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That would be terribly disappointing. As per today's VW store site information, subscription cost for the Design Suite is listed at $1,980.00 billed annually. Service Select is a friendlier $ number to manage in comparison. I could imagine many would see this as a reason to look around for alternative ways to produce design work deliverables.

Agree with Jeff FYI 3d + 2d combination workflow from 1999 A little bit of showing off 🙂 Every place has it's microclimate. You just need to find one that suits you best.

Agree with Francois!

I forgot to add this one https://www.cad-bim-manager.com/tools_wall_hole.htm and https://www.cad-bim-manager.com/tools_flat_roof_win.htm

My hope is that the VW development team follows the program's users as well as other's customization efforts. I just ran into this site https://www.cad-bim-manager.com/index.htm Vectorworks specific section https://www.cad-bim-manager.com/index.htm#Tools_Vectorworks Unfortunately.... "DISCONTINUED: This page is legacy only. All my tools are developed solely to improve my own real-world productivity, in my spare time from a real full-time job and sold on request for a nominal fee only. After over 20 years, I discontinued my development for Vectorworks since I moved to Archicad." Kudos to _c_! Her custom tools for Vectorworks were thoughtful and impressive. https://www.cad-bim-manager.com/tools_win.htm https://www.cad-bim-manager.com/tools_door.htm https://www.cad-bim-manager.com/tools_industrial_door.htm https://www.cad-bim-manager.com/tools_vault.htm Many should go on the wish list.

That would be great to addition to VW functionality.

This is very helpful. Thank you

Horizontal and diagonals are Structural Members. They are nice to work with. I haven't thought of making any columns out of them. Time to learn something new. Thanks!

Jeff's advice is a good setup to follow. Simplifies the workflow and keeps the project files sizes smaller. A good analogy would be making one old school topo model that can be used as a base for several building models representing various design options.

Thanks for noticing my post. Structural members as in beams, yes. It's a good feature. The object is a column. I can't locate a function where it would angle the top end.

Is it at all possible to clip the top of column to an angel? Ends of beams do a nice job at beveling but not columns.

How is development work on improved walls functionality coming along?

Hi Steven, Thanks for your taking notice of my post. You shared some sound guidance already. Larger work scope makes for some stronger headaches. BTW..... too bad there is no such thing as Google Translate equivalent for BIM 🙄 Maybe one day. I will DM you soon. Kind regards, GG

Hello, I'm looking for advice from other VW users that may have had a similar task to contend with. For us it is good news and a challenge all in one kind of thing. We are in the preliminary stages of exploring a commercial building conversion/reuse project. It's a 12 level 7,000 SF floor plate commercial building. The project's program is a mix of residential, hospitality and commercial uses. The existing conditions were already documented by others in Revit. Other's proposals were done in Revit. The objective is to setup the Vectorworks files and workflow to be Revit friendly. All the consultants and engineers are using Revit and or AutoCAD. We are under much pressure to go with Revit on this. If at all possible we would love to stick with Vectorworks on this project. At the same time not at the price our own peril..... Any advice is greatly apricated. Kind regards to everyone!

I just had to remake a few walls again. No fun at all this! Same issue as before. Modified wall peaks, after that it all went wrong. Working in VW 2023. Regarding moving on to VW 2024; One reason to stay in 2023 or in an older release would be that some projects were started in some previous VW version. Sometimes it takes a couple of years or more to get form A to Z. Planning reviews, entitlements, public hearings, rezoning, etc. Or simply adding to a project already built and drawn in some previous version. Converting older files developed to an advanced level to the current VW2024 may not be in the picture. Staying with the problem we know and not looking for new ones is a pretty good option. I can not guess from Whitfiled's post above but this is our predicament. With all due respect and appreciation to the VW team efforts. Walls working as they should ought to be the normal. Not a hopeful wish to be addressed in a later release. Kind regards to everyone nudged by this post, GG