Chad Hamilton HAArchs

Found the current enhancement request list and entered it - thanks

This is the wishlist, isn't it?

Thanks Pat - I'm thinking it would be a good wish list item to have the function of exporting line and marker settings integrated into the Migration Manager, which otherwise works very well for us. Line thickness uniformity between users is critical for us, to keep drawing consistency across the office, and although we only have a few custom markers, recreating them by hand for every user is tedious.

That might be relatively easy to find and experiment with - thanks for the pointer!

I don't think a template file will override line thickness settings in Tools / Options / Line Thickness, and it won't provision them to the attributes palette. Template files will save other settings, but not settings for the attributes palette. This creates a problem with multiple users, as each user needs to set line thicknesses and marker styles individually, unless you use VW defaults out of the box.

Odd that there doesn't seem to be a way to export and import line thickness and marker list settings for Tool / Options. This would greatly simplify set up of new workstations, upgrading to new versions, and our ability to maintain office-wide standards.

I think the biggest advantage of a parametric tool for this would be that it would be used more. But huge advantage would be the ability to numerically enter values, for example of the centroid of the shape object compared to the path, and to select from symbol resources standard or custom shapes, and possibly for some limited standard shapes, like circles or rectangles, to generate these within the tool. It would also be good to assign texture(s) from within a parametric tool. I think this kind of workflow would benefit both technical drawings, by making it easier to add perimeter shapes or trims to the model, but also would benefit early visualization, again by making it easier to add and texture/render elements in the model. I agree with you, reshaping probably would not change.

Make a tool that makes “extrude on path” more parametric, and provide it as a tool. It would be used for constantly for roof edges, complex railings, trims, but making the profile a setting would make it easier to use and easier to change. The path and profile below are for a building I’m working on – I have to draw the path and copy the profile each time for different roof elements, and always have to adjust the profile location relative to the path each time.

Curtain wall tool – can we get the option to choose how the grid is arranged? Like start at center, start, or end of lilne – it is always time-consuming to manually adjust the grid alignment horizontally.

Curtain wall settings a. Glass inset is given from the face, not the back – setting 5 b. The glass inset should be set by the cap depth – that channel is where the glass sits – the way to tool is set up is prone to error, because both cap depth and glass inset have to be set manually to match, and the tool is set up with cap inset and glass offset in opposite directions–

Opacity control in Attributes palette – provide a right-clickable keyed entry option to allow keyed in opacity settings – currently somewhat finicky to repeat opacities to a particular level.

Stair tool – include the ability to create intermediate handrails – any time a stair is greater than 60 inches, it requires an intermediate railing (under CBC / IBC)

Slabs – when entering boundary edit mode, the view jumps to the center of the object – I think it’s safe to say that nobody wants this – usually when you’re editing boundaries, you’re looking at snapping to some precise point, either to fix an initial placement or to do a revision – better to leave the current pan and zoom, and don’t change it, which can be frustrating.

Slabs – should be able to create a style from components in the slab tool – more efficient that first making an assembly in the slab tool, then realizing that to define a style you can only do it as a resource

This tip should be included in VW Help folder under "Editing Interior Elevation Viewports"