This thread is for public discussion about the current beta phase LWCAD 2018 LightWave.
It will be updated during the beta phase with more information!

Working list of new features for LWCAD 2018

Before you begin to test, check out this LWCAD 2018 exam video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AhIayYV2Uw

I never got the support for the first issue with patching nurbs. I started from scratch again and another problem. Rounding an edge crashes LW 2015 every time I go to Round the top edge!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've never gotten LWCad to work.

Minor issue trying to close off the endcap of the object tried Patch did not work or at least I could get it to work

LWCAD 5.51 Extrude feature crashed LW 2015.3 the crash is repeatable

The frustration mounts I have never been able to successfully use LWCAD since I first purchased version 5.

another problem I am unable to boolean any LWCad Primitives...what is going on wit this plugin...it 100% not use able for me. as mentioned I have never gotten LWCAD to work properly since version 5.

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This thread is for public discussion about current beta phase of LWCAD 5.5 LightWave.
It will be updated during beta phase with more information!

Has anybody notice how high the polygon count is on the new windows when you go to surface editor a basic 1m*1m has over 700 polygons

What is the best way to preserve the sets of objects(doors, windows, categories) stored into the library from version to version. Or in case there is a reinstall neccessary to a different computer, how can the library file be found and transferred to the new version, computer, install, ect. I am using 5.51, I think the last version before 2018...

window with u 6 and v 6 and over have to use pollygon setting nurbs modelling slows down or freezes up

Qual é a diferença entre as versões de ouro de 2018.1 e 2018.1?

So i have a box, trying to have a cylinder subtract a hole into . Doesn't work. See attached. Trying it with various objects , using version 2015.3...
LWCAD 5.51
This used to work fine. Now nothing..
Tried reset and reinstall..Nothing.
Any suggestions?

Gary

I can't find road / lines and Crosswalks , but no roads tool. Only the two options under infrastructure.
What am i missing...help says it should be there but it isn't.
Any help would be appreciated. Its the same for Lightwave 2015.3 and 2018...
Thank you
Gary

i found that the modern shingles are too large (around 600 mm compared to a more standard size between 400-450 mm). how can i edit the "d3d" files? how is the "allow resizing" feature in LWCAD working? i seem not to be able to resize the scale of the preset shingles.

When I export LWCAD 2018 obj's format from LW2018.4, the surface/part names look like this:

g (k:"Right_Wall"_c:"Wtools3D_2018"
usemtl (k:"Right_Wall"_c:"Wtools3D_2018"

Since I don't have a drive "k", I'm assuming this is coming from the LWCAD plugin. Is there a quick fix (I'd rather see "Right_Wall"?

Hi Victor,
I have a question about profiler and engraver tools.
I use them very intensively with custom profiles, in past relases were possible to keep the "origina size" of the profile with a very useful button.
Is in yours devenlope program to bring back that useful function or there is an "hidden" shortcut to obtain the same result in present relase?

Thanks in advance!!

I am trying to understand the Knife tool. I asked for a feature from Viktor for a tool that did more than one cut. I can see that it has 10 lines as specified and the distance between each is specified, but it still only make the one cut. I'm trying to get it to make all the cuts, or is this not what i thought the tool would be.

Hi, I'm using LWcad 5.5 and LW 2015.3. I'm using the shingle tool and when I click on another preset from the library the shingle is not changing. This is even after getting out of the tool, starting fresh and choosing a new preset before I apply the tool.
I've checked the preset path and its good. The preview of the shingle is there. The only odd thing is when I click on another preset a smal

https://vimeo.com/273197270/ac5c1a54dc

I spent a good deal of time recently thinking about the modeling tools I have at my disposal: Maya, LightWave Modeler, ZBrush, 3D-Coat. All in the context of development of models for a real-time rendering usage. The current strategies for producing high quality models in that context mostly revolve around producing a really high fidelity high resolution shape, then in one way or another deriving

This might be hard to explain, but here goes.

Using the Box command (other commands do this now as well), after drawing the first box it used to be (v4, v5?) that when I would right click, it would finish the tool and be able to start the next box at the same height (or depth, or width depending on in which view port I started) location as the previous box. Now, it starts the box at the origi