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  1. The corner windows still aren't working - why are the sills "notched out of the wall like this?
  2. I'm finding that section views cutting through transom windows render the lower glazing panel as solid jamb and only the transom is shown as glass (there are 3 examples in the attached image). I have "merge cross sections" selected to show a continuous cut line. I've played around with settings, but I'm not able to make it render properly. Also, the door at lower right in the image shows the transom glass as cut, but the glass in the door itself is not shown as being cut. This viewport is not usable to us as-is. It will require a great deal of overlaying line-work to make it legible.
  3. Thank you for your attention! Here's the file:Corner Window Trouble.vwx
  4. I am having real trouble making your Corner Window appear legible in any view. The problem seems to be with the sill: turned on, in 2D Plan View it is notched out on one end and in 3D views it juts out of the building; turned off, I can't control the line weight of the bottom sash - it appears no different than the jambs. (see images below). The Window Settings dialogue box does not render the window as a corner window, which makes it very difficult to adjust the settings. I am also unable to slope the tops of corner windows. Also, regarding the sloped top shape - this feature only works as a transom component of a window, which forces me to try to hide the transom bar in the sill of the window - way too much fussing around to achieve a very simple window. Regarding sills in general, I need to be able to control the depth much better so that it can even be less than the wall depth (in cases where the window extends to the floor).
  5. I think I found a way to disable the Caps Lock Icon: I clicked on the icon, which turned off caps lock. Then I turned caps lock back on from the keyboard. It seems to be staying off until I turn caps lock off and then back on.
  6. As a draftsman who spends much of the workday with caps lock engaged, I have to say that I'm feeling some real pressure from Cupertino to convert to all lower-case notation for our working drawings. Today is day one with OS Sonoma - perhaps that floating blue up-arrow will grow on me, but for now it's always in the way. If Vectorworks has any advisory influence with OS development, I, for one, would love to see that feature become optional.
  7. It seems that all of the texture mapping is locked in version 2024 (grayed out). I had adjusted the alignment of some textures in version 2023 and now I am unable to edit them in the v2024 file. Is there a new setting that would allow me to unlock this aspect?
  8. Here's the answer: The Symbol Options for the Velux skylights I wanted to use did not have the "insert in walls" box checked. Then "insert in nearest edge" seems to do the trick.
  9. I have been unable to insert 3D skylight objects in the roofs of one of my projects this morning - they are just placed as 3D objects in space. I opened another file and had no trouble inserting skylights into the roof. Is there some setting that would prevent the skylight objects from being inserted in the roof object?
  10. Update: the split point tool seems to be working normally today! I also tried splitting a wall with openings in it and they were unaffected! (I'm not aware of any updates being installed...?) Thanks! On a related note (I think), I haven't been able to get the Split Tool in the Point mode to even work on walls with VW2021. Split by Line does work on walls. Split by Point does work on line objects. I'm working on files that were migrated from VW2020 - where the tool worked just fine. Is there some wall-related setting that needs to be adjusted? Thanks.
  11. On a related note (I think), I haven't been able to get the Split Tool in the Point mode to even work on walls with VW2021. Split by Line does work on walls. Split by Point does work on line objects. I'm working on files that were migrated from VW2020 - where the tool worked just fine. Is there some wall-related setting that needs to be adjusted? Thanks.
  12. Thanks - but that's where I was looking. I only see a 1-sided, a 2-sided and a 3-sided option, not a 2-sided corner option. It looks like all of the objects in the VW library are just variations on the basic fireplace object, which doesn't insert as a corner unit. I'm thinking that I will need to construct this as a corner window object for my interior elevations. Unfortunately, I have often found that these resource objects are too limited and clunky - or else way too specific. Trying to make them work really bogs down the design process to a point where 3D modeling doesn't make sense. I would say please focus on developing & improving highly customizable generic objects like cabinets, fireplaces, stairs, etc. Everything we draw is custom, so we need to be able to play around with all of the current offerings. Thank you
  13. I'd love to find a corner fireplace object. Ideally, the fireplace object would have two additional configuration options: corner right & corner left - as well options for sidewall vent location that include back and side. Of course this object would need to be inserted at the corner intersection of two walls. Thanks!
  14. I am having this issue with one particular Viewport (ortho/perspective), rendering FinalQuality w/ Hidden Line. It gets stuck (beach ball) in the "convert" phase of the rendering & I have to Force-Quit. If I omit the Hidden Line aspect, it renders fine, just slow. Other Viewports of the same model with the same settings render fine.
  15. Looks like using "File>Open" will work! (Dragging the icon and changing the file info don't work) Thank you very much.
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