New VisualARQ 3 Beta 7 released!

enric · January 11, 2024, 2:42pm

Hi everyone,

The new VisualARQ 3 Beta version is available for download.

If you own a VisualARQ 2 license key, you can download and try it out!

This version brings most of the new features expected in the final release. Some features are not yet available, but they will be as we get close to the final release. Check them out here.

Please, report all bugs, issues, or suggestions to us, using Rhinoceros Forums, or sending an email to visualarq@asuni.com.

While in Beta, only the Rhino 8 installer will be published.
Final release will be available for both Rhino 7 and Rhino 8 (for Windows).

Enjoy it!

enric · January 30, 2024, 11:03am

VisualARQ 3 Beta 2 (2024-01-29) now available:

IMPROVEMENTS:

Parameter:

#13550: Filters feedback in custom parameters

Grasshopper: Style:

#13217: Show height parameter in the style properties panel window for wall created from a grasshopper style

Clashes:

#13557: Add hard clashes tolerance in clash tests

CHANGES:

Object: Openings:

#13532: “Auto” default value for leaf sizes

Interface:

#13225: Change name in section manager commands

ERRORS:

Crash:

#12120: Rhino 8 crashes at launch when using .NET Core

#13524: VisualARQ crashes when opening this file regenerating the model

#13429: Rhino hangs when opening this file

Parameter:

#13549: Duplicated object types in parameter filters

API: Script:

#13564: AddBeamStyleSizeProfile method returns an empty GUID

#13571: AddBeamsFromCurves method is not working if the curve is not planar

Level:

#13363: Sub-levels disappear from lateral views when I select a level in the level manager

#13535: Wall doesn’t move to new level’s elevation

#13556: No way to create building when no site is created yet in the document

View:

#13511: Jogged section corrupted

Grasshopper: Style:

#13543: Wall joint error of walls created as Grasshopper styles in millimeters file

#13520: 2D geometry from a Grasshopper file is not visible in an Annotation style

#7351: Curve in Annotation from GH style is generated as polyline

#13216: Wall grasshopper styles don’t keep the height value set in the Grasshopper definition

Object: Openings:

#13561: Door with variable leaves width is restored to equal width after editing it

#13530: Crash copying a door

#13531: It’s not possible to edit the leaf size by %

#13536: Crash after adding a glass to a door leaf

#13423: Door width by fixed dimension doesn’t work

Object: Guide:

#13555: Snap radius did not work when moving guides

#13548: Wrong guide color in Top viewport

#13545: Guides don’t hide in Top viewport

#13526: Guide bottom position changes when extending it from the top arrow

Object: Table:

#13434: Difficult to unselect objects from the table

#13521: The number of objects in grouped rows in the table panel are not highlighted properly

Object: Door:

#13537: Wrong plan view representation of a door with variable leaf widths

Style:

#13513: Plan preview is not showing the correct geometry

Clashes:

#13496: Crash when switching between clash/tables panel and the layer panel

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enric · February 13, 2024, 10:03am

VisualARQ 3 Beta 3 (2024-02-13) now available:

FEATURES:

Object: Table:

#5749: Order tables by the “quantity” field

IMPROVEMENTS:

API: Script:

#13662: Having the option to set a None pattern using the SetObjectSectionPattern method

Layout:

#13597: Make the DWG command cancellable with the escape key.

Level:

#13229: Detect numbers in level name pattern when creating multiple levels

Object: Table:

#13582: Add Totals for the “Quantity” field

#11448: Use a different color to highlight objects in the model from the table panel

Parameter:

#13550: Filters feedback in custom parameters

CHANGES:

Grasshopper: Style:

#13642: Set heigh parameter ediable by object by default

Parameter:

#13579: Changes in Parameter filters names

Profile:

#12586: Do not show system profiles in the Profile Manager

ERRORS:

API: Script:

#13613: GetBeamEndCutType is not working

#13612: GetBeamStartCutType is not working

#13610: DeleteParameter method is not working if the parameter has got a value

#13609: SetParameterValue method doesn’t accept Null values

Attributes:

#13498: Do not take into account sub-levels for the overhead representation of objects

Crash:

#13590: Crash opening VisualARQ 3 for Rhino 8

Grasshopper: Style:

#13660: Plan representation is not defined after importing a .val file made with VisualARQ 2

#13643: Rhino not responding after setting join type to None of walls created as Grasshopper styles

#13578: Height parameter is shown double in the Properties panel for objects created with Grasshopper Styles

Layout:

#13618: Wall intersecton lines appear in DWG exported from layout

Level:

#13592: Activating the Cut plane of a level should hide the upper levels

#13591: Add levels dialog changes the levels status in the viewport

#13589: Double-click on a level should hide the upper sub-levels

#13575: Building “plan reference” icon cannot be deactivated in VisualARQ 3

#13562: Crash after activating a plan reference view

#13244: I cannot add sub-levels in this file

#12930: I can’t edit the Level in this file

Object: Table:

#13594: Double-clicking a window in the Tables panel does uncorrectly the zoom extents

#13171: Crash selecting properties to group in the table styles dialog

Object: Tag:

#13599: Tag doesn’t display the border

Object: Wall:

#13611: I cannot select wall control arrows in Rhino 8

VisualARQ to Revit:

#13586: Shed roofs are transferred as hip roofs

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enric · February 28, 2024, 5:39am

VisualARQ 3 Beta 4 (2024-02-27) now available:

FEATURES:

Object: Space:

#7353: Option to hide the space representation in 3D

IMPROVEMENTS:

Toolbar:

#13720: Replace icon for Wall From Solid command

#13637: Add the vaExportToDWG command in the toolbar and menu

Level:

#13684: Isolate level should change the CPlane to the isolated level

CHANGES:

Layout:

#13617: Option to export only the current layout

Clashes:

#13424: Clash report list behavior when selecting row items

Object: Table:

#11448: Use a different color to highlight objects in the model from the table panel

ERRORS:

Object: Table:

#13725: I can’t edit a tag value from the Table

#13676: Table report is erased if a 2D table in the model is deleted

#13674: Beam objects are not highlighted when selecting them from a table

#13175: Disable Sum and Average Total types for property fields using texts

#13666: After double click on a table row, objects remain selected

#13645: Double-clicking a door in the Tables panel does uncorrectly the zoom extents

Grasshopper: Style:

#13643: Rhino not responding after setting join type to None of walls created as Grasshopper styles

#13641: Join error of walls created as Grasshopper styles

#13660: Plan representation is not defined after importing a .val file made with VisualARQ 2

Level:

#13665: Walls don’t move properly when changing a level elevation

#13644: Error hiding a building with a boundary

#13634: Level Manager toolbar display issue

Layout:

#13703: Hidden objects are exported to DWG

#13618: Wall intersecton lines appear in DWG exported from layout

#13688: Export multiple layouts doesn’t work properly

Clashes:

#13383: Zoom to issue is too close

#13357: Clash issue is not calculated

Object: Openings:

#13691: Window is not properly inserted in a slab

Object: Window:

#13668: Wrong opening of a window in a roof

Material:

#13695: Texture mapping doesn’t work well on VisualARQ objects

Interface:

#13224: Ceiling plan options are not available in Rhino 7

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enric · April 26, 2024, 10:52am

VisualARQ 3 Beta 5 (2024-04-26) now available:

FEATURES:

Attributes:

#13462: Option to define linetype scale from the style attributes

#5025: Section attributes by Layer

Layout:

#10644: Export multiple layouts to DWG

#6896: Export layouts to DWG

Object: Guide:

#12858: vaSelGuide command

Object: Table:

#12342: Identify the elements in the table by selecting them in the model

IMPROVEMENTS:

Attributes:

#11505: Link Section attributes with Rhino Section Styles

Clashes:

#13424: Clash report list behavior when selecting row items

Grasshopper: Style:

#13818: Extend walls created from Grasshopper styles upwards

Interface:

