Vectorworks Viewer Changelog

What's new in Vectorworks Viewer 2015 SP2 Updater

Nov 26, 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

New in Vectorworks Viewer 2014 SP4 Updater (Jun 27, 2014)

oof windows don't show up in OpenGL when on a roof face
If two or more Decal are added and Decal other than the top are removed, the texture of a main part will no longer be shown. (About "Decal")
Moved hatch is exported wrong in DWG
Symbols in Roof faces don't render in OpenGL
KLS: Crash, when editing radius vertice of polyline by Move Edges Parallel Mode of Reshape tool
A mesh vertex that unwanted is selected when attempting to reshape.
The symbol arranged as the skylight isn't shown on the "Roof face" by OpenGL rendering.
If I exported DXF/DWG when used the Crop(Crop is invisible) in Viewport, the object used at Crop will also be exported.
Edit Design Layer from withing Edit Annotations fails
Scaled symbols not maintaining size when exported to 3DM
"Merged Cross Sections" Display Option Gives Incorrect Results in Section Viewport
KLS: ODBC - Setting key in db table columns failure
Detail Callout is broken in SP3
Fillet double click
Snaps not fixing horizontal/vertical
No smart cursor default angles while moving the endpoint of a line
DXF/DWG export of markers in viewport annotation results in wrong marker size
Linear Material is displayed incorrectly when a file created in an earlier version (2010) of Vectorworks is opened in VW2014
SmartCursor angle reporting broken in 2014 SP3
KLS: Dim line not interjected in Hidden Line Rendering at dim value any more
Custom RW Render Settings Fail to Transfer When Eyedropper is Used on Viewports
Equipment Record.txt Missing From Landmark
VW Allows DLSVPs to be Moved to Sheet Layers, Causing OIP Problems
Intersect Surface Command Fails on Planar Stipple Objects
When in rotated plan, cannot extend existing lines when they are constrained
When a "GDI+imaging"option is turned ON, the width of a 1 byte space of some fonts will spread, and will be printed. (Win only)
Section Viewport's Section Fill Fails When "Merged Cross Sections" are Used
Add Surfaces Causing Wrong Fill (File)
Parking Spaces: Bay Aisle can not be reduced to 1200mm as needed in UK
Windows facing wrong way when move by points is used
Sklight on roof faces
Roof Face "Heated Area" Calculations Incorrect
VW 2014 Crashes When Rendering Hybrid Symbols in Open GL
KLS: Skylight in roof face not rendered by OpenGL
KLS: Stake Object, center Label text broken
Skylights in a roof do not render in OpenGL
Marquee selecting portions of a mesh does not ignore active vertex, so it also becomes selected
Skylight OpenGL rendering bug
Heliodon: Blue and Yellow Symbols do not display the sun position correctly on plan
Mesh Objects Get Selected Even if Not Fully-Enclosed by the Selection Marquee
Space by collinear walls

New in Vectorworks Viewer 2014 SP3 Updater (Mar 20, 2014)

