Chris W Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Im using Vectorworks Landmark 2023 and for some reason cannot find landscape rocks/boulders in vectorworks library. Is anyone else having this problem? Quote Link to comment
0 Jeff Prince Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Chris W said: Im using Vectorworks Landmark 2023 and for some reason cannot find landscape rocks/boulders in vectorworks library. Is anyone else having this problem? No. Check your search settings. examples: Are you looking in the right library? Do you have something specified like “textures” in the search criteria? Quote Link to comment
0 Chris W Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share Posted July 23, 2023 I believe I am looking in the right library. I am searching "all resources" Quote Link to comment
0 Tom W. Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Do you have this file?: 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Kevin K Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 @Chris W Just a heads-up, I purchased some really nice rocks / boulders from the turbosquid site. Granted, I did have to pony up some moo-lah, but I felt it was definitely worth it. Here are a few of them featured in this rendering I did. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Benson Shaw Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Most of the CAD boulders I see are kind of big lumps, balls of dough. We see those here, too, but many rocks in local landscapes are chunks broken from bigger chunks -little facets within or poking out of bigger facets, projecting edges, spalled ledges, etc. I suppose one could make a “swiss army” irregular mesh to push repeatedly into the dough balls and modify via Subtract Solids. But then vertex heavy objects. Sigh. Or maybe there are some good, efficient ones out there? -B Quote Link to comment
0 Popular Post Jeff Prince Posted July 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2023 @Benson Shaw you call that a boulder? Here’s a boulder 😉 I used to model my own boulders, now I just scan them with my phone, which is outstanding. You can then compose the placement of these beasts before moving them onto the site, which is helpful when they are very large. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
0 unearthed Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 15 minutes ago, jeff prince said: @Benson Shaw you call that a boulder? Here’s a boulder 😉 I used to model my own boulders, now I just scan them with my phone, which is outstanding. You can then compose the placement of these beasts before moving them onto the site, which is helpful when they are very large. Impressive modelling Jeff, is that an app that works on Android as well? 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Jeff Prince Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 1 minute ago, unearthed said: is that an app that works on Android as well? I’m not sure. I’m an iPhone guy and that is Scaniverse. There are tons of apps that do the same thing though, so I’m sure there’s something for Android. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Tom W. Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, unearthed said: Impressive modelling Jeff, is that an app that works on Android as well? You could try 'Generate 3D models from photos' with the Vectorworks Nomad app if you don't have a LiDAR or iOS device. Quote Link to comment
0 Popular Post VIRTUALENVIRONS Posted July 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) One of the many reason to use CINEMA 4D in conjunction with Vectorworks. The rock images shown below were made in one minute or less in C4D. It is called Mograph. The program can break a 3D object into facetted objects. Then imported into Vectorworks. Edited July 25, 2023 by VIRTUALENVIRONS 5 Quote Link to comment
0 VIRTUALENVIRONS Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Continuing on the CINEMA 4D process. I use them as a single program taking whatever I need from each. The cave image below was started in C4D using the Terrain modeller. Then it was imported into Vectorworks where the cave was formed using Loft NURBS and then Subtract solids. Back in C4D where the mesh was given a "point variation" to created the facets, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 bob cleaver Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 A reminder: once a 'family' of boulders are developed, make each boulder style a 'plant' and take advantage of placing using the plant tools (single, in a row, random) and then variety using the OIP (random rotation, sizing etc) once placed, then counting and other data in a 'plant list' worksheet 4 Quote Link to comment
0 cberg Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 It would be good if somebody would share a file or two of some better boulders. Something "broken up" would be awesome. Or something scanned / modeled from real life. If I had had the time, I would have scanned the rocks below... VW Resource Library Boulder 11 and 9, for example, have modeling/mesh problems that probably should be fixed. The remainder look lumpy and somewhat peculiar to my eyes. I am not a landscape designer, so I will defer to the experts on this one. Quote Link to comment
0 cberg Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 (edited) Here are a few files translated from the Sketchup 3d warehouse. While not perfect, they are a little more realistic. You could make them into symbols to get better plan representation. SKP Boulders.vwx SKP Boulders 2.vwx SKP Boulders 3.vwx Edited July 26, 2023 by cberg Quote Link to comment
0 VIRTUALENVIRONS Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 1 hour ago, cberg said: t would be good if somebody would share a file or two of some better boulders Below is an image of some rocks in VW. I am not an architect, landscape designer, etc. If these would be helpful, I can upload the files. This single file is very large so I would break it up into smaller sections. Quote Link to comment
0 LANDVW-02 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 7/23/2023 at 3:33 PM, Tom W. said: Do you have this file?: Hi @Tom W. im also having trouble with my resource manager regarding the landscape rocks. Im still new to vectorworks. Appreciate your help. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
0 Tom W. Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 In the Resource Type drop-down in the Resource Manager have you got it set to Hatches only? If so, change it to All Resources. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 LANDVW-02 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 3 minutes ago, Tom W. said: In the Resource Type drop-down in the Resource Manager have you got it set to Hatches only? If so, change it to All Resources. Thanks @Tom W.. Got it. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment
0 Marcus bLD Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Old thread but just a heads up if anyone else has this issue finding the landscape rocks, the folder structure has changed slightly (v2024); VW Libraries: Site: Site Objects: Generic It's easy to miss! 1 Quote Link to comment
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Im using Vectorworks Landmark 2023 and for some reason cannot find landscape rocks/boulders in vectorworks library.
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