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  1. When you say "different co-ordinate systems" do you mean different co-ordinate systems or do you mean different datums?

    I'm not quite proficient in English geodetic terminology, but are you basically asking if I really want to use a different coordinate system or just to re-define the point of origin?

    If I understood you correctly, yup, I really want to try another coordinate system (as I inserted some coordinates from an OLD archived paper-file and they didn't match up with what I have)... But knowledge how to re-define the point of origin would be useful to know as well. :)

  2. VW will import the objects based on the coordinates in the file.

    But is there a way to change the coordinate system in a file? And how can I make sure which one am I currently using?

    I'm trying to figure out if the data in two different documents is the same (but there's an offset, which certainly derives from different coordinate systems being used).

    Thanks!

  3. Okay. I've ditched the external screen idea meanwhile. I guess it would be too much of a hassle.

    But has any of you MackBook users tried that rendering out now?

    Also, I'm a bit vary on the Intel graphics card. I mean, if every render except OpenGL were processor based, why would graphics card development be so important? I'm no expert on that thought. That's why I'm asking. :)

  4. I've never had much luck when importing more than one "world" coordinate AutoCAD file into a single VW file - not even in VW 2008.

    Unless there are pressing, urgent and compelling reasons & needs (of nature unknown to yours truly), imported data should be kept in separate files and referenced to the work file.

    This is true. When I import them into separate files and mark a the corner with a locus, it pastes in a correct place in the second file when I copy it.

    Referencing works great, I wasn't aware of that option before. Thanks, Petri!

  5. VW 12 will be updated soon for Leopard. The engineering team is working on addressing this as quickly as possible.

    (This has been posted several times across the message board)

    I have VW11. The the only store that sells VW, has 12 and 12.5 separately. Of 12.5, they sell only fundamentals and renderworks (need landmark too, so, no good) and the 12.5 would be getting the upgrade, not 12.0 as I understood.

    I believe Estonia is part of Ultirender's territory. At least the good people at Ultirender have, I understand, spent a lot of time doing demos etc. to Estonians.

    I'll contact them for further information, thanks!

  6. Hi!

    I'm interested in purchasing the latest VectorWorks, yet my country doesn't have an official distributor. There is a store that sells VW12, but that's no good since I plan to make a switch at some point and VW12 has no hope of recieving Leopard fixes (as I've understood). So, can anyone recommend me what I should do? Any good webstores to recommend? Possibly the likes that will offer an upgrade?

    Thanks.

  7. Do the two files have the same origin with one of the files' objects offset?

    Could you elaborate that? I don't follow you.

    I add an image file that illustrates my problem. This is how the imported shapes are positioned. The line I marked in blue, should be a common line of the objects and its ends have identical coordinates when I open the files separately in AutoCad.

    Edit: Using VW11. And oh golly, I thought the picture would be handled as a link.

  8. Hi!

    If I try to import two DWG files into one VW file, they completely overlap, while they should be adjacent.

    I cannot imagine what's wrong. Maybe the coordinate system. Where can I set the coordinate system I use for VW and where can I specify the originating coordinate system when importing?

    Edit: The files are geodetically measured pieces of land. I have no idea what to call them in English.

    Thanks.

  9. You got it done with a program that costs, what, one third of MapInfo...

    MapInfo costs about 1730 EUR in my country and VW fundamentals 12,5 costs 1150 EUR (advertised as hot price). Along with Landmark and Renderworks, VW 12 costs 2000 EUR. We don't have VW13 on sale so far.

    Are we being ripped off here?

  10. Sadly, this is not an option anymore. I've only used MapInfo and don't own it currently. I tried to emulate the buffer by duplicating circles along the line and thought to merge them afterwards, but the circles are duplicated along their centers no matter how I try.

  11. Hi!

    Drawing buffer zone for a point is easy eanough (circle), but how can I draw buffers for odd-shaped objects? I tried the double line polygon tool, but the zone becomes way off in the corner parts if the object has sharp corners.

    MapInfo has just a command for it. I couldn't find an analogue in VW.

    Any help?

  12. What we want to do is to apply (via Attributes Palette) a complex line style to lines (including arcs, polygons etc) that we have already drawn

    I'm still checking out the new features of VW13 from the site, but I'm too anxious to know... Is this feature included now?

  13. Hi!

    My country's standard planning symbols/line types are all based on AutoCad and MapInfo. How can I add or design new line types, such as zig-zags, line-borders-only lines, letters/symbols on lines at regular intervals, etc.

    Thanks for reading. :)

  14. Sorry, no experience in either area higgins... but, I'm picking any screen draw performance you lose by using an external screen with the MacBook will be more than made up by the fact that you've got so much more screen area.

    That's what I figured... The screen area matters the most. You can't really work through a keyhole.

    I've just started using VW and am running 12.5.2 on a 1.83 GHz Macbook w/ 2G RAM. I use an external monitor and am pleased with the performance. I haven't noticed any performance hit when using the external display. I haven't worked on any really large files yet or done any extensive rendering so I can't say how this set up will perform but, for me, so far so good.

    I'm in no hurry with my switch, and I'd appreciate if you'd inform me how did your huge files and renderings go, if you finally get to that. :)

    As I understand it, the only rendering that is really affected by the video card performance is OpenGL - all other rendering is processor dependent. If my understanding is correct, then you shouldn't see a huge performance difference going to a MB Pro (assuming similar G Hz and memory.)

    This definetly sounds like good news, only I've got no idea when this OpenGL is used in practice. :blush:

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