MGilc Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Why are my 2D trees coming in poorly in the viewport? I've attached normal from model space, and the other from the viewport. Also I've heard that you can do hedges in 2d but how do you do this? Thanks again Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 it might be a screen plane issue. on the Object Info palette, does the viewport have the show screen plane objects selected? it might be a class issue, but that would't be my first guess. for hedging, try using the other modes for placing the plants. There is a mode to place plants along a polyline based on the plant spacing. Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Post you file in 2020 format and I'll take a look. I'll wager with @Jonathan Pickup that's it's a class visibility issue. Specifically, I'm thinking your viewport has the outline class for your plant turned off. Quote Link to comment
unearthed Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Def looks like class vis. Always a good idea to name your plants (and other composite symbols), then you can have total control over visibility and function. I do the below. The synHolder class holds the group and enables turning everything off. Sub-classes enable finer control. Some of my more legal jobs can have hundreds of numbered trees so this is worth setting up. 1 trees-00 SymHolder_Exist_trees 1 trees-01-baseGraphical 1 trees-02 CODE 1 trees-03 graphical 1 trees-04 circle.planting 1 trees-05 Diameter 10 years 1 trees-06 Diameter 10 years mature 1 trees-3D etc Quote Link to comment
MGilc Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Hi, thank you for both your replies. I have attached the model minus the actual design that sits on the slab. It's really kind to have a look at it! The plant was just on Class: None. Sorry what do you mean by using other modes for placing plants? I've so far kept to a 2D site plan just for convenience and time sake. I didn't really want to model in 3d the site plan. Not sure if this is unusual, but I'm working in both 2d and 3d. Copy Experiment.vwx Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 @MGilc When I open the file you provided, the trees look correct/as expected. Did you change something prior to sending it? Has that problem been fixed on your end? 1 Quote Link to comment
MGilc Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 @Jeff That looks like model space. If you go to the paper space it's different. My issue is it's fine in model space, but terrible in paper space. Quote Link to comment
MGilc Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Actually Is that Paper Space?? Hmm I'm not sure what has happened. Quote Link to comment
MGilc Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Seems like it's just something on my machine / Vectorworks settings then. What could that be? Quote Link to comment
unearthed Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 With imported data I have seen oddities like this where an object's different linetypes mean viewing is okay but paperspace/printing is crap. Is the missing linework a very gappy linetype? 1 Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 @MGilc The screenshot I produced was from the sheet layer (paperspace in autocad speak). You might want to put your computer spec and vectorworks version+package in your signature, might help people understand where your troubles may be. If you are on a windows machine, it could be a graphics or memory issue, impossible to say really. 1 Quote Link to comment
MGilc Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Ok Thanks for trying anyway. It's the same on a Mac and a pc. Could be just a gappy line type. Kind of infuriating when the model looks one way and the sheet looks another. Reminds me of LT Scale, PSLT Scale, MS Scale...Etc from Autocad. Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) @MGilc did you open up the file you actually posted to the forum? If so, did it behave the same way? If not, then you may have something stacked on top of the plant group that is creating the graphic effect you are experiencing. Sometimes, when objects are stacked on-top of each other, it creates these kinds of graphic artifacts. Oh, and your viewport view is set to Top instead of Top Plan, that might further support the idea of it being a graphics card issue. edit- and you render mode is set to wireframe...lots of stuff to unpack there... Edited January 5, 2021 by jeff prince 1 Quote Link to comment
MGilc Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Ahhh ITS TOP PLAN. That's the issue... Sorry fixed now. I will never learn! Thanks!! 2 Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 @MGilc As a recovering longtime autocad user, I can assure you things will get better 🙂 I occasionally still catch myself typing old autocad shortcuts and saying "layer" when I should be saying "class". Life is better in vectorworks once you get over the hump. 3 Quote Link to comment
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