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Thank you Peter, I appreciate your effort! Eddie

There were crashes I could make happen before I did this ... editing a symbol text in a specific drawing. After the adjustment the crash doesnt happen anymore. Please let me know if this seems to help anyone else, so I know its not just a fluke!

Anyone have such an animal? I need to create a cigar, and I need the real thing. Thanks

Now, my symbol corruption issues still exist in 11.5, but not 11.1 (thats why I reverted back to 11.1). So unfortunately this doesnt touch that problem as Islandmon has indicated is much deeper.

Yes, sorry. I started the computer from the CD, and then through my original operating system 'Disc 1' that came with my machine, I went to File>Disc Utility. Then I proceeded to run Repair Disc Allocations. After it went through the course, I booted the computer in 10.3, and then went do disc utility in my utilities and did the same. Seemed to make a dif. Hope this helps

Just to let you all know, I have been experiencing numerous VW11 crashes recently. I just did ran the disc repair utility, and ran Repair Disc Permissions (Outside of OSX). Then I did it with the operating system running. Definate application loading speed improvement, and the predictable crashes before this was done seem to be gone. Thought I'd let you know.

Just figured it out, my lines werent composed together properly as a complete surface.

This is a huge pain, and it doesnt always work this way. I want to extrude an object, and it seems to extrude the outline rather than the surface.

I believe the application needs to be written for 64 bit in order to take true full advantage, however Apple indicates that even 32 bit programs will benefit having the operating system working in synergy with the processors. Now there are supposed to be some huge improvements with the graphics engine and OpenGL of OS 10.4 as many have complained (including myself) about the speed of selecing multiple objects/polygons. I have an old PC that selects polygons faster than my Dual G5!

Thanks all. I think I will do the texture, since I think you are both right ... the file will be quite heavy. thanks

I need to create a rope in 3D solids, and I'm not sure the best way to tackle it. Anyone have any ideas?

It would be so nice to be able to render over night multiple files, rather than just multiple views. Pls add!!

Through further exploration, it seems to only occur when a viewport is created on a sheet layer, then saved. Files without viewports seem to operate fine.

I have had some issues in the past with symbols created in 11.1 corrupting in 11.5. It has been suggested to recreate new symbols freshly in 11.5. I just spent 1.5 days creating a large handful of 3D symbols freshly in 11.5. So far, everything has been working fine, and drawings appear normal. This morning, I opened up a drawing I was working on last night, and virtually every symbol is totally corrupted as VW has spewed all the geometry of the symbols all over the place!! I have just wasted a huge whack of time here, I have deadlines ... and I am very upset. Please, is someone looking into this problem, or am I the only one??!!

Hi Paul, I used to use AutoCad 04 / Studio Max. I switched over to VW 11, and Renderworks. Renderworks doesnt give you quite the quality of 3D Studio Max, but with some tweaking its not too bad. Very acceptable for day to day stuff. I find the rendering engine of Renderworks to be very very slow compared with other software specifically designed for animation/rendering. I have plans to purchase Cinema 4D in a few months for my higher-end renderings as there is a plugin that nicely converts VW files to Cinema 4D files. I have played with an older version of Cinema 4D, and it is very easy to use, and alot of fun. I think Renderworks comes with the demo version if I am not mistaken. If not, I believe you can get a 3 month trial. Hope this helps

Not sure if I follow you Islandmon. What do you mean by assigning different class style? Or even Style glazing 1, 2? (I;m still new at this)

I have noticed since 11.5 that some of my symbols when rendered in OpenGL or even Final RW appear gray, despite of the fact that I have assigned the colour to take on the class texture or appearance. I have tried to dig as deep as possible into the symbol, but it still ignores the class attributes. ????

Just a followup comment ... I have hundreds of symbols all loaded with information. There is no way I have the time to edit and resave all my symbols in 11.5. I have reverted to 11.01 until this is resolved. Can anyone from VW indicate whether this is to be looked at?

I need to produce a report on the symbols used in a drawing. However I need to report a parts list of 2 or more different assemblies in a single drawing. Sometimes the same symbols are used in different assemblies. Is there a way I can do this, or simply produce a report based on a specific group without doing a 'blanket symbol report' with all parts used in the drawing.

I need to produce a report on the symbols used in a drawing. However I need to report a parts list of 2 or more different assemblies in a single drawing. Sometimes the same symbols are used in different assemblies. Is there a way I can do this, or simply produce a report based on a specific group without doing a 'blanket symbol report' with all parts used in the drawing.

I frequent crashes on a VW 11.01, and 11.5 close. Running Mac OS X.4

great.... So what do we do then? Wait until a bug fix?

I just redesigned the project that got corrupted in 11.5, redesigned in 11.01. No problems in 11.01.

My symbols consist of a variety of symbols in symbols. It seems to explode some of them and scatter them all around in the symbol. If I look at the symbol from the original file, it is OK. If I edit the imported symbol in the the corrupted drawing, it gets pretty wacky.

Anyone have a plugin/tool to convert a VW file to W3D Shockwave Format? Any ideas where I can go?