[Custom fence panels]

to create the fence in the post's original photo, there would be 3 fence styles:

1 for the pickets

1 for the posts

1 for the rails

Jeff - could the 3 styles be saved as a symbol ?  

[Custom fence panels]

Is there merit to having fences like the green one in Jeff's images be two fence styles placed along side each other - the adjusting of either the post, rails, and fence fill can be easily adjusted using the fence dialog (once you get accustomed to it) 

style 1 - post, caps, and rails

style 2 - fence fill (pickets, stringers, and caps over the stringers/pickets)

I wanted to use custom profiles for offset fence elements, but adjusting them after creation is not as easy as I would like

 

[Drawing Label / Viewport question.]

Save the drawing label for the viewport annotations - drawing labels are great just as they are and allow quick adjusting in the object info palette

 

one detail = one viewport = one drawing label

OR

One viewport with multiple details within = one drawing label 

[publishing multi sheet PDFs - sheets do not maintain class selections]

When publishing multi sheets into a single PDF, many times the sheets do not maintain the class selections.

This is especially true with irrigation classes -

We will have classes for viewports and worksheets selected and saved, and when publishing the drawing set, the classes randomly turn off.

The workaround is to check each sheet and publish them individually and then combine them into a single PDF.

We could be missing a step in the save and publish actions - 

We assume we are not alone ??

[What's the benifit of Plant Catalog vs. Plant Database?]

Thank you Jeff - yes the plant catalog and database are in the same library/application support folder hierarchy and they lose their connectivity if moved ??

[What's the benifit of Plant Catalog vs. Plant Database?]

Hi Jeff -

how do we share a plant catalog ?? when this info is in the library/application support folder system ??

 

[data visualization worksheet instead of legend]

We are using the data visualization (DV) to show impervious surface areas for municipal approval.  The DV legend is nice but when I try to revise it and add columns for showing the square feet of the various impervious areas, the DV legend's cells have a 'special' filter applied -

Can the DV legend allow for easy revising ?

Thank you 

[Issue with plant graphics not displaying]

and check plant massing in the OIP as graphics are affected by that option 

[Issue with plant graphics not displaying]

a quick guess is to check classes as plant symbols use them for visibility

[Is there any way to add in additional fields in a Plant symbol?]

We have been using the 3 default comment entries in the plant style:

comment 1: CA Native (Y or space)  we like the positive Y and no negative entries 😉

comment 2: Evergreen (Y or space)

comment 3: WUCOLS (VL, L M, H)

different climate zones with different WUCOL ratings would be best handled with a record ??? then is the record attached to a plant database ??? 

 

[Ordering 2020 iMac 27”, advice on RAM]

make sure the new iMac allows for ram upgrades by the user

I have an iMac Pro and ram upgrades is not possible - 

[Plant Line - is there a way to copy characteristics?]

You can save a landscape area and reuse it -

You can use the eyedropper tool as well

If you have the plants in the LA specified, the eyedropper will add them as well

One thing I have not figured out is if you use the eyedropper and have the plant tag on the DL, the new LA plant tag travels away from the new LA and requires resetting the tag to be the way you want - it would be great if when using the eyedropper, the plant tag can be set by an additional click - OR - just use data tags for plant info in Annotations of a viewport - 

Hopefully someone else can pick up the plant tag issue and solve its location when using the eyedropper 

[Plant schedule]

check the database cell and organize the sum vales and summarize values to total or organize the cell entries that follow

[Getting garden edging into hardscape schedules and reports?]

We use the wall tool and set the width of the wall to the border you are planning - metal edging, concrete edging, brick edging -

wall height adjusted to the material - 

A worksheet can track the wall with a name and you can save the wall as a style for reuse - 

HTH

[publishing sheets processes incorrect and random sheets]

In the recent publishing, incorrect sheets are being published (version added in attachments)

macOS 10.15.4

[Curved Path shaping]

It is great for you to share these investigations.

I agree the 3rd study using the road for contours works best for the road.

Using PIO modifiers beyond road edges as a grade limit (either by distance or slope) should make more realistic grading solution on the sides of the road.

Custom Curb tool allows for varied road shapes and then you can reshape the road as desired.

Use station points to adjust the elevations along the road allow for fine tuning.

[redline tool best practices]

With the current work-separation situation, my associate and I are working remotely.

We are using the redline tool to communicate changes and ideas on drawings.

In order to overcome the small comment box in the OIP, we have developed a worksheet that we place on the drawings for easy access/editing long comments and discussions.

 

How are others accomplishing this coordination, redline tool or other methods ?

 

Thank you and be safe 

[Best Bang for the buck Imac vs Imac Pro]

On 11/7/2019 at 11:07 AM, neal-2002 said:

 

couldn’t stand thought of using windows, so bought a pc and installed OS X on it....hackintosh...best of both worlds, am tempted to have a go at using windows as it would probably perform a little better, but just hate fact that there’s so many updates on windows machines..

@neal-2002

I am curious on your hackintosh setup, please share as much as you can

[Crashing when printing on Catalina]

We do not print from VW but publish a PDF and then print from Preview app

We find the formatting is lacking when printing from VW direct

[Orientation of texture beds]

@Tamsin Slatter

can you direct us to the request so we can vote it up ?

I could not find VE-100503 in a search 

[drip irrigation emitter workflow]

We are developing a workflow to add irrigation emitters to a drawing that allows for automation in placing them in multiples at each plant.

We have considered using symbols (perhaps in a special class inside each plant symbol ? but do not want to break the class system and the pre-formatted worksheets)

Adding tubing between the emitters with an automated system would be helpful.

Perhaps a workflow already exists  -  Bryan Goff - 

[From 2013 iMac to 2019 iMac why no performance improvement?]

I will guess the OS (Catalina from Mojave) has something to do with it.

OR 

Was the file on the old machine already rendered (so the model was already save in computer cache) ?  Adjusting the seating would be quicker in that model than rendering the entire model from scratch on the new machine.

[Landscape Area Tag Opacity]

I recommend you use data tags in the annotation layer of a viewport 

You will have better control and uniformity 

[Fitting a slab to the slope of another slab]

After dissecting the file (thank you for sharing) I need to learn more about subdivisions

Your approach is very much like construction methods (especially the plum bob symbols)

Hopefully youtube will be a resource 

[Fitting a slab to the slope of another slab]

@digitalcarbon this looks brilliant, can you elaborate on the process/workflow ?