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  1. Bumping this topic. today's slowdown is epic. it takes 4 seconds to select something using rectangular marquee select. Just click, drag a box around some items (or no items) and it takes between 3 - 5 seconds to process that command. I tried moving my entire drawing to the left within the page, and it's now clocking in about 13 minutes and giving me the beachball. Finally had to force quit. It just keeps getting worse. I try closing all other drawings out, whitelisting/shutting down anti-virus, closing everything on my laptop. I also tried a drawing today with no LV wiring/ConnectCAD plugins. Just a small job, no big deal. I'm trying to process a simple print package (open view, shuffle, snap viewport, print viewport to PDF), and VW just keeps choking.I can't even move things around on the screen. I'm going to reset my Vectorworks preferences here in a minute. But something is very very wrong with 2018, current service pack. I'm not happy at all. AutoCAD is not experiencing this slowdown with drawings. I've eliminated my laptop and graphics card as potential issues at this point. Other incredibly graphics intensive operations in a number of other applications work fine. This is clearly a Vectorworks issue that very clearly needs to be fixed.
  2. It's insane. My drawing is 19.5MB. Some of the other specific slowdowns I'm experiencing reflect what you describe. It takes sometimes 2-5 seconds to change a rectangle or a an object to 'Make all attributes by class'. That should be instantaneous. It certainly has been in a number of much more complicated 3D drawings in the past. It feels like, to me, that changing anything that reaches out to the internal database records slows way down on drawings. Sometimes just simple line drawings (I'm doing an AV schematic 2D flow chart), and sometimes on the more complicated (4 bedroom modern structure with built in curved ladder rail, 3D car models, surfaces and wood grain). So It doesn't seem to be the complexity of the file or the size of the file directly. It is something else. I do agree that modifying classes or doing anything in the attributes pallet seems to take longer than it used to. That might be a good place for VW tech support to start looking. I've already PM'ed a file that failed miserably the other day. I selected everything in the drawing, scaled everything and everything disappeared. I don't remember that 'feature' in the sales brochure. We had to revert to a backup file. the 'working' file was just plain empty after the scale operation. Like nothing on any layers, no items anywhere. All the class and layer structure stayed, but no data stayed. Still dunno what that was all about, but my frustration level with VW is getting higher ever day. I have a meeting with our AutoDesk Rep on Thursday. I'm the last guy in our office on Vectorworks, and this last version hasn't inspired confidence. I still prefer the product, but ONLY when it functions. At this point, it just doesn't function very well. I moved off AutoCAD over a decade ago because the price and 3D features of VW are great in comparison. Now, it seems to be swinging toward AutoCAD again. I wish they'd come up with at least a root cause on this.
  3. I don't want to pile on here, but yeah. VW has gone from nice and fast to really slow just on the last project I spun up. I imported a PDF, and that seemed to just kill it. I deleted all the PDF 'parts' and just left the raster lines. Still so slow I can't zoom in or out without waiting. Thought it was some of the fill I was doing. Pulled all that out. Still so slow I can't zoom in our out. Thought maybe it was other applications. Turned them all off. No change. Thought maybe it was the PDF again, so I re-drew the entire page in a new document. No change. This drawing is a 2D wiring schematic for an AV system. I'm running the ConnectCAD plug-in to do most of the work. Thing is, I pull open an old document (in 3d, significantly more complicated) and can pan and zoom all over the place in all three dimensions. I also have AutoCAD for Mac loaded on my machine. I exported the VW file as a DWG, opened it in AutoCAD and AutoCAD seems to be super fast, no 'slowness' issues. So not sure what VW is doing here, but I have a file that is just super slow to work with in Vectorworks. Some slowdown is OK, but this level of slowdown is really really bad. Its a 17 meg file, and by far not the biggest file I have, and honestly one of the more simple files I have. Any help here? I've read a bunch of posts and tried a few of the items listed. Just doesn't seem to be helping speed things up.
  4. Thanks all. Got this solved. Yes. According to Apple you can't set permissions on the Applications folder to "me~Read/Write and 'apply to enclosed items'". You don't get to do that any more. If you select the Vectorworks2017 folder, and CMD+i, you can add yourself as Read/Write access. You can also select "Apply to Enclosed Items". Although, this clearly does not fully apply to the enclosed items. I had to manually drive to the 'Libraries' folder within the Vectorworks2017 folder, Add myself as Read/Write, and also "Apply to Enclosed Items" (again). When you choose "Apply to Enclosed Items" on the Vectorworks2017 folder, for whatever reason, things within the 'Libraries' folder don't get updated permissions. I don't know why. Even though the 'Libraries' folder is very clearly enclosed in the Vectorworks2017 folder. Appreciate the help.
