Vectorworks Changelog

What's new in Vectorworks 2017 Build 327801

Sep 14, 2016

Camera Match
Revit Import
Interior Elevations
bimobject Plug-in & Content
BCF Manager
DXF/DWG Import and Export Enhancements
Renderworks for Everyone
Cloud Services for Everyone
Web view and Virtual Reality
Slab Drainage Tool
Data Visualization in Viewports
Door and Window Styles
Responsive 2D Navigation
Resource Manager
Irrigation Tools
Structural Members
Project Sharing Enhancements
Updated Landscape Area Tool
Plant Tool Update
IFC4
Rope and Stanchion Tool
Copy Label Position
3D Label Legends
Cable Tools
Dimension Tape Tool
Improved Number Instruments Command
Railing and Fence Tool
Subdivision Enhancements
Import Cinema 4D Textures
Improved Cinema 4D Export
Simplified Spotlight to Vision Workflow
Image Alpha Transparency Control
2D Drop Shadows
New Lighting and Audio Libraries
Pen Opacity
Unified Symbols for Spotlight and Vision
Improved Audio Visual Tools
Create Seating Section Command
Replace with Stock Symbols

New in Vectorworks 2016 SP4 (Jun 27, 2016)

VB-104541 - IFC: Door hardware exported in incorrect location
VB-121010 - Publish dialog will not hide
VB-121439 - Publish dialog not only does not hide but show no progress bar either.
VB-126509 - Expanding info palette cases select if entity dialog to open
VB-128264 - Publish Dialog won't "HIDE" making computer useless until publish is done
VB-128559 - About Export PDF, Display of characters written in "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro W3" font are incorrect.
VB-129615 - The objects in the attached file are incorrectly placed when the file is exported to IFC and imported back to VW
VB-129813 - A pillar becomes hollow when joined with a wall.
VB-130037 - Publish hijacks computer - 2016 SP3 beta VW21.0.3b(295246)_64
VB-130168 - Plant Tool: Frustration that the same symbols are not available in Copy from Symbol as in the plant definition choices
VB-130392 - "Section-Elevation Marker Tool" and "Detail-Callout Marker Tool" significantly slows down the file
VB-130611 - Door Handles Show Wrong Height When Exporting to Solibri Model Viewer
VB-130690 - Marionette: More Data Flow Nodes
VB-130940 - AHA: ODBC connection of multiple object is not working in localized versions
VB-130948 - Point Cloud Import Missing Points
VB-130994 - Custom pSets in IFC disappear when symbols are cut and pasted
VB-131131 - OD: vs.AttachPset function is broken for Custom Property Sets
VB-131273 - IFC Custom pSets: Fail in VW_2016 SP3
VB-131357 - Vectorworks prompts user to "Accept Incoming Connections" every time it is launched
VB-131366 - Text is clipped in the Vectorworks Package Manager on Windows
VB-131437 - KLS: WallArea of Rounded Walls in Worksheet incorrect
VB-131552 - Viewport Out-of-Date Border Fails to Show After Changing View in Camera Edit Mode (Regression from SP2)
VB-131601 - Custom Property Sets appear in IFC dialog when they are not in the file.
VB-131703 - Project Sharing problems
VB-131755 - A Text that set the plane to ?Layer? shrink when printing with enabling Unified View plus any 3D view.
VB-131821 - VW crashes while operating the "Organization".
VB-132034 - Modify by Record: After changing colour values, command hangs
VB-132057 - When the Story Level is created in the following steps, a design layer of the same name can be created.
VB-132151 - When VW2016 update SP1 to SP3, a problem occurs. (Only Mac)
VB-132152 - VS functions related to Story don't work.
VB-132161 - Internal error: attempt to create a polygon or polyline with exactly two identical verticies.
VB-132302 - IFC and Georeferencing
VB-132459 - AHA: Round columns are inaccurate
VB-132901 - Object Info opens IFC Entity
VB-133006 - Odd Window Dominance

New in Vectorworks 2016 SP3 (Mar 24, 2016)

