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    Bay windows

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

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    Bay windows are a pain to model into cavity walls as it means fiddling around with duplicating walls then making 70mm thick versions of the bay walls to insert the windows into. Please could this be looked at with a view to offering a bay window plug in, a simple bow bay window would be a start, they are quite common in the UK as well as oriel windows.A few examples attached. 

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    VECTORWORKS LICENCE SALE TODAY

    in Buying and Selling Vectorworks Licenses

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    I have the following for Vectorworks perpetual licences for sale. The link below is about the compatibility of the various Vectorworks releases, they are for both Mac and PC- https://www.vectorworks.net/sysreq?version=2020.

    Please email enquiries to outwest@blueyonder.co.uk, thanks.

     

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    using the stair tool

    in General Discussion

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    I've always struggled with the stair tool and generally fall back to the simple stair tool because its so easy and quick to use, I made this stair in a few minutes with the simple tool after trying for 30mins to create it using the stair tool in the Tool Sets. Can anyone give any tips on how to make it?

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    Vectorworks abandoning perpetual licences

    in General Discussion

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    I love Vectorworks but this is majorly disappointing. Big practices will soak it up but it will hit small businesses and increase costs, not everyone needs the latest version with all new bells and whistles, I shall continue to use 2021 but of course the time will come when Apple will not offer support whenever they roll out new Mac OS's,  It's basically exactly what Adobe did with the Creative Cloud, subscription is a revenue generator in my view. Some may drift off to other software. If we are not agreement then we must make our feelings known?

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    Using Dropbox

    in General Discussion

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    On 9/3/2021 at 6:54 PM, Art V said:

    The probably better way to avoid lag is to have the working folder on your local machine within the dropbox folder. This will sync automatically to dropbox. On any other machine that you want to work on with the same files set up the local dropbox folder to sync with your dropbox account, or use the dropbox sharing function to share the working folder. That way each machine will have a synced local copy that you can use to work on and there should be much less lag. Of course syncing could cause some slowing down anyway but not as much as when you would be working on files located on the dropbox server folder.

     

    The only caveat with this is that you have to make sure the local folder on the machine you are using has been fully synced before you start working on the files. E.g. if you work on one machine and switch to another machine and start working on the files on that one while the sync has not fully completed you'll end up with a messy situation, which is why you should have Dropbox finish syncing first when you start on another machine, or manually force a sync if the time between switching is relatively short (e.g. a few minutes depending on the amount of data that has to be synced).

    Thanks, I'm still really unclear whether I've got things set up correctly and I'm anxious about messing things up with duplicates. I think I need an idiot's guide to Dropbox!

    Using Dropbox

    in General Discussion

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    On 7/31/2021 at 4:59 PM, Art V said:

    When installing Dropbox it should create a Dropbox folder on your computer. That is the folder that gets synced with Dropbox. When you open your Dropbox Preferences there should be a Sync tab where you can set/change the folder location.

     

    First turn off the smartsync which will put copies of your files on Dropbox only and remove them from your Mac to save disk space.

     

    You then have three options...

    1. either set your working folder as the Dropbox folder, which I wouldn't do because it will get cluttered with other things in the Dropbox cloud that gets synced into it

    2. put your project folder in the Dropbox folder while the project is active or needed accessible, it will then remain on both your computer and be synced with Dropbox when something changes.

    3. keep your folders on your master Mac as is and copy your working folders to the Dropbox folder when needed if you only want to be able to access them for viewing from your other Macs.

     

    Option 2 is probably the more practical option if you also want to work on/edit the project files on your other Macs, then the updates will get synced to all Macs. Just don't work on the files in the Dropbox cloud, they could get corrupted if there is a glitch with your internet connection when (auto)saving the file or while working on it, plus that it can be very slow to work on if you don't have a very fast up/download with your internet connection.

     

     

     

    Thanks, I now have my current project folders on my local Mac HD and by holding down alt I copied them onto Dropbox.

     

    I think that may case is a bit different as I work mostly from my home office Mac but have a high street office with the two other Macs that get used by freelancers, each of those two Macs has its own local current jobs folders. Often I need to work remotely on a job that is on one of the high street office Macs, presumably that means that I'm working on the Dropbox cloud as Option 2? I have noticed when doing so that publishing can be quite laggy.

    The ultimate aim is for all the jobs to be on the home office Mac because it's used most, and then the other two Macs would operate via the cloud and my local files would be updated. I'm still a bit unclear though if this would be the best way to work!  

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