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no, not at all, but sometimes, for several reasons, a file can become corrupt. So, if you try it with a standard workspace (or an other one that you haven't used before) and it does work with that one, then you can try to remake your workspace from scratch, and normally the problem would be fixed.

Do you also have it with the standard Workspace? 'cause I had it too some years ago and I found out that it was because my Workspace was corrupt.

Just move it to a sides of the screen and it will "jump" in place.

There's a newer VW update (build 83388). Try to install that one, there's a chance that it may solve the problem.

I think a lot depends on the standards that is used in each country. Overhere, it's the standard to let the arrows ALWAYS point to a higher level. Same with elevations, they always point up. So for us here in Belgium, the arrows on the VW stairs are drawn correctly.

I have a G5 too, and i can't reproduce the problem you are having

You need to push the "tab" key on your keyboard (one or two times, depends on your settings), that will activate the first field of your (floating) data bar. But I'm pretty sure this all is explained better then I ever can in the manual or helpfiles of VW. So take a look there and you'll see.

In the top right of your document screen, you have 2 little arrows. Push on the lower one (in the mode bar) and there you'll have several options to place this bar.

Something like the AutoCad Snaps? You sure have my vote! I don't like AC, but Snapping is better in AC then in VW imo.

For the class name:You can do this with IF((C=Surfaces-asphalt);'Asphalt';'Gravel'). If your class name is Surfaces-asphalt, then you'll get the word Asphalt in your cell, if your class is not Surfaces-asphalt, you'll get Gravel. Just look in the manual and search for the formula IF(criteria;TRUE;FALSE). You can replace the FALSE part with an other IF(criteria;TRUE;FALSE). Short schematic example: IF(1;'one';IF(2;'two';IF(3;'three';'an other number'))) IF your criteria is 1, then you'll see one in your cell. If it isn't 1, 2 or 3, then you'll get an other number in your cell. If it's 2, you'll get two in your cell... and so on.

If you're interested, i've editted that Flagstone hatch a little and posted it here. It's in Dutch, but the second post is the one about the Flagstone Hatch. And you can download them in version 11, 12 and 2008.

In attachment is a little pio that can help you. It will draw a rectangle. When you write the color index in the OIP, the rectangles fill will become that color and the RGB value will be visible in the OIP. The Color Index you can find in Vector Script Appendix E. But if you want, here are the values: Gray (46): (52428,52428,52428) Gold (59): (52428,48087,26214) Red (16): (56797,0,0) Purple (86): (52428,21845,65535) Blue (32): (0,0,56797) Black (255): (0,0,0)

The way that I do it: If there are no objects in the class: -delete the class -import the class from your other file If there are objects in the class: -rename the class to a temporary name -import the class from your other file -delete the original class (with the temporary name) and choose for "place objects in other class" (or something like that, i don't know what the English translation is) and choose your newly created class.

Have you already tried replacing your workspace with one out of your backup or an original one?

That does the trick indeed, thanks! I tried that one in VW12, and it didn't work then, Decompose didn't work properly either in that version. Therefor I totally forgot about this workaround and hadn't tried it out in VW2008. So thanks again for the tip!

I would like to be able to join separate Dimensions or Chain Dimensions to one Chain Dimension.

That does the trick indeed! Thanks for the tip .

You can put multiple text styles and colors in one text object while drawing. But we can't do that with VS. Even when you export a drawing with such a text object with more then one style in it to Vectorscript, and let that script run again, the text styles are gone.

If I'm not mistaken, we are not able to export to PDF with the DoMenuTextByName(); procedure (at least, it's not named in Appendix H of the VS Appendix). It would be nice to have that one too.

Maybe this little script can help you? PROCEDURE ClassInvisible; VAR h : HANDLE; ClassName : STRING; BEGIN h:=LSActLayer; ClassName:=GetClass(h); HideClass(ClassName); END; RUN(ClassInvisible);

Some more shortcuts that maybe you'll find usefull: shift+scrolling : move the drawing to the left or to the right alt+scrolling : move the drawing up or down ctrl + scrollbutton : rotating your 3D view apple+numpad 1 : zoom in apple+numpad 2 : zoom out apple+numpad 4 : zoom to page apple+numpad 5 : plan/2D view apple+numpad 6 : zoom to all objects (or selected object) (if you're on a PC, replace apple by ctrl) (and please, put your computer configuration in your signature, it's so much easier for us to help you then) Also, I understand what you're saying, I too had some problems in the beginning (not with navigating though, but also with the changing of the layout of VW), but you get used to it quite quickly, just give it some weeks. Sometimes it's good to leave your old methodes and use some new ones... Just a thought ofcourse.

^true, but if you set the class of the poly invisible, the text will get invisible too, no matter what class it has. EDIT: It would be better to have one class for the PIO, one for the poly, and one for the text. Now the class of the PIO is the class of the poly...

Here it works fine too... Have you run the latest OSX update? What happens if you press the spacebar on your keyboard while a file is selected in the finder?

If you have some knowledge of Vector Script, you can script your saved view, make a plug-in of it, put that one in your workspace and give it a shortcut. I ones did that for a project where I worked on for half a year and where I used the saved views alot. It took some time to make them, but I sure had some benefits of it. New in VW2008: when you are in the dialog of a saved view, you'll see a button "Edit Vector Script", normally if you push that one, you'll get the code and don't have to script it yourself (but for some reason, it returns empty here, maybe it will work in your version?) Nevertheless, you have to redo this every time you adjust a saved view, so I doubt it that you'll get any profit out of this method. So for a normal project, it isn't worth doing in IMO, then you can better use the navigation palette. If you don't want to use the navigation palette, you can also use the pulldown menu in the mode bar (next to the layer pulldown menu). If it isn't visible, you have to activate it first (click on the little arrow in the upper-left corner of the mode bar).

I made a little movie to show you the logic behind making these kind of hatches from scratch, cause it really isn't that difficult, it just takes some time because it's so difficult and time consuming to navigate in that Hatch Editor, but the principle is quite simple. Here you can see the video, you need Flash (or something like that, i use SWF&FLV Player) to watch it. To make it not to difficult for yourself, keep away from the right section of the Editor. The only thing you may change is the Line Length Factor (it's best to keep that factor to round numbers, and only use 1 in the same stone (you can double or half that number to make it fit with the last line though. You can also double of half them during the make of a stone, but don't do it to much, you'll see that it will get harder to make it all fit in the end.)) And as you can see, i made some mistakes here and there, but you notice it quite quickly and can correct them (as i did) . Ones you created one stone, you can start on the next one. Repeat that until you fill up all the spaces. Also, when you don't want to have those "tile" pattern (cause hatches repeat their lines and you get that typical "tile" pattern), you can let bigger stones repeat themselves with a factor twice as big as the little stones... If you want to know how to do that, just say so and i'll make an other video .