bc Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 The manual says that (in Architect or Landmark) I can modify my site model with a polyline by selecting the Objects from Polyline command and I will then find it in the list. All options are present except the site modifiers. Why would site modifiers not be listed and how can I install it? Or is this a known glitch? I have deleted menu and re-entered it into my custom workspace and site modifiers is also not present in the menu that lies within the standard arcitect workspace . Or does anyone know how to otherwise convert 2D objects into site modifiers? This could be a bit easier than the site modifier tool in some cases. Thanks, Bradley Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Not seeing this here. When I SELECT OBJECT(poly) then go to MODIFY>OBJECTS FROM POLYLINE there is a list of object types, including SITE MODIFIERS. As an alternative you can use the little bulldozer tool (in the Site Planning tool set). You could even use it to TRACE over a previously created poly if you want. Quote Link to comment
bc Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 Thanks Peter. Good to know that it IS out there. But it is missing here. Just looking for a bit of convenience that is missing and how I can get it back. Somehow maybe suck it out of 12.0.1 and reinsert into a file in 12.5.1? Don't know why it is missing (in all workspaces). Anyone? Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 may be you should re-install your VectorWorks application? Quote Link to comment
bc Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Thanks, Jonathan. I figured that might be next but I find the site modifiers are not in my 12.0.1 VW either. So is it that I somehow corrupted my 12.0.1 and the 12.5.1 upgrade cannibalizes those items? Or it just failed to install that item twice? Quote Link to comment
bc Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 I do find "site modifiers.vso" in my plugins folder. By the way, I use to be able to edit my posts but can't seem to figure it out these days. Any clues here? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted March 5, 2007 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 5, 2007 bc, please send this in as a bug to bugsubmit. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
bc Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Robert, I have filled out the bugsubmit form and even sent a file but not sure of the benefit as the issue is not file specific. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted March 6, 2007 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 6, 2007 Doesn't need to be. I'll look it up. Quote Link to comment
Petri Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 This is curious. The objects that can be created from a polyline are defined in the command doing it. This obscure statement means that the names of PI-objects that can be created are explicitly expressed, ie. there is a list of objects the command can handle. The list can be edited by the user, but the process is so arcane that no-one in their right minds would do it. I find it very hard to believe that a PI-command could get corrupted in such a way that one of the objects would disappear. Staying tuned for the next exciting episode... Quote Link to comment
bc Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Well here is the next not-so-exciting yet curiously frustrating episode: IT'S A BUG.......apparently for those who only have the stand-alone Architect license. It seems odd that this got by the programmers initially and that, apparently, I am the first user to notice. I fear a program fix will have to wait until I pay for VW 13. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted March 9, 2007 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 9, 2007 You don't have to wait for a new version; you can fix this problem today. You just need to add a string to the "user-defined path objects" list that is part of the Objects from Polyline command. Here's how: 1.Open the VectorScript Plugin Editor on the Tools:Scripts submenu. Scroll to "Objects from Poly". 2.Click the Strings... button. A dialog will appear with four groups of strings to select from. Select the fourth, number 6000, "User defined path objects". 3.A new list dialog will appear (see image): Enter in string 6001 the number 1. Click the Add... button and add the string "Site Modifier:Site Modifiers", no quotes (actually you can put whatever you want to call it before the colon but this is what will show up in the pulldown list of the Objects from Poly... command. 4.Click OKs to exit and you're done. Now you should see a new entry in your pulldown list that will insert a site modifier object. Sorry for the bug. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted March 9, 2007 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 9, 2007 PS: sorry for the lame image link above. I have yet to master the various image hosting sites. Quote Link to comment
bc Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Now THAT'S an exciting episode!! I now have the functionality. Wish I had the time to learn scripting............ Didn't need the links. Thank you Doctor Robert. Quote Link to comment
gScott Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 robert thanks for this addition. the bulldozer tool seems to have a dodgy snapping capability + this makes it much more accurate. as an aside, how close should pads representing different flat levels be apart from each other in plan? if i use the bulldozer + snap to adjacent pads <ie my pads touch each other in plan / vertical edges> i get weird DTM results, but if i reduce the pads so that they are about 50mm-100mm apart the results are more as i would expect... can the DTM not do vertical edges? thanks again Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted March 12, 2007 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 12, 2007 The DTM does not do "strict" vertical edges. But they can be as little as 1 mm apart. (i.e., any offset, no matter how small, suffices.) Quote Link to comment
gScott Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 thanks for confirming that, i thought i wasn't defining something properly in the DTM process... Quote Link to comment
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