Vectorworks 2018 Service Pack 3 Release Notes
The following issues were addressed for Vectorworks 2018 Service Pack 3.
This is a list of bugs that were fixed or wish list items that were fulfilled. The information comes directly from the bug database as entered by the users who filed the issues.
Issue Id
Title
VB-140224
Crash copy/pasting group object into Sweep profile
VB-146697
Marionette - Text node should have an insert location
VB-146802
Title Block Manager: Cannot change Sheet Title and Sheet Number values form the Title Block Manager
VB-146831
Vectorworks crashes when trying to import the attached Revit file
VB-146846
Slab Components dialog negative textual phenomenon
VB-146851
All Hardscape pavers in SP3 draws solid, no proper texture is shown
VB-146913
Hanging position: Witness lines disappear, appear and change its start point after displacement
VB-146918
Hardscape border background color fails to show when Hatch is used as Joint border
VB-146943
Hardscape Becomes Corrupt when Applying Attributes from other Hardscape
VB-146948
Marionette Object's Parameters Reset When Control Geometry is Edited
VB-147002
Marionette Objects aren't maintaining the same coordinate space when run in 3D vs Top/Plan
VB-147051
Font size and leader line become incorrect when you add an irrigation tag to a symbol
VB-147065
Double Click pop up is empty in the Edit Title Block dialog (Windows only)
VB-147104
VW crashes when you want to customize symbol in seating section
VB-147112
Reference Update is occurring even though referenced dwg files are missing
VB-147121
Crash opening file
VB-147124
VW crashes when you change user folder (Mac only)
VB-147141
Project Sharing Fails if File is Opened With Railing/Fence Tool Active
VB-147214
Marionette; Marionette object parameters reset on copy paste
VB-147284
Vectoroworks crashes when you create an empty script and close Vectorworks
VB-147338
*Massing model crashes VW
VB-147346
Crash after undo the operations of the hardscape objects in attached file
VB-147386
Project Sharing - Class/Layer Visibility Changes Fail to Commit Starting in SP2
VB-147474
Roof Appears Invisible After Creation in VW2018
VB-147476
3D Mirror Operations Fail on Many Hybrid Object Types in VW 2018
VB-147479
Copy from test file with previous version then paste as bitmap fails
VB-147488
Rotated section has cut graphics in wrong location
VB-147495
Title Block Orientation not correct
VB-147497
Title Block Margin not applied after update of Sheet Border
VB-147512
Web View- Viewing House Model in Safari Triggers Potential Memory Leak
VB-147534
Problem with walls after PS commit in test file
VB-147557
Spotlight fixtures will not pick up position name if current layer visibility is off.
VB-147668
Precision of dual dimension broken
VB-147739
Here is a big light plot that is very slow in VW2018
VB-147740
After signing into Bim Object you are no longer taken to the portal page, you are taken to the home page
VB-147756
BIMobject: Get Info Mode doesn't display information for the object. The webpage cannot be found message displays
VB-147772
Different active layer is selected in different versions
VB-147773
VW2018 File open/translate with changed pane projection
VB-147778
Files not opening on saved layer
VB-147789
Marionette: Networks with wrappers take significantly longer than networks without wrappers
VB-147825
Railing-Fence: crash on L-shaped path
VB-147840
Attached DWG imports german umlaute incorrect
VB-147866
VW Crashes After Undoing Visibility Tool Operation on Viewport
VB-147874
Floors from invisible layers export for 3D Web Views
VB-147948
Project Sharing - Viewport Fails to Get Checked Out When Classes are Created/Imported Inside VP Edit Mode
VB-147951
Crash in ViewPane::FillDataSerializer
VB-148026
Control point of the witness line can be moved away from the hanging position
VB-148028
Publish - Custom Sheet Naming broken
VB-148053
Project Sharing - Viewports Still Fail to Get Checked Out When Classes are Pasted/Imported Inside VP Edit Mode
VB-148144
Import DWG File Misplaces Half the Geometry : JBC
VB-148193
Dialog help ID are missing or incorrect for Spotlight dialogs
VB-148239
Incorrect Sheet Height and Sheet Width when create Custom Title Block Border after double click
