Pipe and drape options

[Peter Telleman]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm exploring the SoftGoods Tool, and right now I'm doing pipe and drape. The options to pick from seem quite limited. Is there a way to make a custom slider range, base size and colours? The slider bars we have in stock aren't in the dropdown menu, same goes for bases.

 

Thanks a lot,

 

Peter Telleman

 

[markdd]

Yes, but you have to customize the Soft Goods tool from the plug-in manager. I have just added a 10" x 10" base.

 

I am not sure how orthodox this is and whether the powers at Vectorworks even encourage this, but some of the plug-in tools allow you to do this.

 

Proceed with care!

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by markdd

[mjm]

Super cool @markdd

[Peter Telleman]

@markdd

 

very cool indeed, do I need to restart after adding a size, it doesn't seem to show up when drawing. It says while doing it , it will save the changes. But when using the soft goods tool for pipe and drape, my added base size doesn't show up in the options.

Edited December 11, 2023 by Peter Telleman

[Peter Telleman]

@markdd

Found out on similar topics that I needed to run as administrator, and that did the trick. But I'm still gonna fire a follow up question at you. The base and upright colours are Silver. I can change that in the plug in to black, but that does nothing to the actual colour. Any thoughts on that?

[markdd]

Take a look at the 3D options. You can assign individual textures to the Bases, Curtains, Track, and Uprights.

[Peter Telleman]

@markdd

Is 3D options something I can find in the plug in editor, if it is, I can't find it 🙂

 

[markdd]

No, its in the object info Palette.

[Peter Telleman]

Found it, thanks a million. Thought it was in the plug in manager as well, and was going mental trying to find it 🤪