Nikolay Beshevliev

Hi @Tom W., This is a bug. It should have the same behavior as if you do it from the OIP. Do you know how to log a bug? Thanks! Nick

Hi @Tom W., Thank you for the enhancement proposals! They will be discussed for a future version of the Data Manager. Regards, Nick

Hi @Tom W., The Records are stored in the Data Manager's settings XML file. You can find those files in your user folder in Settings. If you open the settings file with text editor software you can find "Record" tag in it. There is stored a simple version of the Record which is later defined in Vectorworks if a Record with that name is missing. Regards, Nick

Hi @halfcoupler, I found you a workaround! Start Vectorworks -> Go to Tools -> Data Manager... -> Select the 'chairs' mapping from the Settings popup Now go to your User Folder and find the 'tables' mapping Open the 'tables' mapping with text editor You will find a text in the beginning similar to <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?> <IFC_DataMapping IfcScheme="2x3" fileName="Tables" mappingFor="File" version="5"> You must change the "mappingFor="File"" to "mappingFor="Object"" and save the file. Return to Vectorworks -> Data Manager... -> Click on the "Open..." button and select the edited 'tables' mapping. The mapping should be merged to the 'chairs' mapping. This is a Base64 Encoded Mapping for a field which is set from the "Define Mapping" button on the Data Manager. Regards, Nick

Hi @halfcoupler, Unfortunately, exporting more than one object's mapping is not supported yet. Currently, you can export the whole mapping or a mapping for just one object. The only way to merge two mappings with more than one object is by hand. You can open the two XMLs and copy the part that you are interested in into the other XML. Save it, and when imported to Vectorworks, it will load all of the included objects from that file. You can send me the two XMLs and write me which objects you want to be in the mapping, and I can do it for you. You can also create an Enhancement request for your case. Kind Regards, Nick

Hi @halfcoupler, In the new drawing you can use the Resource Manager and Import all of the symbols from the other drawings. Importing the Symbols also imports their mappings. Open the "chairs" document, open the document with tables, then open the Drawing where you want all of the symbols mappings and keep it the active document. Go to the Resource Manager -> under the "Open Files" you will see the "chairs" and "tables" documents. Click first on the "chairs" -> select all of the desired symbols which you want -> click right mouse button -> choose the "Import" option. Do the same for the "tables" Check if the mappings were transferred successfully Regards, Nick

Hi @bjoerka, This issue is handled with the new Task Overview "T02119-Data Manager v2.0" for Vectorworks 2023. There will be new Custom Property Sets Manager where you can define the field as Popup and set its values. The Custom Property Sets will no longer rely on Records and the user will have the ability to create Property Set without the need of a Record. In the currently released version it is not possible to define the Custom Property Set's field as Popup. Regards, Nick