Adam Jones Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Hi All, First time post. I'm new to vectorworks 2024 and i'm trying to calculate cut and fill volumes for a site that i'm working on. The problem im having is that it doesnt show anything other than zero values. Ive tried using existing models from others, and tried a very simple model from scratch - with no dice. Wondering if anyone can help me understand why it doesnt work. You can see in the model below ive modelled a simple site, and added a site modifier (planar pad) I cant for the life of me get the cut volume or fill volume to show up. The modifier and the site are on the same layer. The site settings is set to use modofyers from all layers. What am i doing wrong? (ive tried with others models as well as my own) Thanks! Version: Vectorworks 2024 OS: Mac OS Vectorworks Cut Fill Issue.vwx Quote Link to comment
Adam Jones Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 Strangely enough, this works perfectly in Vectorworks 2023, but not in 2024 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Katarina Ollikainen Posted October 15, 2023 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 15, 2023 @Adam Jones - there seems to be a bug with the display of cut and fill volumes - the calculation is done but not visible. I'll report a bug on it so we can get it fixed. Thank you for noticing it. Quote Link to comment
Adam Jones Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 Thanks Katarina, Yes it does look like a bug. Just to double check I opened a file side by side in 2023 and 2024 to confirm that 2023 shows the cut/fill and 2024 shows zero. Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment
Anna Guzman Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Hi, I'm having the same issue, is there a work around like a report or something to get the calculations in the meantime? I really need to run volumes on a couple site modifiers, but I tried with a report and it keeps saying "Volume needs updating". If someone knows I'll appreciate it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Katarina Ollikainen Posted October 19, 2023 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 19, 2023 @Adam Jones@Anna Guzman, the bug is found and resolved - the next update (U2) will include the fix. 2 Quote Link to comment
Amanda McDermott Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Good news! When is U2 due please? Quote Link to comment
Amanda McDermott Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Hi @Katarina Ollikainen, when will this be released please? Need to know whether to revert to Vwx 2023... 1 Quote Link to comment
Administrator JuanP Posted November 15, 2023 Administrator Share Posted November 15, 2023 @Amanda McDermott Vectorworks 2024 Update is scheduled to be released on Nov 21. 4 Quote Link to comment
Amanda McDermott Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Thanks - I'll use '23 for now, then! Quote Link to comment
Christine Mulinder Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Is there an update to this thread please? I'm having to export my files to V2023 in order to get a cut and fill calculation. Quote Link to comment
Scott Mann Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I just installed Update 2, and the cut & fill calcs are now functioning correctly in 2024. 2 Quote Link to comment
Christine Mulinder Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Not working for me... I've just updated 2024 with the latest release and the same site model in 2023 returns the correct figure and in 2024 it is 0 Quote Link to comment
inhabitats Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Hi, this appears to still be unresolved on VW2024. I attempted to update VW2024 but updater wasnt working, so uninstalled and reinstalled most recent version. I am able to get accurate results in VW2023 but still "0" in VW2024, with no 3d cut fill display. Please resolve this!! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Katarina Ollikainen Posted February 29 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 29 @inhabitats, I can't see the problem at my end - can you please post a file so I can do some research? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Katarina Ollikainen Posted February 29 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 29 @Christine Mulinder, the same for you if you still have the issue. Please either post a file here or send it directly to me. If we can reproduce the problem, we can then start resolving it. Quote Link to comment
Amanda McDermott Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Hi all, I am running Vwx 2024 3.1, and cut and fill volumes are working, but there's still something odd going on I think - when I view 3D as cut and fill the location of the model appears to jump to 0 elevation ( I think!). If I view as 'proposed only' or 'existing only' the model sits where the yellow outline is indicating, but when I view as cut + fill, it jumps to 0 and I have to zoom extents to find it. Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 (edited) 7 hours ago, Amanda McDermott said: Hi all, I am running Vwx 2024 3.1, and cut and fill volumes are working, but there's still something odd going on I think - when I view 3D as cut and fill the location of the model appears to jump to 0 elevation ( I think!). If I view as 'proposed only' or 'existing only' the model sits where the yellow outline is indicating, but when I view as cut + fill, it jumps to 0 and I have to zoom extents to find it. That's the "normal" behavior. Since you asked VWX to display the cut/fill volume, the easiest way to display that is to build up from a flat plane as compared to somehow showing it on your existing/proposed model. It places that volume at the Layer Elevation of the site model, typically z=0. This can be problematic when working near sea level (occupies the same space as the site model) or at alpine elevations (too far from site model). Perhaps VWX could add a user selected insertion elevation for the Cut/Fill volume to alleviate the issue. 16 hours ago, inhabitats said: Hi, this appears to still be unresolved on VW2024. I attempted to update VW2024 but updater wasnt working, so uninstalled and reinstalled most recent version. I am able to get accurate results in VW2023 but still "0" in VW2024, with no 3d cut fill display. Please resolve this!! It's working in 2024 update 3.1, both volume calcs and 3D display of cut/fill volumes. Edited February 29 by Jeff Prince 1 Quote Link to comment
Bransctjnsn Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 I'm having the same issue and volumes will not show in 2024. I was able to downsave my file to 2023 to see the volumes (file was originally created in on older version, 2022, I've been working on the project for a while). Any solutions to the issue yet? Quote Link to comment
Christine Mulinder Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 @Bransctjnsn When you have updated Vectorworks to the latest version you need to go to tools/utilities/reset all plug ins afterwards and the effects will be seen. Cut and Fill works after that. 1 Quote Link to comment
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