VB-63588 - IFC: Piping Run object displays improperly in Solibri Model Checker
VB-101082 - The shape of handrail of stair becomes inaccurate.
VB-115050 - Skylight symbols in Roof Faces and Roofs
VB-115299 - 2-D Polygon: Inner Boundary Mode responds to objects on other layers, when Layer Options set to Active Only
VB-117333 - AHA: Crash when moving or reshaping texture on a DTM with attribute mapping tool
VB-120055 - Object Info Data Tab Record Info resize bar always reverts to hide field
VB-121679 - Camera-Linked Viewports Become Out-of-Date When Camera is Edited Without Making Changes
VB-123789 - Attribute Mapping Crashes Vectroworks
VB-124256 - Marionette Tapered Extrude Node Creates NURBS Surfaces Instead of a 3D Solid
VB-126146 - Vectorworks 2016 Viewer Installer issues
VB-126239 - When a EPS image opens arranged file, the display of the toolbar is incorrect.(Only Mac)
VB-127152 - attribute mapping tool crashes when resizing texture and pressing escape key
VB-127214 - Crash when commiting changes from the close and release function
VB-127309 - Pressing the Escape Key When Using the Attribute Mapping Tool Causes Crash
VB-127470 - Radio buttons too close in installer screen
VB-127558 - Installer - Uninstall icon missing from uninstall list
VB-127559 - Installer - The last "next" button before the install takes place should be relabeled to read "install"
VB-127609 - 2016 Installer: The installation can be completed without company name but after start of VW the user must enter company name
VB-127627 - Vectorworks 2016 Installer: Using a very long string in the "Name"/"Company" doesn't display a warning message
VB-127684 - Some Hatches look ok when exported to PDF, but the print-out is incorrect (HP PS)
VB-127894 - Grade Tool seems to have lost capability to insert new grade point within line of existing Grade
VB-127926 - Inability to edit prefs in OIP on Section-Elevation marker
VB-127929 - consistent crash with this particular symbol edit
VB-128001 - Shortkey "Cmd+>" not working if option "Palette can dock to document window" is set to on.
VB-128013 - Crash while saving file
VB-128039 - Marionette Node Selection Drop-Down Window Separates and Follows Cursor Drag
VB-128054 - Wall pastes incorrectly in New Document
VB-128108 - section viewports will not render
VB-128223 - Polish Localization: accents of line thickness (organization - edit classes)
VB-128224 - Publish to print results in only page border being printed
VB-128226 - SBE: Dimension is not associative / Regression
VB-128310 - Marionette; Boolean input should be a dropdown
VB-128315 - Most nodes in text.vwx Marionette file will not show selection after insert in drawing
VB-128353 - VW Crashes When Exiting Sweep Edit Mode
VB-128383 - Installer - Once you finish uninstalling the application, uncommon wording is used.
VB-128453 - Marionette: User can grab node menu and drag it around - Mac 10.11
VB-128557 - About Format Text, When the Font Style is "Italic" and the Font is "System Font Regular(other System Font xxx)", Character become big.
VB-128561 - About Export COLLADA (3D only), When the character of 2byte are used the file name, the file name characters is garbled.
VB-128593 - Crash on closing RDLVP properties dialog in full screen on Mac.
VB-128609 - Custom Stair Object Completely Disappearing in Upgraded 2016 File
VB-128621 - Sheet Layer - Section Viewports move when model changed (regression)
VB-128667 - The skylight opening in roofs does not match the skylight symbol
VB-128704 - A numerical value of the thickness will be not displayed and only a line is displayed.(Only El Capitan)
VB-128718 - Color Drop Down Not Working from the Attributes Palette
VB-128734 - Vectorworks Grid Bubbles Not Exporting Properly as IFC Grids
VB-128767 - Section-Elevation Markers Causing Issues in the Object Info Palette (File)
VB-128775 - Portion of object is inverted when rendering with Hidden Line
VB-128787 - 2016 Missing Layers
VB-128822 - Wrong Climate Data in Energos (Portugal)
VB-128855 - Template: a file named Default.sta won't replace the blank file as it should
VB-128864 - DWG Export Crash
VB-128868 - Point Cloud import missing information
VB-128880 - Marionette "Create Custom Object N" node should be renamed
VB-128888 - DLSVPs With Multiple Cut Planes Show Section Graphics Incorrectly in SP1/SP2
VB-128900 - Mac runs out of memory when deleting vertex point on a roof
VB-128906 - OD: Files getting corrupted after converting and saving it in Vectorworks 2016
VB-128908 - Images are misrepresented in tiles.
VB-128916 - Inability to directly insert a lighting instrument from an external file via the resource browser.
VB-128918 - Lighting Device does not display properly when inserting and attempting to edit the device produces a Crash
VB-128933 - Error messages show and uninstaller isn't correctly installed if the folder where Vectorwroks 2016 Sp2 will be installed contains white space
VB-128935 - Progress dlg fails to cancel property with ESC key
VB-128948 - Operations like create new, delete or change to manual space does not support project sharing
VB-128949 - Project Sharing locks out same user
VB-128958 - 2016 Regression: kNotifyDocPostSaved notification path we get is inside the temp folder
VB-128959 - Project Sharing - walls on one layer have a dependence on another layer, both need checking out before editing
VB-128962 - Staircase, slightly curved in 2D-Plan, is straight in 3D
VB-128964 - Video Screen No Display
VB-128968 - Accessing Plant Lists on El Capitan 10.11 Very Slow
VB-128978 - A Renderworks Background texture is flipped upside down, and it's exported.?Only Win)
VB-129016 - Incorrect information provided in the uninstall section of Windows
VB-129017 - Company name not required during install
VB-129026 - VW Help Single window mode is not findable
