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CARMELHILL

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  1. I upgraded the graphics card from a Nvidia Geforce Fx 5200 with 128 mb to a Nvida Geforce 6200 with 512mb. I also upgraded the RAM from 2 gig to 4 gig, but I've heard that won't help much because Windows XP can't use more than 2 gig for applications. In any case, the video card improvement is what helped the most. I don't have slow cursor during drafting anymore. But I do think they are still tweaking the drafting engine and some other things. Looking forward to SP3.
  2. VW 2009. I am trying to manipulate the existing door schedule to something I can use. I want to include the door stock number that is in the Door Settings-Data Dialogue shown as "03 Stock No." but when I insert it into the database header it doesn't recognize it. It should be =(door.stockno)or =(door.doorstockno) but it won't recognize any of those combinations. Does anyone know what the syntax code is for the door stock number? Edward Koenig VW 2009 designer
  3. Absolutely not. It never hurst to say thatnk you. Plus groveling helps too. Thank you very much. Carmelhill
  4. I upgraded the video card and it has solved the problem. Not much of an upgrade really. Went from an AGP 128 mb Nvida Geforce Fx 5200 to an AGP 256 mb Nvidia Geforce 6200 for $108. Not bad. My next Dell will have an Nvida Quadro with better memory. More important.....IanH, how do you change windows to use the 4 gig of memory? VW 2009 Designer/RW Windows Xp sp3 Dell Pentium 4, 3 ghz, 4 gig ram
  5. Another poster told me a graphics card update would only help with Open GL renders. I have an Nvidia 128 mb Geforce FX 5200 which NNA does not recommend. I'll be upgrading the card next week. But really, 4 gig of RAM. Come on. I'm wondering if this is a transition release, between using a Pascal program compiler and a totally new program compiled in Visual C++ which I understand they have already started.
  6. NNA has got to be kidding me, requiring 4 gig of RAM for VW 2009. Autocad only requires 2gig and is more stable. I added the ram and it still runs slow. The dam cursor can't keep up with my mouse and keyboard inputs. I hope SP3 fixes these problems before I am forced to trash either my computer for another $2500 Dell or just trash VW2009 which is the cheaper alternative. Maybe this release is going to be like Autocad 13, only to be cleaned up by Autocad 14 which was amazing. I loved VW 12 and finally 2008 after they worked out some bugs, but so far I am disappointed by 2009. 2010 will be released when? in November??
  7. Can anyone tell me if there is a huge time savings when using a high end Nvidia Quadro FX video card as compared to a lower end GeForce 6 or 7 series? Is there only a differenc ewhen using Renderworks or does it speed generic drafting also? DO you think it's worth the crazy difference in price? I saw some Quadro cards for $1500 and $2000. Sounds nuts to me.
  8. I installed 2009 sp2 on my computer last week. Windows XP, Pentium 4, 3 ghz, with 2 gig ram, 26" monitor set at 1600 x 1200, with Nvida GeForce Fx 5200 video card with 128 mb ddr onboard memeory and it runs like a dog. I just upgraded the memory to 4 gig as per the recommendations for minimum system requirements and it DOES run better. I refuse to run a lesser screen resolution because, what's the point? I want more screen area. I just reviewed the recommended hardware info on the the Knowledge Base website: http://kbase.nemetschek.net/index.php?ToDo=view&questId=169&catId=23 It shows that my Nvida GeForce FX card is NOT recommended so I will be upgrading that portion of my computer tomorrow to a Nvidia Quadro FX card. That should finally bring my speed back up to an acceptable level.
