Chris T

When I add a new sheet/'s to a VWA10.5 file from the setup menu all of my classes revert to the default attributes. It undoes all my changes to the classes. A lot of work to redo them. Is there a way to set my own default attributes to classes?

you multiply the horizontal flat area by percentage factor of the roof pitch. ie. a bldg 8'x12'=96sqft with a 7:12 pitch (96sqft x 1.158)=111.168sqft roof area. see "Builders vest pocket Ref. Book" for factors

THESE BUG WHERE FIXED IN VWA 10.5 1. SOMETIME WHEN VWA IS OPENED THE SIZE IS VERY SMALL. 2. ALSO AT START UP PEN THICKNESS CHANGES TO pts. I USE mm AND HAVE TO CHANGE THIS EVERY TIME I START VWA. 3. DOORS AND WINDOWS A. GAPS IN THE WALL NEXT TO A DOOR SYMBOL B. ON ONE FILE ALL MY DOORS DISAPPEARED

I have had this problem in 2D mode. The work around is, you have to goto LAyers dialog box select all layers with the same scale and re-select the scale. This will work most of the time, but there is a bug because sometimes it does that any.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO FIX THESE BUGS IN THE UP COMING VWA10.5.1 1. PIO. "WINDOWS" CASEMENT WINDOW HAVE NO SWING AND LOOKS LIKE A FIXED WINDOW. 2. LINE THICKNESS DEFAULT OR CHANGES TO POINTS OR mil. I HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO mm ALL THE TIME.

I have been committed to using VWA 10.5 and have been using minicad since V4. We all love new futures BUT WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE THEM IF IT IS GOING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THE EXISTING TOOLS. NOW. VWA 10.5 SIMMS TO BE SLOWING PRODUCTION? I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS BUT I HAVE NOTICED A FEW LITTLE BUGS, WHICH I HAVE SUBMITTED BEFORE. I WAS HOPING THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIX IN VWA 10.5. IN ADDITION TO THE TWO POSTED THIS WEEK, HERE ARE A FEW MORE. I HOPE THESE CAN BE FIXED BEFORE A MAJOR UPGRADE. 1. THE TEXT IN SOME DIALOG BOXES LOOK SMALL. 2. THE CHANGES TO 6PTS AT START UP. 3. PEN THICKNESS IN ATTRIBUTES CHANGES THE UNITS FROM mm TO pts OR mils posted 09-28-2003 05:23 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The snap and cursor cues are very inconsistent, when two or more layers with the same scale and view. "sometimes" this can be fix by going to the layer edit box and selecting the imperial 1/4" even if the paper scale is 1:48.00 2. I have a large site w/ 6 bldgs. So I Workgroup Ref. each building to my site file. Then layer linked bldgs. To Site Levels (1-7) Then Layer linked Site levels to site sheets i.e. (site layout, grading & landscape. The bldgs shows up twice on these sheets. One in place the other as a ghost, which cannot be selected in the middle of the sheets. Why? Crash while move a grouped layer links on a perspective sheet

1. The snap and cursor cues are very inconsistent, when two or more layers with the same scale and view. "sometimes" this can be fix by going to the layer edit box and selecting the imperial 1/4" even if the paper scale is 1:48.00 2. I have a large site w/ 6 bldgs. So I Workgroup Ref. each building to my site file. Then layer linked bldgs. To Site Levels (1-7) Then Layer linked Site levels to site sheets i.e. (site layout, grading & landscape. The bldgs shows up twice on these sheets. One in place the other as a ghost, which cannot be selected in the middle of the sheets. Why? Crash while move a grouped layer links on a perspective sheet

Thanks Katie, Sound simple enough.

I want to upgrade from VWA10.1.2 to VWA10.5 At the office is a network running WinXP pro. I have asked the IT guy to upgrade VWA he "say" that on a notice board it said VWA has problems with the network. He does not want to upgrade all the workstations and goes not want to just upgrade my station. He wants to wait till VWA10.5 is upgraded.?? He said that upgrading just one computer causes problems with the licenses. Whoever there are 3 Mac?s connected to the network, which has already upgraded to VWA 10.5 and has no problems. Could you give me a word on any know problems as I have described. Thank you

Thanks for the reply. I will try it and get back to you.

How do I open Minicad 4 Files? We have a few files which we need to open / convernt to VWA 10.5 I still have my copy of minicad 7, VW8 & VWA9. The file we have are Mac files. Can we load Minicad 7 or VW8 on Windows 2000 or XP? or on Mac OS X ?

HI KEVIN, I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE ANIMATION AS YOU ARE HAVING. I WAS ABLE TO WORK AROUND THE ORBIT ANIMATION BY KEEPING THE ROTATION TO BELOW 60 OR 90. TEST IT YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT THE FIVE HOURS TILL YOU FIND OUT IF IT WORKS. VWA 10.5 IS MORE STABLE BUT I DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK TOO SOON. THE WALK THRU I'M STILL WORKING ON. ANY IDEA'S ANYONE?

LOOK ON THE "OBJECTS" PALETTE. SELECT "DOOR"

THANKS FOR THE REPLIES. THERE IS NO WAY TO CONTROL THE PILASTER OR COLUMN SIZE. CAN'T DO A COLUMN 8X20" I USE THE EXTRUSION TO DO THE COLUMNS AND ROOF. I MADE A 2D POLYGON SECTION OF THE WALL AND CURVED ROOF THEN PUT THE LAYER INTO A FRONT VIEW AND EXTRUDES THE SECTION TO THE LENGTH. LOOKS GREAT RENDERED BUT NOT IN PLAN. YOU CAN CREATE HOW YOU WOULD WANT IT TO LOOK IN 2D PLAN BY MAKING A SYMBOL WITH THE 3D EXTRUSION. IT WOULD BE NICE IF VWA CAN TAPER WALLS AND HAVE RECTANGLE COLUMNS

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE BEST WAY TO SHOW THE FOLLOWING: 1. CREATING A TAPERING WALL OR ONLY THE FRONT OF A COLUMN WITH THE BACK STRAIGHT. 2. CREATE A CURVED ROOF EAVE ANY HELP AND SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME