ingoerik Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 After playing a bit with clones i must admit the cloning tool is very intelligent. I can open one window without affecting the other cloned windows, just changing materials or changing elements will affect the clones too. Okay, finally found the unclone tool, just had to switch to a standard workspace, mine was not updated with the new tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsOne Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Reinstalled V-Ray beta and that seems to have solved the problem so far! Thanks support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsOne Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Well it sort of worked... 8.6 up and running. V-Ray beta working. I can now open my files. However, I have not palette dock. I have tried restarting (program and cpu). Hide/unhide palette. Nowhere to be found. Which means I still can't use 8.6 as most of my palettes are in the dock. Mac OSX 10.12.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 Did you try to reset the workspace (Workspaces menu?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingoerik Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 It seems the 8.6 Beta should be called hide and seek. I had a file where my objects got invisible by switching from wireframe to shaded view, no chance to get them back visible, not even reopening FormZ helped (sorry, the file is already deleted). Another thing was that in the beginning my window was invisible, i had opened a new file but cant see anything; then suddenly i saw a small vertical line next to my layer palette, it was my window and i could finally drag it out to full size. And the tools manager window sometimes doesn't appear when i open it, and sometimes it suddenly pops up a few seconds after i opened it. Finally 8.6 doesn't wanted to open my default file, it says it was created with a FormZ version prior to version 5, although it was created with 8.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsOne Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 reloaded V-Ray beta as suggested and things are working now. really great to use V-Ray. incredible results right out of the box so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHDD Designer Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Issues with Auto-Save and Undo In Form.Z 8.6 Beta Build 9985 the Auto-Save function is not working anymore. The interval is set to 10 minutes. The destination folder is a new set custom folder. But after there will be no Copies… From time to time, it suddenly stops the Undo function. I could be, that the corresponding menu point is greyed out. And then there is no way to return… Both is very sad… :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHDD Designer Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Issues with Auto-Save and Undo In Form.Z 8.6 Beta Build 9985 the Auto-Save function is not working anymore. The interval is set to 10 minutes. The destination folder is a new set custom folder. But after there will be no Copies… From time to time, it suddenly stops the Undo function. I could be, that the corresponding menu point is greyed out. And then there is no way to return… Both is very sad… :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dworks Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 i can confirm issues with the auto save function and objects disappearing when making them as reference geometry. worst thing happened to me was when mirroring and scaling a group of components. i continued working on the scene. then after quitting FZ and reloading the scene a few of my components where totally out of place and unscaled. had to go back a few versions of my scene and rebuilt the whole thing without components to be on the safe side. i remember this was an issue sometimes with older versions of FZ 8.x. these bugs are hard to fix because they are not reproducible easily. my feeling is still that the whole components system needs a fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cooper Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Yes, mirror copies of nested groups and components are something I try to avoid as tend to be unreliable in FZ. If you need to do an operation like that while in edit group, I find it best to copy or cut the objects, paste them into a new drawing, perform your operations in the new drawing them copy and paste the result into the original working model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjk Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Clones are OK but they need a "Make Unique" option like Sketchups components Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vva Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 hi cris jk simply use: cmd X and cmd V vva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjk Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 hi cris jk simply use: cmd X and cmd V vva Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjk Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I can import Sketchup models made with SU 2016 and earlier but not those made with SU 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 All, Sorry for the delay, some overdue answers here: We have fixed the problem with Autosave. We should have a new 8.6 build available later this week that includes this. Has anyone experienced the problem with undos stopping when NOT using V-Ray? We fixed a problem in V-ray that was related to undos in materials. You can use the "Unclone" tool to remove a clone from a clone family. We have updated the Sketchup translator again. This will also be included in the next build. ingoerik can you send the default file to sopport@formz.com so we can investigate the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHDD Designer Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Nice, when will the new build of FZ 8.6 be ready for download? Where are the informations about the state of affairs about FZ 9 by the way…? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 formZ pro 8.6 WIP has been updated. You can download from the same location (http://www.formz.com/products/formz/update/formz_work_in_progress.html) New in build #9991: - The context menu invoked by right-clicking on objects now has options to Select Clone Families, and make the object's Material, Layer, Line weight or Line Style active. - Undo/Redo now work properly on OS X 10.13 (High Sierra).- Auto Save by time interval now works properly.- SketchUp Materials now Import properly.- SketchUp 2018 Now supported.- Export DWG/DXF speed improved.- Import KMZ files now works properly.- The Reduce tool no longer stops when encountering an object that can not be reduced (when multiple objects are selected).- Various stability and performance improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjk Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I am still unable to import Sketchup 2018 models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 chrisjk, Are you on OS X or Windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 ASONE, We have had no other reports like this. Can you please send a simple sample file that will not open in 8.6 to support@formz.com so that we can investigate. Are you using OS X or Windows? Have you submitted the crash log? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjk Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 chrisjk, Are you on OS X or Windows? I am on OS X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanjl Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 One thing I'd like to see back on formZ is the disturb points tool. Will this functionality be back? It was very useful to me back in v. 6. Anyone else agree? The second thing I'd like to mention is that although I emailed support over 10 days ago about an issue on WIP 8.6 they never responded. The problem I brought to light also occurs on v. 8.5.7. Try this for yourself: Create a cube on the ground plane. Rotate it any angle other than orthogonal. Look at one of its faces in elevation. Turn on ortho. Try drawing with the vector tool. Yeah, it goes nuts. No try moving the cube keeping ortho on vertically. Nuts again. None of this happens if you're looking in 3d though. Can this please fixed? In architecture we like to draw straight lines using ortho a lot, especially in elevation projection views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2D2 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Allan did you click "define reference plane" on the face you want to draw on (after "look at...") ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanjl Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Allan did you click "define reference plane" on the face you want to draw on (after "look at...") ? Yes I did. This happens to me on PC's. I have not investigated on Mac's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHDD Designer Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Using FormZ 8.6.0 Build 9995 and V-Ray 3.6.0.2 I would like to say, that it is getting better and better, but: If there are already some V-Ray Materials defined, Form.Z crashes very often when create a new one by clicking in the materials palette. By the way: I would appreciate it, if you would adjust the design of the V-Ray render viewport... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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