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Bring back Attached Records in Object Info
WhoCanDo replied to WhoCanDo's question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
Thanks Art, I think you are seeing my view. It's more complicated than that Hippocode. I tried to simplify things to begin the discussion and it's very hard to explain uncommon processes so I also used examples that I thought people could relate too. Using the above example of two squares and a line. If the squares had horizontal lines at 50mm apart but I didn't want the lines to pattern match when placed beside each other then the first square would have a start of 50mm and the second would have a start of 25. Each square has the same record so Custom Selection would select both and if I changed the start then it would make both the same start which is what I don't want. Imagine this with a jigsaw puzzle. The top and bottom rows have a straight edge so I could say the start was the same if I wanted to pattern match but I don't want to select all with the same record. Hopefully the attached will show our actually process. Panels 2 to 11 need a start of 32 and 12 to 15 need a start of 10 even though they all have the same record of "Panel". I need to marquee the top panels so I can change the starts. In vw2016 this could be done because I would see all items with all records and know that only "Panel" records will be affecting panels. A tough one I know but this is our daily process so this is a need rather than a want because creating Custom Selections to pick only panels with marks 2 to 11 or 2, 5, 7, 10, etc. would be a nightmare. -
Bring back Attached Records in Object Info
WhoCanDo replied to WhoCanDo's question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
Sorry Matt, I don't quite understand what you meant. However, this is and example only. Take two squares and a line. One square has data A & B and the other has A & C. If you select all you will see no records attached because the line is selected, and that has no records attached. Now de-select the line and you see both squares have A but you wont see B nor C. -
Bring back Attached Records in Object Info
WhoCanDo posted a question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
Hi, In vw2016 (our last version) we use to be able to pick all (for example) and Object Info would list the Records attached, even though some were crosses, some were blank and some were grey (to indicate that the Record was not attached to all selected items). This was an excellent way of not needing to know what object has what record and being able to revise the data within each record as required. For example, if my walls are mud brick and the clients says he wants to change to clay brick then I can select all and change the brick type. This may also apply if some of the walls were changed. I would marquee the walls (and probably also select a window or other object) and change the data field value. With vw2018, if more than one object is picked with different Records then only common records are visible. That means that if even if my walls are all the same type, if some of the walls have an attached plaster record, then I will not see the plaster record unless I select the specific wall with plaster. This is as simple as I can make it because we have 20+ records of which can be attached to similar objects as required. To pick all walls and see all the Records attached is now impossible, and even if we were to use Custom Selection, the variables would be unmanagable. Please bring back the complete records list, even if it was only the used records. -
Ok, I'll report it now. Thanks
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Got it, but I think it's a bug .. If I have Document Preferences/Use Layer Colors ticked then it prints in black & white and when unticked, it prints in color. My layer color is not black & white though. Is this the same for you Pat?
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Hi Pat, I was printing straight from the worksheet Print to a colored printer :-)
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Hi, I'm still using 2016 so can someone comment if worksheets with color text are able to print in color or not? I have a cell in a worksheet that is formatted with red text but not matter how I try, the printed copy is black text. Any ideas? In case anyone asks, yes I have set the printer properties to color :-) Regards
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You are correct Pat, So I have put a Sum at the top of the column with the link. It's correct now :-) I didn't realise that a link would act the same as a criteria. Thanks for that suggestion. Regards
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Hi Pat, There are not instances of FirstWkSht on the drawing since it's a list of material to cut and therefore has a total length and total weight listed. I want the weight listed on the second worksheet but the format of the second worksheet means that the link is on the database line of a different database item. So the first worksheet, line 56, is database criteria =DATABASE((R IN ['Kickplate'])) with the cell C56 containing =(Product.Weight) ..... the answer is 9.38 kg The second worksheet, line 5, is database criteria =DATABASE((R IN ['A/Panel'])) with the cell G5 containing =('FirstWkSht':C56) ...... the link shows 18.76 kg I tried to divide the link answer by COUNT(R IN ['A/Panel']) but that gave an answer of 2, however if I put =COUNT(R IN ['A/Panel']) in a "spreedsheet" cell (say E14) then divide the link answer by that spreedsheet cell, it does work. eg. =('FirstWkSht':C56)/E14 The thing is, I don't want a line of unrelated numbers showing up, and even though I could hide this line, I shouldn't have too. Can you see a fault in my formulas?
