rvanhees Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Hi, I made a drawing in VW201. In Top/plan -2D plan I see the truss corner FD44-X (fig1), when I then switch to 3D Gl the FD44-X is not visible (fig2). When I select the FD44 with my mouse, it is there (fig3) Also if i simplified the truss. (fig4) All truss is in the same layer / class. Does anyone know how to fix this? Quote Link to comment
Sebastiaan Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 What helped for me in some cases, not al unfortunately. was to go into the edit 3d components of the truss symbol. And to move the geometry there for instance 1mm in 3D. This would force the geometry to appear again in OpenGL. Then I edited 3D again and moved the geometry back 1mm again. hopefully this helps a little bit as a temporary workaround. Quote Link to comment
isyme Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Does the truss corner have appropriate materials and object attributes? I have found a few objects from the resource manager that are missing render textures and cause this to happen! Quote Link to comment
rvanhees Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 No does not help... Now I also have it by a circle (fig5) as i go to class and simplified on than i see them (fig6) but nog in GL. @isyme were can find this? I do not see any difference between the FD44-300 (fig7) and FD44-X (fig8). Quote Link to comment
isyme Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 @rvanhees If you edit the 3d component of your symbol, does it have a fill in the attributes panel? Quote Link to comment
rvanhees Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 @isyme Yes I made of the truss by modify a symbol and than i get this. See Fig 9. (But the attributes is always there) Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted May 4, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 4, 2021 Go to document preferences, uncheck save vgm cache, then restart Vectorworks. then check you are on the latest service pack. Quote Link to comment
rvanhees Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 @TomWhiteLight Yes it works, thanks a lot! Uncheck save vgm cache was enough, I had the latest service pack. Can I leave it uncheckt? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted May 5, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 5, 2021 Yes you can, I will notify support as this must be a bug. Apologies! Quote Link to comment
Alexey Trebukhin Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 @TomWhiteLight Hi! If I have the same problem in viewport GL rendering? Unchecking VGM didn't help. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted May 15, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 15, 2021 Hi Alexey can you DM me the file? all the best tom w Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee JustinVH Posted May 17, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 17, 2021 This is a bug that is currently being investigated by the engineers. At this point in time there is no timeframe for a known fix. Quote Link to comment
Construct-Ent Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 any update on this? first time in a year i've needed this software, and it's totally broken for basic things such as rotating a 3d truss into a tower. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted June 2, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 2, 2021 If you uncheck vgm cache does it not function correctly? There is a performance benefit when using vgm cache but not having it would not make much difference. Quote Link to comment
Construct-Ent Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 NO not at all, the truss will only appear when it is at a 0 deg (horiz) hanging angle, anything else and it disappears in both openGL and hidden line renderings, i had to export it back to 2020 and then reimport the symbols from the 2020 library they it finally showed up. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted June 2, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 2, 2021 OK, thats weird can you let me know the symbol name in the library and I will check it out. Is it a symbol you imported/created or is it a symbol from the Vectorworks library? It is unlikely that your issue is being caused by the VGM problem but simply that you are missing the geometry. Do you have a file you can post? Quote Link to comment
Construct-Ent Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 The 2 I checked with that I needed for my drawing were tomcat 20.5in 120“(10ft) plated and 12in 36" (3ft) plated. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted June 2, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 2, 2021 I cannot replicate your fault. Can you DM me the file? Quote Link to comment
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