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Tamsin Slatter

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  1. Hi Olivia You don't mention if you are on a Mac or on a PC, but either way, you should be able to create a new colour and set CMYK values for it. No need to convert to RGB. On the Attributes palette, click the solid fill colour box. When the colour palette manager opens, you can create a new palette. Having created the palette, you can create new colours within the palette. You can open your operating system's colour picker and this should allow you to enter CMYK values directly for your colour. All the best Tamsin
  2. CLick the Menus tab. On the right hand pane, you will see a list of all the menus in your workspace. At the bottom of the list you will see Document Context (that's a right click on the drawing area) and Object Context. That's a right click on an object. Hope that helps!
  3. Use the Workspace Editor (Tools > Workspaces > Workspace Editor. Create a copy of the current workspace. You can change your menus there.
  4. http://www.vectorworks.net/downloads/fundamentals/index.php You will get warnings that it is obsolete, but you can still download and install. Good luck!
  5. P.S. If something accidentally gets placed in the wrong class, simply select the object and change its class on the Object Info palette.
  6. Hi Kriva I've had a look at your plants. The plants will always be red symbols if they are created the Place Plant tool. If you just create an ordinary symbol (Modify > Create Symbol), it will have a black name (unless you set it to Convert to Group when it is placed - in which case it will be blue!) I think your problem is to do with setting the active class. In your file, if I set the active class to None on either the Navigation palette or on the View bar, I then double-click your plant symbol on the Resource Browser and then click on the drawing. The placed plant is a member of the None class. If I make the active class A-BETON and double-click the same plant on the resource browser, then place it on the drawing, this new plant is a member of A-BETON. All the sub-classes still work just fine and I can show and hide them as appropriate. I wonder if, when setting your active class, you are simply highlighting the class name on the Navigation palette? You do need to click to the left of the class name and you will see a tick or checkmark displayed. This sets the active class and anything you draw or any symbols you use will be placed in that class. Hope that helps!
  7. I still believe this to be the None class turned off... Please send me a sample of the plants that are disappearing and I will be able to confirm.
  8. Hi Kriva I don't know what is happening with your symbols. If you want to place a couple in a small file, I will be happy to take a look at them and see if I can see anything wrong. The red symbol names is nothing to worry about though! That just means they are "plug-in" objects - which means they are associated with a tool. In this case, it's the Place Plant tool. That's why, when you place them, they appear as Plants instead of 2D/3D symbols.
  9. Hi Kim Find the Patmore Ash on the Resource Browser - right-click and then choose Duplicate. You will have a new resource. Right-click on that and choose Edit. You can then edit the definition or the 2D graphics etc. to create a new resource for your new plant. The beauty is that these resources, once created, are there for you to use on your next scheme without having to define your plants each time. If you are documenting existing trees on the site, I recommend you take a look at the Existing Tree tool also in the Site Planning toolset.
  10. Hmm - what do you mean by the global template? Do you mean that if you export this symbol into another file it doesn't work as expected? Or is it continuing to fail in the file where it was created? If you double-click the symbol and then click the Inst Insertion tool on the Spotlight tool set, does it then work as expected? It's a workaround, but at least if it fails it may give us some further information about what's wrong...
  11. Hi You need to also run Convert to Instrument under the Spotlight menu. This will attach the relevant records that allow Spotlight to recognise this as an instrument as well as a symbol. There's actually a good section on this in Vectorworks Help if you look up Creating a Lighting Instrument and Lighting Instrument Specification... particularly if you are interested in having your new symbol rotate and focus correctly in 3D. Hope that gets you started!
  12. It's my pleasure! I am glad to help.
  13. There's a file called Textures Stage.vwx under Applications/Vectorworks 2011/Libraries/Defaults/Event Planning (or under c:\Program Files(x86)\Vectorworks 2011... if you are on a PC). Any textures that you add to this file will be displayed when you run the Create Stage command. Hope that helps.
  14. That's correct - a black surface in Renderworks does not emit/reflect any light.
  15. If you look in the Design-Build Sample file that comes in the resources with Vectorworks, you will find an example of a worksheet that queries these prices.
  16. Hi It sounds like you might have downloaded the smaller version. On the student portal, there are usually two options - the larger file is the one that contains all the libraries. If you log in to the student portal again, are you able to download the larger file?
  17. Hi Tom Do you have Renderworks? Your windows will only be transparent if you have Renderworks. Otherwise, Windows in 2011 do not need any special treatment to make them display a clear texture. You can change the texture using the Classes tab on the Window definition dialog, note which class is controlling the glass and then edit that class to apply a different texture - or apply a different class altogether. Hope that helps
  18. Why not make Viewports on Sheet Layers? That way, you will just need to navigate to the different sheet layers to get to your different views. You will be able to see which is active on the View bar and on the Navigation palette. And then each sheet layer can have its own title block, annotations etc.
  19. Hi Piero I don't think you can... I was going to suggest the Navigation palette would help you, but again it doesn't highlight the current view - just allows you to select the one you want with a double-click. I guess a view is so transitory - all you have to do is scroll slightly and you've lost it. All the best
  20. Ah no - it's only in Landmark, Architect and Designer. As you have an evaluation version, have you checked that you are using the correct workspace? Tools>Workspaces>Designer Should be there, under File>Document Setup>Document Settings as bcd mentioned above.
  21. Your friend may have a Fundamentals licence in which case Document Setup is not available in that workspace.
  22. Hi Squirt Do the following: File>Import>Import PDF. Choose your PDF and import it. Hopefully, it will have some kind of scale reference, like a scale bar. Choose Modify>Scale Objects. Click the second button down and click on the dimension button on the right. Click on two points either end of something you know the size of (like the scale bar). The first field on the dialog will show the actual dimension. In the field below it, type the size it should be. Click OK. The PDF is now correctly sized for your drawing and you can start designing over the top. Hope that helps you get started.
  23. Hi Diana Can you tell me your exact machine specification? You can get this from Control Panel>System. I need to know how much RAM it has and how fast is the processor. I also need to know if Windows is 32 bit or 64 bit. Also, is it running slow performing any specific task? i.e. Rendering?
  24. You can use drawing tools over the top, but they will not affect the existing lines. Just draw new objects as you have experienced. Yes - it's not quite like Illustrator, but you can do a lot with the 2D Reshape tool - explore the options. For example, you can add a new vertex at an existing midpoint, etc. But you can't just click anywhere on the edges - midpoints and endpoints only. Have fun!
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