[iMac Pro information]

2 minutes ago, willofmaine said:

Hi, the iMac Pro has a completely different chip from the iMac.  It's my understanding that the OpenGL crashing is specific to the iMac Pro (its AMD graphics card, I guess), but maybe not, if you're also crashing with OpenGL.  I can save files without any problem.  The iMac Pro came with the latest OS X, so I can't compare to other versions.

Many thanks!    Enjoy pristine Maine!

 

[iMac Pro information]

Thank you, Will.   Yes, GL seems to be the context for these constant crashes.  I cannot save the file without crashing!   Perhaps we have the same Intel Core i7 chip architecture.   Have you found that one OS X release is better than another w.r.t. VW18 crashing?   Thank you!

[iMac Pro information]

@willofmaine

 

I just completed drafting a timberframed barn using Vectorworks 2018 SP2.   Each post, summer beam, purlin, and subordinate dimension-lumber sticks were defined individually and then put to together into a beautiful, coherent building:  

 

Timberframe.pdf

 

This building was not quite 2D drafted, but it did not use the AEC tools and other auto-generated objects that seem to cause VW to stagger -- only a concrete stem wall and a set of stairs.   I then drafted a two-story house having (4) sets of stairs and  auto-generated objects (roof, floors, walls), plug-in windows and doors, and a few fixtures and appliances.  Both the timberframe and the house projects resulted in ~30MB .vwx files.   Yet, VW18 handles the timberframe with ease, never lagging, or hiccuping.   I can rotate it, flyover it, stand it on its head.   VW18 has never frozen or crashed interacting with the Timberframe.   But if I just click on a plug-in or attempt to the file, the house project will crash -- sometimes 5 times in 5 minutes.   Very disappointing.   Any pointers on which heavy-weight objects tend to make VW18 crash?

 

My daily driver is     

[Door and Window Catalogs missing from Resource Manager]

Got it.  One (motion) picture is worth a thousand words.   I had diligently read the 2018 Brochure with its various sub-paths and videos, but somehow missed this.   Could you recommend other reading/viewing that might spare me further ignorance in the semantics of VW 1018?   Thank you for your help and for any further guidance.

[Door and Window Catalogs missing from Resource Manager]

I have been using resources from Andersen Door Catalog.vwx and Andersen Window Catalog.vwx for more than a year now when suddenly these two files had nothing in them except for two doors and three windows respectively.   Under VW 2018, the cupboard is still bare.   I have installed packages from Help > Download Content > Vectorworks Package Manager, but still get no results.   I have, of course, rebooted my machine.   This could be something simple, but after some weeks of intermittent problem-solving, I am at a deadend.    Many thanks.