VB-129038 - IFC export inconsistency
VB-129040 - Hole in wall not exported correctly in IFC
VB-129043 - Plug-in Object Automatically Undoes last Action Upon Deselection in VW 2016 & 2016
VB-129051 - Erratic Behaviour in [3D] PDF Export
VB-129055 - Uninstaller doesn't delete Updater Log file
VB-129058 - Problems Importing a Rhino File
VB-129062 - Problems with installation when the installation folder contains punctuation
VB-129064 - Connected Walls mode in in Spotlight
VB-129066 - Color Picker appears on wrong monitor in multi-monitor setup.
VB-129067 - Installer - Spanish - Silent install default directory help text is incorrect and not the real default location
VB-129080 - "Featue in Wall" draws the component lines of walls with the wrong thickness
VB-129081 - Used a referenced image as resource lead to a Crash of Vectorworks or a damaged file
VB-129085 - IFC Data command in Resource Browser not updating style objects
VB-129098 - Crashing when updating viewports from 2014 file in 2016
VB-129114 - Marionette "Symbol" node needs a default value of a 2D point for p instead of 0.
VB-129135 - Slab Modifiers gets lost if copy-paste on a different design-layer.
VB-129138 - Door and window sections not showing when 'Display Objects Beyond View Plane' turned off
VB-129140 - OD: Project Sharing - Objects have unknown relations to other layers
VB-129156 - Localization_English warning dialog is shown when placing plants with Rectangular/Triangle Array modes.
VB-129158 - Localization_Resource name shown in the tool bar on Select Resource pull-down button garbles.
VB-129164 - Polish Localization: accents of leveltypes of stories
VB-129169 - Space Tool create multiple labels broken
VB-129176 - Marionette "Get Arc" returns incorrect radius
VB-129187 - KLS: Objects not in proper classes after IFC-Import
VB-129188 - Project Sharing - Working File Crash When During Save and Commit : JBC
VB-129190 - Vectorworks crashes after switching the tabs in viewport properties dialog
VB-129200 - Story levels not sorted properly - Mac Only
VB-129201 - Installer - Uninstall - between the time the first dialog shows up you can run the uninstaller twice without error
VB-129202 - Round holes of polyline have wrong attributes
VB-129207 - "Recalculate Worksheets Prior to Exporting" not working properly
VB-129209 - Changing CurtainWall's Thickness Causes VW2016 to Crash within Wall Network
VB-129211 - Project Sharing - Opening the project sharing dialog is very slow whith a large history database
VB-129216 - Point Cloud Crashes Vectorworks
VB-129241 - Render Issues
VB-129246 - SBE: OIP widgets not handled and created correctly when universal names of parameters are very similar
VB-129248 - Visible Out of Date Viewports not recognizing that it is out of date
VB-129256 - Marionette "Circle 3 Pt" node does not have valid default input values
VB-129257 - Marionette "Hemisphere" node should have a different 'top' default value
VB-129287 - Localization_Unable to export Solar Animation from Heliodon after making a fix for VB-126425.
VB-129345 - Heliodon Fails to Transfer Settings from the Solar Animation Dialogue to the OIP : JBC
VB-129371 - Symbol insert in a roof copies IFC Data records to all roof parts
VB-129393 - Sketch Hidden Line rendering problem in 2016, fine in 2015
VB-129425 - Blended Screen Vertical Position Option Breaking
VB-129444 - IFC File Missing Information
VB-129449 - Exporting IFC Crash
VB-129450 - Exported IFC Opens in Solibri but Causes Crashes in Revit/SketchUp/BIMsight/Vectorworks
VB-129454 - Marionette "Contour" node needs a different default value for 'dir'
VB-129475 - About import OBJ(3D only), can't import OBJ file.
VB-129476 - Line thickness not showing in attribute pallet
VB-129479 - KLS: Grouped DLVP do exclude lightsources
VB-129482 - Marionette "Create Wall Feature" node should have wfType as an OIP control
VB-129483 - Incorrect Help IDs
VB-129500 - Walls invisible in hidden line (because tagSel.vis is false for the layers)
VB-129505 - KLS: Attribute Mapping Tool crash
VB-129506 - Crash during Project Sharing Refresh causes layer to be checked out without need for refresh on reopening
VB-129526 - AM: Problems - changing a sheet-layer's name in project sharing
VB-129531 - Random Crash After Revert to Saved Operation within Test File
VB-129536 - Marionette; Ordered List not working properly
VB-129542 - Was the design changed about a "Create Animation"?
VB-129567 - Import Point Cloud menu item should be grayed out when no document is currently open
VB-129568 - Create Animation menu item should be grayed out when no document is open and typo in message dialog
VB-129577 - MN: Project Sharing - Layer not to be found in Projectsharing-Dialogue
VB-129587 - Running Layer Marionette node fails to gray out the objects in drawing unless zoom IN/out. Redraw issue.
VB-129588 - Hide Active layer Marionette node will not make layer invisible in navigation palette
VB-129601 - Internal Error with Stair object
VB-129607 - VW Crash when editing an imported symbol.
VB-129626 - VW Crashes When Activating Space Tool on Mac 10.9
VB-129627 - Blended screen OIP will not allow rigged projectors
VB-129633 - VectorScript function CalcPolySegLen not getting length of closing segment of polyline
VB-129641 - Out of Place Marionette Node.
VB-129647 - 3D Wall Hole Component Manual Images
VB-129651 - Symbols in walls are not properly exported to IFC
VB-129652 - AHA: DXF/DWG Export of section viewports on design or sheet layer fails
VB-129673 - Section Viewport not Returning to its Original State after Crop is Deleted
VB-129724 - When you delete a reference, the resources remain referenced
VB-129726 - The wall opening of symbol in walls is not properly exported to IFC
VB-129757 - Impossible to Cut 3D Section
VB-129759 - AHA: Moving a Design Layer Section viewport is not working properly on EL CAPITAN
