Neil Barman

... And if you're not using Project Sharing, please don't open and work on a file that someone else has open (for example, if there is a regular, non-project-sharing file in a shared Dropbox folder.) The changes you make to the file and the changes the other person makes will not come together into one file. That's why Project Sharing is so nice. Definitely check out the link @JimWrecommended above. -Neil

Erik, it looks like you might have included an image from the file but not the 2015 file itself. Might you be able to include the actual 2015 file? And did you mean the size of the 2016 files becomes 61.235 MB rather than kb? -Neil

While this may not reveal any _more_ features than have been previously known, this article appeared on Planet Vectorworks today. It and its videos may shed some new light on the features we've heard about so far. -Neil

If you're wondering where Signatures went... This feature needs to be switched on manually. To do so: Go to the upper right corner and click on your username. In that menu, click on Account Settings. In the Settings area, click on Signature. Switch on the "View Signatures" option.

Great work on this Jim and the rest of the Vectorworks team! -Neil

I agree about keeping the initial source shape, and perhaps keeping them in a "schematic design" class, but I'm wondering what could/should one do if those source shapes are no longer available. -Neil

What is the best/most efficient way to take a Landscape Area object and turn it into a Hardscape object (and vice versa)? The scenario is that the client keeps changing their mind regarding what they would like to be hardscape and what they'd like to be planted, so I'd like to be able to switch back and forth as easily as possible. I realize there isn't a direct "convert this into that" option, so I'm curious to know what would be the best way to go back and forth? Thanks in advance! -Neil

Very nice. Thanks for sharing Taproot! -Neil

+1's for: - Better searching (+500 for this one actually. I too use Google instead of the built-in forum search) - Marking posts as "solutions" or "helpful" (+499 on this, as it would make long threads FAR more useful for everyone, especially newer users.) A per-thread option of toggling between all replies and helpful/solutions would be good too, so that a questions and its answer can be viewed together. - Automatic abbreviation expansion (perhaps as an option in Post settings) - Embedding of images and videos - Mobile device support (of course) - Keyword or topic/theme tags - A more inviting, easier to read & digest main forum page. Perhaps a more icon based one to make targeting overall forums easier. Other features to consider: - Thinking of being able to mark posts as Solutions/Helpful... It would great to have a Post Option to mark a new topic or post as a question needing a response. Combined with that one should have the ability to only view questions questions needing responses at any forum level. - The ability to show forums active in the last N days/weeks/months right up to the top level of all forums. Currently this is only available only forum level in. (The "Active Topics" links doesn't allow the same time granularity and presents with a new, unfamiliar interface.) I'm very much looking forward to seeing what you come up with Jim! -Neil

I'll be there! But you knew that already Orso. I'm very much looking forward to hanging out with you again, seeing familiar faces from last year and meeting new people. -Neil

Sarah just demo'd the Google Maps network during Marionette Monday #4... Amazing. Mark, have you posted the Vectorworks files for the weather map somewhere else in the forum? Thanks, -Neil

I've not found a way to do this yet, but would love to know how if it's currently possible. It would be even more amazing if the worksheet where items were reported were bi-directional so that changing values in the worksheet would feed back to the nodes. -Neil

Are there existing nodes for Align & Distribute commands? Or must these actions currently be built from a combination of the Move, Math and Point 2D nodes? Thanks, -Neil

Very nice... Thanks for compiling and sharing Alan! -Neil

Wes, Thank you very much for the explanation and especially for the sample file! After trying to get my head around how to deal with upstand/knee walls in situations such as this, your advice has solved it! -Neil

Sounds like Threaded Text Frames, like what InDesign has... https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/threading-text.html That would indeed be fantastic to have. -Neil

Thanks for checking on this one JimW. Shall I submit it as a bug or have you done this already? -Neil

Hi Jim & Peter, I wanted to connect the dots here to make sure you, Jim, have Peter's files. I buglisted the issue and two large sample files last Tuesday, November 10 at 5pm. The file number is: VB-128895 The performance slowdown of the strictly 2D files from v2013 to v2016 (and 2014 & 2015 along the way) is perplexing indeed. Thanks for your help with this Jim! -Neil

Thanks for sharing this Jonathan!... I'm curious to see how you got your Duplicate Array to work. -Neil

Sarah, you read my mind... I would LOVE an in depth look at the Data Flow nodes. While I have been able to decipher many of the other nodes I have attempted to use, I'm not quite sure what to do with the Data Flow collection. (Even just knowing what a "list" is right off the bat would shed some light on this.) Many thanks in advance, -Neil

Luis, thank you so much for sharing these! I too have been enjoying exploring this new territory of Marionette. It looks like some of your files should help fill gaps in my knowledge so far. -Neil

Good to know, thanks Jim! -Neil

Jim, Which of the changes and improvements to Renderworks would be ones that lead to longer render times (when compared to rendering the exact same file & the same settings in v2015)? Obviously new features in 2016 will add rendering time, so I'm not thinking of those features. Thanks, -Neil

Many thanks Tui! -Neil

Thanks twk! May I share your file with others not on the Community Board? If yes, how shall I credit you? -Neil