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Ryan Seybert

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  1. Not sure if I've missed a checkbox somewhere or if the software is just disconnected from reality. 36" lighting pipe out-hung off the top of 12" truss. Changing the connection type between "fixed" and "Pliable" makes no difference. Help?
  2. @Pat Stanford Yes, I'm really on VW2020... Plug-in Style Options is not an option in the right-click menu for the title block style. Nothing about my signature needs updating... Thanks.
  3. @Pat Stanford Document attached. I burned it down to just one title block. I'm trying to get rid of the "Set-Platforms" class. New Template_class find.vwx
  4. Hi All, I'm rebuilding a template from scratch and seem to have a mystery class that I cannot find the objects on the class nor can I delete. Currently, the only objects in the document are title block objects. I've been through each of the title blocks with fine tooth comb and everything is classed appropriately. Yet when I try to just delete the class and the objects assigned to the class I get the error in the screenshot attached. Any thoughts on how to track this down?
  5. @SCParker Thanks for the great walk-through. It really clarified some things for me. For the most part, I was doing everything that you guided us to do. I guess I was getting caught up on the boundary and trying to get too specific with it and letting it determine the number of chairs. Side question: I have some custom chair symbols that I've tried to use with the seating tool but every time I select one in the settings pane, it crashes VW. Have you noticed this as well? If the symbol is in the drawing already it works but if its from my resources then it crashes. Thanks again for the walk through!
  6. I'm having a hard time trying to get the seating tool to do what I want. I get that the tool is geared more towards drawing the boundary and populating the area with the chairs that will fit but its super difficult to hit specific seating goals such as 12 chairs wide by 14 rows. More often than not, in the corporate event world, seating is dictated by fire marshal regulations and now with the pandemic, additional regulations are going to follow. I've tried messing with the various settings to achieve what I'm shooting for but it just never works out. That is the workflow that is meant to be followed with this tool? What have other users had success with?
  7. @Pat Stanford Yeah, I realize that a lot of the learning process is just putting the time in with trial and error. I guess I'm just looking for the starting point, learn to walk before you can run. Looks like you've given me the starting point so I'll go off of that for now. That being said, I think maybe what I'm trying to accomplish with some worksheets cannot be done with database script. I can get the cells to populate correctly but I would like for them to now combine based on the value of one cell. For instance, instead of seeing 5 line items that display LOCATION, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0 I would like to see 1 line item that display LOCATION, 0, 0, 5, 5, 0 with a new line item for each LOCATION. (For that example, the "comma" denotes a separate cell). See screen shot below of a separate worksheet using records not associated with the Data Cable tool. Simply "summarizing items" doesn't work and yields cell values of "-" which don't allow for column totals. The results I'm trying to achieve are similar to what the database header returns, the column totals. I'll share a .vwx file with you, since you've expressed interest in the data cables on another thread. The file will have Data Cables drawn with correct data as well as a worksheet that I've started. Let me know what your thoughts are. At this point, this is the last step I need to take to get all of my paperwork to be populated by VW. Thanks again.
  8. @Pat Stanford I'm asking for some tips on where I can find resources to learn how to write Substring or Concat. I appreciate the help I've gotten so far but I'd like to actually learn how to write the strings and WHY they work the way they do. This will allow me to develop strings in the future independently. I don't want to get super complicated when it comes to using the worksheets after I've developed them. I'm working a collection of standardized worksheets that will be used by a group of people that don't need to know how they work, just that they work and can be used to complete their tasks.
  9. @Pat Stanford Thanks again! The "75ft" was simply for the post. I've gone through my worksheets and changed the units to just be numeric values where I could based on your previous advice. The second string that you wrote worked great.
  10. Hi All, In an effort to learn (and not constantly bug users), can anyone point me towards resources on database string commands? I have a few worksheets that I want to develop that will require some custom database strings. I have no problem learning the code to develop them, I just can't seem to find the resources. I don't have any background in coding but this extended downtime the live events industry is stuck in is a great opportunity to learn. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
  11. @Pat Stanford I apologize for continuing to bug you with all this. To take it even further, I'd like to do something like this: =(IF('Multicable VW'.'Part 1'=75, '1', ''))+(IF('Multicable VW'.'Part 2'=75, '1', '')) Basically, I am trying to add 2 parts of a multicable together to get the quantity of 75ft parts that comprise the multicables length. A multicable that is 150ft total length could be created with (100ft + 50ft) or (75ft + 75ft) or (125ft + 25ft) and so on. There potentially could be a third and fourth segment as well. The database that I am working on will create a multicable list that line items each multicable in the drawing, what parts build it, and how many of what size parts I need to order. Is something like this even possible? I think I'm getting close because I'm getting a return of #VALUE! Also, can you point me in the direction of where I can read up on the string code? I cannot find anything referencing this in the VW help or in some web searching. Thanks again for all the assistance.
  12. @Pat Stanford That makes perfect sense. Thanks. I can use this in a few other places.
  13. Hi All, I hope everyone in the live entertainment industry on here is hanging tight. During the down time, I've been working on some things to help expedite my workflow when we get back to it. One of the biggest things that I've been focusing on is using the cable tool sets. I have a pretty good understanding of them for the most part and have created some custom symbols to better fit my standards. I am, however, at a bit of a loss on how to handle the Multicable tool. When I'm laying out multicable runs, I put planned breaks in line when I'm spanning trusses so they can fly independently. They would effectively be labeled, for example, "ML1, Part 1" and "ML1, Part 2" and so on. Each "part" would essentially be seen as a separate multicable run. Sometimes, those parts can be within a single multicable size or sometimes it can be across two or three sizes (100' vs 175'). My understanding of the multicable tool is that you draw the run from start to finish, from rack to where the breakout is on the truss. Thats great as you get some very valuable data but the tool sees "parts" as segments, not where a planned break is. I've tried drawing separate runs using my method but then the data is inconsistent. My question is: How you all handle planned cable breaks when using the multicable tool? Thanks in advance!
  14. @Pat Stanford OK, I want to take this a step further: How would I write a string that only populates a value based on specific input and filters out everything else. For example =IF('Multicable VW'.'Part 1'=125, '1', 'Multicable VW'.'Part 1') says if the "Part 1" of a multicable equals 125 then put the value of "1". Which is great, however, it also populates the rest of the cells with the value of "Part 1". How would I tell it to ignore all other values?
  15. @Pat Stanford Thanks for the clarification. That makes perfect sense. I guess for now the best/simplest option is to do the math for the circuits that have multiple lighting devices assigned to them. Thanks again for all the help!
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