VB-102972 - IFC Export: Container-master objects do not work wtih symbol instances
VB-105450 - Roof face if the slope is Zero does not render the class texture.
VB-108871 - Line Types: Defaults with 0,03 line thickness don't print securely with opacity 0 sec.
VB-112775 - VW Crashes When Attempting Cross-Layer Add Surface Operation - SP1 Regression
VB-112789 - Visualization problem while converting from 2013 to 2014 (2D Symbol)
VB-112817 - Push/Pull Tool Fails When Subtracting from Grouped Extrude Objects
VB-112822 - Flattened DLSVPs Show Transparent Section Graphics in Some Polygon Modes
VB-112828 - Vectorscript vsoStateGetExitGroup not TRUE on multi-vertex reshape
VB-112833 - Zoomimg Issue with Cropped Flat-Section Viewports
VB-112837 - The behavior of "Select Only" on "Custom Selection" is incorrect.
VB-112838 - Walls crash regularly if Connect Walls is ON
VB-112937 - VW Crashes When Purge Command is Undone
VB-112958 - Offset Fails on Mirrored Rectangle Objects
VB-112970 - Planar Arc Objects Get Resized Incorrectly - Regression from SP1
VB-112985 - Dimension tool takes the wrong snap points
VB-112987 - IFC import not bringing in all infomation
VB-112995 - IFC Export of auto hybrid objects fails for matrix based objects
VB-113034 - Plant Tool Pickup Mode Fails in Rotated Plan : JBC
VB-113040 - Python scripts differ from VectorScript when document origin is changed
VB-113085 - Path extrude with more than one path object causing problems in sections
VB-113091 - Vectorworks crash while converting a file to version 2014
VB-113114 - Image turned black in OS X 10.9 with Vectorworks 2014 SP1 and SP2
VB-113156 - Chamfer tool won't work on lines
VB-113180 - If Line Type created by Complex is printed, it will be displayed in a blank paper.
VB-113215 - Roof face does not extend to surface of other roofs or roof faces
VB-113223 - Can't extract images from an Image Resource
VB-113225 - Create Road From Stakes: Command fails with error message
VB-113236 - Converting Rotated Flat Section Viewport to Lines doesn't Yield Proper Results
VB-113239 - Crash when moving SLVP
VB-113248 - Space Object Leaks Memory
VB-113261 - Crash using Project and Trim tool on roof
VB-113284 - Some 3D Export from referenced files Fails
VB-113293 - Moving flat section causes wall network flicker when rendered in hidden line - regression from 19.0.1
VB-113300 - Add Surface Fails in SP3 When Only Two Objects are Selected
VB-113303 - section viewports - display flattened
VB-113306 - Crop lines in viewports visible when exporting to VW 2011
VB-113315 - Some Hatch Fills Appear Incorrectly in Section Viewports
VB-113320 - Crash with VW 2014 SP2 when using openGl and unified view ON/off by changing layer options
VB-113331 - Crash when working with Attribute Mapping tool
VB-113349 - Localization_Internal string is shown on Hex Bolt (ISO)-3D setting dialog.
VB-113350 - Working in a rotated plan doesn´t snap like in "normal" plan
VB-113380 - Odd Behavior When Using Flyover Tool in Viewport Crop Edit Mode
VB-113383 - Space object "2D Boundary Display" not responding to settings changes
VB-113405 - Generic Solid Conversion Excludes Different Objects on Each Attempt
VB-113408 - Converting Rotated Flat Section to Lines Gives Wrong Result with Wireframe Rendering Option
VB-113422 - File freezes after changing layers
VB-113448 - Vectorworks will not shut down properly - Windows 8.1
VB-113454 - Objects Become Deselected Following Generic Solid Conversion
VB-113543 - Bitmaps not showing correctly in current build in Mavericks
VB-113544 - Texture re-created in SDK not displayed correctly under OpenGL rendering
VB-113573 - Interactive Preview Appears Incorrectly When Drag-Duplicating Planar Text
VB-113583 - Vectorworks fails to quit on WinPlatform
VB-113618 - Crash When Undoing Texture Edit
VB-113654 - DOM: Associative Dimension Clip Tool
VB-113676 - Graphic problem persists in new version
VB-113678 - Automatic Height Dimension also for Swiss French and Italian version (T00886)
VB-113700 - Inserting a Callout set to "Place as Keynote" does not work on OS X 10.9
VB-113707 - Convert to Lighting position has non-localizable Strings.
VB-113718 - If you create a Texture from the Add Decal button of OIP, Image Mask is not reflected in the created Texture.
VB-113733 - Line Types are not displaying correctly in referenced files
VB-113777 - AHA: Decimal separator for numbers cannot be changed under Mavericks
VB-113787 - VW 2012 File - Crashes on import, or upon changing layers
VB-113790 - Crash: Format image in the worksheet cell
VB-113791 - Hardscape area by class textures go away after reshape
