[A second set of CLASSES is created when referencing another vwx file. How do you not do that?]

I think if you reference a Design Layer Viewport and NOT the actual Design Layer, all of the that orgsanizational stuff stays in the source file

[Drawing List Interactive?]

Back referencing, ideally baked in. So if the ToC says sheet 4, the link should know to go to sheet 4, Even if that is sheet A-4 or sheet E-4, so, not just numeric.

[Drawing List Interactive?]

14 minutes ago, Mark Aceto said:

We did not. We ran into some logical challenges, and got stuck within the current constraints. However, I think we got the message across in the NYC user group meeting. @Kevin Allen would you agree?

 

 

I think so. QR codes have come a long way, but they are not a substitute for an interactive table of contents (ToC) aka Index of Drawings. In my mind, a QR code someplace is an opportunity for a client, a tradesperson, or a colleague to DL a set of drawings. An interactive ToC is a way for people to navigate within the set of drawings, whether that's in a PDF Viewer, VWX proper, or using VCS.

Two different things. Also the idea of generating QR codes for that kind of navigation is beyond maddening. 

[Is the create legend functionality not avail for spotlight users?]

I have it and have used it to create inventories of scenic pieces. It should be a tool in dims/notes. At least that's where I have it. Using the Designer package

[Dividers for Layers and Sheets]

this would also greatly simplify things for new users.

[Hang fixtures in on truss]

what about Tippicanoe?

[Hang fixtures in on truss]

17 hours ago, Mark Aceto said:

HUD

Housing and Urban Development?

[Hang fixtures in on truss]

2 minutes ago, MrTemplate said:

each chord has it's own position name, and each chord starts with a unit #1 [except for On and Off Top, which started with a mover, labeled as zero.]

'liked' only so far as that is an excellent workaround. It will get the show hung, but It won't help you with Vision or other means or pre-program/pre-viz.

[Hang fixtures in on truss]

This is an issue that needs to be addressed in a future version.In the meantime, I have worked around by either painstakingly manually positioning instruments, OR adding hanging positions hidden or buried in the truss. If possible on other layers so that things do not get confused by trying to attach to the wrong places.

[pile of crumbled up soft tissue paper]

Since Unity is used for so much gaming, I would look for an answer there.

[pile of crumbled up soft tissue paper]

Strata used to have a number of functions to explode and particularize. Probably not something VWX users are generally looking for. Unless they are clearing land in Vegas.

 

If those functions, our Strata for that matter, still exist, I have no idea. I also don't know if they can be exported to something importable. Or how much geometry that might be.

[Ribbon and bows]

56 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

Do you really need this to be 3D or could you get by with some imported pictures and make Image Props from them? Or even Image Props of the complete packages?

I would hiss it will depend on the final product. I have done awnings like this and the 3D geometry really helped to bend the pipe. I've also done things that were hand sculpted and/or thermoplastics and that could be done from references and hand doodles.

 

Typically clients cannot any longer make the leap from doodles to finished product, they need to see a rendered model.

[pile of crumbled up soft tissue paper]

1 hour ago, jeff prince said:

It entirely depends on what you intend on doing with it.

 

yes. Textures and spheres would likely be my approach.

 

I don't know about the exchange, but some other 3D program might be better suited to this task.

[Ribbon and bows]

looks like a complex assembly of NURBS objects, mostly Lofts. I would say that just because the ribbon is one object IRL, it likely needs to be modeled as separate pieces.

[Replace a truss symbol in a configuration]

1 hour ago, C. Andrew Dunning said:

gnashing of teeth...

 

I have invested in your Dentist.

[Replace a truss symbol in a configuration]

2 minutes ago, C. Andrew Dunning said:

Simple...if replacing a longer w. a shorter, a pop-up dialog asks you what you want to do - single or multiple.  If multiple, same Resource Selector system asks what the 2nd should be.

 

But I think this needs to be aded to the VE? I might have missed it. 
 

With the VE as I read it, I would have to replace the 10 with a 5, then move as suggested by @Mark Aceto and then add a stick? We don't have an easy methodology to add?

[Replace a truss symbol in a configuration]

What if I want to replace a 10' with 2 five footers?

[Wood hatch for cross section and plan view please]

I've found some on the internet, never perfect,but they are available.

[Snapping Palette Missing VW 2022]

Snapping plate was revived in v2022 IIRC. The settings and preferences are now locked in the lower right hand corner of the application window.

[Lit fog: Beams through objects | repost]

I have had this issue, I forget how I fixed it. @markdd? @MrTemplate?

[Add "locate in resource manager" to Plant Object right click context menu - for quick access to my Plant Record data.]

could you use a worksheet with all of the pants in the file?

[Realistic Strip lights]

18 minutes ago, mjm said:

in case you're interested

 

really nice render.

[Realistic Strip lights]

Have you tried multiple emitters?

[Help - Drawing polygons with specific angles]

using the Polygon tool, not the regular polygon tool, draw a line and mid stroke, use the tab key to activate the floating data bar. Enter lengths and angles in the Floating Data Bar (aka FDB). You may need to tab around the FBD to activate the fields you need.

[Feature Request: emissive RGBW, RGBA, RGBAW etc... object]

Not just Vision, there needs to be a viable LED tape object in Vectorworks/Renderworks as well. In an ideal world those objects, like lighting devices, need to export to other renderers (C4D, Twinmotion, etc)