.0.

  4. Just create a hemisphere of radius 25'. Then shell it using Shell Solid Tool using a thickness of 1' and selecting the bottom cap (be careful to select the bottom cap as the selection of the spherical face and botom cap looks the same). You can also create another hemisphere of 24' and subtract from the larger hemisphere. Then go to the front view or some such view where you see the elevation of the hemisphere and split the hemisphere using a line 10' below the topmost point of the hemisphere - you may need to construct a locus or a line for this step.

  5. Robocad, I would request you to submit a bug report using bugsubmit@nemetschek.net. It seems to me that some of the steps in your overall process is generating geometry that VectorWorks is not able to handle. While modeling complicated parts, the basic rule of thumb that I try to adhere to is to have the least number of vertices in the profile that you are trying to use for generating 3D objects.

  6. Section lines automatically show up on the design layer or the viewport on which you invoked the Create Section Viewport command.

    All other imstances of section lines have to be deliberately added using the Section line Instances dialog that is invoked when you press Section Line Instances button in the object info palette. You need to turn the section line drawing ON in specific viewports or design layers.

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