How about a 'VW Store'?

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

35 minutes ago, JustinVH said:

maintaining content

A valid point made.  It brings up a broader point of who is responsible for the Store. That likely would be Technical support and this will raise many questions.   Getting the store going will be a hurdle as it is, so I am thinking getting the finer points dialed in will come later.

 

There is one concern I have.  I have no problem creating models for free, but I would not like them to be sold somewhere else.  Either from an unscrupulous VW user (if there is such a thing) or Vectorworks itself.  It is possible that this Library could become valuable to the owner......who is the owner.

[Tom W.]

54 minutes ago, JustinVH said:

If a user submits content to a store or forum page who will be responsible to maintain compatibility with future versions of VW after the initial content is uploaded?

 

Not trying to play devil's advocate here or squash any ideas but personally knowing how much work is involved in maintaining content to get it functional when there are changes from version to version I thought I would raise the thought.

 

How much work is there maintaining the Marionette page that @twk drew our attention to?

[JuanP]

I've been following the thread and also in conversations internally with different teams. I can share with you all that in the near future, you will see a new card about peer-to-peer resource sharing in the Public Roadmap. Our R&D and Product Marketing have this in mind and will develop more of this idea in the coming months. I will share more info as it becomes available. Have a great weekend! 

 

 

 

 

 

[Matt Overton]

On 6/23/2023 at 1:50 AM, JustinVH said:

Here is a question and there may not be an answer at this point. Often, symbols and resources have specific records or classifications attached that are specific to functionality with reporting or with features within a specific version. If these attachments need changing or updating to work with a new feature or programming change this is the work of the CAD Content Team during the cycle to make sure that those shipped resources will work. If a user submits content to a store or forum page who will be responsible to maintain compatibility with future versions of VW after the initial content is uploaded?

 

Not trying to play devil's advocate here or squash any ideas but personally knowing how much work is involved in maintaining content to get it functional when there are changes from version to version I thought I would raise the thought.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record.... but developers have already solved this problem with 3rd party code.

They put valid constraints in the header of the library. Should a library not update in a timely manor for the new version the user can fork the library themselves, update it then offer it back to the original contributor to merge into their library. 

 

Sure that is subject the copyright agreement in place but (broken record is back) developers have good examples here to leverage. 

[Ross Harris]

https://www.revitcity.com/downloads.php

 

This was a lifesaver/godsend/treasure trove when I was a Revit user. People make stuff and share it for the benefit of the user base - this gives people the warm fuzzies about a product by the sense of community. We need something like this.

Edited June 24, 2023 by Ross Harris

[Piotr Karczewski]

On 6/21/2023 at 8:07 AM, jeff prince said:

On 6/21/2023 at 8:07 AM, jeff prince said:

Ali Baba of digital assets.

I'm from central Europe - Poland which might be sometimes & somehow considered as Eastern Europe...
But I beg your pardon @jeff prince it want cost 5$ if made on demand.

 

 

[Ruby S]

Hello all.

 

We have created a card on our Public Roadmap. We would love any additional input to help us with our research and to plan a useful Community Resource Share. 

Please submit any feedback via the Roadmap or by using the wishlist section of the forum.

Thank you in advance for your input and wishes.