Reshaping extrudes

[MHBrown]

VW 2016 SP1, Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan)

I notice that the Reshape tool does not work. Here is an example.

I am looking in top/plan at an extrusion, a 2x6 joist.

I want to make it shorter, so I select the Reshape tool and draw a marquee.

I get the little circle with the four radial arrows around a vertex of the extrusion.

I move the vertex, but it does not move.

I try every possible combination, but none of them accept the movement.

Shortening a joist in plan should be simple, but it is not. This tool doesn't work. The joist is sitting at 45 degrees, so I can't simply drag it. I suppose if I could figure out how to change the X-Y coordinates to align with this joist I could do it that way, but that is really the tail wagging the dog. The 3D reshape tool should work, but it doesn't. Can anyone explain why?

Thanks,

MHBrown

[PVA - Admin]

I am able to do this here in 2016 SP2, but you would have to first edit the extrude to use Reshape on the poly inside.

On the exterior of the extrude, reshape would only let you grab the top and bottom to alter the extrusion value in a side or front view.

[MHBrown]

That's not really helpful to me because I'm trying to snap the joist to another joist, so I have to see both pieces. If I go into the 2D profile of the extrude to edit it I can't do that. I can't select a "face" of the extrude to use the push-pull tool because it is "inside" the other joist. That's why I need to make it shorter. Furthermore, the most accurate way to snap objects together is to eliminate one of the axes, x, y or z. That way you are certain to snap to the correct spot. Lastly, it makes no sense to have a tool such as the Reshape tool that works in "...a side or front view" and not plan view. What do you have against Plan view? Sure, points would be located on top of each other, but I've been able to drag extrusions under that condition for years in both MC and VW. In short, I want to grab a tool and have it work in all situations. Many of VW's tools seem to be conditional and those conditions do not seem to have a logic behind them. At least I don't see it.

Thanks

MHBrown

[PVA - Admin]

Make sure to file a feature request on the wishlist forum:

https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=12&page=1

the more specific the request and the more examples of use you can provide, the better.

[John Meunier]

What about using the framing member tool instead of a extrude, this allows for a top plan edit with the handles.

Edited November 24, 2015 by John Meunier

[AlanW]

This is simply a matter of double clicking on the object to get to the 2d item then either stretching of typing in the distance.

Also you can grab the corner of one joist in 3d and move it and snap it to another object, make sure you have smart object on in the snap pallete