VB-129760 - KLS: Impossible to render attached DLVP in 2016, while 2015 could do it
VB-129782 - Mapping Textures on Site Models is Hosed in Vw 2016 : JBC
VB-129787 - Vectorworks 2016 file crashes
VB-129795 - 2015 Pads with Slopes lose their slope when migrated to 2016
VB-129800 - Point Cloud importing but very jumbled
VB-129805 - Creating a Room using Event menu crash
VB-129815 - KLS: Energos crashes Vectorworks by inserting an energy label without heliodon (Win only)
VB-129835 - KLS: Energos system pop-ups empty when opening a german project
VB-129840 - Polylines have some segments that do not respond properly to line attributes/opacity.
VB-129888 - Recalculating worksheet causes crash
VB-129895 - Editing a specific viewport within the test file, causes an additional viewport, with no name, to be created.
VB-129908 - Get Set Rectangle Nodes
VB-129914 - CW Space: The Space tool doesn't work (doesn't create a space) when using the Rectangle mode.
VB-129917 - Documentation issue - 2016 Help lists Exposure control even though it was removed after 2015
VB-129949 - Event Design: Create stage crashes from some shapes
VB-129950 - Event Design: Create stage says it doesn't support holes, but stage plugs have parts of the holes in their geometry
VB-129981 - CW Stair: strong misshape upon conversion of items with Stair Landing Corners
VB-129987 - AM: write or attach values into a PSet is very slow
VB-130018 - Export Shapefile: Customer reports that shapefiles exported from Vectorworks lose projection when opened in ArcGIS
VB-130022 - Project Sharing - Text Displays at Wrong Size and or With incorrect Line Spacing : JBC
VB-130036 - If the "Export IFC" option "Export Walls/Slabs by components" is on, three slabs are exported instead of one roof and two slabs.
VB-130049 - Localization_English "None" class will be created when placing a plant object on Landmark templates.
VB-130073 - VW Crashes on Save & Commit
VB-130103 - Viewport crop does not track correctly when panning
VB-130106 - Working with walls is very slow in files with many walls on different layers (like in Poject sharing files)
VB-130110 - Localization_Default file name of exported Solar Animation is messed up in 2016.
VB-130111 - Localization_Conduit Sizing Calculation results are always the same even if the file unit is switched between metric and inches.
VB-130117 - Viewport Class Overrides not appearing in Project File
VB-130154 - Crash when opening a 2014 file
VB-130156 - KLS: Flip one Plug-in in wall regenerates all other plug-ins in wall and is very slow (because writing IFC data is slow)
VB-130164 - Dormer Roof Thickness Can't be Changed on Generic Roof Objects ("Use Style for Dormer" Option is Enabled by Default)
VB-130178 - Project Sharing - Crashing issues
VB-130186 - Plant Tool: Problems with the Duplicate button.
VB-130213 - Texture Opacity Reverts to Zero When Image Mask is Edited : JBC
VB-130225 - Marionette "Transform2" does not use anchor point as anticipated
VB-130227 - Protected drive and unexpected attempts to write
VB-130229 - Marionette "Name" needs SetLinksObjects()
VB-130239 - A file that created in VW2015 cannot complete a RW style rendering in VW2016.
VB-130291 - Referenced Viewports missing information in DWG Export
VB-130292 - Recalculating Worksheet takes 20 Minutes
VB-130296 - SBE: Wall Features slowing down Vectorworks dramatically
VB-130302 - Errors in Arc Marionette file nodes
VB-130303 - Crash with node " convert to Polygroup " in Text marionette file
VB-130304 - 3D Export PDF: some exported objects (like extrudes) have weird colors attached to them when exported
VB-130309 - Eyedropper tool with any Dimension Attributes set simply re-opens Eyedropper Prefs on click
VB-130326 - Project Sharing - When Trying to Add Wall Tags, it is Requiring Other Layers to be Checked out
VB-130347 - Multiple objects in walls not dimensioned properly anymore
VB-130350 - Vectorworks crashes when move wall that is joined to other walls
VB-130370 - VW Crashes When Pressing ESC After Dragging Attribute Mapping Widget
VB-130383 - Rounding of angles in object info palette done wrong when entering math operations
VB-130384 - Pressing the Esc key twice to deactivate attribute mapping tool crashes Vectorworks
VB-130389 - AHA: Slab resource name not exported as IFC information
VB-130436 - Crash if try to edit the text
VB-130437 - Heliodon Solar Animation localisation
VB-130479 - AHA: Roof resource name not exported as IFC information
VB-130480 - AHA: Roof face resource name not exported as IFC information
VB-130481 - AHA: Curtain wall resource name not exported as IFC information
VB-130487 - A "Delete unsolvable constraints?...." message shows when moving a wall that has an inserted symbol and constrained linear dimension for the symbol
VB-130489 - KLS: Project using references very slow in Version 2016
VB-130491 - symbols with extrudes export to IFC with no z value (at z=0)
VB-130502 - Landscape area tool used on layer with elevation higher than 0 crashes Vectorworks
VB-130542 - KLS: Project Sharing; Crash by Release of Layers
VB-130565 - Two seemingly healthy 2015 files are completely blank when opened in 2016
VB-130599 - Marionette "Get 3D Info" does not return correct information for CenterPt
VB-130619 - Import ifc fail
VB-130641 - Localization_Solar Animation: Animate Data mode would not work when Month parameters are localized.
VB-130722 - AHA: Moving objects is more slow in 2016 than in 2015
VB-130738 - Blank instrument data is being sent to Lightwright when multi-circuit unist are inserted in VW
VB-130743 - Convert > Stake Object from 3D Locus Command Not Authorized in Architect
VB-130755 - MN: Project Sharing - updating broken vwxp-reference - vwxp-file cannot be located (on mac)
VB-130798 - Opening attached file is slow

