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    Problem with Orientation of North Arrow in a Viewport

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    See attached two files created in VW Designer 2020 SP3.1

     

    In my document "Problem 1.vwx" -  When I try to rotate the North Arrow in a Viewport, it refuses to listen and points back to vertical position (North). Changing angle in OIP flips back to 0.

    It works fine on Design Layer and on Sheet Layer. This happens only for Annotation in Viewport on a Sheet Layer.

    I suspected that the Georeferencing is a problem. Tried to Reset it, uncheck it - doesn't solve the problem.

    I started another a new blank document "No Problem Yet.vwx" - everything works fine. However, as soon as I opened the Document Preferences > Georeferncing > OK is activated,

    the problem with North Arrow in a Sheet Layer Viewport starts again.

    My real project document can not be recreated from the scratch, it has a month of my work.

    Is there a way to reset Georeferencing to get back control of the North Arrow in a Viewport?

    Problem 1.vwx No Problem Yet.vwx

    Weather Analysis Tools

    in Resource Share - Marionette

    Posted

    On 12/21/2016 at 7:00 AM, sbarrett said:

    Hello All! Here are the rest of the Weather Analysis Tools I have been working on. These have the same caveats as the Wind Rose - all of them access the internet every time the network is run. These are also a lot newer than the Wind Rose, so there may still be some kinks - I would call these beta versions. Please let me know if you have any issues!

    WeatherAnalysis-Precipitation-161221.vwx

    WeatherAnalysis-Psychrometrics-161221.vwx

    WeatherAnalysis-SolarPath-161221.vwx

    WeatherAnalysis-Temperature-170125.vwx

    Is there any new updated 2019 version for all the above files? I downloaded the 2019 Wind, but can not find the update for the rest. Please advise.

    Site Model Slope Analysis - how to list colored areas without tracing over

    in Site Design

    Posted

    Thank you.

    Attached is final look of two tables.

    My old table is used for final print. Data follows your method and auto calculated in the first table above, then I manually enter the same data into old table for print.

    Last changes were:

    1) Formula for Column Category:

    =IF((B2=1289), '1', (IF((B2=1240), '2', (IF((B2=1290), '3', (IF((B2=1291), '4', (IF((B2=1237), '5', (IF((B2=257), '6', 'oops')))))))))))

    2) Formula for Column Image (without SUM)

    =IMAGE

    3) Format Column 'Image'

    Format Cell - Images - 2D Attributes - Fixed Points

    So far, I've learned that Site Model SnapShot can be UnGrouped. The Contour lines are separated. The total quantity of Polygons for Slopes in Triangulated Model was over 17,000. Every refresh of Worksheet took several minutes. So I decided to combine all polygons with the same color into one with Modify / "Add Surface" and then pay attention to total area, and if group is objects, not polygons, then carefully did conversion of few polylines into polygons. Final total polygons quantity became = 175, now much better and manageable.

    I hope this will help other people.

    Thanks to all forum users and special people like Pat Stanford.

    Site Model Slope Analysis - how to list colored areas without tracing over

    in Site Design

    Posted

    Thank you Patrick:

    Very nice work, I really appreciate your help. Many many thanks, I owe you big time.

    Please see attached, I wonder if there is a way to sort data in table, play with order of colors to match original table.

    Maybe I can pull data from new table and show them in old table. Any other idea for criteria.

    Is there a way to format "cell Pattern color" by assigning "FB index code"?

    Site Model Slope Analysis - how to list colored areas without tracing over

    in Site Design

    Posted · Edited by Ash

    I can't find a solution for this simple problem.

    I use a Slope Analysis from a Site Model with 5 groups of different slopes each colored in different color. Having 5 colored slopes and not being able to tell the square footage areas for each group is quite disappointing. The workaround is to trace over in VW or use other program.

    First method means that I use either 3D model top view or create a Snapshot and then in VW I trace over each colored zone. Very time-consuming task.

    Second method means I need to use Photoshop or "Image J" programs with Threshold Color function to measure each layer area. But it requires applying a Scale 1 pixel = to whatever is scale in foot. The result is inaccurate.

    So my question is:

    Is there any direct way to retrieve data from Site Model Colored Slopes into a Worksheet?

    Please help.

    see attached example, a) site model with colored slopes, b) separate traced over in VW to calculate area and c) same layer in Photoshop to measure area

    Grade Tool - how to make 4 different slopes in N-S-W-E directions?

    in Site Design

    Posted

    "The Grade tool can help to create proposed slopes, swales etc."

