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    How would you construct this?

    in General Discussion

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    Thanks for the suggestions, Benson.

    The first version of this I showed my client was through an image texture with a mask for the holes. Little did I know it would take such an effort to get real geometry for the laser cutter!!

    I don't typically do a bunch of tracing - I get too impatient. I'll give it a whirl with the focus on creating fewer vertices. This file crashes now any time I try to do too much.

    How would you construct this?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I downloaded this pattern and commenced to tracing it. I'm using the polyline tool and just using straight segments that get fairly close to the shapes. Once complete (and closed), I'm using the poly smoothing tool (bezier) which gets it close enough for my purposes.

    The shapes are placed over the square polyline. I'm trying to clip the surface of the square to end up with a single polyline that I can give to my laser cutter to cut these out of steel. Unfortunately, I keep getting errors where some of the polyline shapes will not clip the surface. As a test, if I try to extrude the errant shape, it gets all funky. So, something is obviously wrong.

    Is there a better way to go about this?

    I've done several other laser cut panels successfully with the same methodology but those shapes were geometric and didn't entail all these free form curves.

    Thanks!

    Door Schedule Questions - Hardware Set #

    in Architecture

    Posted

    Having a few issues with the Door Schedule.

    #1. I keep getting the wrong Hardware Set # on several of my doors. I think the issue is related to the fact that I changed the numbering system on my Hardware sets halfway into making my schedule. I've gone back to the doors in question and un-selected and re-selected the hardware set but it keeps coming up wrong.

    #2. I have some slider "patio" doors on the plan/schedule. When editing the door information, I am unable to assign a hardware set. The Door Schedule is assigning a random hardware set #.

    In the case of both items, I could just over-right the incorrect information, but I would love for this thing to work properly!

    thanks

    jeff

    Annotating a rendered sheet layer viewport

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Once upon a time I thought that when I went to annotate a rendered viewport (such as an elevation) that rendering stayed intact while in annotate mode. Now, when I go into annotate mode the viewport goes back to wireframe - making it ridiculously difficult to annotate and point to various elements in the viewport.

    So, what am I missing?

    thanks in advance!

    PDF in file rotates on export

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Peter -

    Yeah - that sub-menu doesn't come up. In fact, when I click on print, "page setup" appears. This makes me think that it is a Vectorworks install issue.

    Lately, I keep getting the pop up telling me a new service pack is available - and yet, I have the most up to date service pack.

    Perhaps it is time for a re-install!

    Texture on Wall Projections

    in Rendering

    Posted

    So sad. It had so much promise.

    The beauty of the projection, if it could work, would be the possibility of representing varied materials on a continuous wall. The place I was trying to use it has windows and a door - so the openings become automatic.

    My workaround is to break the wall into pieces - each with its own thickness and exterior material. Not very good.

    Texture on Wall Projections

    in Rendering

    Posted

    Having difficulty assigning a texture to a wall projection.

    The object that I created has its own texture when rendered in 3d. When it is added to the wall as a projection, it no longer renders with its texture.

    I have "use object 3d attributes" checked in the dialogue box. When I double click the protrusion to go into edit mode, the edit mode renders with the proper texture. When I go back to the overall rendering, it no longer has its texture.

    I noticed in Vectorworks Help that it states the object will render with its own FILL - which implies it will not use the texture.

    tabbing between input fields

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    this one is simple (I hope)

    I just upgraded to 2013 from 2010. I used to be able to "tab" between input fields in dialogue boxes - such as the "move" dialogue box from the x value to the y value.

    Now, tab does not do that for me. It requires a mouse click in the y field.

    Is this a setting somewhere? I have scoured the preferences to no avail.

    thanks -

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