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I recommend for now, use the second option that Pat Stanford said - Set all classes to be visible in all viewports through the Navigation palette. It's super easy! Also, in case you ever need to create a new class, when you do that you have the option settings to have that class be "visible/invisible/gray" in saved views, viewports, and graphic legends.

Request: I wish we had the option to "Replace" a worksheet on a sheet through a button on the OIP the way we can replace a symbol through the OIP in design space. THANKS for considering this! Anna

I see. I already know what that is I just didn't know it's called that. This is not the functionality we were hoping for.

@JuanP Could you explain where to find the "Context Menu"? I'm looking at your first bullet point under General: A new context menu allows quick selection of the linked object from the data tag. We really need a way to isolate which objects receive a Data Tag when the associated record format is attached to many different objects and I want to label only the objects that have info selected in a certain field. I do not want to label the ones that have " - " for that field. Or I want to label the Feature Name of some and not all of one type of Symbol. This Symbol has another field for "in use" or "in storage" and I want to only label the Feature Name of the ones In Use, but all will get labeled. I'd love a way to add more Criteria to a Data Tag. Thanks for any help! Anna Arbetter

THANKS, Pat! I finally got this all downloaded and organized. I'm exited to try it out! Anna

We make our own Symbols, attach our own Record Formats to them, and some of the fields need to be set and unchangeable while other fields, after the symbol is placed, get info entered on an individual basis. See the included screenshot for the fields at the top that are set on an individual basis after the symbol is placed in design space. The fields below in the red box should apply to all instances and be a different color or even completely unchangeable (unless the change is applying to every instance). One way to think of it, for the fields that I want to be unchangeable, I need them to behave like a "black symbol", where "changes made to the symbol definition effect all instances of the symbol". Please send me your ideas and tips! Thanks, Anna Arbetter

I'd like to make a guide for my office that lists all the Data Tags we have and the Feature they each label. I've started a worksheet but the function =NAME does not work to list the name of Data Tags in the Resource Manager. In fact, worksheets can't list anything that's in the Resource Manager and not placed in the file. Is there a way to list things that are in the Resource Manager? Data Tags, names of symbols, etc? Is there any data-driven way to make this? THANKS! Anna

Cool, thanks. What function do I put into the CELL?

I need to display the coordinate location of a stake object in a worksheet cell. What is the cell function I need to enter to display it in Degrees Minutes Seconds? (I already have it displaying in Lat Long.) Thanks!

PLEASE make it so that one can make changes to the Site Model Settings without that automatically updating the Site Model. Such bad timing! We should be able to adjust and adjust without an update and then update when we are ready to PROCESS an update...

@Andy Broomell@jeff prince@Pat Stanford How do I navigate to Libraries>Defaults>Color Palettes? How do I find my User folder? It's not where I thought it used to be. (We work remotely and share files through Microsoft OneDrive, we do not use a Workgroup folder.) Thanks! Anna

There is currently no easy or even moderate method for sharing select colors, named colors, preferred colors, or a custom color palette with other employees. Please add colors to the Resource Manager asap, this seems like a logical place and would make sharing that resource so easy. Please consider it. Thank you! Anna

The process for sharing a Data Visualization between files is so cumbersome and ridiculous. PLEASE make it easy ASAP. One way that would be super easy to access/manage would be to make Data Visualizations an option in the Resource Manager. Please hit the Vote button for this if you agree this would be super helpful! (and Vote is not the same as a "reaction" to a comment/post. Vote is to the left when looking at a post. A reaction is done at the bottom, right of any comment/post from an individual). Anna

Pat, I made this file for you. It has a real example from the project I'm working on. There is a note to you on the Notes layer, none class. THANKS! I hope we can get this working. The way Vw worksheets work for this kind of info (without a fancy addition like a script) is not at all ideal. Anna Futurity-Arbetter_trying to get location name into worksheet columns.vwx

Does anyone just set their layer scale to 1:1? What does it impact? If I switch from 1:48 to 1:1, will it impact how hatches and line styles appear? For the better or worse? Please explain, THANKS! Anna

It's not working! I don't know what's wrong! I need clarification on this statement: I do not need to make any changes to the text inside the script. Correct? Anna

The layer-class script won't work because my query/zones are one per class (to define attributes). If it were LocNamebyLayer, that would work. Just not class. Anna

Pat, I'm trying the WhichLoc script and it's not working at all. I see you said I need to have the names of possible areas in the cell. Do I need to make any changes to the script text itself? Does the script text need to same names of areas in it? Thanks! Anna

Pat, I need a solution as soon as possible. Is this something tech support could help with? There needs to be a way for Vw to do this (and one that doesn't require me to pay for it). I just reread this part of what you wrote. This would be an option as well. I'd love to try it if you made the script. Would I then just need to add a field to the record format that's already attached to the objects (symbols)? Anna

Hi Pat, This is getting confusing. This one won't work for the way I have things set up. Ref Zones and Outfall areas are on different classes that define their attributes. Can I somehow send you a file with an example of my objects (they are symbols) and the various Outfall Drainage Areas they might fall within (one outfall area per object/symbol), and Reference Zones (one reference zone per object/symbol)? Does this explanation help you understand what I'm trying to achieve? I'm thinking the WhichLoc script might be the way to go. I would need to separate it into two scripts though, one for each column/location. I would use WhichLocOutfallArea for the column that lists which Outfall Area an object (symbol, set in row Criteria) exists within. I would use WhichLocRefZone for the column that lists which Reference Zone an object (symbol, set in row Criteria) exists within. What do you think? THANKS! Anna

I understand. For now, it would be fine to keep the two "Locations" separate: a column for Outfall location, a column for Reference Zone location. Additionally, it could be one columns and the result would produce "Outfall location, Reference Zone location" (a comma between the two). - But I would want to see the other two individual ones as well. This would be in addition to those so I can how it all plays out and decide what works best. What are you thinking now?

Hi Pat, I have some questions. How would you make each of these? I need to turn your WhichLoc script into two scripts: WhichLoc_Outfall Drainage Area and WhichLoc_Reference Zone. The possible Outfall Drainage Area locations are: query Outfall 1 Area query Outfall 2 Area query Outfall 3 Area The possible Reference Zones are: EZ1 EZ2 EZ3 IZ1 IZ2 IZ3 IZ4 IZ5 IZ6 IZ7 IZ8 IZ9 IZ10 IZ11 Is it possible to have the results return the names without telling it what the possible names are? Can I instead set criteria such as class and layer and it looks at the Name of objects meeting those requirements (class and layer)?

Thanks! I see I didn't explain the two "locations" well enough but your explanation of how to edit it should get me through. I'll let you know how it goes!

Please "vote" for this post then! (Do people actually do that?)

Using the "Auto Fit Row Height" is not working for me (since starting v2023). Anyone else experiencing this? The row height is not moving to meet the size of the font and when it's a long amount of text with "wrap text" checked, the row height does not get taller to display the second row of text. I've tried everything I can think of and it's not working. Anna