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Cadplan Architecture

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  1. I'm with you but when I drag the selection arrow downwards it gets put in a sub layer of the existing icon rather than on it's own.
  2. would you just run through that if poss in case I need an alternative to the tilt control on my mouse? cheers
  3. great answer! I just modified the tilt button on my Logitech M500 corded mouse, works like a dream, just got to get into the habit of using it. BTW this mouse is ace.
  4. I'm running VW 2009 and there is a niggling issue which I wonder whether has been sorted out in VW2012. It's sort of minor but irritating when it happens. When I go to put the cursor on the 2D selection button on the Basic palette (which I do repeatedly), quite often I'miss' slightly and catch the red button above which collapses the palette. Is there a way to modify the palette does anyone know?
  5. thanks for that I wasn't looking properly. Just one more thing; your door has nice clear glass but my glazing is the same wood texture as the door. How do I change that?
  6. Thanks Jonathan but there doesn't seem to be an option for rails in the Settings pallete. with windows you can select a custom style then modify all the various items but there isn't the same option for a custom door style.
  7. I agree 100% Christian and I've made exactly this point about folding doors over the past two year as virtually every rear extension job I design involves folding doors, often with an uneven number of leaves. I actually raised this as an issue at the VW1012 promo meeting in Bristol last autumn. Hopefully VNNA will learn to listen more to the needs of designers over here. The 2012 tweaks and additions are all very nice, the rendering engine sounds great, but lets have simple full door and window functionality. I'm only in 2009 but I can't even seem to be able to make a a part glazed back door!
  8. Hi, I've posted earlier today re making door symbols but no luck yet with replies. I wonder if anyone has any simple UK relevant symbols for doors and windows which they might share? thanks
  9. I'm a bit stuck, just starting to experiment with modelling small buildings in 3D but straight away I got stuck trying to make a half glazed external door. In VWA 2009 the tools menu has a door but in Settings I don't see an option to part glaze the leaf. Also I want to add a 1200mmw x 1050mm h attached side window. Any help would be great. AJ
  10. I'm almost too embarrassed to say but for some reason every time I selected the pasted into layer the view changed away from Top/Plan. All seems to be well now that I've keyed in #5!
  11. I'm just setting up a new worksheet document so that I don't use anything from previous version of Vectorworks. I have drawn a 300mm cavity wall in my 1:100 layer but when pasted into a 1:50 layer it reverts to a 300mm thick plain wall without any separate components. All the classes are visible, I can't figure out why it's happening, I'm probably missing something really simple. any ideas? thanks AJ
  12. Yes I might try Pages, I think iWork might have come with the Macbooks until fairly recently, it's now ?72. I'll see if it's on my son's Macbook first, anything to avoid Microsoft programmes! At the moment I am using VW2009ARW without any other applications open as far as possible, so far so good! AJ
  13. Oh yes I know what you mean now. I just had my first freeze/crash of the day TM wasn't on, Safari and Word were open so I'll try closing them and see if it recurrs. (I don't like Word or any Microsoft programmes anyway, so perhaps another reason to upgrade to a new Mac with iLife) AJ
  14. no that little button isn't there with 2009, what a shame. Not sure if I've got the non-associative hatch command either the attached png shows what I get when I go to Edit Hatch.
  15. thanks David, I will try what Benson suggests as one back up every 24hrs is all I need. The reason for the RAM size of 3GB is that this is the max that this Imac will accept, I agree that it's odd as it means having 1GB in one slot and 2GB in the other. The extra 2GB is good quality RAM, Kingston or Fujitsu as I recall. This is one more reason for me to get a new 27" iMac which I think will accept 8GB RAM. It will cost but then it should save me time & hassle! I agree that there is poss some sort of corruption. AJ
  16. That sounds like a very good idea Benson. Would you just run through that bit about " connect to your backup drive/network and click the TM icon in the menu bar. In the drop/down dialog, click the Backup Now option" though? ie which menu bar are you referring to? thanks! AJ
  17. interesting to hear about TM problems. Do you use an external HDD to back up then? I might try switching TM off for a while as I find it annoying that you can'y stop it backing up continuously. I don't generally have iTunes open but I'll keep a watch and also look on the Apple communities forums. I guess it might be worth trying Disc Warrior but I think the solution could be a new Mac> I would wipe mine but as I rely on it for earning my living I will get the new one to run in tandem first then do a clean instal. Ironically over the years Vectorworks has been ultra reliable on the various Macs I've used, now sadly it is the opposite.
  18. 4th crash now. I know where the crash logs are but they are a bit confusing as there are quite a few menu options so I'm not quite sure what I should be looking for!
  19. I've frozen up 3 times in the space of an hour this morning, it's really frustrating.
  20. No I don't use Sketch Up although it's in my Applications folder. I use Illustrator only rarely.
  21. Yes I've tried the usual things that you mention like RP & VD & Secured the empty trash. I run Time Machine in the background all the time (why does it back up every hour?!), apart from that there are normally another 3 or so apps open inc Safari. The files are newly created. I installed the extra RAM about 3 years ago. The freezes started about 9 months ago maybe slightly less. It's odd as when it freezes the whole MAC stops in it's tracks, the keyboard and mouse don't function although often I hear the processor working. thanks, AJ
  22. I can't seem to access a Hatch Settings palette, would you just run through that please? Maybe it's not in 2009 as all I can pull up is Edit Hatch, I tried swapping from World to Page but it still seems to be stuck on World. Does your method work with rectangles? thanks AJ
  23. thanks but I don't see the preference button in the attributes panel. AJ
  24. I notice also that the hatch deforms, ie it's not a constant pattern
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