[Points on intersection points on poly]

Hello Sebatain,

The node "Infinite Intersect" is originally designed only to determine the intersections of two lines, or between multiple lines in one input and one line in the other input. It thus requires an iteration to allow this over multiple lines. In the attached document, I have modified the "Infinite Intersect" node and added two nodes from DomC, "Items to List". Now the script works as desired:

Points on Poly 240409.vwx

Best regards, KroVex

[Objs by Crit -> VSEL not working in Menu Command]

21 hours ago, Pat Stanford said:

Could you expand your criteria to be SEL & Type is Symbol and get it to do what you want?

I have found two ways to solve my problem. Path 1: I execute the command "vs.DSelectAll" before the menu command and then use the menu command with SEL=TRUE - which is somewhat cumbersome. Path 2: Instead of the menu command, I have created a Marionette object from all symbols, with which I can directly switch the views. I have now decided to go with this path...

[Objs by Crit -> VSEL not working in Menu Command]

53 minutes ago, Antonio Landsberger said:

KroVex,

this behaviour is WAD. Unfortunately there is no criterion "active layer".
So, if you want to filter for certain layers (active layer for example), you have to use the equal and filter nodes to only get the items from that layer.

Hello Antonio, just to make sure I understand you correctly, the following procedure is not possible: Manually activate three symbols in the plan -> Execute menu command -> receive the symbol names of the currently activated symbols?
 

Even if I additionally filter the objects by the active layer, the problem remains with SEL=TRUE that too many objects are outputted, for example, if anything was once selected in another group on this layer...

[Objs by Crit -> VSEL not working in Menu Command]

25 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

I don't think you can use the SEL or VSEL criteria and also use a Marionette object in the drawing.  In order to run the Marionette, you have to select it.  This means that you will not have anything else selected on the active Layer.

 

SEL and VSEL could be used if you wanted to make a Marionette Menu Command, but as a tool they won't work.

 

Thank you for your reply, but the Marionette script is intended as a menu command, not as a Marionette object. Simply put, the menu command retrieves the symbol names and positions of the activated objects and places new symbols on the plan accordingly. Sorry if this was not clear.

Regards KroVex

[Objs by Crit -> VSEL not working in Menu Command]

Hi all,

 

I have created a Marionette menu command which, from selected floor plan symbols in the plan, is supposed to place view symbols at an X distance defined via dialog. The problem is that using Objs by Crit with VSEL=TRUE does not output any objects. However, if I use SEL=TRUE, objects are outputted, but far too many, since selected objects that are not visible (e.g., selected objects in groups and symbols) are also captured. What am I doing wrong or what have I overlooked? Attached is the document with VSEL and SEL:

SelectedSymbol.vwx

Regards KroVex
 

[Get Layer Level Type from Wall - Wall Merger]

Hi All

 

I'm trying to build a Wall Merger Tool (separate Walls are combined to one Wallstyle).

Im almost done, but one last thing make me crazy:

With vs.GetObjStoryBound i can get the Layer Level Types.

It needs as input the component handler and the boundID. 

The boundID needs a 0 for the lower edge and a 1 for the upper edge.

So if I feed in a list of 1's, or a list of 0's, I get all top edges or all bottom edges extracted.

But when I shuffle the lists (no matter how), wrong values come out:

GetLayerLevelType.vwx

Sure, I could use "Get Component Story Bound" twice, once with 0 lists and once with 1 lists.
But I'm interested in why it doesn't go together and it wouldn't be solved that nicely either.

Does anyone have an idea or explanation?

Greetings KroVex

[Moving a 2D control point resets integer input]

Hi All

 

I have the same problem and can't switch to VW22 for a while..
Simple Testbuild:

 

Testfile: ControlPoint.vwx

 

Is there a solution for VW21?

Greetings KroVex

[Create Story and Level Types without create new Layers]

Hi All

 

Inspired by this Network created by @sbarrett, I would like to create new Story's, but without creating new layers.

To do this, however, the Story should be linked to the existing layer.

 

The Dev-Wiki says that with the command "vs.CreateStoryLayerTemplate" the creation of a new layer is optional. However, if no layers are created, I need the command "vs. AssociateLayerWithStory" so that the story is linked to the layer. So that "vs. AssociateLayerWithStory" works, "vs. SetLayerLevelType" is also required (according to the Wiki), but this creates a new LayerLevelType (without elevation o.O) and I can't use the existing LayerLevelType from the Node "Create Default Story Level". It is also strange that in the organization I see the additionally created LayerLevelType at the Layer, but as soon as I edit it, it is not assigned to any one:

 

What am I doing wrong?
Or have I misinterpreted the procedure?

 

File with the new Node:

Story.vwx

 

Greetings KroVex

PS: I hope the translation is not too bad and you understand what I mean. 🙈

[Marionette Network as a symbol in the Resource Manager - why is it triggered there?]

Hi All

 

I have some marionette network saved as a symbol in the resource manager. But even when it's not placed in the drawing, and I import a DWG or just update "intelligent objects" (by the menu command), the marionette network will be triggered and give some error messages (which is logical because no data has been entered to the Marionette Object).

