lucylou

Thanks However it all looks rather long winded and i reckon it will be quicker to photoshop them. Shame, as i just want the glass to be clear and the insides of the walls to look white... not really too much of an ask is it VW? or do i really have to add image props and 3d domes with pretty pictures of sky on them...?! I'm afraid I dont have time for that so i will revert to using another package and continue to believe that VW is NOT a complete package where everything can be achieved in one go, like your seminars constantly state! Thanks to those who tried to help. Lucy

THanks Horst, however when i add lights and turn them on, they dont really make any difference!

Can anyone tell me how to make my windows look white (or lighter) inside? they look too dark! (see attached image!) I've rendered it with Fast Renderworks with Shadows (however other settings dont seem to make any difference) Many thanks Lucy

Hi i had a similar problem with one window direction showing up on one wall/window but even when i duplicated the window into another wall i couldnt see it. But your reverse wall sides works! thanks very much.

Good... i thought it was. Right, next question... how do i do it?! I've had a quick look under workgroup referencing in the help section on VW, but it all seemed a bit complex! can anyone point me in the right direction of better help tutorials? Many many thanks! most appreciated )

Hi I am not sure which tool to be using for the following problem... I am doing a project that consists of designing a masterplan which aproximatly 5 different housing types and a total of about 80 houses. I am currently using sketch up for my masterplanning, but hve designed the housing types in VW. i am now thinking of creating my masterplan in VW, but i am concerned that if i draw 80 houses, all with apx 4 layers each (one for each floor & roof) then my file size will be HUGE! Is there a way of 'referencing' back to my original VW files where i have already designed each house? hope this makes sense?! Thanks Lucy.

If you try selecting everything on the plan... can you see an outline of them? ie if you remember where you made them, draw a selection box round that area to see if they are there, but just perhaps have no line colour associated with them? Ive noticed recently that when you draw section lines they dont have any line weight or colour to them and you have to manually give them a colour and line thickeness in the attributes? just a thought...?

yes it is ticked...

Hi My sun is outside the building! but anyway, is it not supposed to be positioned acording to my lat/long settings etc? ie in the 'real' position? Im so confused! :confused:

Thanks... good point!! But... although that helped a bit, its like the sun is inside my building, and the shadows created from my building dont exist...? have just tried to up load my quick time video but it wont let me. would have been useful to show you all. Lucy

Hi I'm (yet again) having real trouble working out how to do a solar animation. I have followed the help guide, and manage to create a QT video over a period of time, but there arent any shadows! I was intially trying to work out had to simply add a 'sun' to my model to show accurate shadows at certain times of the year/day (as you can very easily in sketch up) and to show them in 2d images, not a video as such. Any ideas? I'm really stuck! Thanks Lucy.

Thanks for this Mike, and your work around solution does work for the viewport, its obviously draw edges option on the Open GL options that is the problem. However... on one file i am working on, we are able to view the model in open gl with edges and no diagonal lines, where as in the file i attached we cannot view the model in the design layer in open gl with edges, so there must be some kind of bug somewhere along the lines that makes these 2 files work differently...? Lucy.

Hi Noticed recently on a couple of files that when we view in open gl either in the model layer or as a VP where windows/doors 'break' into a wall we are now seeing the dividing lines... (see image to explain better!) we made this model a few months back and it never used to show this, so not sure what has happened? Any ideas? Thanks Lucy.

I dont know exactly which package the original plans were drawn in, but they are definintly some form of computer aided design. do they have to come from vectorworks originally?

Hi, I cant seem to be able to snap to points on a pdf i have just imported... any ideas why? (note all my snaps are turned on) please help! Thanks

Well, I've given up and just deleted the walls and redrawn them as its quicker than editing each vertice! NOT a very efficient use of my time though VW!

mike the roof is on a seperate layer from the walls, and the z height is higher on the roof. I have run the Fit to Roof command a few times now, trying to make it work, but only because it didn't work in the first place! Just annoying to have to go round everywall and manually edit each vertice. Not exactly promoting VW as being efficient! I wonder if there is an undo wall command in VW 2011?

thanks for your response, i have attached an image showing how the walls to roof isnt working properly, see the red circles highlighting the areas that havent work properly. My roof is on a different layer and is a simple gable ended roof, no rafters or any detail as such, so should create a smooth triangular shaped walls with straight edges, like ive been using for years!

Recently it seems the 'fit walls to roof' command doesn't work properly. It works a bit, just not very accuratly, Anyone else experiencing similar problems? any ideas on how to make it work properly? Thanks!

Thanks, but i am definitly on the correct layer/class...

Hi I cant seem to select anything in a particular file! Ive been working on it all morning, but suddenly am unable to select anything! It shows the "hand/pointing finger" logo instead of an arrow when i go to select something! Ive tried restarting, and other files are fine. Help! ive got a deadline!

Thanks mike! that sounds more like it!

Thanks i had thought of that, however it is rather long winded to have to copy the viewport and then export the sheet layer, then go back to the original viewport to allow us to continue working on the drawings. Thought there may be a more time-efficient way?

Hi. we are having trouble exporting our elevations to dwg to allow engineers to open them up in autocad. It seems that our elevations that are shown as 'hidden line' in our viewports, and once exported are showing as 'wireframe' when opened up in autocad. This is, understandably, very confusing for engineers to read the drawings as they can't see the elevation, but the whole 3d model. Any ideas on how best to export to autocad to prevent this occuring? Thanks

I want to make a section using a broken section line, but the instructions on the 'help' topics dont seem to work for me? I have tried making one straight section, then trying to edit the section line via the 2D re-shape tool but it doesnt seem to work? Is there a better way to do this? what am i doing wrong?! Thanks