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Stan Rostas

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  1. To each their own, these are 2008 but they should work on all as they were created in 12.5. Not by me I'll add. Menu Command gives you a right click option but if not added there takes more mouse action to use.
  2. 2009 has the new Tool Called 'Visibility' and these fit in line with that trend of giving a Tool composed of graphic icon for graphic control. The icons for these tools need updating, no time yet. Many Vectorworks plugin sites have similar tools. Gives the ability for post identification of objects to change rather than pre-selection so those with little intellect like myself can make a change.
  3. David You can create your own custom set of Wall Styles that are either Auto Classed to a preconfigured Class or have them take on the Active Class. If you use Multiple Classes for Walls Such as Wall-Interior or Wall-Exterior then you may want to have the Wall Styles configured in so they go on the Active Class. You can also have the Exterior Structural Interior portions of a Wall Style each on its own class for varying purposes. So the Overall Wall Style Container is on one class while the parts are on different classes. This Vectorworks file with your standard set of Wall Styles can be placed on a server for all to use or you can copy this file to each project folder as a common file that then can have the Wall Styles Referenced in to the Plan files. beware their are some issues with either setup in that if you Change the Name of the Wall Style after it is used in a Referenced manner the Plan file upon updating of the Referenced wall style will be broken as it is not recognized. It is best to create a fairly complete set of Wall Styles with logical names based upon your preferences before you start referencing these Wall Styles to the plan file. The individuals in that have these Wall Styles referenced will not be able to edit them unless they open this Common Wall Style file.
  4. Fonts and Other stuff This Link was first Posted by Peter Cipes
  5. Attached Three Plug-ins for use with Class managment.
  6. You should be able to handle a project over a million square feet on at least 150 acres with 20-24 buildings comprising the total. It all depends on how you split up the data in the various files so not any one file has to much data. You can have a master site plan file that is over 1gb in size as the largest with the remaining buildings each around 120mb and still be able to work. And this all in 2008.
  7. I guess what I really meant by that title is that I don't want to be told by NNA that Workgroup Referencing is their answer to TeamWork. Catchy phraseology for something that allows Groups to Work on Multiple files Referenced one into another. It at the moment is just a very dumb computer Referencing as you point out. For instance if you add classes in File A that is referenced into File B, File C and File D via Design Layer Viewports those classes will not Automatically be turned on in these other files until the other user activates them, that is if they are even aware the classes were added. If in the same example above you rename all the Layers in File A then all the Design Layer Viewports are nothing but loci in File B, File C and File D making it virtually impossible for an average user to locate them for selection. One has to use either the Navigation Palette or the Organization Palette to turn on what in essence are the same Layers just with new names via an edit of the Viewports in the List. And this only works if you have named the Viewports to their purpose. All human involvement and time for something that would seem that the computer should handle. Maybe the one file system at present is the only way to handle this issue, but as in Multi File Databases, similar to FileMaker, one can segregate Data Sets into different files while each is connected actively updating as changes are made in each.
  8. Vectorworks has a trace bitmap menu command that might achieve close to what you are looking to achieve. You will still have to clean up the resultant poly's if the scan is not very clear.
  9. If you place all exterior elements on exterior classes and have only those on then the Viewports Line quantity is greatly reduced facilitating easier editing. The better solution for elevations is to develop Grey tone textures of the colored textures that then allow for no hidden line only Final Quality Renderworks rendering on one viewport background and Hidden Line on the other viewport front. See the thread below. http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=106644&gonew=1#UNREAD
  10. Christiaan Both systems have downsides and upsides. A one file system works well enough for a singular building but on a large planning project with many buildings and site conditions the one file system becomes burdened with immense size. A one file system has difficulty when individuals travel and have to work on a file as the merge data upon return to the office with a duplicate of the entire project has still not been fully fleshed out. A one file system is limiting in a multiple office location scenario working together on a project. The positive to the one file system is the computer manages all the links and relationships in a holistic manner that can be seen in a browser of sorts. This alleviates the human management so inherent in a multi-file setup. Of course the Multiple file Work Group Referencing has many of the same issues and more as has been pointed out. If Vectorworks had an external data file that existed outside of any singular working file and managed all these file links on a project while allowin for multiple users to effect any one file concurrently we might have the best of both worlds? Not sure at the present price point for Vectorworks that we are going to see any changes or improvements anytime soon.
  11. Dave Is this explanation given in the Help System? It seems like some of the commentary on this list should be added in the help system so users have a direct way to understand how to best setup Textures, Background, HDRI, etc. for use in their files.
  12. Get use to it and have a hand key-in for the mirror tool as this has been ongoing for quite some time with no end in site.
  13. The issue here is simple, the only way to tell which way is left of right on many walls is if they are selected and one observes the arrow direction. If the wall is not selected most would have no idea as to which side is left or right for many Wall Styles. One work around is to make it so all the Wall Styles you use have a color code for the left outside line of the wall. In our instance we use Navy Blue and most all the other lines of the Wall style are black. This way you have a strong visual feedback for the wall which Vectorworks is very deficient in with many of their Plug-in Objects that are sided in placement. Even Doors and Windows can be guess work until some identifying element is created as to which is Left or Outside and which is Right or Inside. Training is just a crutch of an argument for an application that is deficient this way and deficient in their Help system fully explaining the tools to new and beginner users. We see many frustrations voiced similar to Mr. Iagea's with the designers in our office whom all have been trained continually. After a few more years of use Mr. Iagea you will understand all the nuances of the Vectorworks Application.
  14. VW does not really have true solids as you describe, so any pulling or pushing of edges or points only changes the face. All rather cumbersome and limiting as you have discovered.
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