Jeff Prince

So I drank the koolaid again and upgraded to the latest iPad pro. 1st to get better Procreate performance (speed, canvas size, layer quantities), 2nd to have a larger screen for viewing PDFs in the field, a larger Procreate workspace, and a second "monitor" for my laptop. Oh, and the pencil charging location is much improved too 🙂 It is quite a leap forward from my 2016 iPad Pro, which is still very usable some 6 years later. I'm surprised I never destroyed the thing given the environments I used it in (hot deserts, frozen mountains, and seaside). It fell about 15' on a construction site once and miraculously survived unscathed, save one dent to the case. It now has the fastest single core speed, and fairly impressive multicore speed, of any computer I use. It would be nice if some form of Vectorworks could run on it.

My new iPad Pro now has the fastest single core speed, and fairly impressive multicore speed, of any computer I use. It would be nice if some form of Vectorworks could run on it.

My new iPad Pro now has the fastest single core speed, and fairly impressive multicore speed, of any computer I use. It would be nice if some form of Vectorworks could run on it.

My pleasure, glad it worked for you.

Death Ray is a proper architectural term to landscape architects 🙂 I do a lot of work in hot desert environments with reflected heat and radiation. Many plants which tolerate full sun in the desert will become crispy critters when located near glazing, facades, or swimming in a sea of pavement. Even projects in temperate climates can have plants die at the hands of the death ray shot from a shiny facade. A great example is Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, though no plant could survive that, it was melting cars. Here's a good article that mentioned a few fryscapers: https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-buildings-that-melt-things-1247657178

Thanks. I'll have to dig out the full mid-century modern treatment I came up with. It's similar to this one, but has more of an Eames inspired look with radial attributes signaling values in addition to these concentric arc examples.

I thought you might 🙂 Here's an early example a system I put together for one of my teams. It works well for multi-cultural offices too, where English may be a second or third language. In this example, the colors of the plant fill and bloom were from a symbolic palette that helped staff make sure they were pairing things according to our desired aesthetic. I would create a few key vignettes for different planting areas and then have my staff use that as a recipe for other areas. Think focal areas, nodes, foundation plantings, or special use situations such as adjacent to pools, parking islands, playgrounds, etc... The best part of using a graphic language to code meaningful information is you can be sitting in front of a client reading a plan upside-down, and answer some basic information like when something blooms... without having to scramble. We all have moments where we forget things, especially if it's a plant you haven't used in a while and were focused on something else when the question was asked.

it won’t help, it has been tried many times over multiple threads. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink… ex: My other suggestion was deleted, presumably by the moderator.

That’s not typical behavior. Are you trying to export single sheets to autocad in 2D or something else? You might check to see if you have some unused images floating around on a design layer, check that unneeded design layers are turned off in the appropriate sheet viewports, review your dwg export setting to make sure they are appropriate.

This conversation should be locked due to the lack of decorum.

Nice work Bruce. The simple details on the bed and mechanism are very nice. I also like how you carried alternating rails into the lower frame. I now have shop and lumber rack envy too.

I have taught students and managed groups who were learning plants or had a hard time remembering their attributes. I found that using a graphic convention in the plant symbol which depicts requirements for sun exposure, irrigation, and bloom color/time of year makes this easier for folks. Placing this information on classes that can be turned off gives you options. If you do a good job developing a graphic style, you can usually leave them on and make them a part of what makes a symbol unique. The same technique was used back in the day of hand graphics too.... deciduous vs evergreen trees, ground cover vs shrub, annual vs perennial, etc... I mean we are graphic people by nature and need unique looking plant symbols to make plans useful. Alternatively, you could use a data tag or data visualization to generate the information on demand, that's pretty quick and BIMy.

I sure hope so 🙂

My apologies, that was not my intention. New people tend to go down that rabbit hole of detail, you just have to know where to stop for your particular use case, which was the point of my question.

this will help... https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2022/eng/VW2022_Guide/Start/The_Message_Center.htm

I don't have this issue. I wonder if you have a browser or security issue on your end. Do you experience the same thing on other site where you upload an image?

old thread, here's one of my old projects. A nice blue and tan gradient with a flat plane is fast and easy to configure in the site model instead of the default greens. Changing the flat plane to a colored glass coordinated to the blues used on the site model can allow for the beach transition to have a more familiar gradient appearances as seen in the aerial photograph. open this gif in a new tab if it doesn't animate

