[Cupcake Frosting?]

Frosting is definitely doable with the Deform Tool. Glazing should be, too.

 

 

 

[Cupcake Frosting?]

When I  Google "cupcake with frosting" I get this:

 

Is that what you want or is it glazing:

 

 

[Vectorworks vs Autocad]

13 hours ago, zoomer said:

Except, maybe the blue/green left/right ACAD Marquee Selection is

a but more comfortable than holding ALT key in VW.

 I wonder about that. VWX objects are most often filled. Wouldn't those get dragged if the selection marquee was started on top of one?

[Vectorworks vs Autocad]

14 hours ago, Vectorworks Novice said:

and I tend to render anything in Photoshop. 

 

That's one reason to abandon Autocad. How very inefficient that must be. What happens if you make changes to your project? Vectorworks has sophisticated fills and transparencies almost like a graphic program. In fact Vectorworks' tile fill is much more elegant than the fills options even in Illustrator. And it's more powerful than Autocad in 3D as well! (I only use the 3D part of VWX because 2D workflows are too inefficient to get work done!)  I have converted hundreds of users from Autocad to Vectorworks over the past 20 years and not a single one has wanted to go back. Autocad users always tell me "we don't work in 3D. It's too complicated. We only do 2D". Truth be told, Autocad doesn't even have proper 2D. it's all flattened 3D really.

I could go on for hours! 

@Vectorworks Novice give VWX a chance, you will *not* regret it!

[Extrude along a path controls]

@SeanOSkea if you start with a NURBS curve for the path and then use a Working Plane to draw the profile on it is easier to achieve what you want. Make sure to check "Fix Profile" as well.

[Objects not hiding while editing groups]

5 hours ago, MHBrown said:

The Fillet tool randomly not working on some edges is more of a problem since I use that a lot when modeling furniture (think of the rounded edges of a Barco lounge chair)

 

I suspect (forgive me if I am wrong!) that you are lumping together several issues. If the Fillet Tool fails, it is usually because some of the conditions it is meant to work on are not right (edges tapering into nothing or meeting at impossible angles). It can be frustrating but it is explainable. The title of this thread is still about objects not hiding and I know that there are issues there. I know they are being worked on as I have files bugs. However, these issues are very unlikely to be related to the fillet tool not working.

[Objects not hiding while editing groups]

Align should work even if one of the  objects is screen plane. This feels like something I have seen on a customer's machine. Maybe worth a shot deleting and rebuilding your user folder just in case something got corrupted there.

[Objects not hiding while editing groups]

@MHBrown are you running Multiple View Panes? I had this happening and it turned out to be caused by it.

[2020 not responding/hanging/crashing while opening file at resetting bounds]

Export as a 2018 file and open that. Does that work? I have had the same happening with 2018 files that were opened and saved in 2019. the original 2018 files were fine but the 2019 files froze 2020 on open. Not sure if saving back to 2018 will work the same but it's worth a shot.  

[Marionette Object - Problem once converted to V2020]

Yes. I have filed bugs. It's being addressed. 

[Vectorworks Bugs when working with Marionette]

@Niels Timmer I am seeing it, too. Are you saying that using the menu instead of the keystroke will not break undo?

[Parametric interiorcad Modules]

@KingChaos you are still trying to force VWX into something it doesn't do. As I have recommended before, start embracing the wonderful world of Vectorworks and stop looking for Solidworks. 

[Creating Custom Parts with Marionette]

@Urstanner you cannot use interiorcad custom parts to create a parametric cabinet. It may be possible in a future version but as for now, it isn't. That's what we have the cabinet PIO for. Hundreds of thousands of hours have gone into its development. It is not a trivial task to create a PIO as complex as the cabinet. Would you like to explain what you are trying to achieve so we can consider it and perhaps implement it as part of the cabinet PIO?

[Marionette Resources for Beginners]

I explained to you on the German forum that VWX doesn't have the same 3D constraints manager as TopSolid. The answer is still the same. You can do this construction with ease using interiorcad - plus, you will get the complete CNC code from the fittings and millings you assign to the parts or their connections. You need to stop expecting things we do not do and start to embrace the possibilities interiorcad is offering. For example, I know from talking to quite a few customers who have converted from TopSolid that although they cannot achieve a fully parametric construction, the modelling process is much faster in VWX. So, some you lose, some you gain. 

[Marionette Resources for Beginners]

interiorcad parts and millings use standard plug-in parameter records. The cabinet tool is too complex for that approach. It needs additional opaque data objects.

[Viewports are rendered blank with Fast or Final Quality Renderworks]

I know. Long shot. Sorry this didn't help. 

[Viewports are rendered blank with Fast or Final Quality Renderworks]

Update your custom lights. There was a bug when converting IES-based lights. I think it's fixed but the fix may not be in yet. 

[Vectorworks User Interface Overhaul]

Is this latest discussion slightly off topic? I didn't start this thread so maybe I should keep quiet but it could be useful to have this thread for discussions about the *aesthetics* rather than core functionality. 

[Glen Preston]

1 hour ago, Glen Preston said:

After 20 odd years of using autocad software I am now starting to use vectorworks fundamentals 2019.

I have used the connect/combine tool but used the sub command of "dual object combine mode" instead of "dual object connect mode"

Is there a command that can un combine lines?

Thanks, Glen

 

 

Modify -> Decompose

[get stuck in some marionette projects]

I take it, you have scripted that node yourself? If that's the case, I'm out of my depth. perhaps someone else can comment.

[Space Selection with Room ID]

I haven't tried to do this with Marionette but I think the "Get Record Field" node is going to help.

[Space Selection with Room ID]

You can do that easily by creating a Worksheet that lists the Spaces. Right-click a Space's row header and choose "Select object".

[get stuck in some marionette projects]

You are trying to set a viewport's opacity. That's interesting. A VP cannot have direct opacity. You can give the VP a fill colour and put it into a class and set that class to an opacity. I don't think you can give the whole VP an opacity that will pass that opacity on to everything that is contained within.

[Frame stops for Door Tool]

14 minutes ago, VictorWax said:

vorsprung dorch tequnik

 

I'll remember that! 🙂

[Regular Polygon with alternating side lenghts - a challenge, or a simple thing ?]

3 hours ago, line-weight said:

 

 

I don't understand this - if there are eight of one length and seven of the other, then you end up with two of the same length next to each other.

I don't think that an odd number makes sense here. The offered solution was for an even number of sides.