[I am color blind, and I can hardly see this text. Give me (us) a way to change the color.]

Give me (us) the option to change the green text color of RM resources like these. I am color blind, and I can hardly see this text.

 

[Change Data Tag Style Text Color in RM?]

1 hour ago, Tom W. said:

No I don't think so. This is hard coded. The green text means the Data Tags are page based, the red means they are world based. 

This is sad. I wish the designers would consider how the colors they choose affect color blind people. It's not just Vectorworks. I encounter this all the time. In this case it might be an easy fix to include allow changing the color in the interactive settings. I will post this "wish".

[Change Data Tag Style Text Color in RM?]

Is there an interactive setting to change the color of the text for Data Tags in the RM? I can hardly see the color of the right hand text.

 

[Snap cues disappear!]

1 hour ago, VIRTUALENVIRONS said:

It appears we are all Mac users.  There is another quirk I see every so often.  Does anyone else see this?

 

If I choose the "Flyover" tool for example, the icon on the screen remains the Arrow Cursor.  It still works, but a clue that I should save my work and "Revert to Saved".

 

 

 

 

I often see two tool icons highlighted. I assume it's a bug.

[Worksheet Title formula for Data Tag?]

OK, so like I considered earlier, I set up a data tag to grab the text from the name field in the OIP. It's a bit of work, but easy enough. I copy the title of the worksheet, type into the OIP Name field "WS: " and then paste the worksheet title text. Then I associate the data tag to the worksheet.

 

[Snapping stops working when editing deeply nested objects.]

I will file a bug report if I get it figured out.

[Snapping stops working when editing deeply nested objects.]

I just tired to create a simple file to send you @rDesign that would show the snapping problem. I opened a new blank file and placed a symbol that I have trouble snapping in my complex file when I drill into the symbol. No problems in the blank file, but still problems in my complex file. I don't know how to show you this problem easily. I will send you a file someday if I ever figure out how to reproduce it simply.

[Worksheet Title formula for Data Tag?]

Thanks @Pat Stanford I was hoping for a simpler solution in the provided data tag formula options. I'll give your method a try, but I may just use the "name" part in the OIP.

[Worksheet Title formula for Data Tag?]

Is there a formula I can use to make the title of a worksheet appear in a data tag. I know about #N# where I can add a name in the OIP, but I want Vectorworks to pick up the worksheet title given in the RM. This one:

 

[Snapping stops working when editing deeply nested objects.]

@Tom W. How do I file a bug report?

[Snapping stops working when editing deeply nested objects.]

I have symbols nested inside of other symbols, and solid objects nested inside other solid objects. When I go to edit them, at a certain depth of nesting object snapping does not work. It's like three or more levels in. Is there a way to make object snapping work in this situation? Is there a workaround?

[Viewport Name Formula for Data Tag?]

53 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

Object Name - #N#

Thanks @Tom W. It works perfect.

 

[Viewport Name Formula for Data Tag?]

What is the formula to make the name "Viewport-12" appear in a Data Tag? I'm trying to create a data tag to pick up viewport names. I know how to get to the tag editor and the place to input the formula, but I can't find the correct formula from the available options.

 

[# sign in worksheet cell. What does it mean?]

6 hours ago, Ozzie said:

Does it mean the column is not wide enough?

 

Yes it does! I've seen #### while editing the worksheet, but I don't recall seeing just one # outside of edit mode.

[# sign in worksheet cell. What does it mean?]

It looks like this. What does it mean? I know what --- means, but I don't know what # means.

 

[What might cause Data Tags font size and text position to change?]

40 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

If you have 'Use world-based units' enabled the size of the tag will vary depending on the scale of the layer/viewport. With it disabled the tag will be page-based, which is the default/normal state for data tags.

Got it. I think I do want them to be world based. I need to experiment. I wish that formatting data tags was simpler.

[What might cause Data Tags font size and text position to change?]

6 hours ago, Thomas W said:

Maybe the "Use real dimensions" of the Panel info Object option?

I do have them set that way. Maybe I should try turning that off?

[What might cause Data Tags font size and text position to change?]

5 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

Are you using a Text Style, specifically a Class Text Style in those data tags? I believe that is another thread floating around about a problem with Data Tags using Class Text Style and forgetting that style.

Yes I am.

 

5 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

If you have a reproducible case, please make sure to file it as a bug.

Will do, but first I need to determine the cause, or the sequence of events.

[What might cause Data Tags font size and text position to change?]

My fonts size of some Data Tags, and the positions of some Data Tags, change for no reason that I can tell. What might be making them change?

[Snap cues disappear!]

I have an M1 iMac with an LG 27" Fine Line 5K second display.

[What are .swap files? Mac OS 14.2.1]

.swap files are suppose to be temporary. That was not true for me. When I turned off iCloud Documents & Desktop they stopped being created.

[Create new Data Tag Style?]

4 hours ago, Tom W. said:

I think the Data Tag Style dialog. All the settings would be disabled + there'd be no text in the Tag Layout so it would be a really quick + easy way to start a new tag from a completely blank slate, which I think is what @Bruce Kieffer was after.

Yep, exactly. And I agree that constancy with tools would make working with Vectorworks easier. 

[Create new Data Tag Style?]

7 hours ago, Nikolay Zhelyazkov said:

Hello @Bruce Kieffer,

 

You need to have an object selected because create data tag style dialog is filled with information from that object. If you have no object selected you would end up with an empty dialog with no data in it -> an empty data tag style would be created. Not really sure if this would be useful.

 

Best Regards,

Nikolay Zhelyazkov

Thanks @Nikolay Zhelyazkov I understand that is how the Create Data Tag command works, but I am making Data Tags to name Sheet Layers and file names. Those are not objects. Like this where the file name data tag is at the top left, the sheet name is bottom center. I created those tags by modifying an existing data tag (style).

 

[RM Symbol Set Render Mode to Shaded not working?]

Another of the great Vectorworks mysteries. It does not work last night, I do nothing, it works this morning.

[RM Symbol Set Render Mode to Shaded not working?]

I've had this happen before and I can't remember the fix. When I set a symbol's thumbnail render mode to Shaded I see nothing. That does not happen on all of my symbols. What is the fix?