Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2018 Without any further teasing, it is my distinct pleasure to announce the release of Vectorworks 2019. This year, our focus was all about Quality. Even the flagship features were efficevely enhancements to, or expansions on, existing systems. And the rest of the smaller (but in many cases, no less impactful) features were all designed to improve or speed along the day to day work of Vectorworks users. This is something I know myself and many others have been hoping for here on the forum and elsewhere. Have a look at both the major launch commercials, as well as the individual feature videos HERE. I am now able to answer any and all questions regarding Vectorworks 2019, ask away in the thread below! 5 3 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 12, 2018 The below list is a summary of new features for 2019 that did not have their own videos. If you would like any additional information on any given item, I’ll be pleased to provide it in the thread below. Subdivision 4.0 Creased edges, vertices and holed faces can now be highlighted for easier identification. Levels of Iteration can now be adjusted by the user, locking it to a “polygonal” low iteration always-creased appearance, as well as allowing highly detailed meshes for final presentations. This iteration setting is non-destructive. Flyover Sensitivity The flyover tool now has a mode bar preference that allows you to control the intensity at which the tool responds to mouse movement. Installer Consolidation There is now a single downloadable installer for B, E, C and G series serial numbers. Cursor Position Highlight The rules will now show a highlight color on the markers for the cursors current position for better visibility on high resolution displays. The color of this UI element can be altered in Interactive Appearance Settings. PDF Annotations and Fill Styles Users now have an option to display the annotations of an imported PDF. This can be toggled on and off at will, similar to PDf snapping. The default settings for both Snapping and Annotations can be set during PDF import. The Fill of PDFs can now be edited manually. It is now possible to resize multiple selected PDF pages. Migration Manager Improvements Users can now more granularly control the Preferences and settings that are migrated from one version to another. Message Center Icon The Message Center icon has been relocated to the top right to increase visibility and discoverability. Object Info Palette Performance (Windows) The Windows version of the Object Info Palette has been rebuilt, it should now be significantly faster and more responsive. Tabbing through the OIP should now work as expected. The alignment of OIP fields has also been cleaned up for easier readability. Marquee Deletion of Mesh Faces Users can now use marquee selection to delete faces while editing Mesh objects. Nearby Snap Hint Users will now see a small alert that other snap points are very close to the obtained snap point, and allow them to better resolve the obtained point by zooming in or using the snap loupe. The user will get the desired point, the first time, and avoid inaccuracy in their drawings. Second Leaf Options and Louver Doors The Door tool has been upgraded to allow for full customization of the second leaf when using an unequal leaf configuration. The options previously added to the Window tool for Louvers have also been brought into the Door object as well. Drop Shadow and Opacity Removed from Wall/Slab/Roof Styles We have removed Drop Shadows as a Style parameter for Walls, Slabs and Roofs, since it is very often inappropriate to control the drop shadow by style rather than per-object. Hide Roof Boundary The Roof Boundary line will no longer appear in Plan view unless the roof object is selected. Line Type Reengineering Line Types have been rebuilt internally to properly behave, especially in scenarios where a line type resource is being referenced. This may have some other side speed and quality benefits as well. BIM Workspace We have added a new BIM-focused workspace for Architects. New Document Templates The default templates have been upgraded to include more common settings and preferences. Notably, Save Viewport Cache is now on by default for new files. This will not affect your existing templates in any way. Title Block Border Enhancements Conversion of older pre 2018 title blocks now provides more options, including the ability to only upgrade selected borders. The Title Block Manager dialog will be redesigned and improved to work with several files. It will work with active file, all opened files and external files from selected folder. The files can be standard Vectorworks files as well as working files. The menu command opens up the Title Block Manager dialog directly, letting the user made edits immediately. Dimension Editing Improvements It is now possible to add multiple dimensions to existing dimensions or chain dimensions continuously. It is also now possible to split a chain dimension by deleting a dimension (not a witness line) and have the chain split into two separate chains separated by that dimensions distance. Deleting the witness line should create two chain dimensions with no gap. Spotlight Staging Tools and Commands in 3D The following menu commands will be enabled and updated to work in 3D views. There will be no UI change or changes to the workflow to the commands: Convert to Instrument