Where did the People go

[Kevin]

Under VW 8.5.2 there was a file in the toolkit under Symbols > "Graphic Elements" that was labeled "People". It contained outline profiles of people.

Does this still exist in VW 9.5.2? If not, how do I get them from 8.5.2 into 9.5.2?

[Guest]

Kevin, You are right, that's not included in VW9. I don't know why it wasn't included.

You can go to the VW 8 folder. Select the mcd file that holds the 3d people in it and open it in VW 9 to convert the file. Once the file is converted to 9, you should save it to your VW 9 folder, Object Libraries. Then you will be able to select those people for your drawings in VW 9 using them as any other symbol.

[Kevin]

Katie;Thank you for your help. It worked great! It took me a while to figure out why I could not find the new file in the Object Browser after converting and saving. I had to click the ADD button.

Thanks again.

[Harold]

How about for those who just got VW 10? No people at all?

[ekb]

I would love to have people too - no people in 10.5?

[Robert Anderson]

I'd like to clarify one thing. You aren't missing much with the elimination of the "people" (aka "blobs") library. We discontinued it because I felt the images weren't remotely professional quality.

[ekb]

Maybe a few professional good looking people would be a great idea then.

It is a great help in showing scale in elevations. It beats showing a 5.5 feet tall block and other improvisations.

[azizg]

I found these on the web this morning (for free). they are an older version but they still open just fine. but i had to open them from vectorworks, if i double clicked them it didn't recognise the file type.

these are all 2D, but they look ok for elevations.

http://www.vectordepot.com/downloads/2d_adults_in_motion.sit

http://www.vectordepot.com/downloads/people3.sit