Charlie Winter

Still nothing 3 years later.

Could you elaborate on what your solution was here? I’ve been going down this rabbit hole this month.

@KevinF1973, are you using a customized workspace? While unsure of the cause, I have successfully repeated the hang when my custom workspace is active. If I switch to the default Spotlight workspace VW runs without issue.

When you were experiencing this issue, were you on your Windows machine or Mac? I am continuously experiencing this issue on my Windows installation, but am having trouble identifying what I can do to reliably replicate the issue. @Gunther @Marissa Farrell

What exactly do you mean by “things don’t come in quite right?” Are you referring to the MVR when imported into MA3?

I just ran into this issue and submitted a support request. @JuanP Is there a license manager on the roadmap? To allow users to manage their activations, similar to how Maxon or Adobe function.

The OG 'Replace with Symbol' command does the job correctly now. You just need to check 'Use Records of Original Objects'.

Let me know! I'm happy to go down the rabbit hole of writing a new one.

@michaelkI think this is broken in 2024. 😕

I think this of a pretty big feature… MA introduced MVR X-change..

@jcogdell I could ask MA, but I think its a small wish compared to the big picture there. MA interprets the MVR in its own way, so they would have to adjust some coding, and VW generates the MVR in its own way, so some adjustments would have to be made on the VW side. Either way, someone is adjusting their code, and in my experience VW does actually win out there in being more receptive and responsive. I was successful in building my own python script that accomplishes this task. I'm going to explore using NameList or Name2Index to refine it.

@JBenghiat You were right on about ChatGPT. Especially for someone with little to no experience scripting in VW. I'm refining a script now with GPT 4.0, and getting closer. @Sam Jones MA does have an auto-sort function, but I prefer to manually manage the sort. Just the way my brain works I guess.

Thx, @DianaK, for the quick phone chat. @Sam Jones @JBenghiat @JimWoodward @klinzey @tgooch The problem: When importing an MVR generated from Vectorworks into MA3, the only way to order your channels sequentially is to auto-sort. This may be fine for some, but I prefer to manage the sort on my own. This is a cumbersome process of cut and paste and is not sustainable on large projects. I believe that the sort for the MVR Export is based on the object stacking order in the design layer. With that info, I discovered that 'Send to Back' or 'Send to Front' affected the object order when exporting an MVR. Given this, is it possible to create a script that sorts the object stacking order based on the Lighting Device Channel?

Is it possible, through some scripting I would assume, to adjust to front/back sort of Lighting Devices in a drawing so they are in Channel Order when exported with MVR? A query of the objects in the drawing through a worksheet shows the objects in the order as they will appear when I import the MVR in MA3.

@rDesignThx for the link to this other post. It appears to have good traction with VW employees in getting to the bottom of startup delays.