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by S. Shubin
Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:23 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

Curious what the 2D tools are like… The Offset tool can be set to automatically make an enclosed shape which is kind of nice I don’t have to draw the lines on the far left and the far right 9BACDD10-6767-4455-8654-0DD4661FDA13.gif The below is a single object made with the polyline tool. It is an e...
by S. Shubin
Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:04 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

I bought Vectorworks

Had it for a week

Went through almost 3 of their courses so far

I’m glad I got it

I think it’s going to be really good for generating a set of plans

The program is impressive
by S. Shubin
Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:01 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

I read a post in the FormZ forums where a couple users suggested doing everything in the modeling module and exporting pdf snapshots into another CAD or publishing app instead of using the Draft module You can go from formZ‘s modeling into formZ’s layout and then export as DXF Then you could import...
by S. Shubin
Tue Jul 27, 2021 12:08 am
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

pjmeli wrote:
Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:59 pm
Maybe it's because I imported a Sketchup model (via dwg) to practice on.

Paul
Many moons ago I remember the guys from formZ saying that the models that Sketchup created were messed up

Sketchup was not using the proper protocols way back then and it sounds like they’re still messed up
by S. Shubin
Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:26 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

I watched the YouTube video on using Draft but I have intermittent trouble with frames that either don't show the model view as I have it set up, the frame doesn't update changes in the model and sometimes it goes blank, like it's losing the reference. After that inserting new frames are blank even...
by S. Shubin
Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

Paul,

I just spoke with tech-support over at formZ. The guy said you can send your file over to them. And he’ll take a look at it. So if for some reason you can’t communicate by phone, send a file and words describing what your having a problem with, and they’ll help you out. They’re real nice guys
by S. Shubin
Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:46 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

Paul, Go ahead and call formZ tech-support. I’m quite sure they’re going to help you out even if you are on a trial use. In fact I would be surprised if they didn’t. The guys are real nice over there. Tell them exactly what’s happening and let them walk you through it AutoDesSys Inc (614) 488-7984 A...
by S. Shubin
Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:36 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

FormZ has a particular way of working Once you get used to it, it ain’t that bad For instance, if you apply the union tool to an overlapping circle and square, It may look like things were not unioned together — but they were. What has happened is the original objects were ghosted (upon Union). And ...
by S. Shubin
Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:45 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

I have a question regarding Form Z if you use it… Been fiddling with the trial version of Pro and I can't get consistent results in the Draft module… Is it just buggy or is it PEBCAK? Paul Originally their drafting side of the program didn’t seem all that great. So I just never focused on trying to...
by S. Shubin
Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:38 pm
Forum: PowerCADD Discussion
Topic: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?
Replies: 169
Views: 218018

Re: Life after/beyond PowerCadd?

For you guys that will be stockpiling old hardware — Your batteries might need, or may do better with some preventative maintenance every now and then This is a great website regarding batteries https://batteryuniversity.com/articles Don’t the desktop Macs have some kind of a little battery in there...