Mickey

Thank you. Why is that so hard? Why is it hidden? I got it to work by downloading instead of "updating" VW24 has been so awful I'm emailing my sales person and asking for a refund.

I'm stuck in a doom loop. Open app, check update, open updater, close ap, Updater says I need to close ap. 🤦‍♂️ 24 sucks

This ... Yes Windows Where is it? I even tried searching for it, but all I get is the application. I swear in a previous version the updater app was in the start menu right under the main app.

I just want to put a Key on my plot.. I don't want to edit or troubleshoot Vectorworks software anymore. Honestly I've grown quit sick of it. Why is there a "Vendor" option in the filter, and no Vendor option anywhere else. No I don't want to add it. I don't want anything to do with a Vendor (wow how true is that) I really want there to be a "class" option in the filter so I can view only lights in that layer/class but that's not possible. I don't make key symbols. Every plot is too different. So every key is new to every file, and sometime each key is new to every viewport. This key was a brand new one a mere minutes old, and when I edited it the program crashed.

Is there a way to update without opening the program? All the info I find you have to open the program, wait forever in 24 to fully launch, check for updates, then the updater makes your application close to update. When I did that the last time it kept telling me I had to close VW24. Well I did you pos... I looked on the start menu, in the program folder, and I can't find any link to an updater app Is there way to launch the updater without opening the application? This whole process seems stupid to me.. And I did look at the download on the portal, but it says V4 not 4.1, and I'm looking to get 4.1

Oh well. Vendor is not a parameter in Lighting Device-Parameters. As an extra HA-HA the program just crashed while trying to edit a key I dropped on the plot.

I'm trying to do a symbol key and using the Equipment Summary Key for the first time. It's a bigish drawing with lights all over the place. I want to make a symbol key of just what's on this one stage. All the lights in this area have a class "Entertainment Stage" (I know not very original) In the filter I have an option for Definition "Layer" but not an added option of Class. Of course I can also choose "Vendor" because that's super useful. If I could do layer and class and display a count of how many in the key it would be actually useful, but as it is now not so much Thought Maybe if I assign all the lights on this stage a vendor of "YourMom" it'll filter. Let's try.

I am experiencing tragically slow performance in general with 24 but particularly with sp4. So much so I've been exploring my system configuration using UserBenchmark. Although I have found some small tweaks my machine is still well within the specs of the "Highend" configuration and should be just fine. I will delete the generate plugins. Hopefully this helps as this slowness is really sucking out loud.

Your render mode is Hidden Line. I can see that in the teapot. Change it to wireframe. Unless you can't because ...Vectorworks. See other threads

I am now getting this pop up error message. We've been using project files for years, since they were introduced, and this is the first time I'm seeing this. OK I accept that 24 is tracking more data and needs more space,, but I am on 4 and just started getting this. The pop up tells me to run the utility, but when I do it just gives me the pop up back at me. So we're stuck in this doom loop. I submitted a ticket but no one has responded yet. My next move is to call tech support and see if they can help.

There are some stories that can only be told in wireframe. Like an xray sometimes you need to see inside. Sections do not allow wireframe. Viewports from Clip Cubes also do not allow wireframe. Why is this not an option?

Ha thwarted again. I thought this time I really outsmarted 'em. I created a clip cube so that only my desired objects were visible. Now no issues of a front view, and seeing through to objects behind what I wanted to show. Perfect. Use the command to create a viewport , and "Display with clip cube" so only my clipped view would be in the viewport, and I could give it annotations. Ha...! The checkbox was greyed out. Much head scratching until you hover over it, and read the info. " ...Only available in shaded and renderworks modes" Why is it so hard to do a section, or clip cube view port in wireframe?

I called tech support and got the answer. A legacy feature called "crop perspective view" can be found in File/Document Settings/ Document Preferences / Display, and the very last check box at the bottom. How did that get checked?

Help. I have a file I've been working on for years. It's been saved as into different versions for a long time. When I use to the tool "Set 3D view" to look at something my view is not what I'm expecting. For example. If I make a new drawing and create a wall, and I Set 3D view, and draw a line 10' away with 6' viewer, and look to at 6' I am essentially looking straight at the wall. In this particular file when I set 3D view to 6' and look to 6' and draw a straight line, but it creates this window instead of a 3D environment, and I have to pull the edges of this window to get it where I'm expecting, and it never has the right perspective. I can't figure out where to change this 3D view settings. I tired searching for "Set 3D view options" but VW help is f'ing useless as it gives me 1700 results with everything that has the word SET and VIEW in it.

But why isn't wireframe an option? I want to see the outlines of my symbols in this one instance I'm currently doing so the reader can see how things are layed out in section but all of the options are rendered so you can't see the lines of the symbols, it's all one big thing.

Thank you. I never enabled Auto-Position. It came enabled, and this little tidbit will be a huge help in the future. I can't even find the manage loads. I forgot where that was. So much VWX helping, so little help.

I really hate how VW try's to "help" then just makes my life harder. I have a video projector next to a truss. Not on it, not under it, next to it. I moved the truss, and the video projector moved. And I can not figure out how to "un associate" it. I've dealt with this in lighting fixtures, and you have to do with every single light. But I can't figure out how to do it with a projector. I really wish VW would stop trying to help. These tools never work the way they intend and just cause frustration.

You are a brave man. Personally I stay away from the "upgrade" until February of the named year. So I won't bother with VWX24 for another few months. It's like the old days when we wouldn't upgrade until the x.5 came out.

I haven't gotten that far yet. 😜

I got it!

Kevin when I click on the link I just get a "sorry can't find ..." error. 😞

I'm on '23 and when I searched for one I couldn't find anything in the resource browser

Kind of shocked that with all the symbols now in VW there's no pool table. The libraries are deep and even useful, but no pool table. ???

I was just looking for this information, but sad me the answer is no. A static rendered image of the iMag is what I was looking for. I've dropped a camera from the event tools into a drawing, I've got 2 screens next to the stage. I've zoomed my camera to be roughly a waist shot, and I sure would like to put that waste shot onto the screens, and show the client the damn screens are too small for iMag and to cut the camera entirely. 🙂 So the way to do that would be to render the camera as an image file, save that, import that image as a texture, and map it to the screen which requires centering, and scaling. It sure would be nice just to link the image to the screen.

I saw the part about replacing a run of truss with a not just a different brand but a different type. Yeah that could be a thing, but maybe out of bounds. One my main goals would be to replace a same length with a different brand. Essentially I want to replace a Tomcat with a Thomas, or XSF and they have the same bolt pattern. Or a black with a silver. Replacing a 10' with 2 5'. OK that's a feature I'd like. There has to be a way to do this. Back in the day I used to draw all my truss with the "Truss tool" Drag a line, get a 40' truss. good for a quick rough drawing. Then when the design would settle I's used "Spotlight/Object Conversion / Replace with Stock symbols" That worked pretty well.