VisualARQ 3 - Version 3.9 RC1 released

[enric (Enric Marquès)]

Hi,

VisualARQ 3.9 - Release Candidate 1 is now available for download.

 NOTE: This is a release candidate (RC), meaning it is not the final version but has undergone internal testing and is considered stable enough for end-user testing. VisualARQ 3.9 is scheduled for official release on Wednesday, April 1th, 2026

This release fixes most of the problems and crashes reported by users. Please report any problems or suggestions here or email us at visualarq@asuni.com.

Here is the list of changes:

New Features (1)

• Object: Table:
  • 14413: Make “area” property available for Curves

Improvements (2)

• Grasshopper: Style:
  • 15592: Make the vaSubtractSolids command work with hatches in Grasshopper Styles
• Level:
  • 15465: Show plan view reference even when the cut plane is not activated

Changes (1)

• Other:
  • 15584: Hide the vaNavigate command

Fixed Errors (35)

• Attributes:
  • 14244: Wrong Print color for section boundary when using Levels
• Crash:
  • 15586: Crash after selecting a Grasshopper file during the Grasshopper Style Wizard for a new wall style
• Display:
  • 15587: Section fill in Realistic mode is always displayed black in Rhino 7
• DWG Export:
  • 15580: vaExportToDWG exports nothing from the model space
  • 15514: Wall layer internal line missing in a DWG export
  • 15447: Hatch artifact appears in exported DWG
  • 15446: Wall hatch is not exported properly to DWG
  • 15425: Section hatch displaced in DWG file
• Dynamic Section:
  • 15535: Cone is not displayed correctly in section
• Grasshopper: Components:
  • 15553: Roof Explode returns no slabs
• IFC:
  • 15595: IFC Import plug-in does not load
• Layer:
  • 15593: When default object layer is assigned to “none” then the objects are not drawn
• Level:
  • 15491: Level Cut planes don’t work
• Object:
  • 15492: Smart Track doesn’t work well with VisualARQ objects
• Object: Curtain Wall:
  • 15571: Curtain walls don’t extend properly to a polysurface
  • 15560: Curtain Wall From Surface does not work properly
  • 15559: Curtain Wall does not extend correctly to complex surfaces
  • 15537: Curtain walls did not extend to a planar surface
  • 15490: Missing horizontal mullions in some curtain walls
  • 15228: Curtain wall with small cell size is very slow
• Object: Opening Elevation:
  • 15513: Opening leafs are generated out of their position in 2D Opening Elevations
  • 15497: Muntins are generated out of their position in 2D Opening Elevations
• Object: Openings:
  • 8928: Doors and Windows don’t work well with the Smart Track
• Object: Plan View:
  • 15536: Guides are not generated in a 2D RCP View
  • 11733: Dimension line disappears in plan view
• Object: Roof:
  • 15594: Roof control arrows are out of place
  • 15576: Roof Gumball is always located in the Coordinates Origin
  • 15496: Window is detached from a roof when changing its edge cut
• Object: Section View:
  • 15362: Wrong Section view from a jogged section
  • 15331: 2D Section view is not consistent with the real-time jogged section view
  • 15330: 2D Section view from a jogged section line doesn’t generate section hatches
• Panel: Sections:
  • 15578: Section doesn’t work
• Parameter:
  • 15569: Filters in Custom parameters are not available when language is not English
• View:
  • 14619: 2D door arcs and space labels are not displayed in plan view
• View: Plan and RCP:
  • 14852: Door 2D aperture is not displayed in this file

Download links:

• VisualARQ 3.9 RC1 for Rhino 7
• VisualARQ 3.9 RC1 for Rhino 8

Previous version:

• VisualARQ 3.8.3

Enjoy!

[Toni_Osterlund]

Hi @enric ,
a small request. Could you add similar command as the _vaWallExtractPath to all VARQ object types that can be created by using a path curve. Currently for e.g. beam objects, it is only possible through Gh.

[fsalla (Francesc Salla)]

Hi @Toni_Osterlund there’s a command in the VisualARQ Labs that does that (vaExtractCurves): https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/visualarq-labs

It works with objects defined by a path curve (walls, beams, curtain walls and railings), but also with slabs, roofs, doors and windows.

[Toni_Osterlund]

Thank you @fsalla.
Have to test it out.