  5. Strange issue. I installed Vectorworks like always. I left the Vectorworks 2017 folder (fresh install, new computer) sitting in my 'user~Applications' folder. Thats the main, regular old applications folder. I went to download some online content via the resource browser. It failed. Gave me an error saying I don't have the permissions to change my Vectorworks 2017 folder. Selected the folder, hit CMD+i to get info. Sure enough, I have administrator rights to that folder. Read and Write. Called Apple support. Asked why I wouldn't be able to write to that folder. Stumped, the support guy got two senior engineers on chat. According to Apple, apparently, you can no longer set permissions on the Applications folder itself. I attempted to add myself with administrator rights to the Applications folder. It fails. Since the Vectorworks folder is INSIDE the Applications folder, I can no longer download things using the Resource Browser in this configuration. This seems insane to me. Anybody else seen this? My workaround is to just move my Vectorworks 2017 folder to someplace else. Any suggestions? They suggested the desktop, but that is such a mess I hate to leave full application folders sitting on there. Apparently the 'Can't set permissions on the Applications Folder' is a new development or 'un-documented feature' on Apples part. This worked fine back in January when I built this machine. I'm guessing one of the OS updates introduced this.
  6. Well, this is a little embarrassing, but also a little counter intuitive. If you have the class "Furniture" turned off, you get this error. I don't use "Furniture" in my drawings usually. I'm used to dropping things on the drawing and having them disappear. That isn't so strange. Getting the error, seeing the object, then seeing it disappear lead me to believe something was really wrong. Would be nice if the error was a little less cryptic. Like "this symbol is being placed on an inactive class" or "Your dropping this on an invisible layer", or "would you like to activate this layer?". So, problem solved, but seems like a bit of a misleading error code.
  7. Open resource browser. search 'All items' for 'Chair'. Click and drag: "Fern Dedon Lounge Chair - Java" Symbol/plug-in object onto new or existing drawing. The symbol shows up on the drawing, I get a red box in the lower right hand corner saying "This symbol is using a Story Bound that doesn't exist". As soon as I click on the drawing, the object disappears and the resource browser windowshades closed. It happens on a number of different items. Is this a subscription issue? or why am I not able to use these resources? Computer Details: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro13,3 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 2.7 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 4 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 8 MB Memory: 16 GB Boot ROM Version: MBP133.0226.B08 SMC Version (system): 2.38f6 Serial Number (system): C02SWNLPGTF1 Hardware UUID: E95D8ECE-2E06-53A4-924A-3B29CEF3C14A Vectorworks version: 2017, SP2 (Build 338823) (64 Bit)
  8. Hey list - Trying to do some last minute 2011 tax deduction spending. Anybody know if Vectorworks sales department is open today? I've called both the US pro license number AND the academic number. Ring, 'please hold. your wait will be 1 minute'. Repeat over and over. Sat on speaker phone for the last 35 minutes, nobody ever answered. Just kept looping the same welcome greeting, followed by the 1 minute wait period, followed by the dulcid tones of hold music. I'm thinking they're closed today, and forgot to update the web page, or the community announcement board (unless I missed it). Anybody from Nemetschek sales around today? Thanks!
  9. Following up and closing the issue- User error is causing the described behavior. I've used "lock to page center" on all my drawing borders. I've inserted the title block, and it obviously snaps to the designated lower right hand corner, and extends vertically. Somewhere in my drawings, I had (unknowingly) inserted several title blocks onto a few of the Sheet layers. While stacked and snapped, the Title Blocks look, obviously identical, and the change in lineweight is indecernable unless you really stare at it on my laptop. What I was seeing was the visible titleblock BELOW the one I happend to be editing NOT changing. Being stacked, and identical, you can't select the offending duplicate title block very easily, especially since they were errantly insterted (I'm sure) while I was in an active class that I don't remember. Since the "Project" information is all identical, and updated across all title blocks simultaneously, they looked fine with two or three title blocks stacked on top of each other, with identical text. Essentially a Title Block was created on class "TITLE BLOCK" and a Title Block was created on class "NONE" with both classes displaying simultaneously. Changing the top one, and the bottom one still displays the original place holder text. Deleting the duplicate title blocks solved the issue. Just click on the title block once, hit delete. Repeat until the last visible one gets deleted, then hit "command+z" to undo, leaving a single title block by itself to edit. Select one of the other title blocks that has the correct properties, select edit, choose "project", check "Apply these values to all title blocks" and click OK. Updates all the title block 'Project' info. Now I just have to update the 'Sheet' info on the affected pages. The title block snap + drawing border lock to page center essentially works just like copy, and paste-in-place. Very useful, but also not easy to detect duplicates in plan view. Hope this helps someone else avoid the hassle. Kelly.