 

But why? Is there a way for the Network only to be triggered when it's placed in the drawing?

greets KroVex

[Marionette rotate Plan to 0°]

Thank you Marissa for the detailed explanation.
Then I hope that the priority of the bug is big enough, that it will be fixed soon 😀

 

Greetings KroVex

[Marionette rotate Plan to 0°]

Hi All

 

Simple Question:

Why does the plan turn to 0 ° when running a Marionette?

When executing a vector script or Python script this does not happen...

 

We work a lot with rotated Plan's, and this effect isn't so cool.

 

Greetings KroVex

[Create Layer - Layer Order]

Hi All

 

I have a question about the Layer Order, when i use "Layer with Type" or "Layer".

I have textfields wich i manipulate with some "String replacer" before it reverse the list* and create Layers.

The Order of the Layers are in the correct range then.

 

But if i only add some new Nodes, which have nothing to do with the create layer section, the Order will change.

I have no idea what affects the layer order. It seems to me completely arbitrary. 

 

*I need the reverse node - without it, the order mess is way larger.

 

How can I determine and influence the order?

Greetings KroVex

 

[Alert Dialog and Attribute Popup]

Hi All

 

I have e question about to add Tag's to Layer:
I have a Marionette-Network which creates several design layers at once. So the output is a list which ends in the node "Layer with Type". Now, if I use Marissa's Node (Set Tags) to add tags to the layers, then only one layer will be tagged. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

 

I have tried several ways:

 

Result:

 

File:
Tags_to_Designlayer_List.vwx

 

Greeting KroVex

 

[Read and Write to Title Block-Database]

Hey @Nikolay Zhelyazkov

 

Thanks for your File.
I could find the mistake. The nodes "Set Record Field" and "Get Record Field" come from a VW2018 file and do not work anymore after migrating.

When I use yours, or new nodes, it works. 🙄

Greetings KroVex

[Read and Write to Title Block-Database]

Hey All

I want to ask, if it impossible to read or write to/from the Title Block - Database?
I have try it like this:

 

But it didn't work...
Did i do something wrong or it is impossible?

Greetings KroVex

[Alert Dialog and Attribute Popup]

That's wonderful, thanks Marissa. 🤩
It looks understandable, I'll test it 🙂

 

Greetings KroVex

[Alert Dialog and Attribute Popup]

The Vale-Node Works fine, thx.

Another Question: 
Since Vectorworks 2019 you can assign tag's to classes.
Are these Tag's Class attributes? Or how can I add Tag's to Classes with Marionette? 

 

Greetings KroVex

[Alert Dialog and Attribute Popup]

Thank you a lot, I'll try it with the valve node.

Greetings KroVex

[Alert Dialog and Attribute Popup]

Hi all

 

I have two questions about Marionette:
1. Is there a way that only an alert dialog appears when a "true" or "false" arrives the Input from the alert dialog-node?

2. I have made e specific Class-Generator. Is it possible to generate an attribute popup, which allows me to choose the fill color and pen color/thickness in the OIP?

Greetings KroVex

 

 

[some rookie questions on marionette , creating a plug in object from symbol]

Hi halfcouple

 

Thats not so Complex:

1.

 

2. Right-Click on a Node -> Wrap to Marionette Network* -> Right-Click to the Wrap-Node -> Convert to Object Node* 

(If you give the nodes a name, they will appear in the OIP (e.g. "X_Axis"))
*Or a similar command name (have only the German VW version).

 

Greetings KroVex

 

[If in String - Result not as desired]

Hi There

I have a Question about the "If in String Node":
The following circuit should me depending on the value, set a prefix, or not.
However, the "If in String" not only outputs False / True, but also the sSub input string. How can I prevent that?

 

Wohnung_marionette.vwx

Greeting KroVex

[Z Values from OIP]

Hi All

 

With your help, I was able to finish the tool. In our project we need the absolute sea level to control the component heights.

The red cone is placed on the object to be measured and the text indicates the sea level. In the OIP it can be specified on how many meters the project height (0.00m = 550 meters above sea level) is. The display is updated via the Actualize button or move the text.

You could certainly optimize the tool, if you somehow manage to connect the text with the object. But for us it is enough as it is.

Greets KroVex

Meter_ueber_Meer_Marionette.vwx

[Z Values from OIP]

@Marissa Farrell

 

Thank you a lot for this great Node Idea. It works perfectly 🤩

 

I need it to show the sea level in relation to the building.
When it's completely finished, I'll share it here. 😊

KroVex

[Z Values from OIP]

Hey Marissa

 

The Node is from the 2018 Version, but i have change the botZ = zValue-depth/2 to botZ = zValue, because the value was never right without this change..

[Z Values from OIP]

Hi All

 

I'm trying to create a symbol-marionette that displays the Z values from the OIP. For that I used the "Get 3D Z" node. However, a different value will be displayed, depending on which layer the Symbol is on. Also I tried the node "Get Height", but it did not work either.

What is going wrong?

 

Greetings KroVex

Get_Z.vwx