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Now this has caused a different problem. On the first worksheet I have in cell C56, =(Product.Weight), which for 8 objects displays 9.38 kg correctly. On the second worksheet I have =(FirstWkSht:C56) with the result 18.76 kg. The link to the first worksheet is on a database defined "Item" line that is not the same database as C56 "Product" and has 2 items listed. So, the weight on the first worksheet is correct, but when reflected on the second worksheet, the reflected value is multiplied by the record count on that line. =(FirstWkSht:C56)/Count(R in ['Item']) doesn't work Is there a solution to this?
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With CreateLayout ('Title', True, 'OK', 'Cancel'); I can see that "True" adds a block to the dialog but how do you populate the block with helpful text?
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Thankyou, I'll keep that in mind. So h := NextObj (h); was the answer to my problem. Thanks to all.
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It's been like this for years and only recently stopped working. I can see your point, so that means that VW has ignored the RecalculateWS (h) for years rather than running indefinitely and chosen to run indefinitely. This maybe the fix but it counts 106 instead of the expected 15 worksheets. I'd like to know why if anyone can help. h := FInGroup (GetParent (GetObject ('Banding Cutting List'))); p := 0; while (h <> NIL) do begin p := p + 1; if (GetTypeN (h) = 18) then RecalculateWS (h); h := NextObj (h); end; Message (p);
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No, I'm still on 2016. No updates between working last week and not working this week. Other suggestions appreciated.
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Can anyone suggest why this has stopped working for me. The script just looks until I press ESC but it use to work for years. h := FInGroup (GetParent (GetObject ('Banding Cutting List'))); while h <> NIL do if (GetTypeN (h) = 18) then RecalculateWS (h); The worksheet "Banding Cutting List" exists in the sub-folder Worksheets in the Resource Browser. There are only 15 worksheets in this folder and yet the integer loop counter I tested just kept going past it's positive limits. I must be missing something here.
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Changing dimension text size within a vectorScript
WhoCanDo replied to ClockWerX's topic in Vectorscript
Chrissy, How did you get this to work? I added SetTextSize (h, 0, 99, GetTextSize (h, 1) / GetLScale (ActLayer) * 25); after the message. This changes the text visually on the screen, but not really. If you cut and past the dimension, it shows the original text size. I think we want the same thing for different reasons. I've written a macro to change all layers of the same scale as the active layer to a new asked scale. The problem is the text doesn't stay the same point size after the layer changes scale and the code that Raymond wrote (with my addition above) changes the text only visually. -
Except when the Saved View is the Viewport sheet.
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Actually yes but I have "Restore Unified View" off.
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Thanks Gytis, I've been watching myself and it's definitely doing it on itself when switching to OpenGL. Anyone else having this problem?
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Hi, Anyone had problems with Unified View? We usually draw with if off but if I switch in and out of OpenGL (I think) it seems to switch the other layers to 3D as if Unified View was active. The other layers usually switch to Top View rather than Top/Plan. Any ideas why this would happen when Unified View is not selected? Is there a keyboard shortcut that I may be using without realising it?
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Dialog boxes not in the middle of the screen
WhoCanDo replied to WhoCanDo's topic in General Discussion
I just tried making a backup and deleting the SavedSettings.xml No luck at fixing the problem. -
Dialog boxes not in the middle of the screen
WhoCanDo replied to WhoCanDo's topic in General Discussion
Really, how annoying. As I said, mine only started after changing licence numbers. Sorry for you. -
Hi, Since loading a trial licence to test a problem for the VW techs, my dialog boxes open inconsistently in the top left corner of my screen. "Inconsistently" because the same dialog can pop up in the middle of the screen (where it should be) the next time. How can I stop the dialogs from my macros & VW (like "move") from poping up anywhere else but the middle where it should do? Even after changing the serial number back to my purchased number, it still happens.
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The experimenting I've got it. =('Worksheet Name':I16) However, does Nemetschek have any help for worksheet formula/help?
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There doesn't seem to be a specific worksheet discussion page so can someone let me know how to =(another worksheet.cell reference) please. Does Nemetschek have any help for worksheet formula/help?