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Hello @joshdasher, How did you create the first device with the overlapping sockets? Usually sockets should not overlap so this kind of looks like a scaling issue to me. Can you share a sample file showing the issue? Best Regards, Nikolay Zhelyazkov

Hello @Bailey K, For this you can use the Project Revision History report. It is doing exactly what you want. Best Regards, Nikolay Zhelyazkov

Short blurb about why I’m asking: I use vectorworks to create visuals of live event spaces for my clients. We are an AV Production Company, so they generally need to be accurate in terms of dims for us, and visually just need to illustrate a decent idea of the final product. We’re not aiming for perfection. I’ve knocked this room up in vectorworks. In real life it’s super detailed and intricate, with oodles of mouldings, pillars, posts etc. - I’ve drawn out the walls effectively as the skirting boards are, and filled in the blanks by adding textures that show the pillars/more intricate bits. I will, however, likely start building out the projection mapped areas in more detail. So I can’t cheat it with applying textures directly to the object as I need the freedom to shift things around and still cast that projected image over the intricate surface, with the shadows and image distortion being somewhat realistic. Currently it looks very legible but that will not be the case as there are lots of dips and divots! We’ll be supplying projectors & lights. The projectors will be mapping some content onto the walls (and therefore all that intricate detail). My question is - what would be the correct way to visualise that projection map within vectorworks? I tried bringing the project into vision, and whilst it’s very useful for some things and fun to play around with, it doesn’t give the final product I need. I then went back to my usual tactic of using a lighting fixture and a gobo. This works (see attached image) but has a few flaws and I’m *hoping* I’m missing a better way of doing it! 1. It projects an ellipsis. Projectors project a rectangle. I have to create my gobo content inside a circle, and then plonk a 16:9 aspect ratio piece of content inside that. Many projectors have multiple ratio options so whilst we tend to work in 16:9, it would be nice to have the option to click a button to see if 16:10 works better in a particular setting. 2. There is no relevance to lens throw distance. I have to manually calculate the lens (which takes seconds, not a problem). However for making adjustments on the fly it would be far nicer to select the lens range and be able to zoom in and out and confirm if it’s still the right lens for whatever I’m trying. 3. I still have to drop a projector in to visually show the physical projector. 4. It would be great to have the standard keystone (I.e. 4 point corner correction) in vision, and also the lens shift up and down within the projector. The lens shift I can live without but would be nice. The corner correction is crucial as the projectors cannot always be perfectly square with the projection surface, and the projective surface is not always rectangular. 5. Slightly more accurate brightness in terms of using the actual projector model would be great. So… am I totally missing something? Can this be done with the projection and screen tool? If so, I couldn’t get it to work so I just be missing something.

In my other tests colouring objects in Groups worked too, i.e. using 'Change Attributes' at the top rather than 'Hide', I just always tend to have Draw Mode for All Other Objects set to 'Show'. But can't see a reason why your way shouldn't work, especially if that's how the stock DVs are set up. Hence suspect it's a bug. But @Matt Panzer will say for sure 🙂

The stock DV "Phasing P1 Complete" seems to be set up the same way - see below screenshot. But changing my "P1 Phasing Complete" DV to match yours (Hide instead of Apply) does make the group appear and dissappear correctly. So it seems the hiding function works with groups but applying graphics doesn't?

Ok do you mean when using the 'P1 Phasing Complete' Data Visualisation? I can see that this is set up to effectively hide the objects with the phase statuses the DV doesn't apply to i.e. 'Demolished', 'Removed', 'Temporary', 'Past' + 'Future'. The Grouped furniture has 'Future' status but isn't hidden when the DV is applied whereas the Ungrouped objects do. I guess this is a bug - @Matt Panzer? But at the same time I'm not sure this is how I would set up the DV in the first place. Is this how the stock Phasing DVs are set up? When I set up the DV to hide objects rather than change attributes the Grouped objects behave as expected:

For me: switching to a stock workspace, the class name column is too narrow, when I made it wider, close the file and re-open, the column width is holding. However, this is not true of my custom workspace. However, when I recreated my workspace and also used the "Save Palette Position" It seems to be holding. Perhaps it is worth noting that I have moved my navigation palette off the stock position and onto a second monitor.

