Python Scripting

548 topics in this forum

1. Delete 3D of symbol

   By sandertb, June 15, 2022
   • 8 replies
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   • twk
   • October 13, 2022

2. vs.Showclass(), vs.Hideclass(), vs.Layer() with wildcards?

   By matteoluigi, July 8, 2022
   • 8 replies
   • 596 views
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   • Pat Stanford
   • July 11, 2022

3. knowing which field was updated.

   By Jayme McColgan, May 18, 2023
   • 8 replies
   • 385 views
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   • MullinRJ
   • May 30, 2023

4. My intention is to create a script in python where I select self-inserted 3dlocus points. From this selection I need the X,Y and Z coordinates .

   By Evert Vandeberg, July 6, 2023
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   • Jayme McColgan
   • August 30, 2023

5. Set Custom Sheet Data via script

   By spettitt, September 16, 2023
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   • spettitt
   • September 18, 2023

6. vs.SetAngle(h, value) - running issues

   By Andreas, October 18, 2023
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   • Andreas
   • October 19, 2023

7. How to place a symbol at a specific height

   By Raph, March 19
   • 8 replies
   • 669 views
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   • Pat Stanford
   • March 20

8. Can we disable Python caching?

   By Dieter @ DWorks, October 14, 2013
   • 7 replies
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   • Musisback
   • April 20, 2015

9. Get a List of all symbols of a symbol folder

   By DomC, August 18, 2015
   • 7 replies
   • 4.4k views
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   • DomC
   • September 17, 2015

10. Help me schedule a task please

    By mattao, March 15, 2016
    • 7 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • JBenghiat
    • March 15, 2016

11. Global Variables with Imported Functions

    By MaxStudio, September 22, 2016   

    • global
    • variables
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • global
      • variables
      • import
      • imported
      • functions
    • 7 replies
    • 26.6k views
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    • Dieter @ DWorks
    • September 27, 2016

12. Get WS Cell Object Handle

    By Patrick Winkler, June 30, 2017
    • 7 replies
    • 2.1k views
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    • Pat Stanford
    • January 25, 2021

13. Possibly to import/export Instrument Data

    By MeTheMachine, October 31, 2017
    • 7 replies
    • 2.4k views
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    • Sam Jones
    • November 1, 2017

14. Easy Text with color SOLVED!!

    By avictorgm, November 13, 2018
    • 7 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • MullinRJ
    • November 23, 2018

15. LinkedText

    By Martin Crawford, March 19, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Martin Crawford
    • March 22, 2019

16. Shape panel boolean parameters

    By Giovanni, July 15, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • Giovanni
    • July 16, 2019

17. Identifier Not Declared error

    By sully8391, May 7, 2020   

    • python
    • plugin
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • python
      • plugin
      • script
      • identifier not declared
      • error
    • 7 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • MullinRJ
    • May 7, 2020

18. Using an External Text Editor

    By sully8391, May 8, 2020   

    • text editor
    • python
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • text editor
      • python
      • sublime
      • external editor
    • 7 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • sully8391
    • May 11, 2020

19. Reading Record Info from Other File

    By twk, March 1, 2021
    • 7 replies
    • 2.1k views
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    • DomC
    • June 20, 2023

20. Calculating Objects that overlap

    By tbexon, March 3, 2021   

    • python
    • overlapping objects
    • 7 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • tbexon
    • March 5, 2021

21. The best vector includes out there

    By _c_, January 17, 2022
    • 7 replies
    • 907 views
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    • _c_
    • January 20, 2022

22. Replace symbol definition using SetHDef

    By Scott Stanelle, February 11, 2022
    • 7 replies
    • 706 views
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    • Scott Stanelle
    • June 4, 2022

23. Change Text size based on string length to stay on 1 line

    By Jayme McColgan, June 3, 2022
    • 7 replies
    • 605 views
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    • Jayme McColgan
    • June 3, 2022

24. overwrite Vectorworks Preferences.xml from script

    By Jayme McColgan, October 30, 2022
    • 7 replies
    • 646 views
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    • Jayme McColgan
    • November 28, 2022

25. Bounding box coordinates

    By Jiajing, April 1, 2023
    • 7 replies
    • 807 views
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    • MullinRJ
    • May 1, 2023