Happy to help. 1. This on is easy, the class "Plants-Component-Tags" was turned off. Once you turn it on the tag for the Geranium shows up with a quantity. I would advise learning about Data Tags instead of using the tag within a plant object though. This will give you greater flexibility in tagging plants... .... seems to be the direction Vectorworks is going with everything, abandoning built in object tags in favor of Data Tags. On a related note, you may want to look into using Sheet Layers and viewports, placing your notes and tags in the annotation space of a viewport. Model or drawn objects on Design Layers and annotations on Sheet layers is a powerful workflow for many of us, especially if you move into a BIM workflow. 2. Swooping arrow = parameter controlled "by style" meaning that aspect of a plug in object gets its value from the style definition and allows you to change all your plants in one quick edit of the style, which can be very helpful in certain workflows. Sliders = parameter controlled "by instance" meaning you can change the parameter in the object info panel directly for individual objects. Your workflow will determine what parameters are best controlled "by style" vs "by instance". I usually keep height and spread by instance for instance so I may give my plants a bit of graphic variation. Here is some additional information that you may find helpful. https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2017/eng/VW2017_Guide/Symbols/Creating_Plug-in_Object_Styles.htm By the way, that marker rendered concept plan looks nice 🙂

You can find them by using the pull down menu instead of the resource manager. Landmark -> Reports, IIRC. That launches a dialog box where you can pick from predefined reports or create you own. If this is new for you, watch one of the videos on Vectorworks university. Also, become familiar with Worksheets and setting database criteria for best results. A bunch of stuff here on the forum will be helpful too.

Just tested in 2023 with a variety of site models, still a problem.

I wish we didn't have to suffer with this issue. I just tested 2023 and it is still happening. I've seen this on the simplest of site models with "perfect" data sets. It doesn't seem to matter if the site model is created from stakes, contours, imported poly lines, or site sculpting. It doesn't seem to matter if it's an unmodified existing site model or one with site modifiers. It's impossible to predict when your carefully placed labels will be replaced with these villainous ones with a mind of their own. Back to labeling the old fashion way...

The firm I am with has some great opportunities for a variety of positions in Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff), Oregon (Portland), and Nevada (Reno). My LA group is currently using LandFX, but I am building a Vectorworks based team and introducing BIM modeling for the projects I will be going after. These are in-person only positions with a minimum of 3 years of experience and a Bachelors of Landscape Architecture or higher required. The company provides the most generous I have seen in the industry, great salaries, and wonderful work environments with the ability to cross pollinate with in-house environmental engineers, archeologists, and civil engineers. The work ranges from public parks, housing developments, educational facilities, commercial development, and environmental mitigation. So, if you are looking for a change and want to get in on the ground floor of an innovative landscape BIM group, this is a rare opportunity. Please send me a private message to learn more.

Glad you figured it out. I love those crop boxes for certain things... Like making keymaps of my larger projects once I've settled in on the shape of viewports. or Trying to figure out what is going on with some of the crazy files my clients have sent to me 🙂 Those martian crop circles can be a life saver sometimes.

The main problem you will encounter is there are several ways people do the same thing within Revit in regards to project setup, a familiar issue in many programs. I've had architects who insist on locating the building file in real world location/orientation while others treat their building as is traditionally done in CAD...optimized rectilinear orientation for sheeting and then placing the building in a separate site file where it is positioned/orientated. You have to get to the bottom of how things are organized thru the life of the project before a compelling Vectorworks strategy emerges. You can download a free trial of Revit here. Of course you will need a PC or dual boot Mac for the task. I would advise reviewing the Revit tutorials on the methods for setting up a project and how project locations work prior to downloading Revit. Plan on a few hours to get your head wrapped around it. Once you have a handle on how Revit handles locating features and the project, you would then be in an informed position to download the trial and load your Architect's building and investigate their practices. Just make sure you are able to dedicate the necessary time prior to the trial expiring. Once you observe the behavior and setup of their Revit model in its natural habitat, you can run some test on how best to execute what you need to accomplish in Vectorworks. Finally, you will be able to test exporting your Vectorworks to Revit and develop recommended practices on future file transfers. That's really all there is to it, some unglamorous research and testing. Once you've established this baseline knowledge, it will get easier... if a proper project kickoff is held and people stay true to the methods set out in the beginning. Now, if you are thinking this is too much work and don't want the expense of obtaining a PC/dual boot, you can always hire a specialist to do it for you. I imagine a Revit expert in your area would make quick work of this task and be at the ready to help with any future issues... good investment IMHO. I've been fortunate with most of my Revit architects, they are always willing to host me at their office for some collaboration and experimentation to get it right from the start, time well invested for all of us. Further, they can be encouraged to export building shells w/o interiors and furniture, especially when we extend the same courtesy to them when exporting our files. Did you have a chance to review and use Katarina's advice here? It seems you have a dozen thread on the forum all based around the same difficulties. I hope a means for curing your project emerges, it's gotta be frustrating if all these threads are about the same project.