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Charlie
That's good news that you are back on productive time!
I am still on v12, but it has a special tool to convert (upgrade) symbols from earlier versions (part of my work is based on re-working standard designs, some of which go way back), so it occurred to me that maybe something similar is going on with your file, where 2008 objects aren't converting truly or completely to 2009 parameters.
As you've found, selecting them all, changing something minor then changing back again can sometimes get them all back up to speed. If it is one symbol, deleting and remaking the symbol in the new program can work too.
I guess it's an argument for never bridging an upgrade within a file.
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Charlie
What is the history of the file - was it drawn from scratch (new file, no old data), or is it a previous job that you have modified? Does it bridge any kind of upgrade?
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A lukewarm response all round then.
Well, I like it a lot - I see elements that remind me of the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia that he did some years ago, that spiky, tepee look at the top. The idea of having retail on the ground with offices above, then a hotel above that, finished off with apartments, makes the taper eminently logical. And the shadow is minimised, and falls on the river anyway.
The presentation is amazing - they've inserted the model into a video, and even the trains, vehicles and people are moving, that's pretty cool. Any ideas on how it was done and with which program(s)?
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How about you compose a signature so we can see what computer OS and software you are using?
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Was this done in Vectorworks I wonder?
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Fred
You should really go to the Mac forums, but OS9 (Classic) should be on the second of the Macbook original installation disks - you just insert the disk and install it, and it should run alongside whatever OS is also on there.
Further to Islandmon's post though, OS 9 will not run on Intel Macs running 10.5. I have an iBook with OS 10.4 & OS 9 installed so I can still access ClarisCAD files for that very reason.
A signature with your system specs would be helpful.
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The Trim tool works on walls as well.
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Wow, Charlie, that was pretty good!
Incidentally, you can also get rid of those wall lines across your doorways - you might have the WD-Ceiling class or thresholds turned on, or it may be that Trim & Sill settings need adjusting. In other words, there are a myriad of ways these lines can appear, and you are well on the way to being the super sleuth you need to be to work this program!
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Except for corners, I never use Auto join walls, it's too much trouble when I have to move one - you have to heal the old join, and the wall length dimension is wrong as you have discovered.
It also doesn't cope with different linings.
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I find it's really easy to hit the 3d selection tool instead of the 2d - they're side by side in the palette - and that will take you to Top view, often without you realising it.
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Hold on a minute - I am the recipient as well as the sender, so I don't think it has anything to do with someone else not having a non-embedded font.
I used Export>pdf and then opened the pdf using Acrobat Reader, and letter spacings were incorrect, using both Helvetica and Tekton. I purchased Tekton from Adobe, so it's a legit font (somewhat elderly maybe - I still have the floppy disks it came on!).
I emailed Adobe who replied
the software that created the PDF file is VectorWorks (PDFTron PDFNet) and we don?t have the resources to reproduce nor determine how the third party reads and converts the Tekton font.So it may not be a font problem, but the particular program VW uses to make pdf's in Export.
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I wouldn't be too quick to blame the fonts.
I have been having trouble with some letter spacings when using Export>pdf (see Printing/Plotting forum) whereas Print>pdf is OK - there may be a problem with the particular pdf program that VW uses for Export. Seems there is more than one way to make a pdf.
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Update for anyone interested:
This problem seems to be confined to Export>pdf, if I use Print.pdf all fonts that I've tried are fine.
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Blink
You can update to VW12.5.3 in stages - go to
http://www.nemetschek.net/downloads/fundamentals/index.php
I don't know if it will help this particular problem, but you may as well have the best version of 12.
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David
Pass on that one - someone more expert than me may wish to comment. What is the max your PB can take?
Incidentally, why are you reluctant to do the free upgrades?
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I think you can upgrade to OS 10.4.11 via Apple>Software Update, and to VW 12.5.3 by download, both for free. Maybe you could consider maxing your PB's RAM if you have not already done so.
