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_James

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  1. I agree this is quite annoying, I gave up on trying to find a solution. 

     

    I can see from Kevin's image that you could match the Jamb's lineweight to the wall, but this would effect the entire jamb rather than just the junction between the jamb and the wall which I imagine is what Tatiana is trying to show.

  2. 3 minutes ago, Christiaan said:

    his software has become an integral part of our workflow. I gave up on trying to get VW to produce small PDFs.

    Same here!

     

    I know there are so many options and granularity with VW's exports but 95% of people don't care. I just want to attach it to an email and not make the client wait 2 minutes for it to download.

  3. On 1/13/2024 at 7:40 PM, Peter Vandewalle said:

    Years ago, we proposed the tool to the other distributors worldwide. The answer was that Vectorworks users (architects) never make these drawings. So they were not interested.

    Wow. Architects in the UK make these drawings on most, if not all, projects. It would be good for VW to review this.

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  4. 13 hours ago, bluelite said:

    Is there a goto workflow in Vectorworks (using cable tools, or electrical tools) to represent simple wiring on lights for circuiting?

    There doesn't appear to be but I really wish there was. Doing electrical plans is probably one of the biggest time commitments on a set of construction drawings now because it is all done manually.

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  5. I use a 2021 M1 Pro Macbook with 16GB memory, file sizes never more than 500MB - I don't have obvious issues with slow files, perhaps only with files with 100+ sheets.

     

    @Flair-Studio - I share your rendering pain! I think for serious rendering (spending 1 day+ per week on rendering) a separate PC is the way to go. I did buy one but really don't enjoy working on a PC. It's collecting dust now and I just don't do much rendering. Who knows what the future holds now that the M3 has hardware accelerated ray tracing which was the limitation that stopped Twinmotion's Path Tracer being available on Mac. The only thing that's guaranteed is that it's going to be expensive!

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  6. I would have thought that filters were a feature added to try to tackle this request in a different way as it was likely too time intensive/would have unintended consequences if done in ways that have been suggested here.

     

    I would also like to see this functionality added. Particularly at an early stage we create lots of design layers with different options and end up making blank layers with titles like '- - - - - - - Option 1 - - - - - -' to help make the navigation palette more legible. Surely this workflow can be improved upon!

     

    In the image below all of the layers could be made into 6 groups.

     

    Screenshot2023-11-28at11_40_58.png.909e910f7f6509e5e65c188c8b80a53f.png

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  7. On 11/17/2023 at 4:31 PM, Tom W. said:

    You know in the German VW they have a command that converts 2D geometry into a hatch automatically? I'd love to know how they came to have it + why no one has thought to offer it to everyone else.

    Crazy! This would be great to have. Nothing makes me feel more dumb than trying to make a hatch in VW.

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