VB-148269
Marionette: Add Sarah's nodes to SP3
VB-147020
Almost every snapping palette tooltip is wrong in 3D view
VB-147367
GetWorkingPlanePlanarRefID uses gDC, but is called from multithreaded drawing code
VB-60096
Possible performance issue with selection indicators
VB-68823
[PARASOLID]Extrude along path fails with path object and Open 09/30/2010
VB-86824
Maximized document window has inaccessible title bar
VB-86896
PDF Batch export titleblock text is gibberish when viewed in Preview and others
VB-90964
Extrude Along Path Failure
VB-97345
[Parasold PR1866600] Extrude Along Path Results in Oddly-Shaped Object
VB-114255
Close Open Curves - offset fails on certain geometry
VB-114556
Polygon From Inner Boundary Includes Objects on Non-Visible Layer
VB-115145
Skylight Edit Handles Shift in VW 2015
VB-124653
Marionette: names should escape characters not acceptable in python
VB-127339
Trapezium Dormer Becomes Corrupt within Test File
VB-131100
Using "=" symbol in Marionette node name causes script to crash
VB-131211
Extrude Along Path Gives Incorrect Result When Created in Top/Plan view
VB-131303
The Node "Range" doesn't work if the name has a "-"
VB-134114
Crash in TParamConstraintMgr::AddNodeToDCMModel
VB-132089
The Offset Tool keyboard shortcut doesn't work for Mac
VB-137513
BCF-Manager not working properly in a real BIM-Workflow
VB-137522
Unable to load a VR scene onto my iPhone 6
VB-137559
symbols contain drop shadows has some redraw issues when same or other objects are edited
VB-138489
Export Webview - Model size often too big for smartphones
VB-138850
AHA:IFC Data Mapping: "Universal names" instead of "localized names" are exported to IFC (columns)
VB-139552
PIO "Break Opening CW" is not exported in IFC
VB-140444
Quicklook PlugIn locks File
VB-146644
SetPapSize Crashed
VB-146708
Line between two rectangles is invisible in Hidden line.
VB-146902
Snapping Fails in Referenced Design Layer Viewport in Rotated Plan View : JBC
VB-140408
Changing NURBS curve weights doesn't reset the bounding box
VB-140615
Worksheet - List of Spaces of a referenced viewport
VB-141056
Link Text to Record doesn't work correct with rotated symbols
VB-141823
Record formats in folders can't be used as custom property set (PSet)
VB-143900
Crash in PrimeInvalidateCallback
VB-147136
object with hatch fill loses fillSpace when printed or exported to EPSF
VB-146317
Extrude Along Paths Get Created Incorrectly in Working Plane Views
VB-146694
GetBaseDesignLayerScale crashed
VB-146768
Stake objects can't be selected
VB-146838
[ProjectSharing] Working files won't pull all changes in the project file.
VB-146783
Page Orientation turns to "Landscape" when printing.
VB-147135
Railing/Fence Undo Text Shows in German
VB-147184
Project Sharing - Commit is Very Slow When Committing Large Numbers of Simple Objects
VB-147216
Client opens 2014 file in 2018, crash when entering OpenGL
VB-147399
Tapered Extrude Source Objects Get Moved to 3D Plane, Can't be Resized in Plan View
VB-147782
Project Sharing Checkout Slow
VB-141185
VWParametricObj::GetParamLocalizedChoiceFromString returns universal choices
VB-141209
Project Sharing - Energos, Mass, and Force Units are not properly committed
VB-141973
Seating Section freezes drawing
VB-142073
Migration Manager: creates Backup folders everywhere
VB-143456
Web view model takes way too long to load
VB-144021
T01732 Hanging position: Blended screen, LED, Soft good and Video screen don't recognize moving from the hanging position
VB-144391
The quick action menu and the witness lines are not displayed on the Hanging Position.
VB-144486
Braceworks Soft goods jump about
VB-144657
Project Sharing data not transferring across files correctly
VB-144753
2D Symbol Interactive Previews Fail to Show in 2018 When Drag-Duplicating
VB-144799
T01529:Cosmetic issue: Font of the Note section isn't displayed correctly on drawing area(Windows only)
VB-144917
T01798 - Option to Merge with Structural Objects in Sections: Unwanted lines will be shown when merging with a stractural object.
VB-145029
Window in Design Layer Section Viewport missing, compared to previous versions
VB-145180
Interior Elevation error should be displayed earlier.