Convert to MultiCircuit Convert to Accessory Assign Legend to Instruments Create Hoist Symbol Key Set Hoist Number and Dimension Display Assign Origin to Selected Hoist Set Selected High Hook Height Set Individual High Hook Heights Set Selected Load Trims Make Jumper Cable Chain Make Data Cable Chain Assign Multicable Circuits Heat Map Truss Workload This task will give the ability to show a gradient workload heat map for the trusses calculated by Braceworks. This heat map display will give users a clearer visual representation as to the stress issues a truss could have. Lighting Instrument Improvements We included a new insertion mode allowing the automatic setting of the “Z” height according to objects in the document. Additionally, we’ve added a tab-in floating data bar, which will allow the tool to set information for the next lighting instrument to be inserted. 3D Label Legend 2.0 This feature gives users the ability to adjust the 3D layout of a Label Legend. We have integrated the resource selector into the Edit label legend dialog box, and allow for more control of labels More options in the direction label legends are facing, i.e. Iso views and Screen Plan views. Web View Improvements This task adds features that users have been requesting since Web View’s inception. Users can now view models with the HTC Vive, Google Daydream, and Oculus Rift devices. Userscan use the Interactive Clip Cube to clip their models, as well as to modify the shadows within Web View using a directional light. With these new additions, it will be easier to communicate designs via the Web View viewer.Marionette Improvements A parameter has been added to the OIP to control whether to reset a Marionette object (2D/3D) after each move, or only when a parameter is changed. Marionette objects now display an outline when it is moved in Top/Plan view, the same as other Vectorworks objects. New 2D and 3D Control Points nodes that add a control point to the Marionette object. Descriptions of nodes can now be seen in the Resource Manager. Added a button to the OIP to allow configuration of the Objects by Criteria node via the standard Criteria dialog. This is easier than typing the criteria in a single edit box. Added a new Context menu option - Rename Marionette Object, allowing the user to change the name of the Marionette Object. Added links to Marionette Tool Preferences – Marionette Gallery, Discussion, Training and a link to Computerworks Marionette page New Marionette Nodes A plethora of nodes have been added by the ever-clever @Marissa Farrell, a full list of which can be found HERE. 2 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2018 Below is a summary of issues corrected and changes made as a result of user bug submissions between Vectorworks 2018 and Vectorworks 2019. General: Corrected multiple issues related to the screen not redrawing until the user zooms/pans. Corrected multiple instances where Active Only for layers and classes was not always properly hiding geometry if Best Performance was enable in preferences. Corrected multiple issues related to palette docking. The Resource Manager should now handle resource-heavy file loading more smoothly. (Mac) Corrected a number of issues related to editing objects within containers within hybrid symbols. Save Viewport Cache should now be enabled by default in all stock templates. Corrected and issue related to Show Other Objects not working inside certain editing modes. Numerous tools and commands have had their compatibility with CLip Cube views improved. Switching between Design and Sheet layers should now be faster. Dramatically improved the stability of Multi View. Switching between files with Snap Loupe active should no longer cause issues. The Resource manager should now display previews for Stipple resources more reliably. Improved the speed at which multiple nested resources are deleted. Composing large numbers of line segments into polylines should now be much faster. Fixed an issue where Vectorworks retained memory improperly during a batch file conversion. Trace Bitmap should be more reliable. Corrected erroneous snapping related to Design Layer Viewports with invisible layers and classes. Improved the responsiveness of Line Types applied to various objects. Improved the accuracy of Duplicate Along Path for complex paths. Fixed a number of issues where Rotated Plan caused snapping to occur offset from geometry. Text objects should no longer add vertical size after being edited until Wrap Text is enabled and disabled. Improved the stability of reshaping and modifying NURBS surfaces. Corrected an issue where the Callout object may not respect default attributes. The Project tool should now acknowledge geometry regardless of is Plane setting. Removed UI inconsistencies related to using the K key shortcut to close geometry. The Inner Boundary tool mode should now be more robust and able to handle more complex situations. Improved print behavior when using some nonstandard fonts. Corrected a number of issues related to the working plane indicator when editing container solids. Container solids should now respect constrained object movement. Corrected issues related to placing screen plane objects inside containers. Fixed an issue where Undo did not respect past object selection states. Ctrl-A should now select all items in a list in the Publish dialog. Partially covering a Mesh object with a marquee selection should no longer select