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    Ultra wide minitors

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by neal-2002

    Was just thinking the same, have a 24 inch dell 1440 and find myself always opening and closing palets....was thinking 4K, but worried about everything being too small on a 27 inch......came Accross ultra wides and am thinking it might be the solution.

     

    few messages on here about curve vs flat - consensus seems to be curve not really worth the extra cost under 32 inch...

     

    ultrawide - it’s just whether 1440 is enough as I’ll gain space down the side of the screen compared to my current monitor which would probably do for just resource palets etc...

    Mac Silicon OS and VW

    in Hardware

    Posted

    So, I see the Apple walled garden walls have begun raise into users view recently (fortnight not working on Mac users machines anymore- due to Apples Notarised kill switch)

     

    this is the second time I’ve seen this happen in a month - first time was with the app Downy which they ‘mistakenly’ removed the authors dev certificate rendering his apps all useless on al macs overnight!

     

    This type of thing has me concerned - I’m not particularly happy with Apple having this much control over what I run on my Mac.....who says they won’t do the same to Twinmotion before this is all finished!

     

    20 year Mac user and don’t think I’ll be moving to Apple silicon at this rate...don’t think Epic are far off the mark with the rotten 1984 apple video... 🍏 😈 

    VSS Discount for users during COVID19

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Lec said:

    So they are giving you the option to spread the cost over three months - but they did that last year anyway - what I'd like to see is some active help for those of us who have bought into the Vectorworks system, and for me it has been since 2008 - just a little give back when we most need it - that's how loyalty works....we'll see....

    Not particularly helpful if you haven’t got the money or the future work to pay for it....👎.

    at ~£3k per licence and VSS at 600£- I guess the alternative is to just cancel and stick to current vw2020 for next 5 years, by which time you may be able to afford to buy a new license and not be any worse off....?

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    I want bi fold doors - plain and simple

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted · Edited by neal-2002
    Extras

    In this day and age where every client wants bi fold doors In their houses or extensions - 

     

    why do we stilll not have bi fold doors in Vectorworks??!!

     

    So for 2021 - bi fold doors and maybe just sort out the following and I might reconsider my VSS...

     

    section open gl rendering issue where it render the elevation in viewport (render elevation view /from behind the section line)

     

    artistic rendering styles with lines working As they should in panoramic images without having to do a workaround.

     

    vss rendering panoramic lighting correctly now??

     

    dont think it’s too much to be asking for really..

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    VSS Subscription due - pay or wait

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    So my vss is up at end of August. 
    im contemplating not renewing from September as there is no way that I will update to 2021 version as soon As its available this year..

     

    I’m just wondering - is there any issue /will it cost me more to rejoin if I chose to rejoin early next year (still within a year of my subscription lapsing?)

    Mac Silicon OS and VW

    in Hardware

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, zoomer said:

     

     

    Hmmh,

    if VW will not only support Apple Silicon but will really optimize VW for Apple Silicon

    and Apples API, I see so many opportunities for the future.

     

    Basically, VW ARM or parts of VW feature set would also run on iPad Pros,

    even iPhones or Apple TVs.

    With Lidar, Sensors, Apple AR and Raytracing, you could check or present your planned

    design and 3D Model on building site. Or check construction and wall openings, access

    your plans and do some changes, all on site, with very light and mobile devices.

    Lidar sensor could automate 3D model creation of existing buildings, maybe even for

    garden areas and terrains.

     

    VW could extend OpenGL View with Apples Raytracing to realtime like Eevee.

    VW could get some improvements for Touch or Pen Input.

     

     

    Hope "VW running on Apple Silicon" will not only mean that VW will just run somehow

    on Rosetta 2 without crashing.

     

     

    Sounds good - but who’s willing to wait the 10 years for this kind of progress...after all we’re still waiting for multi thread use...

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    Mac Silicon OS and VW

    in Hardware

    Posted

    34 minutes ago, Don Seidel said:

    You must not be a Mac guy 🙂

    Buy a Windoz PC ?? If it's good for you, OK. But So many reasons why not to for most of us.

    I'm not the least worried about the transition in terms of compatibility or stability. What I'm interested in is how fast VW will take advantage of new system architecture for speed, and most of all, some map to get "instant render" to the Mac version.

    Been a Mac guy for 20 years - but use a hackintosh....meaning I can upgrade whatever I like...

     

    I don’t take moving to windows lightly...but the fact they so significantly alter the mac os every single year it makes so much more sense - just look at the past experiences with Mac OS updates over past couple of years...they have VW chasing their tales and therefore we get snails pace software improvement..😓

     

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    Mac Silicon OS and VW

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by neal-2002

    I would def not spend much (If any) on a new Mac at the moment based on past (PowerPC) experience - no matter what they say- after all, they only sell intel macs at the moment...