VB-145222
Marionette Network - Does nothing when a node name contains invalid chars
VB-145273
Previous-Version Files Can't be Accessed Through Pop-Up Browsers on Win
VB-145335
Elevation Benchmark does not support the user origin
VB-145380
Wrong Markers for polylines if the scale of the SLVP ist different to the design layer
VB-145994
Spotlight: Colour field modification by class doesn't work
VB-146012
Title Block Border: No longer acknowledges Boolean fields in record format for Title Block
VB-146065
RenderWorks Scene is not updated after modifying the model
VB-146077
4 Viewpanes, 2 are identical saved view, Will not print correctly
VB-146108
*Crash when copy and pasting
VB-146114
Extrude Along Path Creation Fails When Path Object is Oriented Vertically -PR 8353589
VB-146125
Multi-View - Tile Fills Fail to Show After Multi-View is Enabled
VB-146184
Multi-View - Floating Panes Show Black Areas and Displaced Selection When File is Opened on Another OS
VB-146282
TDrawPad::SetCanvasColor crashed
VB-146497
Export sheet layers to DWG error in 2018
VB-146526
Multi-View - Active View/Projection/Render Mode Change in Docked Pane When File is Saved with Floating Pane Active
VB-146540
Multi-View - Plan Graphics Disappear After Switching from Sheet Layer
VB-146620
Project Sharing - "Updating" Dialog Appears (and Delay Occurs) During Commit
VB-146654
crash when opening multiview document with floating pane
VB-146703
'Set Hoist Data Display: Not Able to reorder data items to be displayed
VB-146764
Title Block Border Settings dialog uses document units precision and can create rounding errors
VB-146894
OIP Hardscape controls not working
VB-147131
CreateChainDimension SDK call is creating lots of duplicates
VB-147382
Video Screens don't export properly to Vision
VB-147406
Crash in ChooseLayer stemming from TDataBar::DataBarUpdates
VB-147484
Spotlight. When a second file is opened light instruments loose focus.
VB-147650
Can we create interior elevation form the attached file? Starbucks gets IFC files and wishes they could create Interior Elevations without requiring walls.
VB-147961
Text not showing properly in summarized worksheet
VB-146174
Lighting Device Elements Invisible
VB-146260
Title Block Border: Old Sheet Border graphics shift on conversion from v2017 to v2018
VB-146352
Drawing head goes crazy
VB-146364
Some Text Linked to Records is not Converting Correctly into 2018
VB-146367
File corruption problem for critical customer
VB-146371
KHo - Move Plant Tag (Display Center)
VB-146390
Editing Hoist Load Values Directly in Worksheets
VB-146438
Record Format Cannot be Attached to a Wall in Fundamentals 2018 : JBC
VB-146441
Frequent Crashing of Vectorworks 2017 and 2018 Version
VB-146486
Crash in UuidStorage::operator== from CExitGroupButtonControl::OnMouse
VB-146512
Duplicate Marionette PIO Value Reset
VB-146539
2018 File Crashes When Exporting to a Previous Version
VB-146553
Marionette PIO Script as Symbol
VB-146554
Marionette PIOs Reset to default after converting to 2018
VB-146616
OIP Stops Responding and Undo Reverts to Last Saved Copy of the File
VB-146635
Align and Distribute Items causes Crashes when used on Hanging Positions
VB-146704
Tekton Pro Bold Doesn't Export to PDF Correctly in 2018 / Mac
VB-146721
Marionette Round-Node description is confusing
VB-146738
Callouts Flip/Rotate/Move When in v2017 file and opened in v2018 (and can't undo)
VB-146754
Marionette: Network fails when Nodename contains '.'
VB-146755
Sill settings reverting
VB-146759
Title Block North Point symbol below title block graphics in stacking order
VB-146760
Crash in CWorksheetGrid::ResizeRowHeightsToFitRange
VB-146761
Crash in TRecordItemImpl::SetFieldValueRaw
VB-146766
Crash when converting old file
VB-146779
*Editing Site Model contours then exiting edit mode crashes Vectorworks
VB-146807
Marionette Set Opacity-Node PenParam is Fill Opacity
VB-146821
Text Alignment in Title Block
VB-146929
Crashs on commit using ProjectSharing.
