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2 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:
Yes, bringing anything into a file from a Watermarked file will bring the watermark as well. This is via both import and copy/paste.
But I think VW2024 and VW2025 now warn you before performing the action so you have the ability to stop before you mark your file.
It's such an irritation to deal with — so un-share-y.
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I got tired of all the foo-foo surrounding this and now regularly use this pdf conversion website. The free version works well for me.
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So I run into a few designers in the entertainment field who seem to hold onto their edu licenses. It's such an interesting decision - some say they'd rather not spend the money to upgrade to the pro license and in their eyes, makes no difference to their work. I think they may also use students / interns in their practices & so join em if you can't beat em I guess.
Sadly it means I or my studio is gonna be spending an inordinate amount of time redrafting their stuff.
What happens when one references items in from watermarked dwgs - does that bring in the dreaded watermark as well? I'd test but I have no watermarked files handy to test with, 😂😂😂😂
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On 9/29/2024 at 10:55 AM, David Meagher said:
LS BB 26 Round Table Light Plot.pdfHello,
I am having a new issue with the Instrument Summary Key. The file was started in VW 2023, but now in 2024. After updating the file for the new season I went to update the instrument summary and all the text inside the key vanished. I've tinkered with different classes and fonts, but nothing. I can't make it appear on screen or in a PDF. Any ideas?
VW 2024 Update 7
IOS Sonoma 14.6.1
did you try refresh or rebuild the list?
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And, anecdotally, Sequoia + VWX 2025 are cohabiting fine on my single screen M1 MBP.
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On 9/18/2024 at 7:15 AM, JustinVH said:
No more looking in two different sections to see what content is available.
OTG
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On 9/16/2024 at 12:15 AM, michaelk said:
Does it?
I never thought of it like that.
On 9/16/2024 at 12:15 AM, michaelk said:Does it?
I never thought of it like that.
Yes Caustics is how o get the light reflection, but I have found it to be. cumbersome and slow and somewhat unpredictable.
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Super cool @scottmoore, what a great share, thank you!
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No need for embarrassment here. many of us, myself certainly included, went through countless numbers of these same learning processes, mentored by the same folks & many others for years.
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or secondarily, try to copy paste what you need from the original doc into a fresh VWX drawing
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On 8/14/2024 at 10:30 AM, LandHoFilms said:
Never mind. It was a class visualization error. Thanks.
you'll likely find it gratifying how many of us have similar realizations, as well the small joy in self-solving such issues.
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7 hours ago, grant_PD said:
-grouping of layers
-layer locks
-sometimes I wish for "layer move" where I can just move the entire layer like you can with the pan tool. I know you can select all and then move, but I always feel like if I do that and then drag I'm at risk of losing my selection on the next click....
wkarnd: Select / group / move / ungroup - it's the only way I feel safe in these instances
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2 hours ago, Tom W. said:
That's a bit of a sweeping statement re the Component Edit dialog!! It might not serve a function in your workflow but it definitely does mine.
@Tom W.—yep & I think that may be the point, for those who indulge, click away, for those who do wish to…hide the thing/s & allow us to customize our screens more thoroughly
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On 7/3/2024 at 9:29 PM, Nikolay Zhelyazkov said:
- Yes, Issue Data (with the exception of Current Revision) is document wide and edits get applied to all TBBs in the document. Will it be of help if there is some extra text in the edit issue dialog that explains this?
↑ Yes please ↑
& thank you 😃
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18 hours ago, Amorphous - Julian said:
I agree with the original sentiment of @P Retondo in this post.
3D dimensioning should be able to be done inside a viewport. All these ‘workarounds’ like doing SLVP is fine when we work on a file as a one-man-band, but it gets really messy when you’re trying to explain this workaround workflow to a team.
Anything that ends up being.a ‘reference of a referenced instance’ has the risks of things going wrong in group work- wrong items deleted, class visibility mdiified and gone wrong.
Even the basic idea of SLvP is actually quite hard to explain to someone new to Vectorworks, let alone having them make an SLvP of something, dimension on top of the SLvP, and then make a viewport of that. Too complicated. I can just hear the brain of some of my team shutting down if they had to do this for 30 pieces of joinery. And multiple distractions and breaks will ensue
a genuine solution for this would be much better
Maybe suggest they think about the SLVP as a fancy print preview they can write on…
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1 hour ago, Kevin Allen said:
grab the oncect with the rotate tool, angle manually
If you're looking at a view in Shaded without any light objects, the program inserts an invisible light so you can see. Insert a light object and set it to minimal or no output.
It was a surprise to me too a long time ago. Part of the initial confusion for me was the lack of an actual light object
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9 hours ago, Daniel J Oswald said:
Hi there
I’m trying to changing the Qty of 3D loci in an LED batten fixture so that it shows as more Emitters when put into twin motion.
I have tried to duplicate the loci within the fixture but this did not work. i’ve also watched a couple of videos but am getting no where.
Would love any help please
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7 hours ago, JustinVH said:
Keep in mind that the more emitters you add the more it will slow down your file. This is why the libraries that ship with Vectorworks do not use multiple emitters.
@JustinVH—Do the emitters slow down the file when used in renders only - or do they just add overhead to the file in general?
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I'm just gonna add in that I regret not getting the 64GB MBP. If one is rendering esp if rendering a scene with multiple lighting sources, it tends to be big RAM consumption, such that it may complete the task, but I'll have had to shut down every other open app - web browser, email app, every Adobe app, etc.
I have occasionally experienced ram spikes up to 149 GB on this 32GB machine, at least in VWX 2023, so…
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@Benson Shaw—Oy to say the very least. Thought I was going bonkers more than once. Working w/ the path animation tool is incredibly frustrating precisely because of that random z-shift. Your workaround is the only way I know to keep a path I like once it's all gone to heck.
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20 hours ago, Jeff Prince said:
I would hate to be the person who presented a sketchy marker drawing to create the illusion of having artistic skills and not be able to produce the same in person during a client charrette.
I hear you there @Jeff Prince - however recently in a zoom mtg client asked for a major scenic addition and after the smoke cleared from the ask, the scenic designer built the piece in 3D in moments in the zoom. That was pretty cool. Definitely still not as fast nor as attractive as a good hand sketch.
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2 hours ago, VIRTUALENVIRONS said:
It would be much better going to the M3, but I would just wait a few months for the M4 chip. I would also suggest getting a MacBook Pro 16" and a second monitor. I don't have details on this, but it seems the iMac is no longer considered a professional machine the same as the MacBook Pro or the new Studio.
Although RAM is always a consideration, unified RAM is different. You can get away with less, but keep in mind, you can't add anymore once you have made your decision. I have 18 MB RAM and it works fine for me, but if I was still working, I would have gone to at least 32 MB.
Just gonna add I have a an M1 32gB MBP and I'd recommend 64 gB minimum.
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19 hours ago, bcd said:
I thought this sounded odd. Although I agree the placement is a little unexpected.
woops. Thanks @bcd. Can't believe I missed that all this time.
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