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  1. 3 hours ago, BG said:

    Is this a bug?

     

    Yes and no - most of this seems to be the complicated way you have constructed the elements. 

     

    As far as the 'complexity' is concerned, clicking on the 'box' reveals its a solid subtraction (to form the 'letter box') and then clicking on that reveals the 'box' is an extrusion of 4 separate lines.

     

    And - I see @Jeremy Bestjust snuck in before me with a better way. I was trying to upload an image built similarly but it seems part of the forum is brocken as far as images are concerned.

     

    @BGI tried your file in 2017, but you've posted 2018. Neverless, if it works in 2017, perhaps you should notify a 'bug' ?

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    Edit - sorry, missed you out @Benson Shaw- equally reasonable way to fix the prob. I resolved to using 3d polygons.

     

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    Edit again!! - How are you guys uploading images atm? Wont work for me.

     

  2. I think it would help if you posted the file - or a simple file that contains a wall with the sample 'window' elements.

     

    It seems from the image posted that the underside of the ptac is lower than the element to the right of it. Is this drawn correctly? Brickwork opening (base) is to remain level? I also note the height of the 'window' is not a brick dim. Does this need to be addressed?

     

    I assume the ptac also protrudes forward of the other three 'flat' elements, or is the casing not needed (to be shown accurately) in this exercise? Or the body of the ptac is internal? Would be helpful to have some detail to be borne in mind to develope a solution.

  3. Something Brocken???

     

    I dragged and dropped (on another thread) and it worked! - Thanks.

     

    But (theres always a but) now it won't allow further screenshots to be placed - even by uploading to the 'container' first.

     

    I get..

     

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    Which, incidentally, I have dragged into place here as well. (still works - yeh)

     

    Now I'll try to add to this .......Nah doesn't like that.

     

    For information - the image above is only 36kb and the one I next tried and failed with is 192kb so its not a size issue.

     

    @JimWare you still playing with this and you know about the issue?

     

  4. 1 hour ago, Bruce Kieffer said:

    I like the look of the text on the line

     

    No worries - Def go with what you want. Your work-around certainly seems to work.

     

    From your screen shots, another issue seems to be the poor legibility of the fractions. I don't use them (UK) but I'm a little surprised at the poor resolution of fractions. I assume some fonts are better than others.

  5. 20 hours ago, Bruce Kieffer said:

    without a fill the lines cross through the text

     

    Bruce - why don't you use the text offset setting. They don't have to be exactly on the line do they?

     

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    You can drag the dimension box to wherever you'd like (off the line), but entering a value in Text Off will keep your dims consistant.

     

    EDIT..

    Sorry - should have added  - Then you don't need a fill to the dimension

  6. @Christiaan - Agreed, window insertion has 'suck it and see' outcomes half the time.

     

    Looking at the file you posted, is there something adding to the 'confusion' VW gets itself into.

     

    Your design has the opener on the right hand side of the window in wall elevation. If you look at the window settings VW has your window opening to the left in its front preview pane.

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    If we assume this is how the window was 'created' (and you've flipped the window in this instance) then do a test...

     

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    Clearly looks like this is a bug if VW can't handle a flipped window style and represent it accurately with ID attached.

     

    Could you perhaps try this and just make sure its not me thinking I've stumbled over something, but that turns out I just need another coffeeO.o

     

     

  7. Well I'm not in the market for a lift atm. But I think you need to be quite 'explorative' when you google stuff. 

     

    If at first you don't get quite what you want it pays to slightly change the search order/question.

     

    I've absolutely no idea what you're after in terms of quality/price etc but 3d single man lift gives this..

    https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/u28faf057-bef5-4ce6-a7bd-c5be7b416090/Manlift

     

    59ef5edc64b96_ScreenShot2017-10-24at16_38_22.png.b6b2d3226554bd70df702ca44d8ed5d7.png

     

    Would do me - maybe not for you? Change the colour to yellow and stick your client's logo on it  Done!

     

    Scissor lift gives.

    https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/26d1c26917219e40c3513b64581c4322/lift

     

    59ef6307ac89e_ScreenShot2017-10-24at16_57_00.png.0ac2c0f3c817bc9f3fb8475b0378f7d3.png

     

    There's loads out there - varying quality etc. "Yer pays yer money (or get it for free) and yer gets yer choice" so there's plenty more I'm sure are better modelled but huge files.

     

    2 hours ago, Wes Gardner said:

    try heading over to 3D Warehouse.

     

    Good suggestion - This is always a really good start for 'sublime' or 'ridiculous'. Just spend bit of time looking for either something that is exactly what you want, or something that has potential and you don't mind 'playing' with it to get you where you need to be.

     

    Hope thats a start for you.

     

     

     

  8. 22 hours ago, Christiaan said:

    You're right, this is contributing to the effect of the horizontal line when zoomed out, but if you zoom right in and turn on Zoom Line Thickness you'll see that the main problem is a thick line around the perimeter of the auto-hybrid.

     

     

    Christiaan - I've looked at this with 'zoom' (I don't usually set that myself - but fair do's, it highlights the problem)

     

    If you move the wall away from the auto-hybrid, you will see both objects are given a thicker line perimeter by VW in the hidden line option you've chosen. So thats established its not just the auto-hybrid gable you've drawn.

     

    So - start by editing the wall style.

     

    In edit you will see the components (and the wall itself) can have pen sizes allocated to it. At the moment they are set to class style. This class size is 0.13 (you can see if you turn the class selection off). As a test, choosing 0.05 will provide a size the same as the brick pattern (To check, if you edit the brick pattern you can see its set to 'draw' in 0.05). If you edit the outer components (these are what VW uses to 'frame' walls in hidden line) to each be drawn in 0.03 it fixes your perimeter problem.