VB-147063
Vectorworks hangs when editing proposed site model contours
VB-147389
Crash in TOriginalFileRenameAlertDlg::HandleEvent
VB-147420
Image Prop command does not create and image prop
VB-147768
Corrupt File - can we retrieve it?
VB-147800
Document Setup command does not work properly
VB-141326
Multi-View Workflow 1
VB-146410
Vectorworks crashes when you have an open resource selector dialog and you switch to a different file
VB-146435
Selection handler that you have to click to open Edit Roof Elements dialog doesn't display if you open Vectorwork 2016 file
VB-146489
Section Viewport through windows in walls is wrong
VB-146505
OIP Plane Menu Doesn't Allow Objects to be Moved to a 3D Plane When Screen is the Active Plane
VB-146514
*Crash when "select item" in worksheet for Truss inside lighting position
VB-146525
Multi-View - Pre-Selection Highlighting Fails to Show in the Active Pane After Switching from a Perspective Floating Pane
VB-146534
Delete Vertex Fails on Plug-In Objects in SP2
VB-146543
Multi-View: Resizing Floating Pane Causes Redraw Issues in other Panes
VB-146576
Spotlight: Edit Hanging Position>Convert to Truss fails
VB-146588
DWG Export - PDFs are lost when document is exported as 2D graphics in the Model Space.
VB-146595
Commit after edit of text in VP annotation results in very small text
VB-146596
Softgoods atatched to a hanging position move twice the ammount of the hangiing position
VB-146604
Witness lines cannot be shown on the drawing area
VB-146639
Blended screen cannot be attached to the hanging position while inserting
VB-146646
Softgoods has problems with some geometry
VB-146667
Multi - View: User Origin Icon Yellow Fill Disappears after Zoom Operation in one of the Panes
VB-146712
Nasty Callout Bug is Back! RC for SP2
VB-146720
Marionette Menu Commands bring classes in with them when run
VB-146741
About Vectorworks Site Protection.app or .exe, can't be deleted the license file using the Revoke.
VB-146758
Marionette: Get Gravity Center node should be using Centroid3D
VB-146774
Revit Import is not checking for reserved names, i.e. Door
VB-146784
*Changing layers in viewport results in crash
VB-146790
Title Block Border Margin Values Not Maintaining Rational Numbers (Fractions/Decimals)
VB-146791
*Project File and related Working Files crash Vectorworks on open
VB-146804
The "Show Witness Lines" of "Hanging Position" does not work.
VB-146818
*Spotlight: Align & Distribute instant crash returns when used on instruments on a hanging position.
VB-146819
Spotlight hanging positions no witness lines and Braceworks says instruments not connected yet they are when hanging position moved.
VB-146828
Tile Block Border - title block graphics pen attributes displaying incorrectly
VB-146847
Stand Model field options fill the Vertical Position field for Video Screen object
VB-146857
Spotlight/Braceworks - Hoist tool: Losing 3 data fields in the OIP after creating database report.
VB-146863
Grid Bubble object is not properly exported to IFC
VB-146865
Horiz SectionVP from Clip Cube doesn't pick
VB-146866
Document globals failed to switch between documents when turning black background
VB-146870
Failure to commit work from annotation layer
VB-146876
Spotlight/Braceworks - Hoist tool uses Imperial numbers when in a metric file
VB-146881
DWG/DXF export crash.
VB-146899
Roof face with dormers change Render mode inadvertently.
VB-146923
Marionette: Regular polygon node crates polygon with one redundant vertex
VB-146939
Unnecessary Message Dialog in some of the Marionette objects.
