Juvs Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) I'm trying to use the project tool but it keeps failing. If anyone can help that would be great! I'm doing the trusses for the ballroom. I'm following the VW 2017 Entertainment GSG. Edited December 30, 2017 by Juvs Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 What are you trying to make? If you could provide a bit more description, or a sketch if you have one, that would be helpful. Quote Link to comment
Cad Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I also have this problem. I assume it hasn't been resolved yet? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 29, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 29, 2018 8 hours ago, Cadesence said: I also have this problem. I assume it hasn't been resolved yet? Please post an example of where it fails for you, the previous post had no example to diagnose or be submitted as a bug. Quote Link to comment
dinga Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Had the same problem... "I'm doing the trusses for the ballroom. I'm following the VW 2017 Entertainment GSG" is all the info you need lol My fix was to check the W, H, X, And Y. All of my measurements from the rectangle had a few fractions of an inch added to them for some reason? Make it an even number and it'll work Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I'm guessing they are trying to make the panel example using the Project Tool at about the 3:00 minute mark in this Entertainment GSG video - http://www.vectorworks.net/training/2018/getting-started-guides/entertainment/truss-display-panels If the rectangle/polygon that's created project is larger than the face of the truss, projecting it upward will fail. The rectangle/polygon needs to be created accurately so it falls within the boundaries of the surface you're projecting to (in this case the curved chord of the upper truss). (In a real world application I would try to use the Extract Surface Mode of the Extract Tool wherever possible so that my shapes match the existing 3d geometry. I'm sure the intention of the GSG is to use as many different methods as possible to show the range of possible approaches and in this particular example there's a few extra steps to use the Extract Tool because the bottom truss extends under the side verticals.) Kevin Quote Link to comment
Snacks Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I'm having the same problem. Created a loft surface using two NURBS curves, drew a rectangle under it, and tried to use the project tool to make a solid between the rectangle and the loft surface. Nothing happened, except "Project Tool Failed". I thought maybe the Loft surface wasn't closed or something, so I remade it using the rail method. Didn't help. I also redrew the rectangle, in case there was something wrong with that one. Same result. Using VW2021. Any ideas? Test.vwx Quote Link to comment
Snacks Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 17 minutes ago, Snacks said: Turns out I had to pretend I wanted to project tool to project down instead of up. Not sure exactly what determines which side of a 2D polygon is the top, but in this instance, the bottom side was the top. >I'm having the same problem. Created a loft surface using two NURBS curves, >drew a rectangle under it, and tried to use the project tool to make a solid between >the rectangle and the loft surface. Nothing happened, except "Project Tool Failed". > >I thought maybe the Loft surface wasn't closed or something, so I remade it using >the rail method. Didn't help. I also redrew the rectangle, in case there was something >wrong with that one. Same result. > >Using VW2021. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment
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