Marcel Ostendorf

Hello Dom, It's not Parallels that requires the Windows ARM version, but the ARM Mac. Parallels does not emulate an x86 environment as it is only for virtualization. By the way, I have just successfully installed VWX 2024 on Parallels 19. Worked great, but unfortunately all objects are still invisible in shaded view.

Regardless of what settings I choose, all objects remain invisible in the shaded view. Things I tried so far: In Windows: System - Display - Graphics: - Let Windows decide - Powersaving mode - High performance Uninstalled and reinstalled Parallels Tools, uninstalled and reinstalled graphics card driver. In Parallels Desktop: Settings - General: - switched between configuration "Games" and "Design" Settings - Hardware: 6 CPUs, 32 GB RAM, (up to 16 GB for graphics) In Vectorworks: - deleted VGM cache - turned hardware acceleration off / on It seems to me that the shaded view simply doesn't have access to DirectX, which (according to Parallels) should be emulated through Metal.

It occurs in all documents. Even in new, empty documents that have never been saved before. Tried it anyway, but it didn't help.

According to Parallels, it should be possible to run apps that require DirectX 11 and OpenGL. Since Shaded View is based on DirectX 11, I would expect it to work.

Hi, I installed VWX 2023 (same with 2022) in my VM (Parallels 18 with Win11 ARM on Mac M1 Max). Everything is fine and the performance is just outstandig, but in shaded mode all objects are invisible. In Parallels I assigned 6 CPUs, 32GB RAM and 16GB graphics memory to the VM and within Windows I have set VWX to High Performance in System - Display - Graphics. I also reinstalled Parallels Tools but nothing helped. Has anyone seen this before and solved it?

Hello Nap, you'll find these in your userfolder: C:\\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Nemetschek\Vectorworks\2021\Libraries\Defaults\Cabinet\Custom Defaults\Constructions\Custom Constructions.vwx.

Hi Nap, am I right assuming that you edited the screw you are using and that it has only one drilling? Screws always need two machinings. See our FAQ for help: https://en.extragroup.de/faq/

Hello Dave, Both customers used the installer. One of them already had the same problem with 2020 and was hoping to fix it by installing 2021. But that didn't work out. He even created a new user in Windows, but the problem persists. Is there a chance of installing the necessary libraries afterwards? Or can you name them so I can have a look if they have been installed?

Hello, we have two customers who are unfortunately suffering from all Renderworks commands and menus disappering out of their workspaces. Both are using Windows 10 and at least one of them has Build 20H10 installed. Has anybody seen this before and knows how to fix it or what to look for? Cheers, Marcel