[How to tone down brightness but not lose shadows?]

Christiaan, have you tried playing with the Image Exposure setting in Custom Renderworks?

[VW2013 teaser...is this the best you've got...?]

Well I just tried it: (intersecting lines turned on)

with a VW2012 file; interior of a house: 13 seconds

The same file opened in '13 took less than 4 seconds

So I'd be calling that 3 times faster -on a mac. So presumably on widows it would be faster again.........

Hmmm...

The sheet that I used was full of hidden-line-rendered interior elevations. They were all made from section viewports. I wonder if that is why they weren't any faster.

[VW2013 teaser...is this the best you've got...?]

Well, if you are 14% faster 50% of the time, you will save 140 hours a year, which is like adding over 3 weeks of production every year.

While that is true, the claim being made by NVW does not match the reality.

[Where are the new Arroway textures in VW2013?]

Got it.

Thanks.

[Where are the new Arroway textures in VW2013?]

Thanks. I was looking for them in Libraries>Textures. Just tried a couple out & they seem quite nice.

Do you know how to import the higher resolution versions? I looked under File>Import but it's not there like it shows in one of the VW release videos.

[Where are the new Arroway textures in VW2013?]

Just downloaded VW2013 and am messing around with new renderworks features. Does anyone out there know where to find the new Arroway textures?

[VW2013 teaser...is this the best you've got...?]

Also noticed that multithreading for hidden line renders is windows only?

I saw that too. What a drag.

Just did a quick comparison with a file I created in VW2012. Updating an interior elevation sheet with 11 hidden line viewports took the same amount of time in VW2012 & VW2013. Updating an interior perspective with custom renderworks & hidden line rendering was 14% faster in VW2013.

Embarrassingly, I hoped for greater performance increase.

[VW2013 teaser...is this the best you've got...?]

I agree.

Speed is not a feature. And if that is the best that they can come up with, I am gravely concerned. I am one of the suckers that sprang for Service Select.

[How to change door hardware for multiple doors]

Bummer, indeed.

Why am I not surprised?

[How to change door hardware for multiple doors]

Is this what you're looking for?

'Door'.'HWDesc'

'Door'.'HWSetID'

'Door'.'HWQty'

'Door'.'HWType'

'Door'.'HWLockType'

'Door'.'HWCloserType'

'Door'.'HWStopType'

'Door'.'HWKeyCode'

'Door'.'HWNotes'

'Door'.'HWSymName'

'Door'.'HWSymIDx'

If all of the doors are using the same hardware set, you should be able to just modify the hardware set and that should be reflected on all of the doors.

[Callouts won't center in box - VW2012]

Up to SP4 and still no fix for this problem. I sincerely hope that NVW is going to un-break this before they release VW2013.

[How to change door hardware for multiple doors]

Probably not. Could you bring it into the referenced files, temporarily, for the purpose of making the change?

[How to change door hardware for multiple doors]

You might be able to do t through the door schedule/ worksheet.

[Once Camera is linked to viewport...the camera dissappears!]

I agree. I submitted a feature request, long ago, asking fior camera to be linked to VP. I was really disappointed when they finally "implemented" it. I don't use this "feature" for the reasons outlined by all of you, above. NVW, please change this.

[BIMfail. Why we're moving to Revit]

Yes, Please do come back and tell us how it goes. I am interested in hearing what you think of Revit.

[How do I get the handle of a window in a wall?]

Miguel - you are the man!

That worked perfectly.

Thanks.

[How do I get the handle of a window in a wall?]

Thanks, Pat. You are the best.

[How do I get the handle of a window in a wall?]

Is there really no way to get the handle of a window or door that has been inserted into a wall?

[How do I get the handle of a window in a wall?]

I'm new to vectorsript and am trying to create a script that will change the attributes of selected windows in walls. I've tried using FSActLayer but it only seems to work on windows NOT inserted into walls.

I have cobbled together the following script based on a previous message board post but, without the ability to grab the handles of selected windows, it changes ALL of the windows in the file.

PROCEDURE WdwSill5_5;

PROCEDURE ChangeSill(h :HANDLE);

BEGIN

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'IncludeSill', 'TRUE');

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'TrimUnderSill', 'TRUE');

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'TrimUnderStool', 'TRUE');

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'SillLip', '1');

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'SillKeep', '6.25');

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'SillHeight', '1.5');

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'SillDepth', '7.25');

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'SillExt', '3.5');

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'StoolLip', '1');

SetRField(h, 'Window', 'StoolNose', '1.75');

ResetObject(h);

END;

BEGIN

ForEachObject(ChangeSill, (INSYMBOL & INVIEWPORT & (PON='Window')));

END;

Run(WdwSill5_5);

Can someone out there please help me make this work on selected windows?

Thanks.

[How to get rid of black line at windows and doors?]

I don't use wall components but I do use wall styles.

[How to get rid of black line at windows and doors?]

No. That doesn't fix it.

This is really getting on my nerves. The problem didn't exist in previous versions of VW so VW effectively, broke door and windows. There have been 2 or 3 service packs released since this bug was identified and it's still not fixed. There isn't even a work-around.

There are lots of things that I like about VW. Bug fixing and software consistency aren't among them.

NVW, please fix this!

[How to get rid of black line at windows and doors?]

Any progress on this? I'm up to SP4 on VW2012 and it still seems to happen. Is there at least a work-around for this?

[Cease unnecessary re-renders]

+1

Also frustrated with this in RW.

[Issue Manager - Clear Old Issues]

Yes. This is really needed. WIthout it, making a template out of an old file is really cumbersome.

[Guttering feature]

That would be great!