Of course, if you have your heart set on a new Mac, I'll be the last one to try to talk you out of it ..............
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I'm having trouble with letters shifting when I export a drawing as a PDF - I sent the following query to Adobe:
When I create a .pdf of a drawing made in Vectorworks, the letter spacing in some words (floor, fire) do not translate correctly - see attached. The text size is 5pt (I've tried 6pt with the same result).The drawing is A3 size, and I email it to a bureau to print out at A1 size, hence the small font size.
My Tekton font is type 123, prod no 0135 3055, bar code 71865903145.
Software - Adobe Reader 9, Vectorworks 12.5.
Hardware - Intel iMac.
Do you have any idea of how I can get this font to display correctly? Does it need upgrading?
I got this reply:
Thank you for contacting Adobe Asia Pacific Support.I understand that the font Tekton does not display correctly after converting the file to PDF.
In response to your concern we regret to inform you that though you are using Adobe Reader to open the File, the software that created the PDF file is VectorWorks (PDFTron PDFNet) and we don?t have the resources to reproduce nor determine how the third party reads and converts the Tekton font.
We best suggest contacting VectorWorks for support for we can only provide assistance if the PDF file was created using by the Adobe Acrobat Professional software.
It would seem the problem is not with the font -anybody have any idea where I go from here?
I couldn't attach the file - it timed out. What happens is that in the word floor, there is no spacing between the l and the o, so it looks like fbor!
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Please add a signature that describes your system and VW version.
You may have to Ungroup your roof, so it becomes several Roof Faces. Then you can clip a hole in any one of them for your skylight - double click on the roof face, draw a rectangle where you want to cut the hole, select it and the roof face, click Clip Surface, delete the rectangle and click Done.
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I'm with panta rhei here - in Q3, I want to tick the first 3 boxes. The survey looks like the sort of survey you have when you've already made up your mind what you're going to do, and it's so general, you can draw any conclusion you like from the result. If I could use the tool to draw stairs and balustrades the way I wanted it to look in 2D and 3D, I would use it, but I can't at the moment, so I draw my own in 2D. If I say that in the survey though, it could be concluded that there is no demand for 3D capability!
It concerns me that the stair tool is apparently only going to be tinkered with - it sounds like doing up a Cuban taxi when really you need a latest generation hybrid - maybe the structure of the existing tool is fundamentally flawed and needs to be re-thought from first principles.
Incidentally, Julian Carr at Ozcad has a balustrade tool system that is a considerable advance on the standard VW tool, not as intuitive as it could be, but it will produce balustrades for decks, stairs and ramps, including curves, and glazing. Maybe NNA should talk to him, and the guys at ComputerWorks in Germany, before doing anything else.
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Carmelhill
Does it hurt to say "thank you"?
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I had to Restart, and Log-in has taken 2 attempts.
I could clear out My Cookies, but that is just as inconvenient as logging in twice.
I like the Who's Online though.
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A further complication, implying that OS10.5 still needs to run at night unless you use a 3rd party program or something called Terminal:
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Ray
Thank you, that worked! Now to wait & see if it is permanent.
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I had problems with fonts (Tekton Pro and Helvetica) when Exporting to PDF, in that some letter spacings showed incorrectly. In the word floor for instance, the l gets shifted so that it touches the o and looks like a b. In the word fixed, the i is shifted to touch the x. Very strange and seemingly random.
I couldn't get the PDF option under Print to work either - it would only save as a tiled page of A3's, not just one A1. Very frustrating.
So I am going to try Mike's suggestion of A3 at 50%. So far so good, I'll try a sample email to my bureau and see what happens.
Placing a window that spans two floors
in Architecture
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Pat Stanford had a post about this recently, yes, you cut out the upper wall.
If you want the window to show in the upper floor plan, you insert it in the upper floor and take a bite out of the lower wall - which might be better in your case when the window is on a landing/stair.
Wouldn't it be cool if the 3d model detected objects like this, and automatically wrapped walls around?