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I have a 3d contours of a site showing the cut required to create terraces on a sloping site and I need to export a flyover of it so the client can visualise the retaining wall areas and where the ground is being cut away - any suggestions how I export a video fro them to see?

Great thank you.

When I go to "Edit Viewport" anmd click "Design layer" option instead of taking me to the image on the Design Layer it takes me to teh centre of teh Design layer page - is there a means to change it so it goes to the image as seen on the Viewport (as it used to!) ?

I am working on a proposed industrial estate on a sloping site where I have four plots and will need to do c=some cut and fill to plac eteh structures and retaining walls and have been provided with as existing contours of the site (with the contours at 500mm height increments). I woudl like to convert the contours into a solid surface and then create site sections through the site (approx 20 sections). I have tried the Vectorworks help but cannot work out how to do it to create 2D sections that I can then trace or create into a polygon as an existing section - any suggestions? Thanks

@markdd Many thanks,that worked a treat.

Is it possible to convert a set of linked lines into a polygon? I have been sent cross sections through a site and the system that created (AutoCad Civils) it simply has a seies of linked lines to show the "as existing" ground levels. I want to have them as a polygon that I can then show coluoured up and show the as proposed as a different coloured area.

Also it now as I open up puts up an error mesage "Error loading Vision Library!"

I follwoed theinstructions and deleted the two files I found, then rebooted - but no better, even tried un ataching the obj Info box.

I found the second and third ones on the list of stuff to rmove but not the first and fourth!

@Jim Wilson I am afraid I have not got the hang or replying on this forum yet! Both iMacs are running OS 10.13.6 High Sierra.

Thank you for the response, unfortunateley I allways have my Object Info palette (and other pallets) free floating as it gives me more screen space. So based on your advice I did the reverse and attached it! It seems to have fixed it on the iMac 27" (Late 2015). However, not on the iMacPro 27" (2017)! I have even tried to put it back and take it off again - still the same result of having to Force Quit! It was all rather embarassing today when it crashed whilst trying to create a revised elevation for a client. Do you know when will SP3 be coming out?

I am having issues with Vectorworks 2019 SP2 crashing when I try and create a rectangle or lines. I get the colourful spinning wheel of death then I can do nothing with it. The only way to close it is a forced Quit. This has happened with two different files (one 11.4Mb and teh other 32.3Mb). I have just opened up a new file and managed to create a rectangle and line with no crashing! Any suggestions?

Yes, i have an AutoCad app on the ipad and that imported them oK

That worked fine, had not realized I could import them that way. Thanks

I am on a Mac and so the choice is single dxf/dwg

No Error message. I can see the files. But the .dxf files appear grey and cannot be clicked or chosen

I cannot import dxf drawings - even ones I have exported! I can import dwg with no issue.

Thanks - just sent them an e-mail.

Cannot see anything which will stop me using the tools - may be simple solution but cannot find it or work out what i did to trigger it off - the only thing is that it all happened after I imported a dwg file received from a client ...... No dialog visible, tried reset in the Preferences box. Tried turning it "off and on" again. The top menu tools work, for example i can select all (Apple A) and I can copy and paste. Tried First aid to repair any Apple issues which may or may not be the issue (iMac 27 Retina 5K running OS10.11.6) . Nothing works. It also does not work on my original drawings either now! I opened up Vectorworks on my laptop and it is working fine in both sheet and design layer. I am not going to risk opening the dwg on that!! Really weird that i can draw rectangles and lines and zoom on the sheet layer but not on the design layers. In the design layers I can press the relative button for the features but it does not actually work on the layer, even the pan tool does not work and the mouse image stays as an arrow! The only other thing I have noticed is that in the top boxes it shows "no active plane" but i have tried to change it to no avail!

I imported a dwg drawing and now all my Tools are disabled in Design Layer. They work fine in the Sheet Layers. So I cannot draw or edit or zomm etc - dead in the water...........