Dieter @ DWorks

Why isn't this available for all VSS members worldwide??? We also pay!

Not really impressive... There are more important things they need to address...

I want to know now! As I need to make some decisions based on this release... It's time they show us if they really mean it this time!

Maybe NVW got scared and will never release this version because of all the comments on the current versions?

Oooh, I missed that, and can't find it, please share...

That's a hard one if VW can't find out if it is already in use when opening. Then it's up to the humans to communicate!

True, but keep in mind that VW can remove the end at its own will. It's safer to add or remove the bits from the components with the tool, although I also still use the split tool in some cases.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. Thanks everyone for your insight on this. I really like the idea of an add only export. there is also a theory booting around our office of a cloud accessible file which is treated as add only and is only editable by the author or those given specific editing (Deletion) authority. Where the industry is going, or where bim should be going, is a centralized bim server for a project where everyone will put in their part of the job into the database and thus where every party can only edit their things. This way, we can collaborate better and the IP will be protected....

I heard from our local distributor that the price will go up. VW2014 needs to be really good in order to justify this...

I only use the wall styles to save the composition of certain wall components in my library. Once in the drawing, I always unstyle them as there is always something to edit you can't do with wall styles.... Wall styles aren't thinked through.... If you set all attributes by class, there is no reason to use wall styles....

+100 Or export the setting to import them again? like you can export symbols....

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I wonder why there are no sneak peaks this time? Or are they comming? Maybe there isn't a new version? All those questions...

I have to agree, though I find it very clear, but that is because of my math background and VW experience... It could be made more clear, but that counts for the whole oip! Personally, I want to see a more dynamic way of seeing this info, and be able to edit it...

That's a great tip!

If that's the only way you can view the filenames on that dropbox app, then it's a very bad implementation, that's the programmer speaking in me. You always have to make sure the user sees everything he needs to see.... Maybe you should use some other service? (Like SkyDrive, ...)

Batch export pdf Always creates the name as: sheet number [sheet name].pdf You could make a script that changes the name of your sheet layers, or you could write a script in you os to append the file names? Or you could try to go with a slightly different filename structure, like 'The Grove - 1.1 [Decor Plan]', then you only have to add 'The Grove -' after the pdf's are created, or you could add that to the sheet number. Sometimes it's much easier to go with what you can get. Having the project name first will make your file names much more readable, just try it and see....

That's not totally true, as the lights we have in our version aren't visible in that palette, so we can't control them, very bad. I did use the 'painted' styles of the old ones a lot. I like waterpainted style, but stylistic styles are always welcome too.

I always use section viewports for my elevations, as I want to see the dtm/ground cut through. And then the trees aren't in the way.

1. Put the artistic renderworks options back from before the engine change, I used them a lot. In VW, it's not about rendering photo-realistic images, but about showing the design and intentions, like said above. 2. Also camera-match or something like it build-in. 3. Being able to map textures on all objects, like walls etc... This is not possible now. 4. When someone that not have a RW license draws with a library setup with RW textures, you lose all texture settings. If I then open the drawing, I have to setup all textures for all classes manually, and that takes so much time..... So fix this. Keep the setup and info into the file, even if they don't have RW. 5. Depth of view for elevation renders. this includes the rendered image itself as the hidden line render. 6. The use of materials instead of textures. Let us set textures to materials and those materials to objects. 7. The ability to set the face texture and the cut texture in a material, as they can be different. For example when you have wood that's painted, ... 8. Turning lights on/off by class, not the class itself. So the ability to choose which lights are on/off depending on the class they are in. 9. Or better than 8., the ability to select the lights in the viewport and set them on/off for that viewport, thus overriding the other settings. 10. Replace the heliodon with a build in one that's set through the document properties. For simplifying things. 11. ...

You can set the options so that Vectorworks always uses screen plane if this is what you want. It's that option that sometimes randomly switch.... I have it on layer plane mode, but at times, it switches to screen plane mode without a reason...

This isn't available for us. I hate that not all material on service select is available for all customers in all countries.... We pay a lot for almost nothing here.....

Would multiple section viewports be much simpler and faster?

90% of them are....

LOL! (Made my day )