  9. Long question - In the past I have been using a custom window or door record to create window or door schedules. It's tedious and not automatic. I'd have to go back to each door or window object info data and insert the proper info so the record would pick it up and put it onto the schedule. I just realized that I should use the builtin Window or Door Schedule to make the schedules based on the orginal information in the Data Field Values I inputed when I created the windows and doors, such as their sizes and swings, etc. But I don't like the order or names in the window settings data pallete. Is there a way to change this info in the VW Pref Set? Or are you stuck with this arrangment. Can you change the Schedule format that it generates? I don't need the unit width, unit height, sash detail, etc...Do I have to manually delete these on every window schedule generated or can I overide how the scheule generation. I noticed a Knowledge Base story on adding user defined fields. That's nice, but can I modify the original Field Names instead of only the Field Values of User Field 1 through 10? Can you rearrange the order of the Field Names? I'd rather the stock number be higher in the order rather than towards the end.
  10. Thank you. Stacking layers is what fixed it.
  11. I tried that. Can you forward me a file and images of a successful use of this? Is it possible that my version of Quicktime is preventing this from working? I'm using Quicktime 7.1.6 carmelhill@optonline.net
  12. I was trying to simulate the "gray Layer Improvement" exercise shown on the company website, Online Videol Library, Vectorworks 12 feature demos, Gray Layer Improvement......but I cannot duplicate the transparent house look that they show in the movie. I am using VW 12.5.2 on Windows XP. My layers just won't render that way. I just get hollow boxes or the outlines of walls. And yes, they are solid fills. Any ideas or does this not owkr on PC's like it does on the Mac's?
  13. I just noticed that round and segemented windows are not rendering correctly in VW 12.5.1 in Windows XP. They render funny in OpenGL with some funky lines, but then in RW they loose their trim and appear to not be breaking the wall correctly. I found a work around for the time being....change the window to an ellipse and play with the window settings until it looks round. Annoying, but OK for now. Anyone else hit this yet?
  14. Someone made up a script for me a while back that worked in versions 9 and 10, but now in 11 they don't work correctly. Can someone familayr with scripts review them? Petri gave me a new script to shut off a selected class, however you have to select the objects first, then hit the tool. His script was HIDECLASS(GETCLASS(FSACTLAYER)); A simple one liner. I'd rather click the tool and then select all the classes or layers I want ot shut off. The original script follows: This is the hide class script following... Procedure show_hideClass; VAR pX, pY:REAL; Objekth: HANDLE; CurrentClassStr,ClassToHideStr:String; Begin GetPt(pX, pY); Objekth:=PickObject(pX, pY); IF Objekth<>NIL Then Begin CurrentClassStr:=ActiveClass; ClassToHideStr:=GetClass(Objekth); IF ((GetCVis(ClassToHideStr))=-1) THEN Begin ShowClass(ClassToHideStr); AlrtDialog(Concat('The Class *',ClassToHideStr,'* is set to visible')); END ELSE Begin HideClass(ClassToHideStr); AlrtDialog(Concat('The Class *',ClassToHideStr,'* is set to invisible')); END; NameClass(CurrentClassStr); IF (CurrentClassStr=ClassToHideStr) & ((GetCVis(ClassToHideStr))=-1) THEN AlrtDialog('you have set the active Class to Invisible. Select a different Class in the menu bar to take effect of this action'); END ELSE AlrtDialog('No Object selected'); Redrawall; END; This is the hide layer script following.... Procedure show_hideLayer; VAR pX, pY:REAL; Objekth: HANDLE; CurrentLayerStr,LayerToHideStr:String; Begin GetPt(pX, pY); Objekth:=PickObject(pX, pY); IF Objekth<>NIL Then Begin CurrentLayerStr:=GetLName(ActLayer); LayerToHideStr:=GetLName(GetLayer(Objekth)); Layer(LayerToHideStr); IF ((GetLVis(GetLayer(Objekth)))=-1) THEN Begin ShowLayer; AlrtDialog(Concat('The Layer *',LayerToHideStr,'* is set to visible')); END ELSE Begin HideLayer; AlrtDialog(Concat('The Layer *',LayerToHideStr,'* is set to invisible')); END; Layer(CurrentLayerStr); IF (CurrentLayerStr=LayerToHideStr) & ((GetLVis(GetLayer(Objekth)))=-1) THEN AlrtDialog('you have set the active Layer to Invisible. Select a different Layer in the menu bar to take effect of this action'); END ELSE AlrtDialog('No Object selected'); RedrawAll; END; Thank you to anyone that can lend a helping hand. Edward Koenig Carmelhill Architects
  15. Thank you Petri. I was hoping to get one that would allow me to pick the tool first and then selected all the classes that I wanted to hide. I will check the VectorDepot.
