Stig Runar

Where can I choose between bucket and progressive mode on Redshift rendering?

Hi all! I have an installation i`m trying to export to the Architects as IFC. Everything is good except that the chain on the hoists does not export. What do I need to do to export this as well? I tried to add an IFC record to the chain symbol. That did not help.

And in the Count column, 6G, write =Count to get the total count on each row.

Man... have i done this wrong from the beginning? This was what i was looking for... I only saw the prefixing on the class names, but there is also the stories... THANK YOU!

It does not crash, it says after it is finished working through the referenced file that the Referenced layername allready exists. Please rename the existing layer. And it cancels the import of said layer. Then i need to rename it to like i have here: Added ARK at the end. Then it is okey to import the next IFC. There is allway new editions to the IFC. When i update say the ARK file it imports this to the same old layernames(Without ARK suffix) and i will get a conflict again.

You can see the referenced layernames here. As you can see i have added ARK, RIE etc. at the end. It`s the different external departments. If I reference the ARK IFC First. It crashes with Ventilation(Riv). Does programs like Revit handle this in an other way since i havent heard that anyone else has problems with this?

Hi! We have made a design for an exhibition. Using standard spotlight lightingfixtures. I wanted to try out connectcad to make cablelists and connection sheets for the electrician. Am i correct that you cant connect any of the symbols i have drawn to say a equipment item? Can I create devices based on all the lightingfixtures i have drawn? I dont understand the workflow if we have allready drawn everything, why cant we use connectcad with these symbols? What is your workflow here?

Hi! I have multiple referenced IFCs. Some of these are using the same layernames. Vectorworks tells me to rename the layers that allready exist to reference the next IFC. Could i change this on import? Or put on a prefix to these layers? After a week when i need to update these references I need to do the same job again. Any tips?

I suggest you invite @Stefan B. over to you with your main programmer for two weeks and fix all these issues 🙂

It is better to give an answer than to link to your book. This is not a sales forum.

Here you go! A10 VW speakertest.vwxA10 VW speakertest.vwx

Hi! I made a new speaker symbol (editing an old one and changed 3d geometry.) and the speaker will not render when using the Speak Array tool. It works fine when using the speaker tool and inserting as a plain object. Here is one speaker added with speaker tool and the other with array tool: Standard look with lacoustics k2 symbol: How it looks when using new A10 symbol:

Hi @Scott C. Parker! Please see this post and the answer from @jcogdell : "The hanging position is a very old part of Spotlight and many of the original reasons for using it no longer exist, such as associating lighting fixtures and other plug in objects with trusses and pipes (this is know automatic and controlled using the auto positioning settings in the Spotlight preferences)" " you can't easily add more trusses to the position with editing it or running an extra command if the hanging position is created as a symbol it can cause problems when using the new MVR file format It makes it difficult to display the trim heights for trusses and pipes that are inside as the hanging position 'Z' coordinate is not easily accessible in worksheets or with data tags (to the best of my knowledge) and a lot of the functions that are part of the hanging position can be done just as easily using other tools like spotlight numbering or the instrument summary tool" My impression was that this was now a dying feature and that there were newer workarounds.

In recent posts I`ve seen that the hanging position is a dying feature. Why is this? Pros and cons of using it?

@JustinVH Thank you for the tip. That was a easy solution 🙂