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Hi My idea is to create a web server, host a dialog there, and exchange data via the web directory of the hosted content. So far, I see the following possibilities: 1. **Dump the site from Vectorworks to a local file.** Local web content is restricted and, as far as I can see, cannot contain cross-references or multiple files. This is for security reasons, as a web application shouldn't control the local file system. One way to address this is by using a local development server (e.g., Python's `http.server`) to serve the content over HTTP, bypassing these restrictions. 2. **Launch an Apache server on macOS.** This works so far; the site is hosted in a machine directory that is accessible with root privileges. It's quite simple to do with a `subprocess sudo apachectl start`. This would work, and the web application could load and write data in the directory. However, this requires root access to start Apache. Or having to manipulate configuration files. 3. **Launch a web server via Python.** Here, it’s not possible to launch it directly within Vectorworks because the server would block the Vectorworks main thread, as Python’s default HTTP server runs synchronously. 4. **Launch a Python web server as a subprocess and access the embedded Python in Vectorworks.** This could be possible, but the environment variables in the OS might not handle the embedded Python properly. Explicitly configuring the subprocess environment or using isolated Python installations could help mitigate this issue. However, it's possible that the embedded Python content is designed to run exclusively within Vectorworks, making this option challenging. bash python3 -m http.server 8080 5. **Installing additional application in the OS.** This is also possible, but the solution should work like a portable standalone application rather than requiring content to be installed into the system. Tools like Docker or portable Python distributions could make this approach feasible without impacting the system setup. 6. **Using an external web application to handle everything.** In this approach, you send a token, the web application processes the data (e.g., sanitizes and validates it), builds the site, and writes results to a database. The local script can then retrieve the results using the temporary token. I’ve used this method for some projects, and it seems very flexible and powerful. However, it requires an external web service and isn’t lightweight at all. 7. Creating one single local web-page Merging everything in one file would work for pushing the content into the site. Still the issue then, that it is not possible to write something on the disk, which would work with the #2 apache webservice. I know an SDK-developed application could make direct access possible (anyway i never tried this, too much respect from the c++ environment), even with a non-blocking palette. But still there is the other question of hosting the site on the localhost. Does anyone have additional ideas for a simple, secure and clean workflow to host the web-content?

Got it vs.SetDLSeparation(separationDistance)

Hi What i am trying to do is, change tool settings by script. The Following approaches i try: 1. SetSavedSetting() This works, but it seems it writes to the xml memory. And while closing Vectorworks the settings are wrote back to the file. Also i can set every setting i want as Example vs.SetSavedSettings('foo', 'bar', 100) It will store that setting 2. Second approach Writing the xml file. Which also works. It writes the value with my example. But after closing Vectorworks it will overwrite with the tool setting. any ideas? import os import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET # Hauptskript user_app_settings = vs.GetFolderPath(-15) tool_settings_file = os.path.join(user_app_settings, 'SavedSettings.xml') s_dialog = 'Einstellungen optimieren' #res = vs.YNDialog(s_dialog) import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET def modify_nested_xml_value(file_path, parent_tag, key, new_value): # Parse the XML file tree = ET.parse(file_path) root = tree.getroot() # Suche nach dem übergeordneten Tag und dann nach dem spezifischen Element innerhalb davon parent = root.find(f".//{parent_tag}") if parent is not None: element = parent.find(key) if element is not None: element.text = str(new_value) # Setze den neuen Wert # Speichere das aktualisierte XML zurück in die Datei tree.write(file_path, encoding="UTF-8", xml_declaration=True) vs.Message(f"Updated '{key}' under '{parent_tag}' to '{new_value}' in {file_path}") parent_tag = "DoubleLinePreferences" key = "Separation" new_value = "19" # Neuer Wert für Separation modify_nested_xml_value(tool_settings_file, parent_tag, key, new_value) vs.SetSavedSetting('DoubleLinePreferences', 'Separation', 20) res = vs.GetSavedSetting('DoubleLinePreferences', 'Separation') vs.AlrtDialog(str(res))

The node is called color input not color rgb Normally the issue of disappearing objects it the 2D 3D Content that a PIO or a Symbol can have (do you have a PIO?) It also depends if you have screen plane or layer plane as default, where your 2D Objects are places inside a PIO. For better control of where Planar Objects are placed you can use Set Planar ref (0 is screen plane and will be 2D Component of PIO) or set component group. Also discussed here.

1. The Compose node uses a Menu-Command. It works as long as it is not used inside a PIO Object. The reason why it does not work is, that you do not create any lines which you could compose. Lines: 2. You try to create lines with start 0.0 and end 350.0. Instead you should insert a point (0.0,0.0) at start and end(350.0,350.0) as Example. 3. You have a list of points in the right order. You could create directly a polygon with the node "Create 2D Poly" Here two Variants to create the polygon. I would choose Variante B it the rest of the network do not need lines somewhere. Just the poly This two Rectangles creates the same Polygon I mean 4 Nodes agains one single nodes which does the same (I counted the Attribute node in the Screenshot)

@Zuzzla Thanks for noting that. After all this is right. The node uses the key varName which represent the internal name. the key 'text' represents the visible parameter name. Because i use "if name in varName" and not name == varName it worked for me while i always not check with the full name. However the "text" key was the right one to use.

If so i would not just loop the walls in drawing and changing the same stile hundreds of times. I would get the walls and collect the used style names. Then i would eliminate duplicate names and loop the style names. Or collect the Resources directly. Beside that, i would not change object swhich i collect with "ForEachObject" directly in the "ForEachObject" callback function. I would use "ForEachObject" always as a read only manipulation. something like this: wall_style_names = [] def get_objects(h): wall_style_name = vs.GetWallStyle(h) '''hinzufügen, falls nicht schon in der Liste''' wall_style_names.append(wall_style_name) if wall_style_name not in wall_style_names else None vs.ForEachObject(h,('T=WALL')) for wall_style_name in wall_style_names: wall_style_handle = vs.GetObject(wall_style_name) '''security to be sure just manipulating wall styles''' if vs.GetTypeN(wall_style_handle) == 127: #Do your component renaming code here

Short Test. It works with an unstyled Wall. h = vs.FSActLayer() bool = vs.SetComponentName(h, 1, 'ciao') For a Styled Wall, it works by get handle of wall style and set it there:

I think it is not possible the change the component name of a styled wall. Even manually we are not able to do so. Text is greyed out

Not near my Mac. I Wonder if you handle the style or the Wall.