     

    I've looked at your auto-hybrid and that also is drawn in the thicker 0.13 pen. Making the same change fixes that (both parts will need changing - the gable and the coping) although the coping looks better untouched in my opinion.

     

    A better way must be to change the class style setting itself. But I thought this would provide a better explanation of the reason you have that 'look' and a way to quickly test the modification works.

     

    And - making changes like can have unwanted consequences elsewhere.

     

    I hope that proves useful - By the sounds of it you may be moving away from this presentation type so the line issue may not be quite so important to fix.

     

    (I'm still looking at the corbels construction when I get a moment - this is the face atm :( - I'm hoping to change that!)

     

     

     

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  9. Christiaan - (as you've probably decided by now) I don't think VW makes this a very easy process. It's certainly not explained anywhere I looked.

     

    However - and someone please correct me if I'm talking ******. When you customise a workspace it saves to your User files rather than the VW application files. When you startup VW it looks to the user folders first.

     

    I'd ditch that folder contents. By that I mean do it in a safe 'no harms been done' way by putting the files on the desktop for the moment. You can always put them back if this doesn't work.

     

    • Then restart VW.

     

    VW should warn you it can't find a customised workspace and suggest another. I believe if you've given it no choice other than to choose from the defaults you will find you're back to where you want to be. I've just tried this btw, and it worked for me. (And I've now put my custom ones back - without problem!!)

     

    Note: Just as a check to this, look at the file creation dates on the workspaces that are in the Application folders. I believe you will find they have the same  (or very close) dates to the release dates of VW versions. Or - they might be modified and be similar to an SP date (where a later SP has released a small change to the workspace.)

     

    Hope this works out.

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    Edit - I should say do this whilst VW is not running - then startup (safer that way)

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  10. Hi Confurius,

     

    You don't say which Vectorworks you are using. This would be good so answers to your questions can be better focussed. Create a signature with the information.

     

    If this is a standard requirement in Germany, hard to say why its not a 'localised' addition to your version. Also hard to say why your company hasn't already need to have this line type and someone else has created.

     

    It appears you are only wanting to provide a solution for 2D work - is this correct? I'm assuming yes.

     

    You are new to Vectorworks you'll find, try as it might, VW can't be all things to all users. You will start to create your own libraries of objects/tools that you find/need to help your own specialist workflow. We all have!

     

    Line types will be a good start for your learning . Use the help menu to find how to create a line type that will suit your objective. Save it with a sensible/memorable name and in a library that you'll be able to reference later. It might help for these sorts of drawings that you save it as a .sta file so you always have it available when you start a drawing. (You may have to look up 'save as template' in the help menu)

     

    Once created you'll be able to use the line in 2D and 3D.

     

    HTH, but (don't shout) better if you find these things yourself as its all part of the learning process.

     

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    I can post the above line type for you, but it would be good if your next post says you've created one yourself and it works fine.

     

     

  11. @Marissa Farrell was bound to say that @Kevin McAllister Now we all want what he's having!!

     

    Its all hush-hush, but "there's gold in them there hills" when you have the keys to the Vectorworks vault.

     

    You right @markdd- obviously being groomed for 'unworldly things' us mortals shouldn't know about.

    I looked, but I kept my head covered with tinfoil - I'm told thats protected me.

  12. Kevin - Thanks for taking a look.

     

    I've just checked..

     

    No it persists with the incorrect name. Its only in list view (so thumbnails and thumbnails list show correctly) and I would have thought that was enough of a refresh.

    However just to solidly check your idea on refresh, I've used both a 'soft' close of the manager (just by moving away from it) and a hard close by dismissing and re-choosing it from the pallets menu (manually or cmd-R).

     

    Still there - still a bug!

     

    It only happens if you start the duplication (and then naming) process from within list view. Are you not able to replicate then?

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    Edit - extra info

    Interestingly (or not?) the display panel does show the correct/expected use of -2 etc. so its definitely just the list view pane only

     

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  13. Guys - Minor irritation or bug? I've not seen this on the forum - shout at me if I've missed it being raised already.

     

    • Open resource manager - you know - the new all singing super-duper one in 2018 (I'm not being too subtle am I?). Btw, I'm on 2018 and yes, SP1.
    • Choose to view resources in list view - it only happens in list view as far as I can see
    • Choose a wall type in the resource manager. (see below - it doesn't seem to mind which resource type)
    • Right click and choose duplicate
    • (standard rename panel opens with the default set to same name with '-2' appended) Type in new name > click OK
    • 'New' wall appears in the resource list with same name as the original  - not even with the appended '-2'.
    • Then....
    • Try to rename this 'new' resource - the rename panel already has your earlier typed name.
    • Click OK and this time its accepted.

     

    Additionally (trying to help)

    • The bug even extends to losing the appended number if all you do is accept the default suggestion.
    • In a limited look at this , it extends to all resources. So its a naming bug rather than any problem with resource type.
    • Interestingly - If you switch to another view of the source the 'chosen' name is displayed (so its in there somewhere!). Assume this confirms its list view only.

     

     

    Please vote 'minor irritation' or 'bug' :D (no hanging chads on this one please):P


     

  14. What do you need to achieve Andrew?

     

    It looks like your sketch could easily be created as an extrusion as you don't show any components to the 'wall'. Did you actually want to have the wall continue and work as walls do in VW?

     

    And, if you will want linked components - is this what you're after?

     

     

    59df9ad2d2678_ScreenShot2017-10-12at17_38_26.png.1bbe111e03daea925d084d7652e2ab0c.png

     

    If not, can you explain a little more.

     

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