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Thanks all for the suggestions. TAP works. As Kevin McAllister had mentioned "Rot about Path is the key" I set it to 90 degree and I got a desired bend around a curved surface. Thanks again.

Yup i wish there was a quicker way to do it. I tried text along path but it doesn't give me a desired bend. Thanks Peter.

Is there a way to bend text on a curved surface in vectorworks? Thanks,

Thanks Raymond. This is very helpful!

Hi, I can't seem to make the CreateExtrudeAlongPath to work. I have a simple arc and a rectangular on the screen. The was testing out the scrip below but I don't see any new extruded along path object after running the script. Please help! PROCEDURE SuperExtrPath; VAR p,n,h:HANDLE; a,b:INTEGER; BEGIN p:=FObject; n:=NextObj(p); h:=CreateExtrudeAlongPath(p,n); END; RUN(SuperExtrPath); Thank you

Hi, Thanks all for your feedbacks. I ended up extrude the 2D object first then use Set3DInfo to change with width, height and depth of the rounded rectangle. It works!

I can't seem to be able to change the width and height of a rounded rectangle through vectorscript. Am I doing something wrong? PROCEDURE test; VAR h:HANDLE; BEGIN RRect(0,0,200,100,20,20); h:=LNewObj; SetWidth(h,300); SetHeight(h,200); END; RUN(test); Thanks,

Is there a shortcut in Mac to switch between Screen Plane and Layer Plane mode? Thanks,

I try to insert HVAC piping symbols from the resource browser but having trouble aligning and rotating each pipe. Is there a trick for this? I simply want to place a 90 degree elbow round pipe on top of a vertical round pipe. Thanks,

I created a rectangle and a series of oval using Vectorscript. I wanted to clip surface but I can't seem to make it work. I think it has something to do with the last too lines in my code SelectObj((T=RECT) AND (T=OVAL)); DoMenuTextByName('Clip Surface',0); Did I do something wrong? Thanks,

Thanks. I will give it a shot!

Is there a fuction to or predefined procedure to access each vertex point of a 2D object in Vectorscript? I want to insert a custom symbol at each vertex of a rectangle. Thanks!

I created a custom 2D symbol like you said. I then created a column and picked select structure shape to pick my custom shape but it said "Invalid Selection". What did I do wrong?

Has anyone try to create custom structure shapes to expand the Vectorworks' Structure shapes library? Thanks,

Is there a way to make "Enable Connected Wall Mode" to work with curved walls?

I like to be able to insert custom structural posts/columns and objects to walls so that when I move a wall, the inserted structures will move along with it. That offers so much flexibilities when there are changes to the design. I also find constraints in Vectorworks are very limited and unstable.

Hey there, I have been trying to insert a custom symbol in a corner of two walls but have had no luck. Does anyone has a solution? Thanks,

Hi Guy, I think what you preferred to is Dimensional Constraint. I was preferring to the Parametric Constraints. Anyway, I believe it is a bug in Vectorworks 2012. I downloaded Vectorworks 2013 trial and it worked fine. Does anyone know how to make a hybrid symbol (2D/3D Symbol) to display its 3D outline in a top view? I created a simple square and added a locus to the bottom. I then converted them into a hybrid symbol. When I changed to top/plan view, only the locus show up. I rather see the locus and the outline of the box. Thanks,

The parametric constraint indicator (green) displays correctly on a top plan view but when I change to a perspective view, it isn't in a correct place anymore. Can we assign parametric constraint in 3D view? If not, is there a way to just show it in a to plan view? Thanks,

Hello, Is there an automatic dimensioning tool for 3D object similar to the way Dimension Exterior Walls work? Thanks,

Thanks Pat. DSelectAll does the trick.

Thanks. How do you pass a selected (highlighted) object to a HANDLE variable. I am a bit confused on h:HANDLE; h:=FSActLayer; I think FSActLayer only return the most recent object and not an object that I actually want to select. Thanks,

I wrote a simply script using ForEachObject and would like to apply it only to a few objects selected on screen. What do I use to retrieve a group of selected objects? Thanks,

Thank you so much. It works. I was making a custom script to project a polygon on ground plane and I was looking at ways to convert a complex object to a group of polygons before running the script. Thank you!

Hi there, Is there anyway to convert a 3D polygons or nurbs surface to polygons but maintain it integrity on a working plan? The convert to polygons tool flatten a 3D polygons on a screen plane which distorts the original shapes and dimensions of a 3D polygons. Thanks, Huy