  16. My plug in for picking a class or layer to hide isn't working. Can anyone familar with scripts looks at the following for a conflict with version 11? These tools are similar to the tools in Autocad 14's old "Bonus Tools". They are so basic I'm amazed they don't come standard in VW...unless I am missing something. Thamk you... Hide class script Procedure show_hideClass; VAR pX, pY:REAL; Objekth: HANDLE; CurrentClassStr,ClassToHideStr:String; Begin GetPt(pX, pY); Objekth:=PickObject(pX, pY); IF Objekth<>NIL Then Begin CurrentClassStr:=ActiveClass; ClassToHideStr:=GetClass(Objekth); IF ((GetCVis(ClassToHideStr))=-1) THEN Begin ShowClass(ClassToHideStr); AlrtDialog(Concat('The Class *',ClassToHideStr,'* is set to visible')); END ELSE Begin HideClass(ClassToHideStr); AlrtDialog(Concat('The Class *',ClassToHideStr,'* is set to invisible')); END; NameClass(CurrentClassStr); IF (CurrentClassStr=ClassToHideStr) & ((GetCVis(ClassToHideStr))=-1) THEN AlrtDialog('you have set the active Class to Invisible. Select a different Class in the menu bar to take effect of this action'); END ELSE AlrtDialog('No Object selected'); Redrawall; END; And now the hide layer script Procedure show_hideLayer; VAR pX, pY:REAL; Objekth: HANDLE; CurrentLayerStr,LayerToHideStr:String; Begin GetPt(pX, pY); Objekth:=PickObject(pX, pY); IF Objekth<>NIL Then Begin CurrentLayerStr:=GetLName(ActLayer); LayerToHideStr:=GetLName(GetLayer(Objekth)); Layer(LayerToHideStr); IF ((GetLVis(GetLayer(Objekth)))=-1) THEN Begin ShowLayer; AlrtDialog(Concat('The Layer *',LayerToHideStr,'* is set to visible')); END ELSE Begin HideLayer; AlrtDialog(Concat('The Layer *',LayerToHideStr,'* is set to invisible')); END; Layer(CurrentLayerStr); IF (CurrentLayerStr=LayerToHideStr) & ((GetLVis(GetLayer(Objekth)))=-1) THEN AlrtDialog('you have set the active Layer to Invisible. Select a different Layer in the menu bar to take effect of this action'); END ELSE AlrtDialog('No Object selected'); RedrawAll; END;
  17. Additionally, I just checked to see if the problem arose because I copied a Workspace from 10.5.1 into 11.0 and that's where the problem is. How can I correctly "import" an older workspace without screwing up the rest of the program? Also, is there a way to import older walls styles I created in other programs?
  18. I am running VWA 11 and the File menu pull down shows the Issued Manager greyed out and unavailable along with Print Sheets. Next to each one is a line of text - .....rsr not in Plug Ins directory. What is this? Also, I can't get a wall to autoclass into the Wall-Int class when drawn with the Wall Tool (not the Wall Type Tool (Straight), the regular one).
  19. ...... I believe that if you check this link (http://www.nemetschek.net/support/index.html) you will find that under the Support link on the home page is the link to Tech Notes. Brian, I have to agree. I can't find a link anywhere for Tech Notes. When I found your link and looked it up, there was lots of tech notes that I felt should be incorporated into the How To section. Why not combine them? Might be because of the space issue you mentioned. Edward Koenig Carmelhill Architects Islip, NY www.CARMELHILL.com
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