[How to create this angled spiral shape?]

1 minute ago, Mark Aceto said:

I think the question about emissive materials answered itself. Would you mind sharing your file, so I can test something?

How did the question answer itself?

[How to create this angled spiral shape?]

30 minutes ago, Kevin K said:

Day to day for most architects and residential designers, like myself even, more complex 3d tool usage really isn't needed for designing a home.

 

but for those of us in show business, we need these tools.

[How to create this angled spiral shape?]

15 hours ago, jeff prince said:

Now, does anyone know how to turn geometry into...

a light fixture that will do lit fog...

within Vectorworks?

I would try, no promises, extracting the surface, nudging the new object in 3D space, and using the Modify>Convert>Convert to Area Light Command. That hasn't seen any love in way too long and the shape might be too complex, but worth a shot.

[How to create this angled spiral shape?]

19 minutes ago, VIRTUALENVIRONS said:

Kevin's method is spot on

If very broad stroke. 

[How to create this angled spiral shape?]

use the 3D PowerPack>create helix spiral command. Duplicate the spiral. IIRC, you may have to unground and rebuild the nurbs.  Select the spirals and use the Loft Surface Tool then the shell Solids tool

[opening and closing windows and doors in viewports]

4 hours ago, Cadplan Architecture said:

it seems odd why we don't have the option to open and close individual windows and doors in different 3D viewports. For

that sounds great, but also sounds like a huge technical problem

[Label legends on fixtures in a schematic view]

3 hours ago, JBenghiat said:

Data Tags are an insufficient substitute for Label Legends in a number of areas, particularly when adhering to U.S. drafting standards:

 

 

I am always 'triggered' when I hear data tags mentioned as a substitute for label legends. Somewhere, I think there are people that want to replace the LL with DTs and that is very wrong headed.

[any ideas on how to create a wall like this , ideally in 3d as well as 2d for detail drawings . I understand I can create the fins as separate items , maybe 15 different profiles and assemble. Just looking for any suggestions ?]

Subdivision modeling, then subtract solids

[Foreground rendering and clipcubes]

13 hours ago, DianaK said:

How do you make a Section VP from a SLVP without a clipcube, don't you have to start on the Design Layer?  The geometry was built by someone else, and it appears to be very simple, but it is using a bunch of custom plug-ins that could be suspicious.  Hard for me to tell.

 

If you have a plan view SLVP, use the command and draw the section line as normally. You can also 'cut' a section from an elevation.

 

I would check those PIOs

[Foreground rendering and clipcubes]

I’d also try from another SLVP and see what happens. 

 

I’m sure you’ve investigated the file and what ever might be referenced in, but could someone have brought in some crap geometry?

[Foreground rendering and clipcubes]

what happens when you makes a section VP and do you make that from a design layer or another SLVP?

[Table of Content]

seems odd, but I think "drawing list" and "sheet list" are two different reports. either draws on data from the title block objects. I do not have to rework the Drawing List when I add sheets. I do have to "recalculate" from time to time.

[Map texture in a curved LED screen]

FYI, the ReShaper PIO help to layout the array.

[Map texture in a curved LED screen]

If you have the Landru Tools version, there is an additional PIO to map a texture across multiple Instances. Otherwise, you might just create a curve, tapered extrude, and use that for the image. 

[Table of Content]

I think it comes with Architect or Designer, but there is a worksheet called "Index of Drawings." 

[Title Block and Sheet Layers]

I think you can turn that off in the TB settings, or set the number to whatever you like

[Rigging Key]

Use a Graphic Legend?

[Draw line with object]

well, some objects, like softgoods respond to the commend "create objects from shape" in the contextual menu or Modify>convert>convert objects....

 

you might also use the move by points tool

[Option to disable Data Vis key in Viewport when created]

This has come up often. It is, hopefully, on the radar.

[I'm dreaming of a space inventory]

I have been able to get counts in a graphic legend?

[I'm dreaming of a space inventory]

30 minutes ago, DianaK said:

Glad to have a lesson if anyone has the time.

Happy to help.as I recall, it was pretty straight forward, my issues were with the limitations of the report formatting. Everything I wanted to report HAD to be a symbol, but I make almost everything into a symbol.

[I'm dreaming of a space inventory]

13 minutes ago, DianaK said:

Do you know that it can be used to read off the contents of a Space?

I know a graphic legend can filter by viewport. Not sure about Spaces, in the VWX sense of the word.

I am also not sure if they can be updated en mass.

[I'm dreaming of a space inventory]

Have you considered a graphic legend?

[Rendering Advantage for NURBS or Solids or Generic Solids?]

I think if you compose them into a more logical NURBS surface and then convert to Generic Solids you might be best. I would save as frequently. Test your textures, but you knew that.

[Rotating LED Screen]

5 minutes ago, grant_PD said:

When we do the curved array it is always about the angle of the facet, and laying them out becomes a very rudimentary process. 

This is one example where the ReShaper PIO/Command is very helpful.
 

http://www.jonker-wu.nl/support/Reshaper.html