Tamsin Slatter

Hi Brooke We made some quick movies as Christmas gifts back at the end of last year. One of them covers off just this problem. You can find them here: http://www.vectorworks-training.co.uk/Buy_Vectorworks/Training_for_Design_Vectorworks_Training_Gifts.aspx

Copy the NURBS curve into a blank file and email it to me at tamsin@vectorworks-training.co.uk

Are your NURBS curves closed shapes? Do they have a Solid fill style on the Attributes palette?

The best way to do this is to place each Landscape Area into a different class. Then, you can edit the worksheet criteria so that it only looks at that specific class. Hope that helps

Hi Hakman 1 - When you say Texture bed, have you actually created a modifier that is a texture bed that sits below your 3D Polygon? If so, try unchecking Draw 3D on the texture bed to get it to lie on the surface of the model. 2- To change the vertices of a 3D Polygon, use the Reshape tool. The vertices can be moved by clicking on them and moving them to a new location. This can be along X and Y axes, but also Z, although this is difficult to do interactively in Top View. Instead, with the 3D Polygon selected, on the Object Info palette, change the Movie field to Vertex Only. Then you can use the forward and backward buttons to move across the vertices and from there you can set specific X, Y, and Z coordinates for each point. I hope that helps. If not, give me a shout.

If you delete the extra segment, you can still use the Wall Join tool to extend and reconnect the remaining segment to where it was meant to connect.

Hi Grant Thanks for the plug. I actually wrote a quick migration guide for those moving from the old Renderworks (pre 2011) to 2011 and above. But there is a full Getting Started Guide for Renderworks, written by the excellent Danel Jansenson. You can download it from the Vectorworks website. Hope that helps

As I said, Cameramatch is THE solution to the problem!

The Vectorworks Cloud Service enables cloud sharing of files, production of PDF files and markup of those PDF files with them synced back to the desktop. The PDF files can be shared via link or email, or viewed and annotated on an iPad using the Vectorworks Nomad app. It is available to Vectorworks Service Select customers only. 2D viewport processing is free. 3D processing (rendering of models in viewports) uses 3D credits which are an additional cost. CadFaster exports a 3D model into the cloud that can be viewed on a Windows machine as a self-contained exe file. It can be opened on an iPad also. The model can be rotated, walked through etc. Annotation can be attached to elements on the model. Collaboration sessions can be set up through the cloud so the model can be shared and annotated in real time. It is not limited to Vectorworks Service Select users I believe as it is a third party product made by CadFaster. Hope that helps with your questions regarding the difference between the two cloud offerings.

Hello again. Sorry for the delay - time difference! Yes, you can ungroup the roof and then edit each element separately. The downside of this is that it will no longer know its a roof. I don't know if you need it to remain "self-aware"? You will be left with a series of Roof Faces and the geometry of the fascia. Hope that helps!

Hi I believe the issue with the roof fascia is a bug. It's been reported to Nemetschek.

Hi G No time to go into this in detail for you right now, but the answer you are looking for is the Create Plot and Model View command. It uses a combination of design layer viewports to create both the laid down view of position and the vertical view. You can then use a combination of these views on your Sheet Layer viewports as desired. If you don't need a laid down view, you can place the lights on the position and then change its rotation on the Object Info palette. Hope that helps. Gotta run. Sorry!

Also, bear in mind that if you are rendering with lights, the light sources themselves will not be visible in the scene - just the light they emit hitting other surfaces. In 2011 and above, you can use textures with reflectivity set to Glow to create something that looks like a visible light. In earlier versions of Renderworks, you can create a texture with Constant reflectivity as the same idea.

The issue with touching pads is: If the points at which they touch are at different elevations, one set of points will be ignored (those drawn last). So, the site will potentially update, but will not give you the results you are expecting. If pads touch at the same elevation (for example, roadway segments that are climbing a slope) the touching pads message will still be displayed, but it won't cause problems for the model. Although one set of data is ignored, the other set is exactly the same, so the end result is what you would expect. Yes, it's a really good idea to use separate boundaries. With 2011 onwards, you can also place modifiers on different layers and set the site model to use modifiers on visible layers only. This also assist with problem determination as you can view the effects of smaller groups of modifiers and understand what's going on better. Another thing that can catch you out, if you have Vectorworks 2010, is that any pads drawn in Layer Plane instead of Screen Plane will also fail to update. It's fixed from 2011 onwards.

Hi John DWG supports a single "model space", while we lucky VW users can split up our model space into multiple design layers. When exporting, you have the choice on the dialog of exporting design layers as separate dwg files only. Vectorworks classes, by default, become DXF layers. But, you could export your design layers as dwg layers by checking the appropriate button on the export dialog. BUT, you will then lose your classes. Hope that helps

Check you have the second mode of the Selection tool clicked. If you have the first mode, you will not see the blue handles on any objects. The second mode allows interactive scaling of objects.

You're welcome!

HI Nick Which fields have you selected for your worksheet? To get the areas to add up, you need to include the Net Area Number or Gross Area Number field in your worksheet. Net Area and Gross Area will not sum. I do hope that helps.

Hi Lucy You might have encountered a bug that existing in 2010. If your Pad is drawn in Layer Plane (check the Object Info palette), it will not work. Make sure you are in Top/Plan view and then change the plane of the Pad to Screen Plane. It should work then. If not, use the View bar to make sure you are drawing in Screen Plane and then redraw your pad. This is no longer a problem, but I remember did cause issues in 2010. I hope that helps you to move forward.

Hah, you are very kind, but I get "robusta" with each passing day and each chocolate bar!

I'm STILL thinking you can get Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc to produce a service pack for you... to cater for your need to run on this OS! I am sure there would be a market for it. It could be called Vectorworks Nostalgia Edition.

Hi Kalie You need to ensure that the worksheet is summarized on the plant name. Otherwise, it will list each group as an individual hit. Hope that helps

Which render mode are you using? Have you tried a restart of the machine and Vectorworks? WHen you say the Layers are no longer working, do you mean that you cannot change your active design layer? Or that they do not change to a 3D view? Are you using Unified View?

As far as I know, it will use the file that has the name I mentioned above, as long as it is in the correct place (below the path I described above).

Your data is stored in a file called VW Plants.USR. However, you won't find it under c:\Program Files\Vectorworks 2008. This is the original file, as installed. When you make changes to it, the modified file is stored in the following folder: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Nemetschek\VectorWorks\2008\Plant Database\VW Plants. I don't know why your database would lose this data... but presumably you have a recent backup that you can restore if it really is lost? All the best