MHBrown

I seem to remember in VectorWorks 12 a command called "custom visibility" where you could create a script using various criteria and then make all objects so defined be temporarily turned "off." For example, I'd like to make all the text on my drawing invisible. I know I could do this with Classes, but that is not my question. My question is whether or not the "custom visibility" menu command is still available or if it has been removed (or if I was just imagining things!) Thanks in advance. Mike

My problem was solved by putting the "magic mouse" in my desk drawer along with the keyboard that lacks a USB port. My seven year old G5 keyboard works much better, plus it has the easy-to-access USB port. (as an aside, which Einstein at Apple decided that placing all the inputs on the back of the iMac was a good idea?) My ancient G5's USB mouse has been working flawlessly, too. Not sure what the problem is with your MBP, Kevin, but I would definitely try using a USB mouse for a while and see if that makes a difference. Mike

This seems like an extra step to me and I don't really see the advantage of the new system, but thanks for explaining how to do it.

Ummm...very strange. When I go to the floating palette to set the line thickness and color the dashes setting is missing. Is this a bug? I can't imagine that the settings for lines would be split up into various places, so I'm sure it is supposed to be here. Is it possible I've turned some off some setting? I can't think of any other place it could be since all the line settings would normally be in one place, so if you find one you'd find them all. Thanks for any help! Mike Brown VW2013 iMac 27" OS 10.8.3

So far replacing the so called "magic mouse" has calmed everything down. Could that be it? I'll use it the rest of the week and see. Kevin, that might even explain the problem with the MBP since the touch pad uses similar technology (minus the wireless component, I suppose.) Try working with a USB mouse and see if you get the same problem. Thanks for your help, by the way!

I'm using VW 2013 with the service pack 3 installed, so I think I'm up to date. I'm using it on a late-2012 iMac, 27 inch, 3.4 GHZ Intel Core i7 with 16GB of 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM. The video card is a ridiculously wordy NVIDIA GForce GTX 675MX with 1024mb (or 1GB) of VRAM. I'm using OS 10.8.3, which I think is the latest version. Now that that's out of the way, here is what's happening: From time to time, I'll drag an object, but it will not go. The image stays where it started. If, however, I do a "select all" the object's handles appear in the seemingly empty place where it should have been after the drag. The image I can still see cannot be selected. Secondly, sometimes a wall (or anything else, 2D or 3D) will become discontinuous and pick up somewhere below where it should be. Again, if I do a "select all" the object handle's appear in the empty space where the wall was. These are two examples of what is happening. I think I have a powerful enough video card and computer. If something is wrong with the card, however, I'd like to take the iMac in while it is still under warranty. Has anyone seen this type (or similar) video scrambling of the image. Thanks in advance for any help. Mike Brown

Thanks Mike and Pete, that works great! In the 18 years I've been using MiniCAD/VectorWorks I've never once wished I could edit a symbol in anything other than its originally drawn orientation. Clearly others need this, however, and this is a fantastic way to give both groups what they want. I bet at some point I'll use it to my advantage, too. It's kinda cool how the symbol slowly rotates in the edit window, too. Thanks again for your quick response. MHBrown

I'm upgrading from VW 12.5, so this is quite a leap to VW 2013. I've noticed what has to be a a preference that I switched on by mistake. In all previous versions of VW/MiniCAD, when you double-clicked on a symbol it opened in the edit window the way it was drawn. In VW2013, however, double-clicking on a rotated symbol opens the edit window with the symbol rotated to that particular instance's angle. This can't be right. No one would want to edit a rotated symbol. There is a clumsy work-around by control-clicking, selecting show in Resource Browser, clicking Edit: three steps instead of one. If this is a bug it is inexcusable, but I'm sure it's just a pref I can't find. Can someone tell me where it is? Thanks very much! I'm running Mac OS 10.8.2 on a 27" iMac MHBrown