Jim Smith

Thanks Jonathan, I thought as much. As a rule I do use symbols, but sometimes with doors & windows changing size & location I been just using the PIO's now that most stuff is fixed, I will change as much as I can to symbols.

I'm looking for some ideas on reducing the size of some of my VW files. I've purged, the file & have eliminated some redundancies & where possible, I use WORKGROUP REFERENCES. One thought is to change all the windows, doors, & any other repeated objects into symbols, but I'm not sure if that will make much difference or not. This is a former Church being converted into a 20 unit Apartment building, & is almost a 110 Meg file! Another firm I work with has a similar project in ACAD & it is 5 Megs! Any thoughts? Thanks

Having re-installed VW2009 I can see what you were speaking of. Thanks again.

I've know there are things to get used to with any new version of software, but frankly I did not notice these bugs in VW 2009 until I installed the update last week. The most frustrating include: - Can't get Door & Window PIO's SET POSITION command to work. (I've been through this with folks on the VW BB Thanks to Peter Cipes for his patience!) one is supposed to have screen hint - we don't get 'em. - Stair tool OMG! I thought it had improved, now we can't get the nosing to show dotted lines, the Direction arrows will not edit, the stair also does not show-up in side or front view & the section viewport no longer cuts a stair. Who knows what other horrors await? - 2-D Locus points are almost impossible to select, 5 - 10 CLICKS or using the marque tool is required. - Selecting many other items such as walls or 2-D symbols is also a problem. - I cannot keep a VIEWPORT's LAYER VIEW to stay at SHOW/SNAP/MODIFY, once in EDIT VIEWPORT some viewports will not allow this view option to be selected! I've gone from productive with the hopes of being 10x's faster to being 10x's slower!

I'm TOTALLY at sea with this, (BTW I don't have any screen hints) when I get to where I think the PIO should move, nothing.

Peter, Thanks for your patience but I ain't getting this to work. At step three, I either CLICK on another object - or nothing... On the bright side a LOCUS that one might use to align a PIO to does not have to be SENT TO BACK for the PIO to stay in the wall as was the case in older versions.

Peter, Thanks for the tip howerver; I must be missing something. When I get to step 3 if I CLICK on another item (a wall for example) that item becomes the active item. Alternatively, if I CLICK on a point aligned with the wall I've chosen, the Selected PIO is relieved & nothing is now selected- cringe. What am I doing wrong?

I'm back using 2009 after a couple of weeks, & I still have an issue setting the position of door & window PIO's. Selecting the SET POSITION button on the object info pallet does nothing. I've looked at the info & video from the VW2009 info site & all the info is for SYMBOLS & PIO's seem to work differently. Info for PIO's seem to be AWOL.

Is the workspace a legacy workspace? If so, it may be importing a command that has been updated. If so, update your workspace by moving the Import PDF from the menu into your new menu

... OK, now I'm really weirded out. Change the class to none & over right the class info / attributes & it's all visible! So, never mind...

When I turn on a Stair PIO on both the First & Second floors the handrails appear only on the First Floor, & not on the second. Is this a design feature, a quirk, or both?

So here is the wacky thing: I've put the section cut markers in a class with a line weight & a black fill for the section arrows, I've also turned this class on in the viewports in my sheet views. So far, so good, the markers show up in all Architectural Sheet Views, but in Structural Sheets Views the Section lines of the markers are invisible, & the arrows have fill of NONE. If I then edit the Section Marker in the Structural View's (S100) Annotation Layer, to reflect the Class Style the info takes, if I then change this in the Anno of another Struct Sheet (say S101), that takes, but the Class Style of S100 is now gone! I've attempted to do this in a blank new file with the same result. ?

Peter, Thanks, works like a charm. You've better eyes than I, (I could not find this info in either the 2008 Guide or the 2009 Help). JS

When I produce a Section VIewport a Section Marker appears in the Viewport where the Section Viewport is created however; this marker is only visible while editing the Design Layer. I need to add a Section Marker at the same location to illustrate the notation of the location of the section. Is there a way (that I can't find) that allows me to Turn On the section marker that is created in the Section Viewport creation process, or is this just a tool to locate where the section is, & do I continue to make additional marker notations as required?

Bill, Thanks, I think I shall try your second tip. Regards, JS

Presently, if I want to show the overhang of a roof as a dashed line on the floor(s) below, I must produce a copy of the roof outline on the layer in question. Therefore, if a roof shape, location, or size changes, I have to redraw. (More importantly, I need to remember to do this!) I want to eliminate as many re-dos as possible so I've tried to change how opaque the roof layer is but this is unsatisfactory; any thoughts or other workarounds?

Thanks. I may have to re-install as it seems to work on our other computron.

That's what I thought; 'sept it don't.

Been using '09 for about two weeks now I'm happy to say one of my pet peeves (Stair PIO) is much better, - not what I would like, but better. However; I've noticed a couple of BUGS. 1. My SET POSITION button in the OBJECT INFO Pallet (when a symbol in a wall is selected) does not work. I click but don't get to edit the position of the symbol in the wall. (Sigh) 2. I sometimes move more complex PIO's to a BLANK drawing then Workgroup Reference the PIO back into the original drawing (faster refresh time is the reason). I opened an Imperial BLANK drawing by mistake, (Scale 1:50) & imported a Stair & a Deck. The Deck is an extruded poly- no Prob. but the Stair was CONVERTED TO Decimal Inches equal to the Decimal value of the original stair. (ie a stair that was 2.875 M long resulted in a 2.875 inch long stair.) Thoughts? VW 2009 Architect, Renderworks Intel Mac Mini OS X 10.11.4 ... Since MiniCad 3

mmmmmm, wood screws!

Does Parasolids mean the roof or the stair tools have been improved? Any thoughts?

Tad touchy there VW guys? I've been using the software since MiniCad 3, I've used at least three other CAD software packages including ACAD - VW is it! BUT, Let me echo GMM 18's points, In caps. Underlined. In 72 bold point. Like GMM I've helped the Canadian Distributor sell many copies & upgrades - BECAUSE I LIKE VW! Bu you VW folks need to take folks like us -who GET IT- seriously. The product is great, but it has SERIOUS shortcomings that have been added to the wishlist since; well, iduno, VW10? MiniCad8?

I admit I'm a bit of a knuckle dragger when it comes to updates, I have avoided ODD number versions of VW (five was the last odd number I picked-up). I was wondering if ANY of the PIO's work better in VW13 than they do (or don't) in 12. Any thoughts, or should I just wait 'till VW14?

I think I know the answer to this question (NO! get back to work!) but here goes. Can I get a simple texture (like a hatch) in Hidden Line Render or do I have to go to the trouble of making a custom texture, Light it, & render it in finished renderworks? All I want to do is to have either board & batten or lap siding, it seems this should be a simple thing, but - well that may be asking too much. It would make elevations that much more simple & easy to do.

Also, as it is now a different scale one can add info in the Anno layer.