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We don't need AI for that. The construction industry is responsible for nearly 40% of CO₂ emissions historically.

can you upload a new example file? This one is missing for some reason.

That's great, love it 👏 I'm all good thanks 👍

Great!

Definitely due for modernisation. Roof lights are the only thing I didn't bother modelling on a recent project. Can't see them on the roadmap but maybe once this is sorted we'll see some movement on this: https://www.vectorworks.net/en-US/public-roadmap?url=roofslab-modernization

@JuanP how are we looking for at least the tweaks in this original post being addressed?

Actually, it looks like you already have them in there.

Nice work. I'm guessing that's perfect for what he needs, but could a solid subtraction be used to produce these flat bits?

ah yes, that's much clearer now. I think it would still be pretty straightforward to create using a combination of tapered extrudes and solid subtractions but I'm very curious to see what our NURBS specialist comes up with.

@ryanesson do you have any additional 2D drawings? Sections at different heights, elevations of different sides? Post everything you have.

Good idea. And VW includes conditional command logic now. The zero key on the numeric pad already works this way for rotated plan views.

First method I would probably go for is to draw a circle* to the circumference of the large end of the fork and use the Model > Tapered Extrude... command to extrude it to the desired length and angle. Then manoeuvre them into place, select all, and Model > Add Solids Though there are others much better at freeform modelling than me here and there may be much more sophisticated ways to achieve this. *or square if it's square, or whatever shape it is

That's gotta be a speed record! Thanks Kyle!

Fantastic, thanks @Kyle Sutton!

AF Design's plugin's are the best!

Turns out I was wrong: https://unisonwindows.com/products/outswing-tilt-turn/ A US company called Unison makes outward opening Tilt Turn windows. Ruins the ability to leave them open in a venting position when it's raining but somebody makes them! Trust the Americans 😆

Am I better of putting the site model in the same file as my building model and rotating it?

Ha, yeah, thanks for the tips. In the mean time I will try to push for CMD-5 to work like the numeric pad zero key before 2035!

I would think it's unrelated to your location. I suggest reinstalling Vectorworks and if that doesn't help then contact support.

I have a Site Model I've referenced into another file using Design Layer Viewport, but I have these two problems: The skirt is not showing in the referenced DLVP A Sheet Layer Section Viewport taken through the reference DLVP of the site doesn't follow the cut/profile of the site.

This is really interesting. I've noticed that generating a new working file is often much quicker than syncing changes. It's a little convoluted compared to the sync button but I really like it; I particularly like the ritual of manually creating a backup at the end of the day and not leaving this to automation. This is how we're going to work from now on.

But then I can't use CMD-5 to get to Top/Plan, which is the beauty of this solution:

We should have an option to "Automatically check out objects" full stop. I think I understand the rationale for restricting automatic check out to just the layer(s) that the objects you're currently checking out are on, but I never want to work in this way. When I'm checking out objects automatically I want automatic check out to check out any object I need going forward. I don't care what layer it's on. There is never a point that I think, oh, thank you VW for asking me if I wanted to check out this object because it's on a layer that I haven't checked anything out of yet.

Thanks Stephan, thats great. I agree with Tom, Rotated Top/Plan View is the more intuitive reference. "You can revert this in the Standard Views menu in the View Bar" could also be clearer I think by being more explicit: "You can revert this by activating Top/Plan View in the Standard Views menu in the View Bar" or just "You can revert this by activating Top/Plan View"

For CMD-5 to take you to Rotated Top/Plan you would already need to be in a rotated view. Tap CMD-5 when Plan Rotation is at zero degrees and you go straight to Top/Plan. If you're in a rotated view and want to go to unrotated Top/Plan, then you just tap CMD-5 twice. It couldn't make more sense.