     

    im planning on sticking with Mojave’s and 2019/2020 until this all blows over (I only work for myself and do small residential work)- but having been the IT guy in a small office as well as an architect - I can already see issues ahead...

    best option if you need to buy- buy windows pc and stay away from macs until it’s all sorted.!!

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    Mac OS Big Sur- intel/Apple soc

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by neal-2002
    Additions

    I can already see years of pain ahead for myself with VW....

    yearly updates to VW have rendered it almost unusable until sp4-5 on each occasion from last few years experience.

    moving over to Apple soc is going to just give Nem another excuse for not fixing the existing bugs and lack of any forward momentum for this software - which seems to fall further behind each year.

     

    Anyone thinking of spending any large amounts of money on a new Mac may want to Seriously consider it before buying an intel cpu at this stage - they say they have new intel range coming in the Apple presentation tonight- but based on the past experience and their jump from PowerPC to intel, I’d be weary of this (what else are they going to say without loosing the next 2.5 years of sales!!) - high end PowerPC’s lasted a few years before the support was dropped (not what you want if you’re spending £6k on a new macPro Tomorrow)

    they may say intel is here to stay now - and even if it does , how will Vectorworks 2021-22 run if it has to run through Rosetta 2?...

     

    might be time to give up the trusted Mac and move to windows unfortunately - at least for the foreseeable future...does VW work any better on windows?....I may just cancel my VSS and stick with Mojave and VW2019 until it’s all sorted....VW? Guess it’s going to be a long wait....(might even start using my VW2020 next year when it working state for professional use..)

    OpenGL erroneously rendering extents before cut plane of Section Viewport

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted · Edited by neal-2002

    why is this issue still not sorted?!!!!

    The lack of any sense of urgency to sort these issues is just shameful.....ive just wasted an afternoon wondering what was going on with my section - sometimes its fine and redraws correctly, this afternoon it just won't go away....and show extents before cut plane is off/tried on and then off.....you name it I've tried it this afternoon - not impressed...

    Bifold doors and round window are supposed to be 'behind' the view...

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    Best Bang for the buck Imac vs Imac Pro

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by neal-2002

    24 minutes ago, zoomer said:

     

     

    I have no problems with my PC and a standard Gaming GPU

    (RTX 2070 here)

     

    But my Trash Can Mac Pro with 2 D700s gets really hot and loud

    after 20 minutes of Twinmotion, no matter if you do anything or not.

    When Twinmotion Window is active, GPU load is 100%.

     

    I am sure it wouldn't last that much longer when it gets that hot.

    Even my Mac Pro 2.1, although some special thermal design and

    separate thermal areas, got very hot and the logic board died after

    4 years. Or iPhone 4 crashing with a navigation App in the car.


    As most Mac Models unfortunately still have thermal constraints.

    I would be a bit cautious with such demands (without Apple Care)

    over longer periods. Especially where GPUs are soldered or hard

    to service.

     

    I would trust the new Mac Pro.

    For me it seems like the first Apple Product without thermal problems.

    Or I would rely on eGPUs which are easy to replace at least.
     

    I’ve noticed if I’m using tm20 for a while gpu Fan start speeding up, as soon as I save it quietens down again...tm19 did this strange behaviour too..this is on my hackintosh in OS X, not Ed it in windows10.

     

    tm20 seems to perform Much better graphic quality wise over tm19 on OS X on my system. (Now on equal quality settings as under windows10 on same system)

    Best Bang for the buck Imac vs Imac Pro

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by neal-2002

    10 hours ago, bob cleaver said:

    @neal-2002

    I am curious on your hackintosh setup, please share as much as you can

    Hi Bob,

     

    it’s basically a tower pc - msi motherboard b150m pro-vdh with i7 6700, 24gb ram, 1tb ssd drive and and msi r9 280x 3gb gpu. Running Mojave (have too many non 64bit apps to upgrade). Uses Clover to boot Mac/windows.

     

    works perfectly and cost ~£700 and a 24 inch monitor extra Mac keyboard etc

    easy to upgrade parts and gives me more freedom/choice.

    everything works, just like a Mac (clover menu on startup gives choice between windows and Mac OS on startup)


    see here for start - https://www.tonymacx86.com/

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    Vectorworks Cloud services does not work

    in Rendering

    Posted · Edited by neal-2002

     

    “There is a bug in Vectorworks 2020 that it doesn't show a dialog when you try to submit an Animation job with anon-VSS account. This will be fixed in Vectorworks 2021”

     

    hahaha- they won’t even Bother to fix it in 2020!!!?? 

    VW 2020 render progress bar?

    in Rendering

    Posted

    On 3/11/2020 at 11:55 PM, line-weight said:

    If something got fixed in less than 6 months, we'd all fall off our chairs in surprise

    Funny...but it really shouldn’t be the case when you spend £££ for software that shouldn’t even be out of Beta testing before they offer it to us...

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