Peter Telleman

@C. Andrew Dunning Thanks for the link, very interesting. So the percentage means in pleating, not so much a specific length? So I should fiddle with the percentage until I get to the 1800mm I'm looking for? Very useful, thank you

@C. Andrew Dunning @Scott C. Parker Back again, so maybe I'm seeing this wrong. 40% of my 3000mm drape width is 1200mm, which should leave me with 1800mm. But if I fill in 40 at the vertical tied fullness percentage, my drape breaks are at just a bit over 2100mm. Can someone explain what I'm doing wrong? curtain question.vwx

That's how I understand it as well, the vertical tied fullness is supposed to comensate for pleaded hung curtains, so it should solve my issue?

@C. Andrew Dunning Hi, Thanks for the answer and example. I understand what you're saying, my thinking was: we use our drapes pleated,and we overlap, which means we get about 1800mm per drape (except of course for the first one, which doesn't get overlapped. I thought setting a minimum overlap would force the soft goods tool to think like that, but clearly it doesnt. would setting the tied fulness percentage to 40 get me what I want? Or is there a better way to get it to do what I want, without just setting it to 1800 and no overlap? thanks, Peter

@Scott C. Parker This is driving me mad. The minimum overlap used to work, and right now it seems when I draw a 3000mm curtain, I set my drape width to 3000, but with a minimum overlap of 1200, it gives me a drape count of 1, instead of the 2 you would expect with a working length of 1800 (the 3000 minus the 1200 overlap). Should I change to using the Tied Fulness percentage, which does seem to do the job? And if so, what is the purpose of the minimum overlap field? Peter

I see I've made a change to the style. I went from a width of 2800 with an overlap of 1000, to a width of 3000, with an overlap of 1200. I assumed that would leave the same end result of 1800 working length. But for some reason it changes the drape count.

@C. Andrew Dunning Hi everyone, A couple of years ago I made some styles for curtains, and they seem to work fine for counts. Our drapes are 3000mm wide, with an overlap of 1200, so working length is 1800. And up till now that worked fine for the drape count, it would count in lenghts of 1800, and would round up drapes to the drawn length of curtain. However, since VW 2026 it doesn't do that anymore, it now appears as if it uses the drape width of 3000, and not take the 1200 overlap into account. Has something changed in VW? Or have I accidentally messed up my styles? In the attached example I have a curtain of 4800, so that should have been 3 drapes, but the count now says 2. And a 3000 curtain length now gives me 1 drape, instead of the required 2. Help wanted and appreciated, Peter. curtain question.vwx

I've tried to make a copy of the library file, but unfortunately I can't select it. Am I picking the right file?

I'll try it tommorow, will let you know here

So I can make a library file that has the parts in it I want, and then save it in the same folder with a different name?

@jcogdell That sounds exactly what I was looking for, but maybe I'm doing something wrong. I've selected all bridle parts I want in the bridle manager, then pressed edit. In the pop up window I pick new set and name it. I can then select this set when I open the bridle manager. But when I open the bridle manager in another drawing, I can't choose this set. Have I misunderstood you, or am I doing something wrong? Peter

thanks a million! One last question, is this saved parts set document based, or is it possible to use the set in other drawings?

@jcogdell How do I create a bridle parts set to be able to select that set?

@Scott C. Parker @jcogdell Hi everyone, When I manage my bridle parts, it doesn't remember the selected items in the list. On the top it asks me which parts set I want to use, is it therefor possible to save your bridle parts list as a set for future reference? thanks, Peter

@C. Andrew Dunning thanks a million, quick follow up question. There seems to be a minimum size in the tool. When I try to make a 250x250 deck, it doesn't want to make the with smaller than 305mm. Another easy setting thing? thanks a lot, Peter