that Mesh in standard marquee mode. Improved the handling of invisible objects when importing DXFs. Expanded Vectorworks’ ability to handle different configurations of PTS (Point Cloud) files. Corrected some UI issues that could erroneously cause the active workspace to switch to another. Fixed a wide array of instances where using Black Background would display objects differently than when using the default background color. Alt/Option Selection should now work as expected in Perspective projections. Corrected the alignment of some View Bar elements. Click-drag marquee selection should now work if the first click is overtop a locked object. Both the Attribute and Snapping palettes should be more responsive to shortcut key input. Corrected a number of stability issues related to older GPUs and Drop Shadows. Improved behavior of Paste In Place when using Rotated Plan. Improved the reliability of the Surface Array tool if “unhealthy” geometry was used for the base surface. Image import bitmap compression settings now properly handle Full Color (24bpp) and Full Color (32bpp). Corrected size of Rotate widget on Macs with certain screen resolutions on macOS 10.12. Extrude Along Path objects edited within symbols should no longer convert the symbol to another type. The Split tool should split polylines with arc segments into cleaner resulting geometry. File icon thumbnail previews should now respect the Unified View setting last set in each file. Eyedropper tool should now properly copy the class override states of DLVPs. Vectorworks should now store the auto-hide preference of worksheets between sessions. Create Viewport dialog should no longer reset its other values if the destination layer is altered. Scaling groups symmetrically should now scale that group’s contents as expected. Radial dimensions should now work for objects on 3D planes. Move by Points should now work properly when used on nested Groups. Title Block Borders should now be able to see Text Styles that are stored within subfolders. Corrected a problem with using Fit to Objects when editing a container object. Multiple fixes related to the thumbnail appearance in the Resource Manager of nested symbols. Project Sharing: Project Sharing should now acknowledge viewport lighting override changes. Improved the handling of working files where the Purge command is used. Corrected a Resource Manager issue that arose when creating Resource Folders and submitting them to a Project. Corrected an issue where users were asked to Save right after performing a Save and Commit. Convert Copy to Lines and Convert Copy to Polygons should no longer require a user to check out the source geometry. Rendering: 2D planar geometry should be much more reliable in Hidden Line renders. Corrected an issue where Door objects would improperly show wrapped wall components in 3D. Corrected a problem where Point Cloud objects could appear differently on a design layer vs a sheet layer. Corrected multiple situations where Hidden Line renders would not display hatches in viewport elevations at their expected origin. Viewports that require more memory to process than the machine has available should now alert the user intelligently. Texture mapping when using By Object mode should now work as expected on Roof objects. Parking Space lines should now appear more appropriately in 3D renders. Corrected an issue that could occur the next time a user opened a file where the file had been saved and closed with a rendering still in progress. Corrected an issue related to older default textures and improper shadow interaction. Fixed a problem that could result in Panoramic images exporting much larger than expected. Improved the output of Photos to 3D Model. Spotlight, Braceworks and Vision: Dramatically improved the speed of Number Instruments. Fixed an issue where some Stage objects did not show their selection highlighting in 3D when selected. Significant improvements to auto joining geometry of truss objects. Corrected an issue where the Hoist tool would not allow setting load trim and high hook height if the point clicked was near the edge of the drawing. Seating Sections should now Mirror more appropriately. Improved the handling of some gobo image formats in Vision. Improved the reliability of Create Room. Corrected a problem where Vectorworks and Lightwright could lose their connection during a session. Select Focused Lighting Instruments should now ignore the case of characters in the Focus Point name. Corrected the apparent brightness of Emissive fixtures. Hoists can now be numbered as expected in Rotated Plan. Landmark: Corrected alignment issues related to using Define Property Line in documents created from older templates. Fixed a number of issues related to Hardscape object texture mapping. Corrected problems when using the Reshape tool on a Hardscape object. Plant Line object conversion now properly interprets source polygonal geometry that is not Closed. Landscape Areas should now show the Plant Image in the tag as expected. Random Plant Rotation will now respect Landscape Area boundaries more precisely. Irrigation catalog for Hunter MP Rotators has been corrected. Corrected an issue that could result in a Plant object appearing transparent even with it’s opacity set to 100%. Architect: Corrected geometric issues related to some Velux skylight objects. Fixed an issue where doors with unequal leaves do not show glazing properly. Corrected tab key