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JoeF

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  1. It must be reporting both surfaces. That's going to cause a lot of extra ceiling tiles to end up on site!
  2. I'll give this a try. But not right now. I have a deadline looming and no time for experimentation. I'll let you know how it goes.
  3. Thanks again Pete, I'll use separate lines. I wonder why this was changed. I was expecting some expert advice from the "Administrators". Seems odd to express interest in a query and then just go all quiet.
  4. Still does not work. I have created a symbol that has three lines of text created with hard (enter) returns. created a record format with a field with a # appended to it. attached the field with the # appended to the 3 line text with the "link text to record" command. exited the symbol creation. selected the symbol and tried to enter multiline text. Text does not wrap. I know I am doing something wrong. Cannot figure out what it is. Too bad the manual is useless.
  5. Thank You Pete! That's the answer I was looking for! I should have read your previous post more closely.
  6. So what is the solution here? I am still confused. I wasn't using the Drawing Border Tool. I just made a title block and placed it on a sheet layer. I don't really care one way or the other, I just thought the right way to do it was to use the append # when you wanted multi line text. Just following what I thought were pretty clear directions in the manual. I am not sure how to get an answer to this if I don't get it here. Maybe there are VW experts somewhere else I can ask. Got any ideas?
  7. I kind of hijacked this thread so I will explain the situation as I am seeing it. I would like to have three or four lines in my title block to describe the project. When I saw the sentence I quoted from the User Guide, I assumed it to mean that if you place a field in the record format with a # sign appended to it, that will enable you to create multiple lines of text in the title block when you edit that field via the Object Info Palette. What I cannot seem to accomplish is to actually produce the multiple lines of text in the title block. If you simply type text it has no idea when to wrap and if you try to place a carriage return (enter) you jump to the next field. I thought that perhaps there was a secret way of forcing the text to go to another line (like CTRL-ENTER), but haven't found the secret. That is it in a large nutshell.
  8. Perhaps I misunderstand the intent of this, but here is the line under the topic of creating a custom title block: To create a multi-line field, append a pound sign (#) to the field name, as in Drawing Title#
  9. Sorry about the typo in the subject line. Tried to edit it but could not. Still no closer to an answer to this question.
  10. Since this question from 2 years ago was never answered, I am reviving it in hopes that someone knows the answer. Or is the manual just plain wrong and you cannot have multi line text in a record format?
  11. I have exhausted the "help" in finding an answer; I know how to create a field that allows multi line text (append the #). But how do you actually get more than 1 line of text into your titleblock (for instance). Hitting a return when you want a new line just moves you to the next field. Thanks in advance.
  12. That's great to hear. I'm starting a course tomorrow and I hope the instructor can drive VW as well as you can. Once you have your 3d VW model, are the sections live? By "live" I mean can you work in the section and have the changes reflect in the plans and elevations? Do the wall floor and roof assemblies show up in section? Can you view a section without continually having to press "Update"? Can you rotate a hidden line or shaded view in real time? I appreciate the fact that VW does a lot of neat things, but once you've worked with a real 3D program VW is just frustrating. I've tried producing elevations with shadows and textures from a 3d model in VW and it is not easy. Multiple lights that you have to turn on and off; overlaying hidden line views. Lots of work for something that is automatic in Revit.
  13. Revit site tools are not as developed as VW. I have created site contours in both and Revit is somewhat easier. I haven't done cut and fill so I can't compare the two. Developing the site with VW is probably easier than Revit but this better left to a Landmark discussion forum than Architect. Revit is a very different animal than VW. I found it very easy to learn, but that could be me. I find VW very confusing, since there are so many different factors controlling an elements display. Layers and classes are leftovers from 2d drafting and tend to clutter the workflow. CAD programs are all very different, and ones reaction to a program can be very much affected by how you are used to working.
  14. I've been using Revit for three years and am now doing training on VW. Contrary to previous posts you can do 2d drafting in Revit. Thing is, you don't need to do a lot of it. VW has some features that Revit doesn't, but the main attractive feature of VW is that it is cheap. That is the only reason our office is moving to it. I would never in a million years use VW instead of Revit. VW is slow in 3d and forces you to use wireframe mode. I can go weeks in Revit without ever using wireframe mode. I can rotate hidden line and shaded (with edges)3d views in real time. In Revit your building is always in one piece, not sliced up like a layer cake that has to be put back together all the time. Elevations do not have to be dropped to 2D to get patterns. The list goes on. You will have problems with Revit, like any other program, but in the end you will be better off. VW is a good 2d program that has potential, but its 3d implementation is too clunky to be compared to Revit.
  15. Sorry to interrupt this fascinating discussion. But there is an interesting development that kind of affects this discussion.: "Nemetschek plans to acquire Graphisoft" http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=394278
  16. Thanks for the tips. I'll try some more tweaking, though I'm afraid increasing solar fusion reaction might have an adverse affect on global warming.
  17. If you guys are getting a good image in Open GL that's great. I cannot even tell if a roof is pitched or not since there are no edges. Stairs and doors disappear since without edges everything blends together. Perhaps there is a setting that needs tweaking, but out of the box it is not good enough to work with. I have set it to the highest setting and it changes nothing. If there is a setting somewhere that I am missing I would like to know about it. I realize that compared to wireframe OPenGL looks good, but I cannot see what is going on without edges to differentiate surfaces.
  18. I will be using VW in 3D as much as I can, but it is not a very well developed program for the purpose. If you really want to work in 3d and you have something complex your wireframe view makes navigation difficult. Any other view (the open gl is not detailed enough to really count) requires continual refreshing of the view complete with annoying reminder. Consider the navigation ease and detail of the 3d views you get in Sketchup compared with VW. VW is about ten years behind the times when it comes to 3d. But hey, if you want the an up-to-date 3d program you have to pay the big $$$.
  19. I know all this stuff now. If I had known it was impossible to create a drawing border I would have explored the object info palette in greater depth right from the start. I made the mistake of going to the help file and reading the chapter on drawing border "creation". Well you cannot create a drawing border only modify it through the object info palette. So that is what I will do.
  20. If you hover your cursor over the "Display Default Content" selection in the preferences dialog box the helpful hint that comes up says "Check this item to have each sheet layer save its own view origin and zoom factor...." Someone might want to correct this.
  21. I wanted a border that did not have grids so I checked the documentation and found a chapter on drawing border creation. This led me to believe I could "create" a drawing border the same way I could create a title block. This led to much fruitless searching for a way to create this drawing border. In frustration I came here and posted my message. I can probably do what I need with preferences, but this did not occur to me as the docs led me to the notion that the drawing border was as modifiable as a title block. The documentation is not very helpful in this case as it confuses the drawing border with the title block, and they are definitely two different objects.
  22. I guess the drawing border is hard wired into VW. I wonder why this appears in the manual in the chapter called "Creating Drawing Borders". Various types of drawing borders can be created, including ConDoc, GSA, AEC, ASME, and ISO formats and their associated title blocks, revision blocks, tolerance blocks, projection blocks, and issue and revision data.
  23. The drawing border is what gets inserted onto your sheet layer when you use the drawing border command. Once you have your drawing border you can place a title block on it. It is the default drawing border that I want to change.
  24. I think if you check the library files via the resource browser you may find some files that contain hatches.
  25. I want to create my own custom drawing border (not title block). The documentation says this is possible, but I cannot locate the directions. Any help is, as always, greatly appreciated.
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