New in Vectorworks 2016 SP1 (Nov 13, 2015)

VB-107151 - Vectorworks class to IFClayer: Standard object like Elevator and railing hav no ifclayer assigned
VB-112186 - Exporting test file to a previous version crashes Vectorworks 2015 --PR1958231
VB-114106 - Import IFC shows wrong result
VB-117916 - About "Batch Convert", New version file isn't made.
VB-121968 - Cabinet objects don't retain color at IFC Export
VB-122146 - The binding of the wall from being released.
VB-122847 - IFC: IfcWall.ObjectType should default to wall style if Mark is blank in wall data
VB-123253 - IfcSite Name Locations Should be Linked : JBC
VB-124172 - Regenerating all the objects within the test file will cause circular railings to disappear for some 3D Stage Deck objects
VB-124612 - Text Edit: Planar object can become screen when "Edit Text Horizontally" preference checked
VB-125215 - T01523 - Edit Roof Element dialog box needs tweaking for high res windows displays
VB-125378 - Story Layers Lose Their Story Assignments When Exported to VS
VB-125772 - Surface array planar base surface does not render after creation
VB-125913 - Dimension value, Dimension line, and Witness line are not displayed by the kind of Rendering.(Viewports)
VB-126175 - Pre-Selection Highlighting Fails After Changing the Active Document
VB-126178 - Roof: Some tiles do not show on section
VB-126497 - Arithmetic fails in wall report worksheet
VB-126539 - Roof Face Shows a Ghost Copy in Wireframe/OpenGL After Inserting a Dormer Element
VB-126555 - OBJ Imports incorrect geometry
VB-126611 - VS GetOSVersion is broken in Mac OS 10.10.5
VB-126738 - IFC custom property sets should support default mappings to standard types
VB-126944 - Crash occurs when saving heliodon animation to 2-byte folder
VB-126955 - OBJ Import - texture in the attached file can not be imported on the MAC.
VB-127030 - Moving Drawing Label sometimes inverts it
VB-127068 - "Create Label Legend from Instrument" moves fields on creation
VB-127095 - Values become exponent.(Hoist Tool)
VB-127096 - Typo in Space Dialog - Zones Section
VB-127101 - Editing Wall Component pen colour sends window behind Edit Wall Style window
VB-127144 - Popup window doesn't take front focus when selecting render texture options
VB-127155 - scrolling in Class list in Nav palette, heirarchical views on is flaky
VB-127192 - Edit Pattern Hover Tool Tips are incorrect
VB-127210 - Round Wall hatch is shown outside the wall when it is zoomed
VB-127279 - Subdivisional objects are facetted when exported as parasolids
VB-127299 - Curved Column Geometry Fails to Show in Hidden Line in VW 2016
VB-127322 - VW Crashes When Switching to a 3D View After Opening 2015-Version File
VB-127344 - Question, I can't export some IFC data. Is this a desing?
VB-127348 - VW crashes while executing "Publish".
VB-127368 - Wall Property (Type) Not Showing Proper Data in Solibri Model Viewer
VB-127374 - Case of search for double-byte characters, different double-byte characters are hit.
VB-127375 - A base surface is shown to the center of the drawing sheet by only the first time.
VB-127388 - Not able to scroll through class list.
VB-127416 - Grade tool does not dispaly full ratio when asked to show the slope value in 2016
VB-127420 - Hardscape Pad Modifier not attaching to the top or bottom of the slab correctly
VB-127421 - DOM: Math operations in object info palette and in dialogs create imprecise results and result in accuracy problems
VB-127443 - Localization_Unable to update Plant Database if the VW Plants.usr is localized.
VB-127452 - UI Review - T01592 - Grade Object - Option to Show Length Below Arrow
VB-127463 - About References in Organization dialog and Navigation palette, the dxf/dwg data that is referenced is moving or becomes big.
VB-127473 - ID Label Tool won't tag a wall
VB-127476 - Crash, missing PDF
VB-127482 - Merging adjacent fills doesn't handle line properties properly
VB-127504 - Even if application and a file are not selected, it is possible to position a hyperlink.(Only Mac)
VB-127511 - Using Z, Tab, U I O P shortcuts with Some Spotlight Tools Causes the Selection tool to Activate
VB-127528 - 2016 Installer: After clicking "Quit" in the Activation dialog Migration manager dialog shows
VB-127564 - VGM: Crop on DLVP does not work in OpenGL with Antialiasing ON
VB-127604 - MN: Project Sharing - referenced dwgs "do not arrive" with a refresh
VB-127605 - MN: Project Sharing - imagefile-import shows strange error-message when layer not checked out
VB-127606 - Vectorworks2016 Evaluation Version: Improper message is shown when you choose Project Sharing option.
VB-127608 - Sweep Objects Use a Non-Zero Default Pitch Value in VW 2016
VB-127616 - It's possible to Save and Commit changed to the Project file when using the Evaluation version of Vectorworks.
VB-127617 - OIP Becomes Corrupted in VW 2016 When Layer Creation is Cancelled
VB-127639 - Tools -> Custom Selection dialog crash
VB-127647 - Project sharing: VW crashes when Push/Pull Mode is being used after invoking the Save and Commit command
VB-127676 - The Open application error dialog for the hylperlink is not spaced correctly
VB-127689 - Project Sharing - Misleading Alert When Trying To Overwrite Project FIle Associated with Open Working File
VB-127690 - Project Sharing - Incorrect Title On Story ElevationConflict Dialog
VB-127704 - Align and Distribute Items Issue
VB-127706 - AHA: Wrong Line Thicknesses in Section Viewport: REGRESSION
VB-127707 - AHA: "Merge Adjacent Components with same fill" in section viewport is not working anymore
VB-127731 - Project Sharing - Entity Conflict after committing Worksheet changes
VB-127735 - Worksheet object-Energos functions do not work on curtain walls
VB-127756 - Import of some windows from VW2015 to VW2016 fails
VB-127773 - Section Viewports are incorrectly being made empty
VB-127776 - Updating Detail Section Viewport with 'display Planar objects' checked in the OIP, changes line types on objects on design layer!
VB-127789 - Vectorworks loosing cursors at scaling level: 150 > DPI < 200
VB-127799 - Project Sharing - Cannot save a copy of WF as a Regular file if the WF has never been saved
VB-127806 - Crash when adding plants to a Landscape Area
VB-127869 - Not a plant error message when using plant default content
VB-127881 - Edit texture per-object through OIP shows dialogs mis-overlapping
VB-127886 - If you have two opened documents and you close one of them then the navigation palette is empty in the active document (Mac OS 10.11)
VB-127893 - Slab does not convert to manual bounding when associated wall is deleted
VB-127902 - Switching between tool issues
VB-127904 - Mac 10.11 Document focus issue...
VB-127908 - Docked Palettes Fail to Show After Closing Files
VB-127935 - Slow Tool Palette tracking
VB-127940 - worksheet - incorrect drawing when resizing rows or columns - mac os 10.11
VB-128021 - Section Viewports Containing Circular Columns and Slab Objects Don't Render Properly in Hidden Line
VB-128064 - Specific DWG Causing Crashing when using the Visibility Tool in VW2016
VB-128070 - AHA: "Merge Adjacent Components with same fill" in section viewport is not working as soon as a slab has an addition or subtraction
VB-128075 - 'Roof Face' does not retain pen color in Orthogonal view
VB-128123 - File crashes moving symbols in walls
VB-128133 - VW Crashes When Updating Section Viewport With "Merge Adjacent Components" Option Enabled and Finite Height Range
VB-128305 - CW Space: The reported "Net Area" is not correctly updated.
VB-128323 - Space Tool Preferences, Energos, setting not retained when spaces are placed

