My Wish List for VW2011

[Jershaun]

Hi

1. I think any program that claims to be BIM should have window schedules linked to the model. Something like the video below.

http://www.graphisoft.com/ftp/marketing/ac13/nfc/02/02.html

2. Wall components should be shown in any view, 2D and 3D. See video below (after 3).

3. 3D Hatches. See video below.

http://www.graphisoft.com/ftp/marketing/ac13/nfc/04/04.html

4. Better engineering tools. Including 3D.

5. Multi Core support.

6. Native 64-bit support.

7. Real intelligent objects. If one object changes, then others should be intelligent enough to Adapt. See video below.

http://www.graphisoft.com/ftp/marketing/ac13/nfc/08/08.html

8. OpenGL should be default when changing from 2D Plan view to any 3D view. Also more stable OpenGL therefore one can work in an OpenGL rendered view at all times.

Thanks,

[AndiACD]

i'm OK with all of these and have been moaning about their lack for some time , but i'd prefer the OpenGL to be an added "Option" in the Prefs, not the "Default".

[monkey]

multi core is the key in this one, i dont know why it hasnt been done already as the technology has been around for donkeys years in IT terms

[AndiACD]

Antoni, you may find that Snow Leopard will solve many of these problems for your Mac Pro. Doesn't excuse the NNA tactic, but you should get a boost.

Edited September 4, 2009 by AndiACD

[monkey]

unfortunately i have no control over the purchase of our OS in our office, if i did i would snap it up asap. i might try and twist a few arms though!

[AndiACD]

Well tell the arms you will have to twist that if they give up on the Capucino and Brioch twice next week they could get it as i think it's been priced at $29 . . . . .

[Linicks]

I'm +1 on all of these as well, but agree that the rendering option should be a preference setting.

[Statewide]

Agreed on the native 64 bit support. When it's all about big math!

Windows supports multi-core but hyperthreading seems to be a redundant feature with VW2009 - the "cores" remain parked and lifeless.

Rendering - Why is it so slow? My AutoCAD friends seem to have a much smoother and quicker journey through equivalent 3D objects while experiencing good quality render, using machines with way less grunt and RAM.

[Thomas Wagensommerer]

One of many wishes for 2011

Better 2D and 3D integration.

The 2D Polygon, 3D Polygon, Extruded Polygon, Extruded Rectangle, Mesh Circle, etc... should disappear, just like the old Rotated Rectangle disappeared. They should be integrated into their 2D counterparts.

For instance:

Draw a polygon, type in its height in the Object info and the result is an extruded Polygon.

[Thomas Wagensommerer]

And please update both the Floor Object and the Extrude.

When you enter 2D reshape mode everything else disappears! What about show others? This does not make sense.

Or better yet get rid of them and replace them by an improved 2D/3D integrated polygon. I would buy 2011 for that feature alone.

Edited November 7, 2009 by Thomas Wagensommerer

[Kool Aid]

With Floors it does not, but with extrusions the situation is a lot more complicated, since they may be rotated into any 3D-system/orientation. What & how would one need to see?

Whether the overall approach (a 2D-poly & a 3D-transformation of it ? extrusion, multiple extrusion & sweep, also Extrude Along Path etc) is appropriate or not, is a really big question.

[Thomas Wagensommerer]

... with extrusions the situation is a lot more complicated, since they may be rotated into any 3D-system/orientation. What & how would one need to see?...

It does work with symbols. The complexity is about the same.

[Kool Aid]

It does, but only in 2D/3D dicotomy. You can't change the 3D in 2D or vice versa.

If you have an extrusion, created in a particular view, how would the ?show others? relate to the current view when the extrusion has been rotated?

EDIT

Think of the 2D-part of an extrusion (etc) as an equivalent to the 2D-component of a symbol!

Edited November 8, 2009 by Kool Aid

[Thomas Wagensommerer]

You are right, it would involve a change of the view (paralleI to the generating vector of the extrusion). On exit it should ask whether to stay there or switch back to the original view. I would love it, if it did that.

[AndiACD]

Thomas, it's "horses for courses". i could say the same about 3D tools. i rarely use 3D basics and usually extrude from 2D, even though i seldom have anything but 3D models in any of my drawings.

[Thomas Wagensommerer]

Another thing, which would be nice to have:

a "Crop" for image objects

[CipesDesign]

I think you can do this now, by way of a "Design Layer Viewport"....

[Thomas Wagensommerer]

I think you can do this now, by way of a "Design Layer Viewport"....

Yes, I know. We are doing that all the time. Without this intermediate step VectorWorks would actually be a quite capable page layout program.

[CipesDesign]

Interesting comment. I actually use it for page layout all the time, but only b/c I am most familiar with it (as opposed to other dedicate page layout programs) and can get the results I'm after fairly easily...

But you're right. Another flaw in VW's as a page layout program is non-wysiwyg test editing. A bit too much guess work and fiddling needed (and this applies to architectural, etc. work as well!). A huge and long-standing wishlist item!

[brudgers]

Maybe it's been fixed already, but here it is anyway.

When a dialog box pops up, like "The Move By Points tool works on selected objects only. None are currently selected."

How about adding: "Click OK to select objects," and also adding a Cancel button?

Or when you've got a, "This tool requires plan view in Stack layers mode" warning, turning it into a popup with options like, "select plan view," "unstack layers," and Cancel?

I already know that the program isn't doing what I want.

Is it to much to ask, that the program offer meaningful options along with error trapping?

Edited November 10, 2009 by brudgers

[Jonathan Pickup]

are you using Vectorworks 2010? i get a message that says, "Use the Command key to select an object."

[Jonathan Pickup]

i would like the dimensions to work in 3D, so we could really dimension 3D objects.

[Thomas Wagensommerer]

- Section Viewports with a non vertical section plane

- Design Layer Section Viewports

[Thomas Wagensommerer]

A roof that accepts plugins as roof openings, not only symbols.

[Kevin McAllister]

- Section Viewports with a non vertical section plane

Thomas,

You can already create section viewports with a variety of section planes. While on a sheet layer, select a viewport and choose Create Section Viewport from the View menu. Depending on the view of the original viewport and the direction of the section line you can get almost any section you need.

Realizing you can create section viewports from other viewports was a great discovery for me. Hopefully it helps you too.

KM

[Thomas Wagensommerer]

While on a sheet layer, select a viewport and choose Create Section Viewport from the View menu.

Thank you for this tip, Kevin. This seems to be new in 2010, I cant get it to work in 2009

Edited November 12, 2009 by Thomas Wagensommerer