VB-113799 - Revolve With Rail Command Recognises Planar Objects When Nurbs Are Required : JBC
VB-113809 - T01364 - Viewport Render Properties Option in Eyedropper Tool -- Light Option --Environment Lighting not saved
VB-113824 - Mirrored objects are shifted positions, if exported as Vectorworks 12 file.
VB-113827 - KLS: Conversion of symbols from rounded polylines with hole incorrect
VB-113840 - OpenGL wireframe "ghosting" with referenced file (Non-Unified View)
VB-113843 - Curtain walls no longer visible in Open GL after editing panel class
VB-113860 - Export IFC Project Kills Undo in Active File : JBC
VB-113861 - ODBC Issue: When data is attached to objects that are stored within a symbol, data is not updated
VB-113875 - Space Objects display size incorrectly at extreme distance from origin
VB-113889 - Edit Custom Net Boundary - settings are not observed
VB-113896 - Render Bitmap: The created bitmap is black (Non-Unfied View)
VB-113897 - Conversion of 2D symbols containing 2D images (PICT)
VB-113917 - Hybrid object exporting to IFC crashes
VB-113918 - Problems with Hybrid object exporting to IFC
VB-113935 - KLS: Export 3DS (3D only) not available since Vectorworks 2014 for students
VB-113939 - The Create Detail Viewport command crashes
VB-113941 - Site DTM entering Source Model Data causing crash
VB-113969 - Sheet Layer Viewport of Flattened Section Viewport on Design Layer Renders Incorrectly in HL : JBC
VB-113972 - Display Driver Failure Occurs When Enabling Open GL "Draw Edges" Option
VB-113980 - "Create Joists from Poly"(A "Texture" Preference of a "Class" attribute doesn't work.)
VB-114007 - Acquire edge doesn't work with the reshape tool in the top/plan view
VB-114009 - Group is not appearing in a Viewport (File)
VB-114021 - Site DTM is crashing for almost every operation we are performing.
VB-114034 - Objects not appearing properly in section viewport rendered in Open GL
VB-114037 - Section Viewports render sectioning attributes incorrectly
VB-114102 - Reshape Tool shows a blue area while moving a point of a polygon
VB-114139 - Unified View Becomes Disabled When Editing Section Line Instances
VB-114140 - Section Viewports Become Out-of-Date When Section Line Edit is Cancelled
VB-114145 - "Zone of Visual Influence" can cause Vectorworks to freeze.
VB-114146 - Section Viewport Ignores Class Override for Objects Beyond Section Plane Class : JBC
VB-114147 - DOM: User origin moves, rotated view different Layer Scales
VB-114160 - About SeriesG,if you have selected the Designer in the client, VW would start as Designer using the serial of Archi,Spot,Land.
VB-114169 - Cropped Bitmaps Fail to Show in Viewports if Their Crop Object's Class is Invisible
VB-114170 - Page based symbols and plan rotation moves the origin
VB-114213 - VW crashes when printing with executing OpenGL rendering. (Quartz off, non-Unified View)
VB-114247 - Render Bitmap Tool can render all black in non-Unified View
VB-114315 - VW slow when switching between documents or performing reference updates in attached file
VB-114326 - Jumping symbols - how to recreate
VB-114330 - Function DTM6_SendToSurface returns different values on mac and win...
VB-114331 - KLS: Move vertices of polygon with reshape tool does not snap to edges of objects in layer plane in certain angles
VB-114337 - KLS: Adding vertex in Reshape tool does not show angles
VB-114357 - Wall Hole Component invisible in 3D-View when no wall break
VB-114377 - Converted Space Objects Fail to Offer as an Option for 2D Boundary : JBC
VB-114378 - In Design Layer Viewports in OpenGL, some objects are rendered in wireframe when Unified View is off.
VB-114380 - OpenGL, Renderworks, when Export EPSF, correctly file is not output.
VB-114381 - When Export PICT, be displayed the Rulers in File.
VB-114384 - Failed IFC imports
VB-114422 - Acceptance test bug: Polygon and Polyline resizing is broken on Top/Plan view for polys on 3D planes parallel to screen.
VB-114464 - Flattened Design Layer Section VP Properties affecting VP
VB-114476 - IFC Import cases crash
VB-114478 - ALIS does not stop when executing "the Quit" menu.(Japanese Network version:SeriesF)
VB-114482 - KLS: Fillet tool 1st mode crash bug in case radius matches half of edge length of object
VB-114544 - Flattened Section Viewport Shifts after Exporting from VW2015 to VW2014
VB-114549 - Section Viewport Fails to Convert Correctly from Vw 2012 and Takes on Out of Date Attributes : JBC
VB-114565 - Force Select Not Working with Flattened Section Viewports
VB-114597 - Flattened Section viewport changes appearance when layer options is set to 'Gray Others' while in perspective view