MartinFahrer

I only publish batch PDFs Exporting is simply not an option for me, same is printing. I publish the PDF in a batch then send them off to a coordinator to print and distribute. I To much time would be wasted exporting and naming 20 differnt plates. I need to be able to set up and name my sheets before hand and then publish them all at once. typical name of a file would be "000_Set Name_00 what the drawing is_xx-xx-2019" Where I change the date each new day I draw on it. However yes, text rasterize is enabled. I will double check it next time I publish though turn it on and off. Thanks Also it doesn't matter how I get to the PDF this was NOT an issue in 2018 and now clearly an issue in 2019, so obviously a bug that needs fixed.

Personally I would rather wait two years for a less buggy program than deal with a version seemingly rushed out to yearly to satisfy subscribers. Anyhow, I am running PC up to date service pack on everything. I turned off "adjust flipped text. (Personal preference so please no solutions about turning it back on). I have noticed if I flip a text horizontal, occasionally by mistake some times on purpose. The text looks correct on screen (like flip text was adjusted) but not on the PDF print out. (Again work flow, I must output in PDF so the coordinator can print out quantities of drafting, they don't pay me to print)

Not sure why would I do that, defeats the purpose. That's like saying "if it doesn't work why fix it just don't use it" I use numbers keypad for imputing numbers. all in one place, and if you are good you can use it one handed like typing a-s-d-f on a regular keyboard without looking.

That is a good work around!! However not for me, with the 3D mouse and a Graphics Display and separate keyboard from my lap top I have to many side peripherals as it is. Solid advice though. I wonder why some change views but others don't. I know tha Mac version has a way to turn it off, the PC version should as well. Hoping it gets added to the request. The PC space bar bug should be fixed first. Both slow down my workflow by not being intuitive to how a person drafts.

Yes IT has been an issue for some time. When will it be fixed?

Please fix or help me if you know a fix. My Mac friends have the option of turning off having the numeric key pad changing the current view, for some reason I don't have that option on the PC. I have lost count of the hours wasted using the numeric key pad thinking I am editing a number, only to have my current view change, then having to go and change it back. A very boring time suck. An yes I have allowed Numeric keypad for instant data board entry turned on. Great when you are drawing a line etc. I am talking about using the kepad to enter offsets and other numbers. Any way to disable the numeric keypad from changing views on a PC? thanks

Note when typing text, that is just silly. I'm talking when I am doing things like changing fraction in the dimension tool and want to pan. I am not talking about zooming in and out i use the mouse tool for that I use the space bar a lot to move left and right on the plate. For example it I have a certain tool picked (not the text tool) and want to do a quick pan right instead of going to the pan tool panning then re selecting the tool being used I simple press space, pan, let go and I am back in the tool Line square etc. Huge time saver extremely efficient, As far as "Not aware of any changes being made I am in 2019. I just opened VW 2018 and just did the same action and instead of the space bar switching the fractions in Dimension, it brought up a temporary pan tool, just like I have been used to since 2019. SO it's not a bug, a patch, or a problem, it is a feature in 2019. Try it yourself. do the following Open a page, select the dimension tool. After drawing a dimension, change the fraction from 1/8 to 1/2. Then hold the space bar down to temporarily pan. In 2018 the little hand comes up and I can move around the drawing, something I have done since 2014. Do the same thing in 2019 and the fraction will change to t next one down.

I can't count the number of times I am noting up a drawing or making a label or doing anything other than making a shape in the info bar, I go to use the space bar to bring up the pan tool to pan in the drawing and I change the font size, or something equally annoying that I have to undo. This is an added distraction, time suck (aka feature) of 2019. What engineering genius (sarcasm) thought of using the space pare for anything else but bringing up the move tool. I have wasted hours going back and resizing fonts. If I wanted to access those features I would be using the TAB key. Please please please change it back so the only thing the space bar does while in the drawing is the MOVE tool. I can't be alone hear can I??? Anyone else find this annoying, is there a fix??

You guys are FANTASTIC! so many options. I did consider the symbol and just might do that but no time with my schedule of drafting. I feel so silly I didn't look for the tool prefereances (To be fair neither did VW support person either. So obvious, I use it in other tools and must remember that it works in all tools. Works perfectly for automatically creating a label it's fast and easy! Adding it to my Template document!

Thanks!! I will try these tomorrow when I get back on the computer. I do wonder if it's a difference in Mac vs PC versions. I am on a PC

I thought that would work to, similar to how I set my break line tool settings. Unfortunately the label tool does not work the same. Tried in Plate, in viewport and in the design layer. Double click change the settings in the dialogue box placed the label. Did not track to the viewport label at all and did not track if I went back and made a second label after changing those setting.

I find that the default Title font (14) and the default Drawing # size (12) are not good for my drawings. I would like to set it up so if I am doing a 1/4" scale drawing and create a label in the viewport the Title is 16 the # is 16 and the rest are the same If I am using it in 1/2" scale I would like the default to be Title 20 and # 18. I wouldn't mind creating the default each drawing and just have it do it for every viewport label. It is time consuming to change them every time I create a viewport. That's 2 extra steps. Speaking of which, when making a viewport I would like it to be able to use a set scale that I am doing for everyone instead of 1:1 each time I make a view[ort, no I don't draft in scale I draft in 1:1 because I work with sketch up and DWG files and find I have more problems with scale than I do with 1:1. Talked with Tech support they said there was no way to do either. Thanks in advance Martin

I have had this issue since they started doing tabs. I often open a second tab to maybe copy and paste to current drawing, or move a created resource to my "new drafting template" file. The original drawing doesn't respond, I zoom in and out and see percentages changing but not the drawing. Nothing responds. I have to close and open to be able to manipulate the file. This has gone on since 2016? maybe. All I know is that it started when they implemented tabs and has NOT been fixed after several years. I have 2 questions 1- This is a known issue, can this be bumped up to #1 priority to fix. It's annoying, slows down my work flow, and the only program I use with tabs that has this issue. 2- Anyone have a work around so this doesn't happen so often?? Thanks

I am loving my Huion GT-220 V2 Pen Display Tablet. The Pen is much better than the touch screen and now at less than 500$ for a 21" display, wow. The closest is the Cintiq at 2K for the basic it's not even a comparison when drafting, touch screen not needed. Combine it with a 3D mouse and wow I might upgrade to the Next Huion up, for the short cut keys.

I have found the answer the problems is in the Update in AVG that automatically quarantined files trying to be written by a program in the desktop or on your computer. I switched from automatic to ask, then set a rule to always allow Vectorworks. Must be an update in my AVG. At first I thought it was the Acrobat start up I put to sleep but I was wrong.