#13019: Show icons for the object types in th import and export styles dialogs

#11353: Group Roof’s slopes angle and area properties into one

Object: Column:

#13723: Add column extend commands to the VisualARQ menu

Performance:

#13655: Slow performance moving or deleting slabs

Toolbar:

#13362: Show a Column unextend command in the toolbar

#13297: Show vaSelSameType and vaSelSameStyle commands in the toolbar

CHANGES:

Attributes:

#8664: Change term “By Parent” with “By Object” for style attributes

Grasshopper: Components:

#11861: Change the name of the “Set Property Value” component and its “Property” input

#11860: Change the name of the “Get Property Value” component and its “Property” input

Menu:

#10576: Add vaCurtainWallExtend command in the menu

#9440: Add the Wall Extract Path command in the Menu and wall context menu

Object: Section:

#13813: Create Sections with the “Clippable” option unchecked by default

Toolbar:

#13728: Add vaSelGuide in the Select Toolbar

#13719: Add vaCurtainWallFromSurface command to the curtain wall toolbar

#13102: Change in the beams toolbar

ERRORS:

Attributes:

#13910: Wall layer doesn’t take the proper hatch color

#13903: Component with section attribute assigned by Layer takes the attributes assigned by object

#13896: Section Style by wall Layer fails in some styles

#13893: Section attributes from VisualARQ 2 models are not recognized

#13878: Section Styles by Layer on the style components doesn’t work

#13812: Show the “Clippable” property also when the Section styles is not Custom

#13809: I can’t change the section hatch pattern in styles dialog

#13801: Section styles don’t work on VisualARQ objects

#7730: Section attributes are lost when using boolean commands on polysurfaces or extrusions

#5813: When an extrusion turns into a polysurface, it loses the section attributes

Crash:

#13895: Crash when clicking on the ifcTag icon after selecting a polyline

#13867: Crash opening this file

#13828: Crash when selecting the IFC Tag panel for a text

#13814: Crash after saving file

#13785: Rhino closes after clicking the CANCEL button in styles dialog

#13772: Rhino crashes when opening this file

#13767: Crash when opening this file

#13025: Rhino 8 crashes after opening this file

Grasshopper: Components:

#13842: VisualARQ objects can’t be baked from Grasshopper components

#13789: Guides return Null values in Grasshopper

Grasshopper: Style:

#13790: Wrong intersection of walls created from a Grasshopper style

Layout:

#13820: Missing geometry in a DWG file exported from a layout

#13780: Inexistent hatch is exported to a DWG file

#13765: vaExportToDWG only exports the detail frames

#13191: Preview error of a section in page layout

Level:

#13862: Crash after creating a new sub-level

#13751: Cannot hide levels on this model with multiple buildings

#13739: Level Cut Plane is not preserved when unsetting a building boundary

#13185: Ugly intersection line when I activate a cut plane

Object:

#13912: Osnaps don’t work on parts of selected VisualARQ objects occluded by walls

#13890: Intersection lines in wall joins appear in VisualARQ 2 documents

#13810: Control arrows don’t snap properly

#13763: Double click on the gumball doesn’t work with VisualARQ objects in Rhino 8

#11113: No VisualARQ objects are visible when VisualARQ is disabled

Object: Column:

#13766: Crash after selecting Other in the profile sizes of column properties

Object: Curtain Wall:

#13850: Curtain wall from surface error

#13843: Curtain wall frame rotates when panels are curved

#13821: Curtain wall from surface generates some triangulated panels

#13815: Rhino not responding after creating a curtain wall from a surface

Object: Guide:

#13811: Guides hide in page layouts

#13534: It is not possible to select guides from the Top viewport

Object: Openings:

#13869: Wrong 3D aperture of door with different leaf sizes

#13868: Wrong 2D representation of door with different leaf sizes

#13692: Door with different leaf sizes don’t update properly

#3317: When creating a new door or window style from the Wizard, the leaves widths are not divided equally

Object: Roof:

#13824: Roof from VisualARQ 2 doesn’t open well in VisualARQ 3

#13770: Error in hip roof corners when Edge cut is Square

Object: S"ection:

