trearchitecture1 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I am currently trialing VW. I am struggling with the interface, amount of clicks, and general dated feel in the experience. Does this struggle dissipate? I am trialing Archicad too, and love it’s simplicity and modern feel. Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Don’t beat around the bush, just call the software ugly and move onto functionality. It’s a pretty common reaction, even amongst longtime users. Click frequency is reduced with familiarity. I have heard people complain about how much clicking AutoCAD requires, which says a lot about the person and provides great laughter. 3 Quote Link to comment
MarcelP102 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) On the development roadmap the GUI modernisation of the application window, welcome screen, view bar, and mode bar is marked as scheduled see https://www.vectorworks.net/en-US/public-roadmap Some schreenshots have been shared in the 2021 Design Summit of the current development. Will be introduced in upcomming updates or versions of VW, exact date has not been shared. Edited January 13, 2022 by MarcelP102 1 Quote Link to comment
Popular Post MarcelP102 Posted October 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) See for a demo of the new UI here: Edited October 7, 2022 by MarcelP102 6 Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) Top Bar looks a bit space consuming. Like a Ribbon, especially on the right side. Just missing Tabs. On the other side top bar looks "QT" and like a modern App, while the rest still looks a bit 90ies. Can't estimate if the icons got sharper by getting monochrom again. Hope top bar is customizable. That you can throw in/out tools you don't need and replace with others. Overall, I personally think it is an improvement Edited October 7, 2022 by zoomer Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 I think so too. One downside of adding UI at the top of the screen is that a fit to A1 page fits less efficiently on the screen, but that's a quibble. It immediately looks more usable to me, especially with everything fully labelled. Quote Link to comment
E|FA Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Looks great & I hope it can be released sooner rather than later. My quibble would be to remove (or have as an option) the grayed line with "View", "Layers/Classes", etc. I understand the clarity, but it comes at too much of a loss of vertical screen space. It's also nice to see the tool icons are reworked back to 2019 era grayscale legibility. 3 Quote Link to comment
MarcelP102 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) During the presentation he said that you could hide the titles, if I'm not mistaking. I think that it's a nice improvement. Only don't like the snap icons. Oneven row and the setting and suspend takes up a lot of space. Especially compared to the old place in the right bottom. Also the rotated plan icon with text has a lot of unused place below. Edited October 7, 2022 by MarcelP102 Quote Link to comment
Ross Harris Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 This is a missed opportunity in the the class and layer drop downs could have had the visibility functionality of the palettes, thereby negating their need to be present... Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ross Harris said: This is a missed opportunity in the the class and layer drop downs could have had the visibility functionality of the palettes, thereby negating their need to be present... Can you clarify Ross. We didn't see the class/layer drop downs. Quote Link to comment
MarcelP102 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) Maybe it's there under the drop-down where the layer 'text layer' is showed? He doesn't show that one in the video. Edited October 7, 2022 by MarcelP102 Quote Link to comment
Ross Harris Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 My bad - I thought it flew open briefly right at the beginning as it looked like the mouse hovered over the text layer.. just watched it back on half speed.. and it was Friday (here) and it's been a hectic few weeks... that's my excuse anyway lol! But... I bet they won't. Like most improvements or new features, it winds up being just short of the mark. Back referencing being a good example. Why on earth is there no global pref to always allow labels to always back ref?? Who thought having to dig into dialogs for every viewport was a good idea.. or am I missing something... Anyhoo.. instead of just adding a ribbonesq toolbar, the tool and attributes palettes are still a mess.. Attributes could be in the tool bar or in smart options, the tools could have been in a six segment smart options - having only four is just short of being game changing in having access to all tools under the cursor. In the current GUI, there are lots of places to do some things - not all - like visibility. This looks like a new coat of paint and reorg other than genuine workflow improvements.. with the exception of the text and size dropdowns... but how long has this been requested? With subs, the money needs to be put where the mouth is and follow through with really good, well thought out upgrades. If its nearly ready, where is the community involvement? you know, input from people who stare and curse at it daily? 1 Quote Link to comment
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