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Neil Barman

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  1. Just to clarify @AndySmithArch, is your symbol in question actually a typical unit plan symbol that you are wanting to repeat within a multi-unit floor plan, and does your unit symbol contain walls objects as well?

     

    From my experience, putting walls and space objects into symbols is not advisable. I have achieved a similar result by creating a layer for each unit type and then referencing each unit's layer into an overall floor plan.

     

    @JimWWhat are your thoughts on doing unit plans as Symbols vs repeated, Referenced viewports? And might the text scaling be due to putting a Space object into a symbol, then onto a Design Layer, then into a viewport... Is that simply too much scaling "gymnastics" for text to do?

     

     

  2. It's my turn @Jim Smith! I see what you mean... This is what I am getting in Safari right now...

     

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    It was working earlier today, but now it's not. 

     

    In Chrome however, I get this right now...

     

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    I'm not sure why, but perhaps @JimWknows? 

     

    Whatever the case, try an alternate browser and see what the result is for you.

     

     

  3. On 2017-09-23 at 8:03 AM, Marc Powell said:

    I, too, have experienced this exact issue, but it is not intermittent, and I use this feature ALL THE TIME.

     

    I am using win 10, as well.  NeilB, are you suggesting that the automated migration process may affect the floating datum bar?  I used the automatic migration process (meaning I responded with a yes).

    @Marc Powell I'm not suggesting the automated Migration process is behind this floating data bar oddity per se. I was just curious since migration does "interact" with the interface to an extent, so I was looking for a possible connection. Migration doesn't seem to be at play so that's not a concern.

     

    It does sound like the team at Vectorworks Inc is on top of this one so I'm sure a fix will come in the near future.

     

     

  4. Hi Spotlight users, I have a workflow question for you...

     

    I have a Spotlight user who has pointed out that the previous (v2017 and prior) "Replace with Active Symbol" button in the OIP for a Lighting Device has been changed to "Replace Lighting Device" in v2018. In previous versions, the button simply swapped the active lighting device in the Resource Manager for the currently selected Lighting Device. This meant that you had to select your new Lighting Device in the RM first, then select the placed Lighting Device you wanted to swap out, then click the "Replace with Active Symbol" button.

     

    Now, in v2018, the "Replace Lighting Device" button in the OIP brings up the Resource selector... No more need to pre-choose the new Lighting Device in the RM before you press the button to swap it out. 

     

    However, this change or operation obviously requires a slight change (or perhaps a reversal) of workflow, so it's taking the user some getting used to.

     

    Q: Is there still a way to replace Lighting Devices as it was previously done, by pre-choosing them in the RM and "pushing" them to the already-placed Lighting Devices?

     

    Thanks in advance!

    -Neil 

  5. 11 hours ago, Patrick Fritsch said:

    Neil, I migrated my 2017 workspace...

    Patrick, when you say you migrated your workspace, did you do so by responding Yes to the actual migration question, or did you "migrate" it by another method? 

  6. On 2017-07-22 at 6:00 AM, JimW said:

    But also, JUST after release, I'll be getting together a list of those smaller un-featured-features that will be of interest and posting it here with explanations. I dislike when they fall through the cracks as well.

    This would be GREAT... Thanks Jim!

  7. For what it's worth, I have been getting this error in the last week while trying to import into VW2017 DWGs that were saved out of the latest version of Revit. By default, Revit saves as DWG 2018 format, according to the person sending me the files. They had to a manually down-save to a previous DWG version for me to use in VW2017.

     

    Incidentally, I even tried opening the the DWG 2018 files in the A360 Viewer and not even THAT could open the files. Oh, the irony.

     

    -Neil

  8. @orso b. schmid, Can a single Workspace be shared between a Mac installation of Vectorworks and a Windows installation of Vectorworks?

     

    I have a colleague who has one of each computer, and two licenses of Vectorworks, and would like have a shared Workspace between the two computers. There is already a Dropbox folder shared between the two computers and a shared Template file is working well, so the sharing connection is good. I just wasn't sure if a Workspace could be shared cross-platform due to keyboard/character differences.

     

    Thanks,

    -Neil

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    On 12/26/2016 at 0:36 PM, Juan Herrera said:

    Design Layers & Sheet Layer should be change to just Layers & Sheets.

     

    This would be very helpful change. When I am training new (and even some experienced) users, it is one aspect that I do need to spend time "translating" almost every time. Disambiguating the two terms within the application would definitely help users' adoption of core concept best practices.

     

    -Neil

  10. Related to this subject... I've found a collection of HDRI backgrounds, each at a variety of resolutions (256p, 512p, 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 16k).

     

    Which resolutions are best used in Vectorworks?

    Which resolutions would be beyond what Vectorworks can handle or are beyond what would be appreciable?

     

    Thanks!

    -Neil

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