gdubs

From all the things I know and tricks out there for launching new instances of Windows applications, it seems that Vectorworks blocks any attempts. Luckily all the palettes can be moved outside of the application window and to other monitors, but the actual workspaces cannot.

I feel like I've seen this asked for many times in the past, but can't find any updates about it. It would be amazingly helpful to be able to have multiple windows for different active drawings, especially to take advantage of multiple monitors. It is a feature on Mac already, why can't it also be implemented for Windows users?

Is there a way to have a single material with different finish options? I've been trying to simplify multiple things across my workflow, and materials seem to be the one thing that I just can't figure out on my own. In the past I've been ok with having a library of different materials that correlated to finish variations of the same substrate, but now that I've been working on creating automated worksheet reports it is become quickly apparent that this is only going to become an issue in the future due to how VWX pulls information. I had tried using records to do this, and it was working, but I really like the idea of using the material specifications if possible to remove more step. Is what I'm hoping possible somehow? I've only started getting into the more advanced features of VWX, so I wouldn't be surprised if I'm completely missing something. Thanks!