functionality in Stair settings fields Corrected an issue where Create Wall Projection could offset the geometry from it’s intended location. Fixed a number of instances where Section Markers would be incorrectly color filled. SIA-Dimensions should now properly respect the Flip command. The Railing/Fence tool now uses the Resource Picker UI rather than a text dropdown. Corrected the sorting order of Textures listed for Railing/Fence objects. Improved the 3D appearance of Top Rails in certain scenarios. Corrected alignment of Drawing Label text fields. Corrected an issue where Wall Caps were not duplicated along with their Wall objects. Increased the robustness of automatic Slab bounding. Improved the Door objects handling of changes to component line attributes. Create Section Viewport should now recall the expected dialog settings between uses. Improved the 2D plan view of certain wall projection geometries. Edit Section in Place should now work properly when Multi View is enabled. Attribute Mapping selection handles should now appear properly when Multi View is enabled. Corrected a number of scenarios where Create Roof would result in a missing roof face. Scale command should now respect Wall Style set thicknesses and not alter them, only length and height. Revit Import: Slabs and Floors should now import openings properly for Stairs. Reversing wall sides should no longer remove Wall Caps. Slab objects now allow users to Add Surface on areas of the slab that were created using Add Surface previously. Marionette: Marionette now handles entering values of 0 in inappropriate locations more gracefully. Improved the handling of invisible nodes. Nodes can now be selected properly when used in combination with Multi View. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
JMR Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Quote Second Leaf Options and Louver Doors The Door tool has been upgraded to allow for full customization of the second leaf when using an unequal leaf configuration. The options previously added to the Window tool for Louvers have also been brought into the Door object as well. YESS!!! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 12, 2018 37 minutes ago, Jim Wilson said: Marionette Improvements A parameter has been added to the OIP to control whether to reset a Marionette object (2D/3D) after each move, or only when a parameter is changed. Marionette objects now display an outline when it is moved in Top/Plan view, the same as other Vectorworks objects. New 2D and 3D Control Points nodes that add a control point to the Marionette object. Descriptions of nodes can now be seen in the Resource Manager. Added a button to the OIP to allow configuration of the Objects by Criteria node via the standard Criteria dialog. This is easier than typing the criteria in a single edit box. Added a new Context menu option - Rename Marionette Object, allowing the user to change the name of the Marionette Object. Added links to Marionette Tool Preferences – Marionette Gallery, Discussion, Training and a link to Computerworks Marionette page New Marionette Nodes A plethora of nodes have been added by the ever-clever @Marissa Farrell, a full list of which can be found HERE. Added a few more items to the list! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 12, 2018 Also, I would very much like to draw everyone's attention to Data Tag. This one almost made the teaser list, it is intended an eventual replacement for a HUGE number of things in Vectorworks currently. Not the least of which is the long beloved Number Stamp tool: 1 1 Quote Link to comment
JMR Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 ^ This means door tagging freedom, no? I get rid of my 2-miles-long door tags! In general, the "quality improvement" approach of the 2019 release is most welcome, well done and thanks! Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Lots of great improvements! 1 hour ago, Jim Wilson said: Corrected a number of issues related to editing objects within containers within hybrid symbols. Yay! Small things like this will make the biggest of differences 🙂 1 hour ago, Jim Wilson said: Marquee Deletion of Mesh Faces Users can now use marquee selection to delete faces while editing Mesh objects. Could you describe this more? Not sure I understand. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 12, 2018 Just now, Andy Broomell said: 1 hour ago, Jim Wilson said: Users can now use marquee selection to delete faces while editing Mesh objects. Previously when you marquee-ed over a mesh object, it would either select the whole mesh or nothing at all, even when editing the mesh itself. in 2019, when editing a mesh (common when looking at imported 3D scan data especially) you can now marquee select and remove just certain portions of that mesh, very helpful when cleaning up messy imports. You can also marquee select across multiple meshes all at once, and then with those vertices highlighted, pressing delete will remove JUST those vertices, not the whole mesh as it used to. 10 minutes ago, JMR said: ^ This means door tagging freedom, no? I get rid of my 2-miles-long door tags! Thats the idea! Existing door tags from previous versions have been left in place and in tact however, so as not to violently alter users workflows on day 1. 1 Quote Link to comment
Andrew Davies Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Jim Wilson said: Create Section Viewport should now recall the expected dialog settings between uses. Hoorah! Hoping for the same in ththe seating section tool? Quote Link to comment
