VincentCuclair Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Some time needs to be spent on the hidden line 'intuitiveness'! In this case I have solids and walls that meet and I don't want a line to show. Perhaps a way to solve this is through class settings?! ie: if 2 planes are parallel and in the same plane and have the same class there should not be a line where they meet. If they are different classes there could be a line...... When 2 planes meet at different angels there should always be a line between. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 You might try adjusting the Smoothing Angle: View>Render>Line Render Options. It sometimes give the desired result. Beyond that I'm sure that the engineers would appreciate a Bug Report with your file and a concise description of the problem. Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 When 2 planes meet at different angels there should always be a line between. YES! Quote Link to comment
James Russell Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I find that it's always the vital line at the corner of a building or specialist joint on a cabinet that just decides to disappear for no reason at all. Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Some time needs to be spent on the hidden line 'intuitiveness'! In this case I have solids and walls that meet and I don't want a line to show. Perhaps a way to solve this is through class settings?! ie: if 2 planes are parallel and in the same plane and have the same class there should not be a line where they meet. If they are different classes there could be a line...... When 2 planes meet at different angels there should always be a line between. For lines to dissappear, the touching objects needs to be structural objects. So you'll need to use a floor object instead of a solid for the roof. or run the following script when you select the roof object: PROCEDURE ToStructuralObject; VAR selected : HANDLE; PROCEDURE SetAsStructural(obj : HANDLE); BEGIN SetObjectVariableBoolean(obj, 702, TRUE); END; BEGIN ForEachObject(SetAsStructural, SEL=TRUE & INOBJECT); END; Run(ToStructuralObject); This will turn the selected objects into structural ones so that you don't see a line between them in hidden line renderings. This is also usefull for many other things like kitchen counters, drain pipes, things you want to split over more than one floor, ... For the lines that doesn't show: Check if the objects you have drawn are not going through each other. VW will only show lines at the corners of objects. If it doesn't work, can you post the file so I can look at it? Quote Link to comment
VincentCuclair Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 (edited) I was going to try that out, but thanks for the feedback Dieter, much appreciated.....do you have that script as a command or plug-in lying around somewhere Dieter , I'm sure to need that more often in the future.... Edited May 9, 2011 by Vincent C Quote Link to comment
Kizza Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Simple... What VW needs is a pen/lineweight overide tool which works similar to a paint bucket tool. When activating this tool all lines in 2D or 3D become "editable" so you can change the lineweight or even make it invisible. Would be great for tweaking elevations as well. This would be one of my top five "must haves" to be included in Vectorworks. Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I was going to try that out, but thanks for the feedback Dieter, much appreciated.....do you have that script as a command or plug-in lying around somewhere Dieter , I'm sure to need that more often in the future.... I just have it as a script resource in my template. Just make a script resource, past in the code, and your done. Quote Link to comment
VincentCuclair Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Thanks but I figured out myself, there is hope :grin: Quote Link to comment
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