New in Vectorworks 2016 Build 278524 (Sep 17, 2015)

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Integrated directly into Vectorworks 2016, Marionette is the first and only cross-platform graphical scripting tool for the AEC, entertainment, and landscape design industries. Marionette is a Python based scripting tool that operates within the Vectorworks platform; it delivers a robust and scalable way to program well beyond the confines of traditional design software. When you use Marionette, you can create visual scripts that take advantage of the superior 2D interface and robust 3D modeling capabilities that Vectorworks software offers,
ushering in a new world of discovery that enhances your workflows and integrates seamlessly into your BIM environments.
Point cloud support:
Field surveys and other manual methods used to capture existing spaces can now be replaced by Point Cloud Support. Using your preferred 3D scanning device, you can capture a physical location and import a 3D point cloud into Vectorworks software using PTS, E57, LAS, and XYZ file formats. Capture a perfect, full-color representation of any location and manipulate and measure it.
Develop your design:
Energos (a module that gives you – and your clients – a dynamic, intelligent gauge of a building’s energy performance. Using convenient, color-coded graphics, you can measure a project’s energy efficiency and make critical decisions about sustainability as your design evolves)
Roof components and styles
Horizontal Sections from the Clip Cube
3D Modifiers for Slabs
Improved Vectorworks Spotlight Objects
Door and Window Improvements
Hardscape Improvements
Exciting Site Modeling
Hoist Tools
Create Stage Improvements
Renderworks:
Renderworks Upgrade and Improvements
New Visualization Techniques
Enhance Your Workflow:
Project Sharing
Cloud Services in Vectorworks
3D PDF Export
Database and Worksheet Improvements
Linked Section/Detail Markers
OBJ and STL File Import
Improved DWG Export for Classes
Improved DWG Sheet Layer Export
Improved Vectorworks to DWG Mapping
New Migration Manager
New Vectorworks Installation System
Improved Content Installation Manager
Auto-Scaling Viewport Markers
Improved Resource Thumbnail List
Improved Eyedropper and Select Similar tool
Increased Flexibility for Spotlight

New in Vectorworks 2015 SP4 Build 267997 Updater (Jun 24, 2015)

BUG FIXES:
KLS: Send to C4D, merge into current scene does not work properly
Story Layer Deletion Occurs at the Wrong Point in the Story Edit Process
Cancel button not working properly when editing levels in story
"Open Vectorworks Drawing" dialog generates random file previews
Ifc COBie; COBie Asset no dropdown selection
"Text Off" of the "Radial Dimension Tool" becomes "0".
VW not displaying/drawing whole workspace area
Workspace Editor doesn't support umlauts (ä ö or ü)
Symbol insertion with Symbol Insertion Tool fails, Drag and Drop still working
DOM: Publishing Dialog Box crash with this file
Ifc COBie Export; Exported file error
Ifc COBie Export; No Zone Category for Spaces
Ifc COBie Export; No Type Category for Objects
Worksheet formula: Gross vs. Net wall areas seem reversed, but not consistent
Changing Settings in Publish Leading to Crashes in Specific File
Ifc COBie Export; No Space for Site Objects
Collision "View" Not Visible In Open GL when Navigating from BCF Viewer
Wall Bounds Fail to Update When Layer Wall Height is Changed Through the "Edit Story" Dialog
Ifc edit: default Yes to No on last dialog box for symbols
Workspace Editor: special characters not recognized
Story Layers Still Show Level Assignments After Deleting Stories
VW crashes when a file of an older version that includes vertical dimensions is opened.
Plant worksheet from 2010 has errors when opened in 2015 (Mac only)
KLS: Wall in rectangle mode displaced
KLS: Complex Lines exported displaced to DXF/DWG when user origin got moved
In The Door Tool and Window Tool, freeze occurs.
EPS image inside a symbol is preventing export PDF and causes Vectorworks to stop responding to commands
KLS: Ref. slab style not updated in drawing when original gets changed
image in 3D view displays with opacity, but when exported to PDF, it does not have opacity
AHA: IFC Base Quantities missing for third party PIOs (windows, doors)
AHA: Crash when changing transparency of grouped objects
BCF Viewer- Crashes if no document window is open
Vw2015 crashes when using the VectorScript Procedure DelRecord
Stair tool, Draw Top Tread locks in zero setting
Cut 3D Section: Section does not include Windows or Doors
Library file that can not be used exists.
2D Objects Get Created with Self-Intersecting Geometry in Rotated Plan
Stairs; Walk Line Corrupted
Using Duplicate Along Path within the test file is causing Vectorworks to crash
Section line can be only partially edited
About the default setting of the "Font Mapping".
A saved setting name doesn't get displayed . (Eyedropper tool)
Image as part of a tile is not visible
Application crashes if you add text to a database without an open file
Application crashes if you select to reconcile notes without an open document
Selecting Open BCF Viewer without an open file to crash VW and create undesired effect on your next launch attempt
PDF 1.7
Convert to 3D Poly not working proper in a rotated plan
Edit dimension doesn't support "Paste"
In column object properties - user cannot copy, paste, or cut - Mac
When I opened VW file created in old version VW and opened same name file, I can't select menu and VW crashes.
Crash while zooming
OD: DWG/DXF Export crash
Export DWG crashes from certain sheet
KLS: Import DXF/DWG missing hatches
VW Crashing When Editing Publish Settings
Publish Command Crashes When Printing : JBC
VW's Reports Rectangle Has "Self Intersecting Geometry" when in Rotated Plan
KLS: Impossible to localize Edit Default Story Level Dialog
OD: DWG/DXF Import crash
OD: Dialog windows are unable to close anymore
Publish Command Crashes or Freezes When Printing from Mac OS : JBC

New in Vectorworks 2015 SP5 Build 245513 Updater (Dec 16, 2014)

New in Vectorworks 2015 SP2 Build 240846 Updater (Nov 28, 2014)

