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Sam Combs, AIA, NCARB

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  1. Never mind! I figured it out. I wasn't selecting the correct column. I was selecting the column with the room number. Thanks again.
  2. Tom, I remember one was able to do that in earlier versions but I'm not getting a "Select Item" in the right click pop up menu. What I'm getting when I right click the opened Room Finish Schedule is the following: Cut (grayed out) Copy Paste Format Cells Sort>Ascending Descending None Summarize Items Sum Values Insert Image Function Insert>Rows Columns Delete>Rows Columns Clear Contents (grayed out) Any ideas? Thanks again.
  3. Tom, Again thanks for your assistance. I didn't realize that the Space itself and the Data Tag had been separated by Vectorworks. Now my issue is corrupted Room Finish Schedules. I have a question as to why Room Finish Schedules get so corrupted. I’ve gotten the Spaces to work, but it throws in things like multiple Room Numbers & Names and has the word Custom repeated several times and has a couple of Room No’s that I don’t even have—240 & 243. Where does this come from? Are there hidden Spaces that give out this crap or something else? This has been a continuing issue and it’s very difficult to solve. Any ideas? Thanks. BRR-12-Room Fin. Schedule.pdf
  4. Tom, I did what you suggested above and it worked! I never had to do this before but going to "Select the linked space" brought up the more detailed "Object Info" palette. So, thanks, this advice was much appreciated.
  5. I think it must be something in VW 2024 and/or Sonoma 14.0 because I didn't have any issues before changing to the newer programs. Thanks.
  6. Thanks. When I enter the Space it's fine unless I go to move it or modify it. Then it changes to the Data tag when I try to modify it or move it and it loses all the settings. That ain't right. I don't know what's going on--I think it's a bug. I've right clicked and gotten several options, but none that I need--see screenshot below. I'm on Vectorworks 2024, Mac OS Sonoma 14.0. What are you on? Any other ideas? Thanks.
  7. I just noticed that there is something seriously wrong with the Space Tool. When one inserts it in a room it has all the options work with it, finishes, etc. When one tries to move it, it changes into a simple tag with none of the options, finishes, etc. I've not had this problem before with earlier versions. It’s something that needs to be corrected immediately by Vectorworks. I've attached two screenshots that show the first Object Info with all the information and the second screen shot shows what happens when one tries to modify the Space and everything disappears. I'm on Vectorworks 2024, Mac OS Sonoma 14.0. Sam Combs, AIA, NCARB, Architect Combs & Combs, AIA, Architecture, Interiors & Art 7480 Upper O’Malley Road Anchorage, Alaska 99507 Office Phone: 907-346-3990 Cell Phone: 907-250-4207 Web Site: www.combsandcombsaia.com
  8. We've noticed here in Alaska that Vectorworks 2017 SP3 has an issue related to the wall join tool as well as other tools in that one cannot view the changes made unless one zooms in or out and then the change shows up. We've tried different setting in VW Preferences, but nothing seems to make a difference. We are on the latest Mac Pros with the latest OS 10.12.4 with plenty of RAM. Anyone else having this problem?
  9. When using the space tool after a while I can't select the space text to move it around--it won't let me select the blue square because there is no square. I save, quit Vectorworks, restart VW and then it works for a while. I've spoken with our Vectorworks User Group Leader Roger Williams and he said that this not only happens on the space tool, but other objects as well. He was the one whom suggested shutting VW down and restarting it. This is a major bug that needs to be fixed in the next SP Release. Anyone else have the same problem and if so, how did you fix it? Thanks. Sam, AIA -- Sam Combs, AIA, NCARB, Architect Combs & Combs, AIA, Architecture, Interiors & Art 7480 Upper O'Malley Road Anchorage, Alaska 99507-6207 Phone: 907-346-3990 Cell Phone: 907-250-4207 Fax: 907-346-3990C*C Email: samcombs@gci.net Web Site: http://www.combsandcombsaia.com/
  10. Is it just me or is our stair tool still not the sharpest in the toolbox?! Been playing around with VW2012 and just updated to SP2 and all of a sudden a stair that wasn?t on my upper level appeared! I did go in and changed where the break line occurred and voila!, there it was. The stair tool seems to still be slower than molasses when opening and closing settings and sometimes you have to zoom out for the changes to show up. I wish there was a better solution for stairs. Hello New Zealand (Jonathan) and Australia (Julian)--any solutions on the horizon? With the new stories tool (which is an adventure in itself) we seem to have returned to the old days where it is easier to have a stair show up on different levels and just show up in a model as one stair, which is an improvement. But, try and move the stair around either with nudging or the move tool and it is like waiting for Godot. When you use the move tool, the okay button blinks for a minute or so as if to tell you?are you really serious and want to move this thing?! And then it does move like a herd of turtles. My wish for a serious SP update would be a much more workable stair tool that does not move at a glacial pace! My system: Mac OS 10.6.8, Mac Pro 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB RAM
  11. Katie, There are no particular actions that casue VW11 to crash. Sometimes it is with zooming in on something, sometimes it is nudging an object-it varies. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
  12. I, too, have had problems with VW11 crashing in Mac OS10.2.8. I run Disk Utilities once a week along with Disk Warrior and Norton Disk Doctor. VW9 was a big problem with crashes, VW10 seemed to be very stable, but VW11 seems to crash repeatedly. I save every 5 minutes, but it is very annoying to have VW11 crash so often. I can email a file in, but my files are rather large and even stuffing them would leave a rather large file. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Sam Combs, AIA, NCARB, Architect Combs & Combs, AIA, Architecture, Interiors & Art G4 500mhz Dual Processor 1.5gb RAM Mac OS 10.2.8 VectorWorks 11 Dual Monitors-19? & 21?
  13. I send files to my printer-Digital Blueprint in a pdf format with no severe problems. There seems to be some slight corruption at their end, but nothing too serious. I would try sending them in a pdf format.
  14. Has anyone noticed that when you attempt to do a walk-thru with a building that the process is very slow and when one stops-the drawing regenerates itself? This happens in wireframe-I haven't even tried it in another rendering option. I haven't noticed this before, but yesterday I was attempting to do a walkthru with clients and it was very, very slow. Our User Group leader has noticed the same thing as well. My computer specs are below, so anyone with suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Sam Combs, AIA, NCARB, Architect Combs & Combs, AIA, Architecture, Interiors & Art G4 500mhz Dual Processor 1.5gb RAM Mac OS 10.2.8 VectoWorks 10.5.1 Dual Monitors-19? & 21?
  15. I guess I would have to say that I have used MicroSpot's software for several years now and have never had one problem with the software. I started using MicroSpot after I gave up on HP's RIP software. HP makes great printers (I have three-455CA, Business Inkjet 2600, and a 5500), but their software for the 455CA always managed to corrupt itself after using it for a while without any notice and with no reason. I know that I am not the only one that had these problems from the many posts I've seen. I am now using Mac OS 10.2.8 with VW 10.5.1 and XRip with no problems. I tried to use Gimp Print, but could never get it to work. I guess I would have to say time is money and MicroSpot's products have only cost me money and not time. Any product that I don't have to continually mess with is the one I will continue to use. Note they didn't pay to say this, but hey, if they give me my next upgrade for free, I won't argue!
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