VB-146962
Editing the attributes of an EPS image causes a crash
VB-147011
Marionette; Option Drag MOs resets defaults of wrappers
VB-147075
publish of sheetlayers is not possible
VB-147134
Project Sharing - Object Checkout Dialog Appears for Newly-Created Surfaces
VB-147143
Web view backgraound is all black
VB-147150
3D Geometry is Disappearing in Some Braceworks Symbols
VB-147155
Unistaller In the Control Panel Doesn't Show the Correct Version of Vectorworks
VB-147159
Image Popup Fails to Display Content From Active File : JBC
VB-147180
Hyperlink tool throwing off the Undo system causing major Project Sharing problems
VB-147186
Wrong Line Thickness at T-Join with lower Wall
VB-147202
Title Block Border Styles Not Transferring Sheet/Project Fields Correctly if Replacing Resource
VB-147204
Blended Screen overlap does not update with certain parameter changes
VB-147234
Speaker Array crashes
VB-147238
Invisible parts of PIOs are exported to IFC
VB-147239
Openings of Symbols not exported to IFC if symbol geometry is invisible
VB-147240
Simplified Geometry cannot be combined with Export Visible Objects Only (Allplan Export)
VB-147241
Hoist Data Display allows no change of order of hoist fields
VB-147246
Vectorworks 2018 crashes on export dwg
VB-147251
*crashes running Entertainment Guide
VB-147268
IFC Export is not working properly if walls and roofs are joined
VB-147276
Spotlight's Instrument Summary failing on this file
VB-147282
VW 2018 forgets the Active Planes List setting when a file is reopened
VB-147292
Exporting OBJ and Re-Importing into Vectorworks Giving Error for Certain Plug-in Objects (Effects Exporting in Top/Plan)
VB-147305
*ClipFaceByJoinedToFace crashed
VB-147311
Some Hatches misses in the exported DWG file
VB-147323
Vectorworks refusal-to-launch dialog for expired evals leaves the user with no easy way to change serial numbers.
VB-147327
Vectorworks 2018 Crashing When Switching to Custom Workspace and Selection Tool Not Selecting Objects on First Click
VB-147344
file crashes when opened
VB-147357
Replace Subscription with Service Select
VB-147362
IWorkspaceEditPtr not registering multiple menus
VB-147374
Keynote Legends disappearing
VB-147391
"Reference" Options is missing from Resource Manager context menu
VB-147397
Crash in ForEachSpecObject stemming from LegalAddSym, LLChangeSymToGroup, and DeleteSymConstraints
VB-147401
Crash in ProjectSharingController::RehighlightObject
VB-147403
Horizontal DesignLayer sections broken in 2018 (REGRESSION)
VB-147405
Crash in TParamConstraintMgr::DeleteWallJoinConstraint
VB-147421
unable to import revit file
VB-147435
Import of DWG takes long
VB-147439
bimobject promobrand doesn't work
VB-147449
Random Crash when creating a new class via Object Info
VB-147454
print date doesnt update on the first use of the publish command
VB-147475
*Reference File Crashing
VB-147498
When the "No" button on the "check out" dialog of Project Sharing is selected VW will crash.
VB-147499
Project Sharing: viewports need resetting after refresh for data to appear
VB-147502
Vectorworks fails to import RVT with 2D views
VB-147506
Revit Import Problems
VB-147507
Save working plane in document
VB-147518
Mesh - No volume when non-planar face
VB-147570
Braceworks report has German sentence in it.
VB-147578
unable to snap to dimension insertion point
VB-147600
BIMobject: No automatically fileformat filter
VB-147601
BIMobject: Not possible to download VW content
VB-147644
REGRESSION: 2D-Symbols cannot be inserted correctly on DesignLayer with an elevation
VB-147671
Primary file and all Backups have become corrupt
VB-147702
Project Sharing: Break reference of symbol doesn't sent to the projectfile
VB-147705
Closed Area is shown as "0"
VB-147731
Braceworks: Snapping Problems with Hoist
VB-147742
IFC Mapping for Door has no Classification but Window does - inconsistency
VB-147760
IFC Data Mapping Space Room Tag not functioning correctly
VB-147762
Ifc Space Room Tag mapping cannot utilise Room ID combined fields feature
VB-147836
Wrong Gardrail in Top/Plan View of Stair
VB-147857
IFC Export of Walls under Roof to high
VB-147887
Export IFC Wall exports to high
VB-147892
Braceworks Importing Incorrect Weight Value
VB-147906
Title block causes unit markers to reappear
VB-147920
Plant images gets deleted on file open
VB-148045
Legacy Duplicate Along Path Tool Causes Undo and OIP Issues
VB-148125
Intermittent Spotlight issues
VB-148179
Project Sharing - Not all working files receive changes as expected
VB-148233
Editing Sheet Number/Title from TBB Settings is slow
VB-148331
Plug-in Styles Not Pushing Changes to the Project File