Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post PVA - Admin Posted June 26, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc. has released its fourth Service Pack (SP4) for the Vectorworks® 2018 product line. This Service Pack includes multiple fixes and improvements in the following areas: Significant overall application stability improvements Corrected issues related to user origin shifts, roof plans, and document settings Several quality improvements for Marionette workflows Multiple improvements to the performance and stability of Project Sharing Several IFC import and export improvements This Service Pack is available for all licenses as a downloadable updater. To install the Service Pack, please click here or select "Check for Updates" from the Vectorworks menu (Mac) or Help menu (Windows). To learn more about the fixes and improvements in the 2018 SP4 updater, please visit this page. Contact us at tech@vectorworks.net if you have any technical questions or problems during this process. Please note this Service Pack is currently available for all non-localized English versions. Respectfully, Juan Almansa Customer Success Director Vectorworks, Inc. 7 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post PVA - Admin Posted June 26, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2018 This was requested a few times, most recently here, please let me know if this is the kind of writeup you all are looking for or if it could be improved: 2018 Sp4 Summarized Notes General: Fixed a long standing issue where Fractionally displayed dimensions appeared broken on high res displays Increased stability of “Best Performance” setting in Navigation Graphics Fixed an issue related to Invalid Factor error dialog in worksheets Significantly increased the speed at which class attributes are changed in some scenarios Corrected an issue where exporting to IFC could result in lost Classification information Significantly increased the speed of Door, Window and other plugin object editing/creating that had slowed in related to previous versions Fixed an issue that allowed Title Block Borders to have non removable arrow heads Corrected a scenario that could cause all classes in a document to become invisible Corrected an issue that could cause loss of data when using the Helix Spiral tool Increased the reliability of Worksheet updates Corrected an issue related to referenced layers altering layer stacking order Corrected an issue where exporting to Web View multiple times could result in a broken link Improved the loading speed of Web Views Fixed an issue where the drawing grid would move inappropriately when used in conjunction with Rotate Plan and Multiview Improved location awareness of Title Block Borders when resizing pages Fixed a problem where the Navigation palette would flash repeatedly when duplicating layers Significantly improved the speed at which certain objects are selected and their properties displayed in the Object Info palette Improved the speed at which objects are sectioned Large number of fixes related to shifting User Origins Project Sharing: Fixed an issue that caused sync problems after users being able moving objects even though they were not checked out Corrected an issue where Save and Commit could wipe Renderworks background and lighting options Increased the speed of editing Chain Dimensions and Revision CLouds in conjunction with Project Sharing Increased the responsiveness of drawings immediately after objects were checked out or released Removed erroneous warning about loss of uncommitted changes Corrected a problem with backup files that include an Umlaut in their filenames Rendering: Corrected an issue where Noise, Tile, Brick and Pavement-based textures export incorrectly to .3DS Corrected a problem with dashed lines on windows in Hidden Line Fixed a crash related to Solar Animations and macOS Sierra Braceworks: Increased stability when copying and pasting Braceworks objects between documents Corrected a crash that could occur when attaching Braceworks record info while inside a hanging position Spotlight and Vision: Fixed a number of nonfunctional DMX controls such as Cameras and Ambient Corrected a problem where placed objects were not added to the scene graph Fixed an issue where altering a Truss’ elevation would not work as expected Landmark: Corrected an inconsistency in Site Model generation in 2018 vs previous versions Fixed an issue where images could be lost in a database when creating a Plant object Architect: Fixed a crash related to using Connect/Combine on Roof Faces Corrected a number of problems relating to object scale in Metric vs Imperial BIMObjects Improved the results of filtered Catalogues Corrected a scaling issue relation to Elevation Benchmark text width Marionette: Corrections were made to the following nodes: Get Object Variable Points on Curve, Repeat Rotate Line Convert to Poly Group 17 Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 @JimW love the summary! Its very much appreciated. Kevin Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I think the SP Installer App looks very appealing ! Quote Link to comment
twk Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 @JimW, that form of summary is exactly whats needed! Cheers Tui Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 @JimW these summarized release notes are much more understandable than the old format (available HERE). Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
Markvl Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Way to go @JimWand the team. The summary is great. I can now look very quickly at those aspects of the program that impact me as a user. Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Nice to see some work done to fractional dimensions! (SP3 above, SP4 below): The arrow heads on title blocks issue was also bugging me recently. Glad it's fixed 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 There was said that some PIOs had lags to open settings. For me it looks even worse now. (open settings before placing from top bar) It seems to take longer for the first time to open, but open it again also needs more time than I was used and shows beachballs. But it looks faster from OIP when an object selected ? Quote Link to comment
beanus Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 just installed SP4 and now vectoworks keeps crashing, have now re-installed vectorworks up to SP3 and things seem fine, is there a problem with SP4? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted June 29, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, beanus said: just installed SP4 and now vectoworks keeps crashing, have now re-installed vectorworks up to SP3 and things seem fine, is there a problem with SP4? Not here, first thing I'd recommend for this would be to wipe preferences after installing SP4, then a full reboot. Quote Link to comment
B Cox Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) On 6/26/2018 at 12:20 PM, JimW said: Was the curved line marker misalignment issue fixed? Edited June 29, 2018 by B Cox quoted text too much Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted June 29, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 minute ago, B Cox said: Was the curved line marker misalignment issue fixed? Do you have a link to the thread or bug ID so I can look it up? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post PVA - Admin Posted June 29, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 Also: Since the new notes writeup was so well received, I will make sure to continue it for releases and SPs! 5 Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 30 minutes ago, JimW said: Do you have a link to the thread or bug ID so I can look it up? 23 minutes ago, B Cox said: Its also in this thread - I submitted it back in April. I just did a test and its not fixed in SP4. Kevin Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted June 29, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 29, 2018 Adding that one to the case as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
nikihoops Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 On 6/29/2018 at 3:11 PM, JimW said: Not here, first thing I'd recommend for this would be to wipe preferences after installing SP4, then a full reboot. Can you remind us how best to wipe the preferences please? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) 44 minutes ago, nikihoops said: Can you remind us how best to wipe the preferences please? Thanks in advance. Refer to this pinned Knowledgebase article: Edited July 3, 2018 by rDesign 1 Quote Link to comment
nikihoops Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I just followed the steps above and now my computer says my vectorworks cannot be activated because the license has been activated on the maximum number of machines allowed...? Quote Link to comment
nikihoops Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Serial number issue now resolved. Still getting Error Loading Vision Library though Quote Link to comment
ptoner Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Yeah, the Vision Library issue is a pain. Still happens on a bout 5-6 machines in our office also. Quote Link to comment
beanus Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 since install SP4 the refreshing of the screen is slower especially when turning classes on and off. Quote Link to comment
ptoner Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Its the resetting process that has caused my "Vision Library" issues. Quote Link to comment
beanus Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I'm getting problems with the speed at which the items in the resource manager loads, I think I'm going to uninstall VW and reinstall up to SP3 things were better then. Quote Link to comment
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