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Error on windows configuration effecting all files!! HELP!!

oops I think an error has crept into the main VW programme it won't let configure any windows - I thought there was a corruption just on the file I was working on but it won't let me configure any…Continue

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Started May 28, 2011

Retail Therapy
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Phil Tindall Apr 5, 2011.

fibonnacci sequence
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Right my next headache....I want to design a wall that goes in and out 3d but its not planar, I can draw the head of the wall which zig-zags the zig-zags get bigger from the origin , and the same at…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Klaers Jul 30, 2010.

TRIMMING AN OBJECT
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yes I know it should be easy!!I've created a pavement area which is triangular in shape and I want to pave it with a fibonacci series of squares which I've created as a separate file so this needs…Continue

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Error on windows configuration effecting all files!! HELP!!

Discussion posted by chris brooks May 28, 2011

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Phil Tindall replied to chris brooks's discussion 'Retail Therapy'

Go to Text/True type to polyline to convert. Use a large font size and scale it down once you have cleaned up the polylines. I find the polylines produced are a bit crude, too many vertices and I usually smooth them out and rationalise the vertices…

Apr 5, 2011

chris brooks replied to chris brooks's discussion 'Retail Therapy'

Oh and now I've got to put signage on the wall.... so how do I convert the font into 3D???

Apr 5, 2011

well you know my venture into retail therapy from residential and landscaping.... well now I have to put signage on the walll??

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chris brooks replied to chris brooks's discussion 'Retail Therapy'

Thanks Donald sounds so easy I'll give it a go.... Chris

Mar 31, 2011

Donald Ward replied to chris brooks's discussion 'Retail Therapy'

Here's a video tech tip on how to create image props. http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/459/Image+Props

Mar 31, 2011

Phil Tindall replied to chris brooks's discussion 'Retail Therapy'

No Chris, you can make your own...of anything. Images of shoes or clothes can be made look like 3D by applying a mask to the texture. They are the best way to include irregular organic objects (plants, people) to your renderings.

Mar 30, 2011

chris brooks replied to chris brooks's discussion 'Retail Therapy'

You've lost me here, Phil -the standard image props that come with Vectorworks??

Mar 30, 2011

Phil Tindall replied to chris brooks's discussion 'Retail Therapy'

You want to model clothes & shoes? That'll be fun. My recommendation? Use image props. Cheers Phil

Mar 30, 2011

chris brooks replied to chris brooks's discussion 'Retail Therapy'

Thanks Phil Yes I started to last night its just the clothes and shoes that I'm going to have a job over!! The rails and cabinets etc I've done Thanks for getting back to me... Cheers Chris

Mar 30, 2011

Phil Tindall replied to chris brooks's discussion 'Retail Therapy'

Sorry Chris, I have been specialising in retail design for many years now and I have had to invent many wheels. I never found any shop fitout symbols anywhere so I had to make my own. Cheers Phil

Mar 30, 2011

Retail Therapy

Good day to you allI've been busy on houses na dgardens and a client has asked me to look at modelling their shop for designer clothes, with mannikins (?) etc I've looked in the standard library and can't find anything like display cabinets, railing etc Can anyone point me in the right direction I can't believe I will have to event the wheel??CheersChrisSee More

Discussion posted by chris brooks Mar 29, 2011

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busy working on houses and gardens and then someone asked can you do a retail shop selling designer clothes so I said why not??

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busy working on houses and gardens and then someone asked can you do a retail shop selling designer clothes so I said why not??,,,,,

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Michael Klaers replied to chris brooks's discussion 'fibonnacci sequence'

Are you trying to do something like this? The length of each wall segment is a fibonacci number. The top and bottom of the walls are mirrored. The angles are all 45. The top gets taller, but that's just linear. (Probably should have made the…

Jul 30, 2010

Samuel Corchado replied to chris brooks's discussion 'fibonnacci sequence'

It looks like you can solve it by drawing the two outlines (top an bottom) and creating a nurbs surface between them. Then create a thickness to the surface. I don't know how to achieve that, but it looks as a possible approach. hope it helps…

Jul 28, 2010

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At 3:26pm on April 4, 2011, Tess Frost said…: Red? For a Western wedding? That's unusual. Perfect for Chinese though - standard wedding colour, very lucky. But colour is easy to deal with, it is style that takes some effort. I haven'thad a chance to start yet, but am hoping to download a trial version of VW at home so that I can start playing with constructing shapes. I have ideas, but am unlikely to get much time at work by the looks of it. I coudl try booking it off I suppose, for purposes of training. I will send something as soon as I can.

At 10:02am on April 2, 2011, Tess Frost said…: Ok, I will start playing on Monday...Any specific style you are looking for, or anything that could be a western wedding or bridesmaid's gown or shoes will do?

At 7:36pm on April 1, 2011, Tess Frost said…: Hey Chris, I know you don't know me from a bar of soap, but I was intrigued with reinventing the wheel there. I have to learn how to use this 3D thing in Vectorworks. I have started working with Jonathan Pickup's book, but it often misses commands (early version etc) and 'taint that much fun working through basic exercises.

So I thought, if you could send me some specs, I could try my hand at modelling clothes and shoes for you, and if I get it wrong you lose nothing, if I get it right it's all yours for a mere $1million... no, sorry, kidding, for nothing. I would get some direction to my practice and maybe you'd get a few extra models for nada. How's that sound?

A potted resume - done art all my life, dropped out of Mech Eng after completing 2 years (long story and not that interesting) but got a lot of practice at seeing 2D in 3 and vice versa etc. Have done computer graphics for years using a plethora of packages, including some 3D stuff. Have been using VW for 3 yrs or so now, and am required to learn 3d by my boss in order to produce 3D presentation drawings for the LA co he runs. Am on facebook - some of my 2D art is on display there.

Interested? Drop me a line and I will get started on Monday (I don't have VW @ home, only @ work on the Mac, and I can do at least some on work time as training).

At 11:31pm on April 14, 2010, Tamsin Slatter said…: For better decking, take a look in the Textures_Exterior Finishes file. There are some weathered decking finishes there which are a lot less harsh!

At 11:29pm on April 14, 2010, Tamsin Slatter said…: The issue with textures is always a very personal one as it is for colours in the plan view. Have you looked in the Textures_Nature file via your Resource Browser? There are some other options in there for grass. Or you could always create your own texture for grass using an image or just a colour.
Do you have photoshop or other image editing software? If so, you could create an image there and use it as the basis for a new texture.

At 10:14am on April 7, 2010, Frank Lipari said…: Thanks for updating your photo!

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