Wesley Burrows Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Are there any videos relating to the new Braceworks tools? IE: Bridle Calcs, House Rigging Points / Structural Members? Quote Link to comment
Andrew Davies Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Jim Wilson said: extracting fields from the records of any object it's placed on in the second and third modes. Sorry Jim. Don’t understand. What are the 2nd and 3rd modes? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Andrew Davies said: Sorry Jim. Don’t understand. What are the 2nd and 3rd modes? Got my eyes crossed on two topics at once, my fault. As far as I know that bugfix was only for that dialog. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, Wesley Burrows said: Are there any videos relating to the new Braceworks tools? IE: Bridle Calcs, House Rigging Points / Structural Members? Yessir: Bridle Analysishttps://youtu.be/AJNSe8oyjRo Braceworks Autoconnect Enhancementshttps://youtu.be/rIpMbUHEolQ Dead Hang Objecthttps://youtu.be/jMmteB9qEQI Hanging Position Improvementshttps://youtu.be/jvp6nqlxeZI 1 Quote Link to comment
line-weight Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Will any of the bugs listed as fixed also be fixed in a final SP for 2018? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, line-weight said: Will any of the bugs listed as fixed also be fixed in a final SP for 2018? Yes, but I will not know which ones until 2018 Sp5 is finalized. It is VERY likely SP5 will not be released until we can include Mojave compatibility. Quote Link to comment
Sebastiaan Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 This release looks awesome. Thank you for listening to users and improving so many of the tools! Big round of applause to the VWX team! 2 Quote Link to comment
Ross Harris Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 OIP rebuild for windows sounds awesome - probably my single biggest windows issue/gripe... does this mean it stops flashing as it updates? Add multiple dims to existing, autoturn integration - totally awesome. As well as all the other stuff 😁 Just need that callout tool tweaked 😉 Quote Link to comment
line-weight Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Sebastiaan said: This release looks awesome. Thank you for listening to users and improving so many of the tools! Big round of applause to the VWX team! At risk of sounding unduly negative... I think the applause needs to wait until people have used it for a bit in the wild. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sebastiaan Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) 49 minutes ago, line-weight said: At risk of sounding unduly negative... I think the applause needs to wait until people have used it for a bit in the wild. Ofcourse, but since they implemented the majority of my (Spotlight) wishes. Some enthusiasm is in place imo😀 Edited September 12, 2018 by Sebastiaan Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 12, 2018 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Aspect_Design said: OIP rebuild for windows sounds awesome - probably my single biggest windows issue/gripe... does this mean it stops flashing as it updates? It should indeed, apparently a lot of the flashing was the OIP reloading each and every field value of the object it was reading from as a single thread function. It now should not only reread only when needed, but also do so faster. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ross Harris Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 13 minutes ago, Sebastiaan said: Some enthusiasm is in place imo😀 Yep - its easy to slip into a negative frame of mind when the issues and small workflow things start to to become big things (crashing though is always a big thing...), but the takeaway from all the updates since I've been a user is that there seems to be a genuine drive to listen to users, incorporate wishes as well as improve the status quo in the day to day performance and existing tools. You only have to look at Revit updates and the stuff that users have been asking for years.. which is usually answered by a "buy our other productthats not in your overpriced bloated bundle!' answer (looking at you Autocad Civil3d for Revit site modelling) with the abhorrent pricing structure and bundling of useless software. The variety of updates is fantastic and heartening to a large degree - but the proof is in the pudding when it comes to stability in use for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment
Matt Overton Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Can you confirm if changes made for Space styles allow the setting of display units in tags associated with a space? So file can remain in millimetres but room dimensions in metres with rounding. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 17 hours ago, Jim Wilson said: Notably, Save Viewport Cache is now on by default for new files. Hallelujah 2 Quote Link to comment
line-weight Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) 18 hours ago, Jim Wilson said: Corrected a number of issues related to editing objects within containers within hybrid symbols. Does this mean we can now paste-in-place into autohybrids? Edited September 13, 2018 by line-weight Quote Link to comment
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