@irvingcostaVectorworks language is unique to the individual installer, it does not automatically switch languages based on the language of the operating system. If available, you can obtain a localized language version from your local distributor. https://www.vectorworks.net/en-US/international

I have Show/Snap/Modify Others on for both layers and classes. When I turn on all classes and all lawyers I should see everything, but I only see the objects that reside in the current layer. Does anyone know why this might be? It happens on one file that I know of. My other files work as expected.

I've uploaded a stripped version of the file from the screen grab. The furniture from the New Construction Phase has been grouped and consequently shows up in the Existing Phase. Phasing Groups Bug.vwx

Same thing. I tried moving the width, saving the file and reopening it, with a few native workspaces (from app folder), didn't save 😞

Hi there I am trying to use the preformated project issue history worksheet and am wondering if there is a way to make it show the current revision at the time of issue for each issue, instead of just showing a dot. any help appreciated :)

Hello, If it's a customised workspace (user folder) what happens if you load a fresh one from your application folder? Tools>Workspaces>Workspaces. Cheers, Peter

Generally you need to do something like this, make the bottom left of a four light window the same width as the window, so the bottom right one disappears. Not a great solution but better than nothing!

Ditto, Same problem. I tried deleting my preferences folder with no luck.

I installed it on my MacBook in my native language, which is Brazilian Portuguese. The installation proceeded without errors, however some menus are in English, and palettes also appear in English, even though the entire installation is in Portuguese. I would like everything to be in Portuguese, including the menus. Has anyone else experienced this?

Hi everyone. I have a VERY ANNOYING bug for the last few weeks. In my Navigation Palette, the column width (Class and Tags) does save. I need to spread the width of the class column EVERY time I open a file in order to see my class names. I tried Saving Palette Position or saving the Workspace. Both works as saving palette position and menus but it doesn't save the column width adjustment. I think the tags columns has been added to a recent update, and maybe this behavior is always been there but because of the new tags column, I notice it. Anybody else has this odd behaviour?

This seems so simple but how can I model a vinyl window with muntins that in reality are simulated divided lites (muntin placed on glass each side, spacer in the middle...a cheap way to look like a true divided lite) as per attached (muntins drawn on elevation viewport annotation). Very typical window in PNW. So a rectangular 3" vinyl frame with 1" muntins if fixed. If I use a transom then it adds a horizontal mullion and a full sash/frame around the transom lite, too (not how it looks or how it is manufactured). If I try with custom configuration I can't get the 3 lites and with only muntins at top . VW 2025 Mac Studio

yeah, I understand that. But if you assign an object to “set marker by class”, I would think that would be equivalent to setting to markers to by class in the attributes panel. So I guess maybe I need to hard program markers to be on with just some random settings, and then set them to be by class?

Hi @shorter, Do you mean somehow make the hole components in a symbol visible in the design layer?

Yes and No. You want the Marker Style to be by Class so that everything in that class has the same Marker. You don't necessarily want every object in the Class to have a Marker. Or maybe you do, but most people don't. I would not want to have to have two different classes for basically the same objects so that some could have markers and some would not. Since you are doing this by script anyway, two additional lines to turn the end markers on does not seem like a big deal.

I created a worksheet that can display the status of the doors in a drawings. Using the criteria I was able to eliminate the doors that were demolished. =DATABASE(((PON='Door') & ('Door'.'OnSched'=TRUE) & (PHASEREMOVE=''))) Using this formula I was able to display the status of each door =UPPER(PHASESTATUS(Q1)) Q1 points to the top right cell with the name of the target phase, in this case "Phase 1 Construction" My question is does anyone know how I would make Q1 a drop down so I can select from the current phases in the drawing rather than having to type it? Having it in Q1 does make it easier than having to retype it in the status formula. Sample file attached. Door Schedule.vwx

While we are on image prop issues I am also having an issue with a 2d/3d symbol shooting infinite line spikes off the symbol geometry. Any clues to the issues with this would be helpful.

Or you can use the free app I already posted! 🤔

You can extract text from screenshots on Mac without extra software: https://macmost.com/macos-shortcuts-capture-text-from-your-screen.html Or if you have a SetApp subscription: https://setapp.com/apps/textsniper