Chris Burton

This would be great if it could be made possible.

Anyone? 🙂

Bumping Andy's post as I am also eager to find some sort of work-around for hoist distros.

I tried searching for an existing topic to bump it, but couldn't find it. I wish there was a way to send out a Vectorworks file that had 'no edit behavior'. In other words, whomever opened it was unable to modify it in any way.

Thanks Pat. much obliged, Chris

Is there a way to create a file to send out, referenced (?), that has no edit behavior? I have received/imported dwg files that have had the Union command performed on them prior to them being sent out. When I import one of these files and click on the item(s) in it, it says there is no edit behavior. I'd like to be able to do this to a Vectorworks file.

Pat, thanks very much for that. I appreciate the help. That worked. Raymond, thank you for your help also. I'll explore your suggestion later, but for now, I have it working as I need. much obliged, Chris

That's is what I thought to try to do, but I couldn't figure out how. Could you walk me through it?

Thanks Raymond. As I normally 'inherit' my files from other users, I think the your second suggestion may be better for me. How would I start by going this route?

Can I 'save' Vectorscripts that I create in a single file to the Resource Manager so that I can run the same scripts in any file I'm working in? The scripts I am using are ones that I've created through the Custom Selection tool.

Ah, nevermind. I 'figured it out'. After I've made a duplicate, and renamed it as whatever I want Stage Ref, in this case), I go back and select it from the Hoist Symbols folder under Open Files.

I am trying to figure out a way to be able to have points in my drawing that will export on/with a Hoist Worksheet so that I can print them with my layout stickers, which are generated from the Hoist Worksheet export. I want something that exports its data as if it were a hoist (X & Y coordinates), but isn't. I've seen that I can create a custom hoist that I can rename, but in the export it obviously still shows as whatever Hoist Type it was created/duplicated from. Any ideas?

Thank you *very much*. I'm going to play with this tomorrow.

Could you educate me on the Data Visualization? When I double click on the truss it bonks and I get a message at the bottom of the screen that says "The selected object has no edit behavior".

Is it possible to change the color of truss (wireframe) that does not have editable behavior?