Dieter @ DWorks

but i the information is different for each file, i want something like a record, but it may only exist once.

o yes, i had that too, you just can't render a viewport with textures.

??? how does that work ???

i mostly use toon rendering and 'kleurwassing' (i think its called 'color wash' or something in english)

is there a way to link information to a drawing file? so that it can only exist once (no record) and can be retrieved for use in different symbols and plugins? like the name of the architect etc. ...

The link is not working, but it sounds very usefull. I also want to know which program is best for use with the sdk for programming the plug-ins.

since vw 12 came out, there was an improvement so that if we render in 'don't show hidden lines' the lines of the top and bottom of the walls are not drawn. I would like to have this in all render modes, specially in the artistic render modes. but while we are waiting for this, are there some workarounds for this?

subfolder for hatches are very welcome, now we need to scroll an enormeos list of hatches to find the correct one

Why not just use the wall height if you know that there are no peaks???

If there is a red x through it, then it means that there are no items to see in the viewport, check your clas visibility and layer visibility.

just try different things, and you'll see what works best for you. although i find that most of the standard shortcuts are fine.

I use my own PIO's.

Why not? when you want to calculate the building, you'll have to draw it correctly how it will be built, that's why (and other reasons) i draw them seperate. it is also better if you use a live section.

or you can draw the walls as seperate walls.

you can also draw a shape over it that is white and then group it with the symbol.

??? saved views can't be compared to vp! a viewport is for meant for showing you a piece of your drawing for printing etc. a saved view is used for getting back real fast to a view to work on like you have a view for electrical purpose, you save a view where certain classes are on and other not, and then you can go back to that view for working on the electrical installation.

if you want to insert a window in a roof, that SYMBOL must be only 3D!, you can't enter a hybrid symbol in a roof

already done this and it worked, although thx fot the info

I already did that, but it would be really helpfull if we could duplicate 3D objects, so that my code can be cleaner and much more structured

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I want to duplicate 3D objects in a script. it is a door in a pio i made. when i want a double door, the door must be mirrored in 3D, but duplicating 3D objects doesn't work like it should be in a script

why can't u duplicate 3D objects? Like an extrude along path etc????

There's the rub. You might solve that with GetView(xAngleR, yAngelR, zAngleR, offsetX, offsetY, offsetZ); SetView(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) SetView(xAngleR, yAngelR, zAngleR, offsetX, offsetY, offsetZ); Or maybe not... That's what i do now I guesse that i need to follow ccroft's advice and write my plugin without changing the view, and that means 100 lines instead of 10. I just want to keep code clean and short

This can be done for the presentation layers, not yet for the design layers. but why would you do that? i can imagine that it would be confusing. when f.e. you open a document from a while ago and on every layer is a different view and it is a huge document, then it is hard to tell where you are on the drawing?

I now uses getview and setview and it works fine, the only thing is that when the document was in plan view, i get a top view after the script. The reason why i want to use this is the following: i need to mirror different 3D objects at the same time. there is no command that does this so i use fliphorizontal or flipvertical and these are viewdependant. so i must set the view to top view or plan view. maybe this is something for the wish list? mirror selected objects in 3D?