carpalmer

VW12 / XP Since upgrading to VW12 I'm having font problems... my callout text, elevation benchmark PIO, drawing title PIO, come back from the plotting house in the wrong font and in a very light line weight! Other text in file plots OK. Plotting house DOES NOT plot directly from Vectorworks since he says it takes way too long. He transfers file to REPRODESK, and then plots. He's ALWAYS done that, but had no problems with VW11.5. Any suggestions on how yo solve this? My default font is Arial Narrow.

VW 12 My plots show a very light (hardly readable) font THAT IS NOT the font I have in the file. Notes that show up like this where done with callout tool and also drawing name PIO. Some other notes come out in the proper font. Second time I plot, please help! Thanks

Is there an automated way of having a wall change its style (via a class?) so that when on the Architectural VP it shows with its "finish" elements (eg: drywall and stucco)and then adjust itself to show only the structural element (eg: concrete block) while in the structural VP? I am trying to generate all my plans from a single design layer (which I understand it to be VW intends us to)rather than create separate design layers for different disciplines... since this often leads to uncoordinated plans, where something has been changed on one layer, but not in all others (is there another way to achieve this? layer linking?) Looking forward to some insight!

Why do I have to reset my palettes every time I open VW12? It does not remember the way I set them the last time I worked with it? How do I get it to remember my tool preferences (icons only, docking, etc, etc, etc) Thanks

Thanks Peter, will try it. Does NNA know about the threshold bug? Carpalmer

How do you get the PIO to insert into walls with the same line weigthts in all its parts? Also, how do you get threshold to show? Thanks

How does my plotting house plot my VW12 file (I know I can PDF or export to VW11- but that's an unacceptable work-around for me). Can someone from NNA take this one please? Thanks

What's the PROPER way to install doors in VW12? I used to select from resources, but now I grab it from the Building Shell Tool Set, and before inserting I go to preferences and set respective parameters. Is that the way we're supposed to use them? Haven't figured out how to have threshold show in plan (went to Settings / Parts and inputed threshold dims, but no show in plan....) Thanks for help, tips.

VW12 putting doors in wall, but only wall opening and jambs show! What's new in VW12 for this procedure? Any tips? Thanks

Where do I get the viewer for my plot house?

Thanks Kayaker, problem is when trying to read from CD, will try to copy to hard drive and see if it works...

Finally got my upgrade, but cannot access movie links that explain tools, etc... Anyone having this problem? Please help. Thanks

Where is it? Is it a resource? How do I get it? Thanks CARPALMER VW 11.5.1

Anyone know how to adjust the transparency of props (cars, people, trees) so that they appear semitransparent? My props have masks..., and if I go to image transparency then I loose my mask... Looking forward to a reply, thanks carpalmer

thanks, will try...

Is there a way of extracting the image of an image prop from the resources window for editing in Photoshop? Thanks , Carpalmer

Considering a computer upgrade(current is a PC, PENTIUM 4, 1.8 MHTZ, lots of RAM)since rendering times are way over 10 minutes...(which I consider bearable). What's the word on the "perfect" setup? Dual-processor / 64 bit / etc., etc... Anyone can give me some advice please? Thanks, Carpalmer

I tried it with 5 recusrsions and got rid of grey mask. Didn't time it since I went out to lunch... Thanks for insight. Carlos

Thanks Nicholas. I've got recursion set at 1 (Custom RW), are you saying I should set it higher? As it is its taking about 30 mins to render... so higher setting would make it slower, but if I can get rid of the grey masking (and computer doesn't crash) I'll give it a try, Looking forward to your reply, Cheers, Carlos

Have used props before and make my own images / masks in Photoshop with very good results. In this rendering, however, the masked areas show up on some reflections (the prop renders fine, but its reflection on a storefront beyond draws rectangular, showing its "invisible" mask in dark grey), and on some props. This has happened before... bug? Any fixes? Thanks VW 11.5.1 XP, PC

Getting VERY slow rendering times, or never ending renderings... working on a building and using the storefront/window-wall tool. Running 11.5.1 on a 3 year old Dell with lots of RAM (can't remember how much right now...) Is slowness specific to window wall element, or 11.5.1, or VP's? I have done fairly complex renderings before the upgrade, without window wall tool, and without VP's (but with transparency a equal amounts of compexity) and was always able to go to Final Quality within a reasonable rendering time (less than 5 minutes). Now I can't even get there in half an hour! Anyone experiencing this? Any reasonable hardware upgrades to consider? Video Card, etc...

Design layer renders fine, but when I go to my VP it renders poorly, fuzzy, and pixelated... Tried different scales, but still no good. Set render setting in VP palette to highest quality... Any clue?

Thanks Dave. Will give it a shot.

thanks, curved window wall works well!

Working on a long gently curving building with a continuous storefront / curtain wall. Need to make model and I'm looking for an effective way of "building" it without having to go panel by panel, slightly rotating each to match the building's curve. Is there a better way? Somehow applying a storefront to the building's curve? I could even consider mapping an image to the building's curved volume (even though this would not reflect a realistic 3d look). Need your clever input!