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    Quick Settings Toggle Script

    in Vectorscript

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    Hi Everyone,

     

    I was hoping someone could help me create a script that would toggle the "Black Background" and "Use Layer Colors" settings on and off based on if I am in a Design Layer or a Sheet Layer.

     

    I like to draft in my Design Layers with a black background and layer colors, but then when I switch to Sheet Layers to dimension and add notes to my viewports I prefer to turn off those two settings. As it is now I have those  two toggles in my quick settings tool bar, but I would like to automate it so anytime Vectorworks is in a Design Layer it will turn on the "Black Background" and "Use Layer Colors" tools. Then if Vectorworks is in a sheet layer it will turn both of those settings off so the lines are normal colors and the background is white.

     

    Any help would be appreciated. 

     

    Thank you,

    Maxwell

    Symbol Record Manager

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted

    I would like to suggest a new feature for Vectorworks Spotlight.

     

    Currently, if I wanted to edit the default values of my lighting devices, or any symbol with record fields, I need to go to the resource browser and find the symbol, right click to "Attach Record", then select the record, "Edit Values", and then edit the value, and click "OK" twice to edit one record.

     

    I would like to suggest that there be a database implementation where there is a large spreadsheet or something like the "Data Manager" to edit the fields of all symbols and their records quickly and in one place.

     

    Thank you,

    Maxwell

    Redefine Saved View Script

    in Vectorscript

    Posted

    Hi Everyone,

     

    I am trying to write a VS to redefine the currently selected saved view. This way I can create a tool and assign it a shortcut key command. Then I can execute the saved view, edit it, then trigger my VS via shortcut keys and it will update the view. Does anyone have a good solution to this? As far as I can see there is no menu option for this so I think the only way is to create a VS to get the current view and redefine it. Any suggestions?

     

    Thank you,

    Maxwell

    Volume of Lighting Device in a Worksheet

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I am struggling to get a worksheet to show all the lighting devices in my model and the volume of each one. Really what I need is a worksheet that reports the instrument type and the volume of that instrument type. I used the "Lighting Device.Instrument Type" to get the name and that works fine. What keeps showing a 0 value is the "+VOLUME" function field in my worksheet. Any thoughts? I also tried to get the Length, Width, and Height to see if I can just calculate the volume on my own, but it only displays a 0 for the LENGTH field.

     

    Thank you,
    Maxwell

    2D Components Feature with Lighting Devices

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted

    Valid points, but all I am suggesting is that lighting devices work exactly like regular symbols. The user can draw what ever they want to be the 2D representation when the viewport is viewing the top, bottom, left, or right and it will display the 2D you drew for that view. If there is no 2D or the view is in perspective or isometric, it will just display the 3D.

     

    I am referring to this video where it works with symbols. I just don't see how this isn't possible with lighting devices.

     

    Thank you,

     

    Maxwell

     

     

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    Un-group or Explode Symbol Script

    in Vectorscript

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    Hi Everyone,

     

    I have a script that converts a symbol to a group and then ungroups it. This is assigned to a shortcut so I can quickly "explode" symbols. I would like to add an IF statement so if the selected objects are a symbol is will convert symbol to group and then ungroup it. If it is a group it will just ungroup it. It would be great if this worked with a multiple selection of a mixture of groups and symbols. Can anyone help me write the IF statement?

     

    PROCEDURE ExplodeSymbol;

    VAR
    Selection : HANDLE;

    BEGIN
        Selection:= FSActLayer;
        SymbolToGroup(Selection,0);
        Ungroup;
    END;
    Run(ExplodeSymbol);

     

    Thank you,

     

    Maxwell

    Dimension Trailer Text

    in Vectorscript

    Posted

    Hi Everyone,

     

    Please see this Vectorscript I wrote below. I can see that it works in the OIP, but it won't update the dimension trailer. Can anyone advise on how to get this to work properly?

     

    Thank you

     

    Maxwell

     

    PROCEDURE DimTypical;

    VAR
    Selection : HANDLE;

    BEGIN
        Selection:= FSActLayer;
        SetObjectVariableString(Selection, 10, ' Typ.')
    END;
    Run(DimTypical);

    Data Tag Instances

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Because I want to show a callout in a viewport of how many instances there are of an object. So the contractor knows how many to build. I want to easily select a symbol in a viewport and it counts up the total instances of that symbol in the drawing.

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