Minna

Hi Jack2022! Can you give me tips hoe to do this. I have a same problem and I didn't understand from that post how you did it. Or could someone advise me on some other way to do this? I know that this is probably a simple matter, but I just can't think of a solution...

Would there be any chance to get a tutorial video on this dwg export? You can find them on the net, but as they are made with older versions they don't help. What bothers me about my own dwg exports is that both desing layers and classes go there. I would not want to include desing layers. Also, in dwg the desing layers are combined into one group so I have to break it up in autocad. In autocad's preference you can see all the desing layers I have used and the classes I have divided the desing layer objects into ( e.g. desing layer vegetation - classes trees, shrubs perennials etc.) Is it even possible to make a dwg.image from model mode so that the dwg image sent shows not only the model mode but also the selected sheet layer and all this so that the subscriber only sees the classes? For some reason this dwg exproting has been a real pain for me during the 5 years I have been using vectorworks landmark.

Same problem here... How do I log in Esri? Trough Vectorworks?

Yes I'm using a Title Block Border

This is exactly what I meant! Thank you. Can you tell me again how to do that in practice. How do I do list like that?

Is there any way to make a list of revisions so that there is more than one explanation for the same letter or number. For example, if I make a revision entry today for four items in a picture with the letter A and I would like to have a separate explanation for each of them, it will not work - each one will have a new letter A, B, C etc. I hope you understand what I mean - a bit difficult to explain -especially as written English is not my strong point 😂. So I would like to list several changes in one day behind the same revision mark. Do I have to use the issue system or how do you work to get multiple changes for one date under one revision letter or number? Would there be a tutorial video for this somewhere? I've been manually typing them all above the title block so far, but I guess there's some automation to do this more easily? Or is this even possible? I tried to search the VW website for instructions on how to do this, but I couldn't find anything specific to this problem (or maybe I just couldn't search with the right keywords?). Thanks in advance if anyone can help 😊 (VW Landmark 2024)

I have the same problem and I couldn't catch that Jeff Price instruction. Is there a clear set of instructions somewhere to get this to work? It's a bit frustrating when I can't get the image to work in dwg format.

Hi all could someone please help me by telling me what kind of settings dwg exproting should be done with to make the file size as small as possible. I need a 2d dwg file that will go as a reference image for e.g. an electrical designer. Now the file size is 44 MB and really hard to handle. Is there a video or instruction somewhere to do this? These huge file sizes are a constant problem... I use VW24. Do I have to make two different designs, one pure 2d and one 3d to get the file size under control? I am really tired of this constant battle over the size of exported dwg files. Minna Vectorworks Landmark 2024

Hi! Is there any way to be able to edit the transparency of vw hardscapes in autocad? If I make a normal polygon with hatches it will work. I have previously only drawn 2d plans and now that I have switched to 3d drawing this problem came up when I send my work to other designers. So normally I have looked at the image in autocad and added transparency to the surfaces so that the position drawing shows "through" This no longer works when the plan has a hardscape. Ideas, tips? Minna

Same problem... How to fix it? I have made my desings without tick marks, but I would love to have right solution to this..

Problem solved! Thanks to everyone who helped and special thanks to Tamsini for the video - it was a very clarifying package! The big issue with this was that the architect had sent me material made in the correct coordinate system and material where the coordinate system was wrong. So I didn't believe in my own knowledge and wasted my time before I realised what the problem was. Maybe this is a relatively new user problem... 😄 An interesting detail in the material I received was that the base material sent by the city also worked strangely when imported into Vectorworks. When it was brought to a base where there was no architect specified rotation angle everything went fine on top of each other. But, when you used the rotation angle then one of the files moved maybe about 3 meters to a different spot. Can you tell me what could be the cause of this? -Minna

Hi TeeMuki! You are from Finland?! Can I send you a message in finnish? _Minna

Thanks for your replies! I actually have the coordinate point. The architect has defined the x,y,z coordinate point. I'm trying to figure out if I can somehow import it into the georeferenced VW plan base. Poot: did I understand correctly that in your instructions the VW base is not georeferenced at all? I didn't quite understand how to do that...I wonder if there is a tutorial video for this? The problem seems to be only in these ArchiCAD files. The other designers files are geographically correct so I would then have to manually transfer the other designers plans (electrical, transport etc) And indeed importing ArchiCAD files as reference files is impossible And yes...I do have my user origin next to my site 🙂

Hi! How do you import Archicad dwg files to a referenced VW site model. My site model is in correct place in a world map but all Archicad files are bound to an internal origin so that the 0,0 point is given separate coordinates (by architect - it is in dwg file) Same with IFC files. Its really difficult to try to get them to the right place by dragging and it is impossible to use them as reference pictures. Some how i have this problem is specific to ArchiCad files. Is it just a drawing style, i.e. can I instruct the architect to create a different file that would go to the right place on the map? Has anyone else had a similar problem and how have you gotten such files to work as reference files? I'm a fairly new user so I don't know how to solve this problem and I couldn't find a similar article anywhere.

Follow-up question... Now I got all the sheet layers to show up as they should (hurray!), but the problem is the VW desing layers, which come into the dwg image multiple times. It seems that autocad compresses objects/lines/symbols of different VW class classification into one layer which is originally VW desing layer (i.e. I have VW desing layer kalusteet and class system GD_kalusteet-leikkivälineet, GD_kalusteet-ympäristökalusteetetc. and now these are all in the dwg on the kalusteet (2d) layer and when you explode that layer in autocad, the objects/symbols go back to the VW class layer (which also appear in that autocad layer list), but that furniture 2d layer cannot be removed. And there are as many of these furniture 2d layers as there are sheet layers where they appear in the work. My apologies for the slightly confusing post. I hope someone understood what I meant -Minna