  10. So, I'm using old friend "US Arch Vert-2" title block for a job. I've entered in my custom information on the "project" side of the title block. Everything is fine. I then enter in my custom information on the "Sheet" side of the title block. Doing this for about 20 different sheets. In these boxes, not on all sheets mind you, I get my custom information plopped on top of the 'placeholder' text. It essentially makes a huge black blob. I've tried erasing the custom info, saving, then re-entering. Seems to randomly keep or delete the 'placeholder' text, on selected sheets, for no apparent reason. The viewports are in two classes: None and TITLE-BLOCK Doesn't seem to matter. It does not seem to be a class thing. Moving from one class to another doesn't solve it either. Each viewport is on it's own sheet layer, called "elevation left", "floor plan", "Roof Plan", etc. When I select 'Export - PDF', the garbled, blob text exports to the PDF, making the title block half useless. This leads me to believe that it's not a display thing, but an actual 'lines on the file' thing. I'm on (the now apparently stone age) VW 2009 Designer, SP5. Running on a MacBook Air, despite my signature file noting the home machine. Mac OS 10.6.8. Any input would be greatly appreciated OTHER than "spend the dough to upgrade". I have to get paid for this project first, then we can fight about the benefits of updating to the new version. Thanks!
  11. Seriously. So, in a frustrated effort to get some work done, I just clicked the 1:1 scale and decided to move on. drawing resized, no worries. Then, I clicked BACK on 1/2"=1'. Now, all of a sudden, the leader heads are exactly as expected, just how I asked them to be. RELATED: Yesterday, I wouldn't see any changes to my drawing borders unless I scaled the drawing, then scaled it back to the current. It's like it won't refresh without being rescaled. Like the settings wont take on redraw or refresh, but the will if the drawing is re-scaled. Weird. Obviously the problem is solved thanks to the magic of publicly posting it on a message board. Maybe it's time for the new version. Kelly.
  12. Can't seem to adjust the arrowhead size OR style of my callout tool. Even adding a custom arrowhead, with an angle of 'zero' results in a huge, arrowhead. Dont't quite know where to start. I've tried: Adjusting dimensions. Creating a custom dimensions set. Editing Callout tool to custom arrowheads. I just get the same thing over and over. This is running VW 2009 on a MacBook Air despite what my signature says. Trying to do this on the road away from the office. I'm sure I'm missing secret sauce, but I can't figure it out. working in 1/2" = 1' design layer. TIA! Kelly
  13. I came from AutoCAD. I bought a Mac for all the reasons people buy a Mac and looked into all my options for CAD/design. The idea of switching to a new CAD package was big concern. Mostly because I needed to buy the package as opposed to have an employer provide it, and I needed 3D. 1. It was relativly easy to learn. UN-learning years of command line entry was tough, but the tools in VW are pretty intuitive. 2. Yes on the student license. I went that route, and then upgraded from the student package into a full version of the current product. It's a very good path. The EDU software is full-featured with a watermark on output prints (as of now). You get ALL the tools avaliable. The cost vs. AutoCAD made it a total no-brainer. You get way better bang for your buck IMHO- UNLESS you're planning on working in an AutoCAD house right out of school. If you're planning on being a more independent kind of person, its the way to go. 3a. I've used a few, but this has been by far the best one IMHO, on either platform. I'm a Mac-centric house, so it was a great fit. 3b. Google that question. You'll get about a million different hits. Do some pre-research on that, and try and determine your needs. If you let the sales people get to you, you'll own a BIM, 3d modeling program, Database, 2d drawing application and a bunch of other nonsense costing you more than 4 years of education. That is my favorite part of VW. It's essentially all one single product that fits my needs very well.
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