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    Switching Documents Broken - Windows

    in Troubleshooting

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    I also have this problem, running VW 2017, SP5, on Windows 11. If I have multiple files open, e.g. to copy something from one drawing to another, after navigating to the second file to copy the item, I then cannot navigate back to the original file without first closing the second one I opened. Very frustrating, but it's not as if I expect it's something that Vectoworks will ever fix. 

    Imported PDF's have detectable grips...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I've imported a PDF cabinetry layout into my drawing to trace over.

    The Vectorworks cursor can detect all the various grips/ midpoints/ centrepoints of the PDF I've imported, however they're all uniformly offset/ shifted from the PDF "image".

    Does anyone know of a way I can justify the grips to line through with the image? Is there something I've done when I've imported it?

    I'm using Vectorworks 2010, SP4 - Fundamentals/ Architect.

    Can't select or edit groups within groups

    in General Discussion

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    Hi Michael,

    My Mac is running OS X 10.6.8.

    I've attached a stripped down file containing the problematic drawing sheet - the problem only occurs when I try to edit any groups I've created within the Viewport - I've grouped the light-fittings, switch routes and sockets for each room or circuit together for ease of editing. Whenever I click into one of these groups, the vast majority of the sub-groups contained within them are unselectable (bizarrely, some groups, particularly the square recessed light fittings in the bottom-left room, can still be selected and edited).

    An example - click into the viewport on the drawing sheet and select one of the two groups which contain the large rectangular LED circuits in the central space. If you then click into the sub-group, you will notice that you cannot select the individual spotlight sub-groups. Also, with regards to the LED circuits themselves, if you click into this sub-group, only the dotted line is selectable while the enclosing solid lines are not. If the enclosing groups are exploded, the previously unselectable objects can now be edited.

    It's mystified us here in the office. We've tried opening the model on a PC running a Windows version of Vectorworks, and it's exactly the same problem.

    I've been using Vectorworks for about 3 years, and I've never come across this before.

    Cheers,

    Malcolm

    Can't select or edit groups within groups

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I have a drawing where I can no longer select nested groups within another group. Also, some polylines can no longer be selected. It's only the one drawing where I'm having this problem - have I switched something on or off, or has my drawing been corrupted somehow?

    Any help or advice gratefully received, 'cos it's doing ma heid in!*

    FYI, I am using VW 2010 SP4 on a Mac.

    *colloquialism

    - Edit -

    Also just discovered with this drawing that right-clicking on an object and selecting "activate class" does not actually activate the class. Seems to me the drawing's corrupted, no?

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