Python Scripting

548 topics in this forum

1. Custom Tool Question

   By Martin Crawford, March 25, 2021
   • 10 replies
   • 3.1k views
   • 
   • Martin Crawford
   • March 26, 2021

2. Attach record to symbol in resource manager

   By Jayme McColgan, January 3, 2022   

   • question
   • solved
   • 10 replies
   • 924 views
   • 
   • Jayme McColgan
   • January 5, 2022

3. Running a server script in the background

   By Myke, February 22, 2022
   • 10 replies
   • 794 views
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   • JBenghiat
   • February 27, 2022

4. vs.ForEachObject seems slow

   By Myke, April 17, 2022
   • 10 replies
   • 909 views
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   • Jesse Cogswell
   • May 6, 2022

5. Trying to filp the source polyline in an extrude but my scipt does not work.

   By The Hamma, October 28, 2022
   • 10 replies
   • 405 views
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   • michaelk
   • November 4, 2022

6. Create and rewrite a Worksheet

   By Raph, September 7, 2023
   • 10 replies
   • 1.8k views
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   • Marissa Farrell
   • September 19, 2023

7. Get File Unique ID

   By spettitt, April 12
   • 10 replies
   • 414 views
   • 
   • JBenghiat
   • April 15

8. comfy w/ vectorscript lost w/ python

   By J. Miller, February 5, 2016
   • 9 replies
   • 2k views
   • 
   • Benedick_Miller
   • December 28, 2018

9. Size of Parameter/Record Field

   By twk, October 6, 2016   

   • field
   • scripting
   • 9 replies
   • 1.9k views
   • 
   • Dieter @ DWorks
   • October 10, 2016

10. vs.SetCursor

    By The Hamma, July 29, 2020
    • 9 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • The Hamma
    • July 30, 2020

11. GetLBHeaderTextWidth function crashing VW2021

    By twk, January 13, 2021   

    • sdk
    • python
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • sdk
      • python
      • vectorscript
      • dialogs
    • 9 replies
    • 1.7k views
    • 
    • twk
    • January 19, 2021

12. Python plug-in with widgets (basic example)

    By _c_, March 27, 2021
    • 9 replies
    • 4.5k views
    • 
    • Alexander Zemtsov
    • February 11, 2022

13. create and insert folder into preexisting folder.

    By Jayme McColgan, August 4, 2021
    • 9 replies
    • 2k views
    • 
    • Jayme McColgan
    • August 5, 2021

14. Update Dialogs Fields while typing

    By Jayme McColgan, December 15, 2021   

    • question
    • answered
    • 9 replies
    • 947 views
    • 
    • Jiajing
    • January 24, 2022

15. Finding the distance between objects

    By Jayme McColgan, August 5, 2022
    • 9 replies
    • 811 views
    • 
    • Letti R
    • September 27, 2022

16. Get Handle to Objects in section Viewport

    By DomC, March 17, 2023
    • 9 replies
    • 837 views
    • 
    • DomC
    • April 3, 2023

17. converting for document units....

    By Jayme McColgan, November 1, 2023
    • 9 replies
    • 1.7k views
    • 
    • michaelk
    • November 2, 2023

18. vs.CreateCustomObjectN() not showing in PDF Export

    By Jayme McColgan, December 4, 2023
    • 9 replies
    • 2.2k views
    • 
    • Jayme McColgan
    • December 27, 2023

19. vs.SetObjectTags()

    By koenr, April 9   

    • python
    • vectorscript
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • python
      • vectorscript
      • labels
      • classes
    • 9 replies
    • 498 views
    • 
    • koenr
    • April 12

20. Center Drawing on Origin

    By Patrick Winkler, July 11, 2016
    • 8 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • MullinRJ
    • July 14, 2016

21. How to read the value of a field (linked to databank) of a symbol

    By avictorgm, September 13, 2018   

    • python
    • symbol
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • python
      • symbol
      • field
      • databank
    • 8 replies
    • 3.5k views
    • 
    • avictorgm
    • January 8, 2020

22. Flagging a Title block field as updated so vectorworks doesn't overwrite it

    By Stephen Sorenson, November 15, 2018
    • 8 replies
    • 2.1k views
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    • twk
    • March 9, 2020

23. Duplicate symbol with fixed distance

    By Jörgen Dohmen, May 18, 2020
    • 8 replies
    • 3k views
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    • MRoth
    • May 19, 2020

24. 3D Path tool, draw polyline instead of curved lines

    By sandertb, December 3, 2021
    • 8 replies
    • 1k views
    • 
    • sandertb
    • December 20, 2021

25. Can anybody recommend on how to set up a phyton scripting development environment in VW?

    By VvierA, February 19, 2022
    • 8 replies
    • 694 views
    • 
    • twk
    • February 20, 2022