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    Adding words to user dictionary via its .txt file

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Gadzooks said:

    Assuming you are happy with the list transfer, you can make the dictionary contents available to the rest of the team.

     

    With 35 people all making their own UserDictionary.txt files, transferring from user to user is not simple.

    The hope is to allow for a single company wide dictionary be added to the Workgroup referenced Folder

     

    Spelling Check is very primitive in VW.

    There is no Ignore all upper case words, or number and letter combinations.

    With notes that are M2 and F3 or PT7, the spell check is long and laborious.

     

    With lots of UNO and U.N.O showing up in the drawings, the dictionary file gets cumbersome.

    And clicking "Learn" over and over the first time is painful

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    Copied elements from layer link have disappeared

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Myles L said:

    Within the same design layer where the layer link embedded

    You can't do this and expect it to remain.

    New data needs to be placed on a different layer.

    When the file updates from the source file, any changes or adjustments make get removed.

    regardless if you copy the info or draw new.

    You get a warning when shifting to a Referenced layer waring of this behavoir.

    If you don't see the warning, you may want to reset the warnings in VW Preferences.

     

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    Fillet a polyline doesn't cooperate

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    1 hour ago, MartinBlomberg said:

    I must be missing something really obvious here... 

    When double clicking on the shape with the fillet tool, the radius can't be larger than half the distance of the smallest side.

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    And for some reason, this shape shows in OIP as closed, but there is still one side that appears to not be closed.

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    HTH

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    pdf printing problem

    in Architecture

    Posted

    On 6/1/2023 at 10:16 AM, FRED JOHNSON said:

    Apparently this is how I did it in the past but just forgot the extra step.

    Here to save you the extra step.

     

    Select the files in Finder.

    Right click and select Quick Actions...

    Then Create PDF.

    You can select Images & PDF's to make a single PDF file.

     

    If you don't have this option, it can be found in System Preferences/Privacy & Security/Extensions/Finder...

    The real ProTip is that the in the resulting file, the pages are arranged in the order that you select them in Finder.

    Or the order of the current sort, if you are selecting an entire folder full of stuff.

    The Files do not even need to be in the same folder, as long as you can see (and click on them) in a single Finder window.

    Think List View with several folders "kicked open" to see contents.

    This has saved me lots of time monkeying around with Acrobat, Preview, PDF Expert, etc.

    • Like 3

    Piano

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 9/9/2022 at 3:42 PM, jmhanby said:

    I am looking for the upright piano and all I get is this same screen.  Can anyone help me out?

    Be sure your libraries are up to date.

    Right click on the Premium Libraries and "Refresh"

    Do the same for the Vectorworks Libraries

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    Make sure that your search is for everything, everywhere.

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    I'm seeing several results for "piano"

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    Note the little cloud and arrow in the bottom left corner of each symbol.

    This means that it's currently in the cloud and will need to download to use.

    HTH

    Slightly more than Drop Shadows Plan Drawing

    in Architecture

    Posted

    18 hours ago, Hans-Olav said:

    Two stacked viewports? 

    • background is horizontal section viewport with open-gl rendering, no color 
    • front regular top/plan viewport to get door openings and wall detail

    Thanks Hans.

    Will give that a whirl and let you know.

     

    Part of my issue will be having everything in 3D but I knew that was comimg

    Why don't Doors update their Symbols ?

    in Architecture

    Posted

    @zoomer Have never tried/used/selected the Use Symbol Geometry option.

    Never quite understood the reason/rationale.

    According to VW Help...

    • Select Use Symbol Geometry and click Browse to select a door symbol. Click the Symbols selector. From the Resource Selector, double-click a different symbol to apply it.
    • The symbol Name displays in the Door Settings dialog box and the preview is updated with the selected symbol.
    • When a symbol is selected, all fields pertaining to the door’s geometry are disregarded; however, parametric values are still available for scheduling and reporting purposes only.

    By selecting the Use Symbol Geometry, the OIP values DO NOT adjust the PIO for Width, Height, Angle, etc.?

    And schedules display the OIP values?

    Talk about confusing.

     

    And I'm not seeing the symbols listed during a Purge. 

     

    Drawing Label - Custom Sheet Number

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    16 hours ago, B Cox said:

    IE, if the plan is on sheet 1, my elevation is on sheet 2. Sheet 2's drawing labels are Detail 1/Sheet 1. 

    Very Old School.

    Detail Number from the sheet you are on and then the first location that the detail was keyed in.

    Gives you the ability to see the detail and then find where the detail exists in the project.

     

    You don't have to explose anything.

    Just edit the one you have.

    Either in the VP Annotations space or place a new one on the Sheet or Design Layer.

    Not automatic but...#WhatAreYaGonnaDo?

     

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