    Could anyone please give me a step by step overview of how to create new slope and swale using Grade Tool?

    e.g. how to make 4 different slopes in N-S-W-E directions on a given site model, say I want slopes to be 4:1, 1:1, 1:3 an 1:2

    The video on youtube called "Site Modeling and Calculations" shows the slopes

    for case with Create pad from Grade Limits.

    In my case I need to have an elevated rectangular pad, I do not need an odd shaped pad resulting from the command above.

    Pattern (fill style)

    in Rendering

    Posted

    Can someone give me a good example for use of some standard PATTERN fill?

    With all hatches, solid, gradient, tile and opaque color fill, I do not see a reason to use some of the fill styles, those 72 standard patterns?

    They are known for printing problems. The appearance of the patterns on the screen depends on a layer scale level, therefore they either print at a very poor quality if visible or become like solid color if they are too small on the screen.

    To compare final results I need to do some testing for settings in VW + print with Preview.app and also Adobe PDF.

    Too much work and no guarantee of results.

    Please share your experience.

    sorting arrays of objecthandles

    in Vectorscript

    Posted

    Please help,

    I have no luck with Str2Num function

    What can be wrong in this procedure, while say TextObject=40.25' is a string, I get correct HeightString= 41.25', but for variable locus

    I get zlocus=0 no matter what is HeightString.

    VAR

    HeightString:STRING;

    xlocus,ylocus,zlocus,xtext,ytext:REAL;

    TextObject:HANDLE;

    HeightString:=GetText(TextObject);

    zlocus:=Str2Num(HeightString);

    Message('Locus 3D z= HeightString ', HeightString, 'zlocus= ', zlocus);Wait(4);

    Adding a custom title block?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I have a question for best way to INSERT a) custom Logo and/or b) Professional Stamp into TitleBlock. The same TitleBlock is on my 14 Layer Sheets, all in the same document.

    One way is to insert as Bitmap Image, another way is to insert as a Group, third way is to insert as 2D Symbol.

    Question1) I wonder if inserting as 2D Symbol will make a total file size smaller.

    Question 2) TitleBlock itself is a 2D Symbol, so inserting other images as 2D Symbols make it as a "Nested Symbol". As a result I can't use "Custom Selection" or Custom Modification". While I have nothing else drawn on a page except the TitleBlock, the Search for Symbols do not recognize any of my Logo or Stamp 2D-Symbol at all.

    Question 3) If I use Bitmap instead of 2D symbols, when VW file is exported to DWG, all Logo and Stamp files are exported one by one, making total 28 bitmap png's (for 14 sheets with 14 TitleBlocks with one Logo and one Stamp) - just a waste of space.

    Any recommendations or ideas for the best solution of inserting Images into TitleBlocks?

    The goal is A) to minimize the file size, B) to be able to Custom Select nested images.

    Spread sheet formulas

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Ash

    I used workaround similar to yours.

    In attached file you can see that in Title Block Record called

    'MyCustBlkRecord 36x24'

    I am using special field

    'S_Sheet No _ of'

    to catch the sheet number.

    (Go to Design Layer "Miscel" to see the main spreadsheet output. Open worksheet "SHEET INDEX", and make Database Headers shown)

    My "Sheet Index" worksheet is a good place to change any field info, since it works like a two-way table. Need to apply "update" for all title blocks and spreadsheets to refresh and bring them to the new state.

    I think this same procedure can be done with any symbol if you can create new record field "SerialNumber" for example.

    All is good, but not really a full automatic process. I was hoping to find some Script to catch for example "Stack Order" of Sheet Layers. If you think about it, the subrows of database must rely on stack order or creation order of all graphic elements (Sheet Layers, Door/Windows, any Symbol etc). Obviously this static information copied/pulled into the first column of spreadsheet may not be as dynamic as two-way table, but nevertheless it is something I would like to try.

    See attached file.

    By the way, one spreadsheet in viewport is on sheet layer "AS-GP1" and second spreadsheet, also in viewport is on sheet layer "S-GN1"

    Spread sheet formulas

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Can anyone look in .PNG attachment and tell if database subrows numbering can be replicated in the first column of any database.

    We use spreadsheets all the time and first column numbering is important for us. However, when spreadsheet includes database subrows, I can't find the solution for making similar numbering.

    Spread sheet formulas

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Ash

    "Yes you can reference other cells and info from other worksheets. Just ref the name of the worksheet where the data is residing."

    Can you please tell me how to reference cell from other worksheet.

    E.g. (Worksheet 2 cell A1) needs to refer to (Worksheet 1 cell B2)

    What is a syntax for cell A1 ?

    I tried this, but it doesn't work

    ='Worksheet 1'.B2

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