#7160: “Set Section View to Viewport” button doesn’t works well with jogged sections

Object: Stair:

#13788: Slab and Stair don’t hide the intersection line

#13787: Hide stair-wall intersection line

#13758: Wall is subtracted from a stair performing a wall extend

#12095: Spiral stairs don’t display their projection in top view

Object: Table:

#13865: Table grouping is not preserved from VA 2 models

#13858: Slow performance when navigating through the table styles dialog

#13741: Sums are not correct for grouped properties

#13725: I can’t edit a tag value from the Table

#13676: Table report is erased if a 2D table in the model is deleted

#13175: Disable Sum and Average Total types for property fields using texts

Object: Tag:

#13844: Some objects don’t show the properties

#13782: Tag doesn’t display the border if cut plane is enabled

Object: Views:

#13866: Incomprehensible increase of file size after updating a plan view that has less geometry

#13831: Creating a plan/section view increases 3DM file size too much

Object: Wall:

#13883: Wrong wall join of Grasshopper styles when inserting a door

#13724: Area is not recalculated after extending a wall downwards

#10413: Circular Wall join error

Object: Window:

#13754: Wrong window position in roof when alignment is not interior

#13664: Changing the style of a window instance affects other windows

#12355: Alignment is reversed for windows inserted in roofs and slabs

Other:

#11721: VisualARQ objects disappear if I open a model without having VisualARQ installed

Rhino.Inside.Revit:

#13585: Door changes its style without a reason

Toolbar:

#13593: VisualARQ spaces toolbar is shown twice when you are selecting which toolbars you want to have available

#13361: Weird toolbar behavior

If you own a VisualARQ 2 license key, you can download and try it out!

Enric

enric · May 31, 2024, 5:43am

VisualARQ 3 Beta 6 (2024-05-30) now available:

FEATURES:

Grasshopper: Components:

#9243: Add “Building” to Pipeline component

Grasshopper: Style:

#9627: Support for blocks inside grasshopper styles definitions

Object: Section:

#10511: Identify section in the model from a selection in the Section manager

#10136: Mirrored section arrow symbols

#9285: Identify section in Section manager from a selection in the model

Toolbar:

#4717: Install toolbars on all computer users

IMPROVEMENTS:

Clashes:

#13918: Improvements in the “Clashes” panel

Level:

#13920: Ask for confirmation after deleting a building

Object: Guide:

#14004: Stretch dimensions when moving guides

Object: Table:

#13901: Improvements in the “Tables” panel

CHANGES:

Attributes:

#8664: Change term “By Parent” with “By Object” for style attributes

Clashes:

#13959: Remove the Attributes tab from the clash tests dialog

Object: Roof:

#7167: Add “Slab areas” property to roofs

Zoo:

#6472: Include all necessary MSVC DLLs in the installer to add a VisualARQ license to the Zoo

ERRORS:

Attributes:

#13903: Component with section attribute assigned by Layer takes the attributes assigned by object

Clashes:

#13945: Crash after adding a clash test

Crash:

#14034: Rhino freezes at regenerating the geometry from a VisualARQ 2 file

#14027: Rhino crashes regenerating a VisualARQ 2 model

#14015: Crash opening this file in Rhino 8

#13990: Rhino crashes after regenerating geometry from a VisualARQ 2 file

#13984: Crash when inserting beam that intersects with various walls

#13977: Rhino crashes when loading VisualARQ

#13940: Rhino hangs after deleting all objects in this file

#13933: Rhino closes a few seconds after opening a file

#13922: Rhino crashes when opening this file

#13919: VisualARQ 3 crashes opening this file

Display:

#14024: Issue with a text in French in the Section styles dialog

Dynamic Section:

#14016: Two identical section volumes are added

Grasshopper: Style:

#13917: Window from Grasshopper style doesn’t generate an opening in a wall from a Grasshopper style

Installer:

#14040: VisualARQ opens from a Rhino template and without the toolbar

Language:

#14022: Untranslated strings in VisualARQ 3

Layout:

