Benson Shaw

@James Morris Something to try: Make a new blank file with your usual workspace and draw a few 3d bolts/nuts objects with the same tool you uses in problem file. Also copy/paste a few of the problem objects from the problem file into the new file. If problems with old or new objects in new file, please post the new file here. This should be solvable. -B

Could be that you inserted a 2d version of the tool. Many fastener and hardware tools have separate 2d and 3d options. Some of these are old old, never upgrade. Also look at the Fastener tool. It is a newer. -B

@Alf Escuin You have just asked the question that caused @Jeff Prince to produce his famous solution now dubbed "The Devo Method" for making holes in Site models. Here's link to thead with solution in final few posts. Alas, Jeff's hilarious images are no longer included, but showed the "hole" as loopy, fat outline text from lyrics from Devo. WHIP IT! I think. Problem is that a Site Model crop can contain either no object (shows extents of the DTM), or only a single, closed object. One way to make a single object: Enter the Edit Crop pane of the selected Site Model Draw the desired outer perimeter crop and the "hole" shape. Clip Surface. Connect them with a narrow rectangle or other closed shape. Clip again. Exit the Edit pane HTH -B That connection can be micro/nano narrow and therefore practically invisible in all but the closest views. The result is not really a hole, but rather a single continuous perimeter.

Possible Shuttle file workaround? Add a couple relevant points or survey points to the survey file. Create a design layer view port of the survey in a new file. Move/Rotate that DLVP as desired, and draw the architecture etc in the new file. If needed, DLVP the new file to survey file, and align, via the survey points, to the orig orientation. sorry, old school. -B

@Peter S - welcome to Vectorworks and the forum! To aide trouble shooting please add a signature to your posts showing your vwx version and module plus your hardware and OS version. Add this via your Forum account > account settings> signature. Some things about rotating the view in vwx: A scroll wheel click doesn’t work for me either. My fingers just won’t do that. Shift c is one handed for me. Once the tool is active, mouse to the Mode Bar and pick the mode you want for center of rotation, eg center of selection, internal origin, or picked point (click to pick the point, THEN drag to 3d rotate). The floating tool palettes are helpful. Tap the Space Bar, and they appear at cursor. Hover the upper left one to open the floating Basic palette and click the Flyover icon (or any other tool you need). Then mode bar to choose the center. Also note that newer versions have that little view cube at lower left corner of the screen. Drag one of the cube corners to rotate the view. Click the faces, corners or edges of the cube to realign the view, eg to Front, or Top, etc. While learning Vectorworks remember it is not a version of some other software. It has its own interface and development underpinnings. You will get the hang of it soon. This forum is typically very friendly and helpful. Also often sympathetic to complaints and criticisms. I encourage you to post as needed! -B

@EJKerr do we need both 74 and 74.2 versions of those pkg files? The older dates on the 74.2 are interesting. -B

Yes, most of those files have rather new dates. None have dates showing October 23, 2025 when I 1st installed v2026. Many have create/modification dates of Feb 6, 2026, when I ran the Repair function. Several show copies with .2 appended. The .2 version shows earlier dates ??? eg: libicudata.74.dylib dated Create/Mod February 6, 2026, Last Open Jan 18 libicudata.74.2.dylib Create/Mod/Last open - all Jan 18, 2026 Note, vwx seems to export pdf as expected today. HTH -B

Actually fixed this via the v2026 Installer App > Repair feature. The app reported that it fixed a bunch of items (no list). Relaunch of vwx 2026 did not generate the error for the PDFUtilLib file. Although, PDFUtilLib file in the finder does not display a new creation or mod date??? So mark this a solved, but still a mystery. -B

Another way is the Reshape Tool, Move Edges Parallel Mode (second mode). Pick point is intersection of the edges to preserve. May need a guide object if shape is rotated off xy. 2d only, but extrudes, eg, edit to extrude, modify the source object. -B

When I restart vwx, I receive attached error notice of incompatible PDFUtilityLib plugin. I dismiss the error pane and vwx operates as expected . . . until it appears again at next restart. File path shows it in the v2026 plugins. Any ideas about why the file is present if it is incompatible? Or advice on what to do - Find and delete it? Ignore/dismiss and carry on? Install some other version of the utility? OR? Thanks! -B

I’ve heard that Mozart could play with hands at separate ends of keyboard and land a note in the middle with his nose (show off!). -B

Just a thought - The Installer does not proceed with file downloads or install unless Vectorworks is not running. Normally there is a prompt, but ??? Try closing Vectorworks, then launch the Install Mgr. My Install manager prompted me to update the Installer before it would even launch. All went as expected after that - close vwx, relaunch the Installer, click the download button (it was visible) wait for download & install, relaunch vwx. Might work? -B

@Henry Finch Control of site models can be vexing, especially at first, but help from forum can usually sort it, or at least explain what's happening, or not happening. Probably no responses yet because no specific questions in your post. Complaining is fine here, too, but sympathy from here wouldn't help you much. Can you post a file or screen shots of what you are trying to accomplish or what failed? Even if it is several tasks. Someone here will give it whirl. -B

I checked the resource mgr just noe. Any category labeled User contains duplicates of each file. The enclosing folders are not duplicated. All vwx libraries seem intact. I have vague memory of a balky install first time and therefore reinstalled, so your double migrate idea is likely correct. Could have been a cpu sleep interruption? -B

My template file list shows double of every migrated Use rtemplate. Templates in the vwx Default folder seem OK. The User templates seem to be exact duplicates. Previous upgrades did not produce such dupes. I intend to delete the originals from the template library. Anything dangerous to file structure about that? -B