VB-118654 Turning on shadows makes glass disappear from iBeam
VB-119246 Editing Sketch Style Causes Objects To Move Away within Document Window ( Regression from VW2014)
VB-119451 Importing a single DWF file Crashes Vectorworks.
VB-119799 The page settings are changed after executing "Publish" to print.
VB-120003 A texture is not displayed only on the upper surface.(Hardscape Tool)
VB-120031 Crash when opening a file that had been duplicated
VB-120196 Purge removes textures in use
VB-120350 Vectorworks is overloading on memory during launch
VB-120381 Batch Convert command
VB-120428 Zoom Tool's Marquee Mode Fails on Sheet Layers in VW 2015
VB-120460 Crash updating site model in attached file
VB-120484 IFC types export issue
VB-120489 UK Architects - while orbiting around an OpenGL Model a crash was experienced
VB-120490 UK Architects - Crash updating reference
VB-120604 Problems Exporting a File with Imported JPG images to PDF
VB-120651 VW Crashes When Rotating EAP Profile Object
VB-120658 editing columns cause crash
VB-120682 VW crashed when I push the "??" key in Text Object
VB-120732 Mesh-objects arn't rendered in Section Viewports
VB-120758 Program crashing when updating Workgroup Reference
VB-120759 Odd geometry appears when opening a test file
VB-120764 Crash while rotating text with the Rotate Tool
VB-120789 Roof Framer Regression
VB-120829 Workspace editor crash
VB-120871 Frame Length WS function fails for Round Curtain Wall
VB-120875 Copy Paste from Illustrator caused CRASH
VB-120907 IFC: a script function does not work
VB-120949 file becomes corrupted
VB-120957 PDF export missing information
VB-120958 Compose of 174 ACAD imported objects - crashes
VB-121005 Zoom Tool causes UI to not update until another view change is performed
VB-121044 Speaker Array: Creting mutiple speakers arrays from selected bumpers crashes and/or fails.
VB-121089 Dragging Diagonal Frame Within CurtainWall Causes VW To Crash
VB-121130 Focus cannot be changed after updating a viewport until the screen is redrawn
VB-121157 SBE: Dimension displays garbage values for window height of CW Windows
VB-121196 Height values are not being read from German doors properly
VB-100923 Auto-Hybrid: creates anomalous line in curved surface projection
VB-108093 Attempting to Import DWF File Crashes Vectorworks : JBC
VB-109908 Can't display shadows on the ground plane if you checked On Ground Only in OpneGL Render Settings.
VB-112864 IFC export - IfcBoilerType appears not to export
VB-113763 Are printed without being Rendered.
VB-116048 Clip Cube Fails in Wireframe After Activating Saved View
VB-116143 Objects Are Invisible in Symbol Edit Mode Following Undo
VB-116617 IFC Export - IfcClassification export NOT working
VB-116667 Adding peaks to round curtainwall in bug file loses curve
VB-117205 EAP's Path Object is Invisible in Edit Mode in Open GL
VB-117551 Viewport Graphics Disappear After Drawing is Centered on the Internal Origin
VB-118109 CurtainWall fails to export to IFC properly ( missing geometry)
VB-118522 Wall, wall style, and slab style components don't get correct class during class reassignment.
VB-118675 Viewport Out-of-Date Borders Show in Symbol Edit Mode in VW 2015
VB-119133 Export Current View as Camera option in the Export 3DS options dialog is always grayed (Win only)
VB-119379 CW Space: Cannot enable the OIP button "Edit Custom Gross Boundary..." for the space from the test file.
VB-119725 View Unexpectedly Changes to Top When Editing Solids in Plan View
VB-119733 DXF/DWG import. MLeader text is imported with wrong size
VB-119881 Edit Reference - Fails to update correct reference when 'Visibilities' on
VB-119882 3D loci become visible when cursor is near a dimension string
VB-119982 Extrude along path area light bug
VB-120083 OpenGL "Use Colors" Option Affects Wireframe Rendering of 2D Objects
VB-120133 Crash while using SmartCursor Settings dialog
VB-120168 Random Crash When Copy/Pasting Objects from One File to Another
VB-120221 Some NURBS Curves Can't Be Selected in Edge-On Views
VB-120254 Not Possible to Select Several CurtainWall Panels within Test File
VB-120264 Framing Member Leaves Artifact
VB-120282 Toilet Stall PIO's New "Door Closed in 3D" Option Can't be Enabled in the Object Properties Dialog
VB-120317 Command "Center Drawing on Internal Origin" doesn't move the page
VB-120343 Cmd-L for Rotate 90° bug in rotated plan
VB-120366 Object context Menu bugs - custom workspace
VB-120375 View Not centered properly in Perspective View When User Origin is Moved
VB-120399 "Center Drawing on Internal Origin" Command Fails on Mirrored DLVPs/DLSVPs
VB-120455 Detailing not showing correct mesurements
VB-120475 In a curtain wall, the corner is drawn incorrectly
VB-120491 Cut Section Viewport not displaying accurate shell objects (pipes)
VB-120500 Curtain Wall Symbol in Section Viewport Anomaly
VB-120523 Stair Landings Use the Wrong Texture Mapping in VW 2015
VB-120535 Regression: Worksheet when switched to Screen Plane in the OIP doesn't display when in a 3D view unlike 2014,
VB-120580 Area Unit Precision reverts to .001 after placing a Landscape Area
VB-120585 Door and Window Configuration Preferences not sticking for curtain wall
VB-120588 Expanding and collapsing subclasses yields an inconsistent class list.
VB-120601 Solid operation on extruded, smooth polyline creates polygonalized shape
VB-120611 Attribute mapping tool screws up views
VB-120661 One time crash electing to navigate from a Sheet Layer to a Design Layer
VB-120683 VW crashes when a room finish legend is created with the certain steps.
VB-120690 Problem with wall trims by line
VB-120702 Curtain Wall with Raking Head and Trimmed End Becomes Corrupt : JBC
VB-120706 Curving Curtain Wall creates additional "lines"
VB-120719 AHA: Vectorworks crashs when converting the attached file from 2014 to 2015
VB-120770 Crash when trying to create a DLVP that references an external VW file
VB-120775 VW is crashed when I undo using by command + Z key on worksheet.
VB-120780 Broken link on using è (e accent grave)
VB-120807 Vectorscript function GetFilesInFolder No Longer Returns Folders
