Thomas Peters

Is there any way to access the 'Category' field from the Device Builder once the device has been created? It will be helpful for sorting devices on a worksheet, and useful in creating an integration with the 'EntEquipUniversal'.'Department' record via the Data Manager.

🙌 Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for. Logged a feature request at https://jira.vectorworks.net/browse/VE-105057 to bring this into the ConnectCAD settings.

Circuits that are not assigned to a cable loom can be moved by their name tag Circuit that are assigned to a loom can only be moved by the loom's name. The initial handle is in a different position. This means there are extra steps to getting the circuits to align nicely on the sheet. I'd like to be able to place the loom name wherever it needs to be, and the source/destination bubble separately wherever I want it as well, and I'd love to be able to do both without needing to modify the object first. Could I please have multiple selection points?

Is it possible to edit the values that appear in the Cable Length dropdown? As is likely the intention of this parameter, it would be expedient to simply specify some cable lengths based on my stock, but these provided lengths do not align with my vendors' stock. My current workaround is to either - draw every run and then using nested IF/THEN statements to align the values, or - use the provided specified lengths and then in my worksheets IF/THEN those into my actual stock lengths as per my other post.

For posterity: Nested IF statements, or a very long IFS, can achieve this inelegantly with brute force.... https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php?title=Worksheet_Functions#Math

I can link ConnectCAD circuits to Spotlight Cable object, which then allows me to retrieve ='CableObject'.'Length' by querying ='Circuit'.'CableCalculatedLength', but, I want to retrieve 'CableObject'.'LengthPartsTotal' from the spotlight cable object, as that is based on specified inventory (i.e. 10', 25', 50' etc) I can't do a VLOOKUP across two worksheets, as that of course will query only spreadsheets and not databases. Do I need to learn how to use the Data Manager, or is there another workaround? 2023 SP5

This behavior matches that of a symbol, in that altering the object attributes has no impact, but altering the class attributes does. The change was clearly surprising to me, and while I could certainly improve my own best practice by defaulting to colour-by-class, I don't know if there is any other PIO that behaves in this way. As to it being enough- I ask, why not both?

Expanded classing for the object means data tags and greater appearance control, so, while I contend this remains a regression, I will take it. Thank you.

Reproduced in a new blank file Cannot modify attributes (fill, pen etc) of Layout Room object. Can use data visualization to brute-force attributes.

Thank you for fixing this in 2022 SP4 👏👏👏👏

Thank you for resolving this issue in VW2022 SP3. The interface is significantly faster.

The Equipment Item workflow is great. When I have an equipment item attached to a Screen / Loudspeaker / Camera PIO, and I have both the PIO and the Equipment Item selected (marquee select for a large number of items, i.e. a row of DSMs) the Equipment Item will move in an unpredictable way. If I select and move only the PIO, the equipment item moves together with the PIO. First seen in VW2022 SP2.1, also present in SP3. Can anyone else reproduce this?

@Nikolay Zhelyazkov and @Conrad Preen Ninja edit: user error.

@Nikolay Zhelyazkov this is exactly the kind of workaround I was hoping to find! 👏

Thanks @TomWhiteLight but Unfortunately no- 'use symbol' uses only the 3D geometry, or an autohybrid of the front view- I would like to use hybrid symbols. Same way the other PIO's that are recognized do.