Wall Join Tool

[ParkerJames]

It simply stopped working at all.

I thought it may have been a corrupt file. Nope.

Brand new fresh file today and same result.

VW 2022 Sp3 using latest Mac OS.

 

Need a solution as this is untenable.

[Pat Stanford]

More details please. Screen shots/movie might help us figure out what is going on.

 

What exactly have you tried?  Are you getting any error messages? Are you in the correct mode of the Wall Join Tool (Tee/El/Cross) for the wall configuration you are working on?

 

[ParkerJames]

7 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

More details please. Screen shots/movie might help us figure out what is going on.

 

What exactly have you tried?  Are you getting any error messages? Are you in the correct mode of the Wall Join Tool (Tee/El/Cross) for the wall configuration you are working on?

 

Nah…been doing this since 99.

no error I get the highlighting when clicking but nothing happens.

[zoomer]

12 hours ago, ParkerJames said:

It simply stopped working at all.

 

 

Strange,

works for me flawlessly ....

 

Are your Walls on the same Layer ?

Show Snap Modify on ?

[ParkerJames]

1 hour ago, zoomer said:

 

 

Strange,

works for me flawlessly ....

 

Are your Walls on the same Layer ?

Show Snap Modify on ?

Same layer as is active. I will call support later.

[ParkerJames]

I put in a Service Select call for help on Wednesday and haven't heard back. This is so weird.

New file, old file any file---wall joining simply doesn't function.

I can drag a wall into another and the auto join function takes over, but that is it.

Very frustrating.

 

Any suggestions?

[ParkerJames]

I just discovered a work around. If I right click on a wall and select 'join' from the menu, I can then click on the second wall and they join appropriately. What the heck.

 

[Pat Stanford]

Try switching to a different workspace and see if Wall Join works there.

 

If it does, switch back to your original workspace and edit it. Remove and re-add the Wall Join tool and see if that works.

 

If you have brought forward an older workspace from previous versions, make some time and start from one of the default workspaces and recreate yours. This will eliminate any cruft that might have been brought forward and will let you make sure you have all of the current commands/tools that might not have been in your older workspace.

[ParkerJames]

3 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

Try switching to a different workspace and see if Wall Join works there.

 

If it does, switch back to your original workspace and edit it. Remove and re-add the Wall Join tool and see if that works.

 

If you have brought forward an older workspace from previous versions, make some time and start from one of the default workspaces and recreate yours. This will eliminate any cruft that might have been brought forward and will let you make sure you have all of the current commands/tools that might not have been in your older workspace.

I did not carry over a workspace as I use the standard and have not customized it. It has worked fine for a few months and just stopped the other day.

[Pat Stanford]

New file, 2 walls, Make sure the L join mode of the Wall Join tool is selected.  Does it work?

 

Try a different workspace, does it work there?

[ParkerJames]

1 minute ago, Pat Stanford said:

New file, 2 walls, Make sure the L join mode of the Wall Join tool is selected.  Does it work?

 

Try a different workspace, does it work there?

I have already tried the first, but will go ahead and try the second.

Thanks, Pat.

[ParkerJames]

New file and new std workspace--same result.

[Pat Stanford]

I am out of ideas except to try reinstalling VW.  Sorry.  😞

[ParkerJames]

Just now, Pat Stanford said:

I am out of ideas except to try reinstalling VW.  Sorry.  😞

Thanks, Pat. Until its worked out, I have that work around I mentioned.

Just an extra click.

LOL

[zoomer]

Illusionary solution (you may already be used to it) but,

to make sure to use the typical own VW tool workflows, orders and timining:

 

Draw 2 non-touching Walls at 90° angle so that they could extend to a potential

connection on the same Layer and Class. Keep Layer and Class show modify and edit,

go to an Isometric View ....

 

- activate Wall Join Tool

- check that L-join is activated

Without any thing selected,

- hover over the bottom of Wall A until it shows a red bottom-mid-line

- click to activate the first Wall for joining

- expand the red rubber band over to Wall B

- hover over Wall B's bottom mid line until it gets red

- click on Wall B's bottom line to accept

 

-> Walls will extend to join at connection point

 

 

If this does not work - at which step it starts to fail ?

 

Second, selections and snapping usually are done by OpenGL and GPU (?)

what are your Hardware and OS specs ?

Edited April 16, 2022 by zoomer

[ParkerJames]

17 minutes ago, zoomer said:

Illusionary solution (you may already be used to it) but,

to make sure to use the typical own VW tool workflows, orders and timining:

 

Draw 2 non-touching Walls at 90° angle so that they could extend to a potential

connection on the same Layer and Class. Keep Layer and Class show modify and edit,

go to an Isometric View ....

 

- activate Wall Join Tool

- check that L-join is activated

Without any thing selected,

- hover over the bottom of Wall A until it shows a red bottom-mid-line

- click to activate the first Wall for joining

- expand the red rubber band over to Wall B

- hover over Wall B's bottom mid line until it gets red

- click on Wall B's bottom line to accept

 

-> Walls will extend to join at connection point

 

 

If this does not work - at which step it starts to fail ?

 

Second, selections and snapping usually are done by OpenGL and GPU (?)

what are your Hardware and OS specs ?

Well I'll be a suck egg mule. It worked. So strange. I have been using VW since 99 and 2022 for months joining tons of walls with no issue until the other day.

I think I am no longer in Kansas.

 

LOL

[ParkerJames]

[zoomer]

4 minutes ago, ParkerJames said:

 

That looks pretty OK.

 

Haven't worked with (Public Beta) of 12.4 Monterey and VW 2022 SP3.

But I had the impression that since SP3 I see a lot of macOS beach balling,

even in new scenes from my Template Files - just by browsing my

Resource Manager ....

 

 

Also I had again display issues and external drive issues with official final

Monterey 12.3 - that is why I went back to public beta 12.4.

 

 

[ParkerJames]

1 minute ago, zoomer said:

 

That looks pretty OK.

 

Haven't worked with (Public Beta) of 12.4 Monterey and VW 2022 SP3.

But I had the impression that since SP3 I see a lot of macOS beach balling,

even in new scenes from my Template Files - just by browsing my

Resource Manager ....

 

 

Also I had again display issues and external drive issues with official final

Monterey 12.3 - that is why I went back to public beta 12.4.

 

 

Ya--I haven't tried the Beta and will wait.

I have looked at a bunch of beach balls and some crashes as well. The remedy has been to shut down once in a while. That seems to freshen things up. Also--I am using an older 27" iMac as a second monitor as part of my workflow and I understand that is an issue as well. So I will have a couple files and a sizable PDF all open. I can't complain too much.

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On 4/16/2022 at 7:49 AM, ParkerJames said:

I put in a Service Select call for help on Wednesday and haven't heard back.

This won't help in this matter, but you can go to this Wishlist item & vote (up arrow at the top left of the page):

 

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On 4/16/2022 at 12:02 PM, ParkerJames said:

Until its worked out, I have that work around I mentioned.

Just an extra click.

Also possible & maybe quicker: select both walls and use Command-J (I think that's from the default workspace but may have been customized)