VB-120811 Each time a Fundamentals workspace is edited, "Not Authorized for use in this product" text is duplicated
VB-120820 zoom marquee not visible on sheet layers
VB-120855 Group Causes 2015 to Crash
VB-120913 OIP Text Fields Display Fractions Incorrectly on Mac - Regression from SP1
VB-120934 Resize worksheet columns causes crash
VB-120970 2D Polygon tool, "Inner Boundary Mode" is ignoring Group objects
VB-120981 Importing 2014 File into 2015 Causes a Crash
VB-120988 Select Similar PlugIn do not work anymore in a german version that use a serial with ThirdPartyModule 2 flag
VB-120995 Opacity Displaying Differently On Objects with Same Settings using Patterns
VB-121127 Vectorworks crashes while publishing the attached test file to PDF (Imported+Sketchup+Model.vwx)
VB-121151 Polylines with reversed direction are invisible in Top/Plan view
VB-121169 VW Publish to PDF, VW Export to PDF both fail but Mac save to PDF succeeds in simple file
VB-121181 Spiral stair panel guard rail takes class of stair as a whole, not assigned component class
VB-98095 Compose 9188 objects imported crashing again
VB-98662 When deleting a class and reassigning all object to another, wall components loose their class.
VB-111509 IFC: IFC import should be a little smarter about walls with voids (imported as solid subtractions)--reduce file size dramatically
VB-115181 Wrong size of rectangle after division in the Object Info Palette
VB-115352 Incorrect texture selected if user moves mouse immediately after selecting texture in Edit Class(es) window
VB-116556 Mirrored curtain wall not showing wall join correctly in corners
VB-117207 Wall Frames (bottom plate) Not Maintaining Proper Geometry with Fit Walls to Roof Face Command
VB-117335 Curtain Wall: Round curtainwall problems with Fit Wall to Objects
VB-117567 Perspective Projection Causes Zoom Level Inconsistency in 3D Views
VB-117771 Joins Break when Mirroring L- Joined CurtainWalls
VB-117792 CurtainWall shows "Undefined" type when exported to IFC
VB-118014 CurtainWall- Some minor issues with panels when editing vertical frames
VB-118870 The objects hide from the drawing when using Attribute mapping tool
VB-119081 Search edit text field is not highlighted in blue
VB-119178 Curtain wall panel is missing section around a peak
VB-119230 Shear or resize tool, doesn't work correctly on rectangles, circles and rounded rectangles
VB-119306 OpenGL Fails to Update After Undoing Change to "Mesh Smoothing" Preference
VB-119410 Rotating I-Beam, Wide Flange, Tubing... objects in Rotated Plan view
VB-119447 Undo issue with viewport hidden line settings
VB-119499 Making a curtain wall frame segmenting has wrong result
VB-119573 Extruded Rounded Rectangle Has Its Settings Changed When Reopening the File
VB-119779 Corner Vertical Frames become Un-joined when Mirroring CurtainWalls
VB-119792 Roadway PIOs are incorrectly being exported as IfcTransportElement
VB-119794 Guardrail PIO is incorrectly exported as IfcRailing by default
VB-119813 The mention of the error dialog of the "Find Resource" is weird.
VB-119842 Polyline Arc Smoothing problem -- Regression from VW2014
VB-119917 Linear Material Offset Direction is Reversed in VW 2015
VB-120045 Compose command ending up in a 'Hang'
VB-120053 Mirrored Rotated Rectangle Objects Can't be Extruded Along With Other Objects (Self-Intersecting Geometry)
VB-120134 The Show Direction indicator in the OIP fails to display when the VW Selection Highlighting pref is disabled.
VB-120136 Please let me know a reference point. (Roof Framer)
VB-120179 Export DWG issues
VB-120182 Extrude along path failed because of using bad values from saved setttings for not g1 continous path.
VB-120186 Tool Highlighting Behaves Incorrectly on Area Where Solids Intersect
VB-120277 VW2015 "C" - (Object Highlighting Fails in Viewport Edit Modes Following Marquee Zoom)
VB-120286 VW Shouldn't Allow Insertion of Wall Feature on CurtainWall
VB-120293 Sometimes Vw2015 generates a PDF file that can't be displayed correctly by Acrobat.
VB-120352 Geometry for 3D Hole Component in either Door or Window PIO is NOT visible
VB-120414 Viewport Loses its Selection Highlighting after "Center Drawing on Internal Origin" Command from the Design Layer
VB-120446 Wall snap points still show up - even when everything has been deleted
VB-120458 Existing Tree's "3D Properties" Dialog Shows Incorrect Help Text
VB-120461 Existing Tree PIO - Textures Fail to Become Applied in VW 2015
VB-120463 Existing Tree's Canopy Fill Fails to Update After Class is Edited
VB-120493 Resizing CurtainWall's Frame Causes Adjacent Panels To Lose Texture
VB-120511 A referenced gradient won't update properly if the opacity of the source gradient is modified.
VB-120519 Vectorworks 12 file balloons in size
VB-120532 Lighting Device set with Beam Angle to 0 causes rendering failure
VB-120592 Nurbs Road Align Stations Vertically causes unexpected and unwanted Zoom Out & loss of rendering
VB-120599 Linear Material tool adds .043" on top of any entered thickness.
VB-120637 Locate Slab Style in Resource Browser fails
VB-120646 Publish: Number of copies to print is not used (Mac only)
VB-120654 Round CurtainWall Top Plate Shows Gap with Fit Walls To Objects
VB-120675 Publish Command - Unable to Control PDF File Name for Single Sheet : JBC
VB-120753 Can't check "Export PDFs as Separate Files" button when exporting a single PDF via Publish command
VB-120810 Create Multiple VP
VB-120821 Wrong Help ID for the Create Interpolated Surface dialog
VB-120827 VW Crashes using "Delete and Recreate Frames and Panels" Option on CurtainWalls [Mac Only]
VB-120840 Diameter character is not imported correctly (Win only)
VB-120872 Problem Creating CurtainWalls form Space Objects within Test File
VB-120997 VS Comp() fails when input vectors are parallel or anti-parallel
VB-121108 Dragging Frame using Select Frame Mode Causes VW To Crash within Simple CurtainWall Network
VB-121128 Workspace Editor Treats Certain Delete Operations as " Characters
VB-120318 The command "Locate internal origin" enables a Vectorworks Preference without any feedback to the user.
VB-120916 filter workspace with accents doesn't work
VB-121120 Publish-Export PDFs as separate Files fails