#14020: Crash when exporting a layout to DWG

#13955: Wrong export to DWG of an Element created from blocks

#13941: 2D plan representation of objects is not exported to DWG

Level:

#14031: It is not possible to edit levels when they are isolated

#14005: Sync levels doesn’t work with the CPlane

#13270: Undesired intersection lines on objects when hiding levels

Object:

#13912: Osnaps don’t work on parts of selected VisualARQ objects occluded by walls

Object: Beam:

#13968: Beams have an intersection line with walls and slabs when they have the same section attributes

#13926: Crash related to the intersections of beams with walls

Object: Curtain Wall:

#13980: Weird intersection of curtain walls

Object: Element:

#14017: Elements are displayed in plan view in the wrong level

Object: Plan View:

#14019: Spaces are not drawn in 2D plan views

Object: Space:

#13954: Space Hatch patterns from VisualARQ 2 are not imported in VisualARQ 3

Object: Stair:

#13999: It takes more than a minute to change a stair height

Object: Table:

#13921: Error in the Remove table message

Object: Tag:

#13983: Tag from block creates the block always at 0,0,0 coordinates

Object: Wall:

#13904: Wrong wall-slab intersection when the slab has the thickness edited by object

#7594: Avoid self extended walls in loop way

Performance:

#14023: The commands vaClashes y vaClashTests cannot be executed from the menu

#13750: Slow performance with VisualARQ 3 in Rhino 8

#13733: Rhino not responding after synchronizing levels

#13678: Slow performance in a Layout with a detail in Hidden display mode

#12150: Slow performance when cut plane is enabled

#12127: Slow performance when a cut plane is enabled in a model with just 2D geometry

#12045: Slow performance in a file

#11698: Very slow performance when section is enabled on a large project

#11675: Very slow performance when VisualARQ is loaded

#11674: Big difference of performance when VisualARQ is disabled in a model with many 2D lines

#11581: Slow performance when a cut plane is enabled

#7209: Slow display performance when activating a section

Print:

#13936: Section hatches don’t print to vector output

Profile:

#9561: When a new profile is created with a name that already exists it overrides the existing one instead of saying that it already exists

Style:

#14030: Crash when importing VisualARQ styles

Template:

#11490: VisualARQ templates are not removed after uninstalling

View:

#14037: Section styles by layer doesn’t work with some display modes

#14035: Sectioned geometry is not displayed in Hidden mode

#13938: The hidden lines of VisualARQ objects don’t appear in Technical display

#13911: Model displayed from jogged section view misses some edge lines

If you own a VisualARQ 2 license key, you can download and try it out!

Enric

enric · June 6, 2024, 1:05pm

VisualARQ 3 Beta 7 (2024-06-06) now available:

ERRORS:

Attributes:

#14078: Wall is printed with a wrong width

#14073: I cannot select the “By Display” option in the “Attributes” in the styles dialog

#14068: Transparency attributes don’t work for VisualARQ objects assigned to the style

#14054: Print Width attribute for section boundary is missing in the styles dialog

#14051: Wrong section boundary color in a wall layer

#14043: Section styles are not visible on VisualARQ objects with the section style set to “By Object”

Crash:

#14048: Crash when inserting a space

Language:

#14022: Untranslated strings in VisualARQ 3

Language: Spanish:

#14064: Resizing: “Clash Tolerance”

#14062: Strings not localized: By Object and Custom

Layout:

#14066: Wrong plan view in page layout

#13880: Wrong preview of section print widths

Object: Space:

#13242: Space print color bug

Object: Wall:

#14050: Wall layer doesn’t hide in plan view

Object: Window:

#13087: Difficulty in setting a 0 thickness to window glass

Performance:

#13877: Slow file open with VisualARQ loaded

Print:

#14045: Print section boundary on top of other edge lines in projection

Style:

#14063: Section styles don’t appear in the preview in styles dialog

Template:

#11490: VisualARQ templates are not removed after uninstalling

If you own a VisualARQ 2 license key, you can download and try it out!

Enric