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I am writing some scripts to manage classes. one thing I would like to do is select an object on screen, test whether it is a group or symbol, and if yes, 'enter' the group/symbol in order to pick the class of a sub-object. I know how to test whether the object is a group/symbol, but I cannot find a way to 'enter' the group or symbol. DoMenuTextByName doesn't work for EDIT Group, so I just dunnoe. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks

ah indeed it does; "Creates a new class in a VectorWorks document, which then become the active class. If the specified class already exists, then it will become the active class of the document." thanks people! Mat

So, how do I change the active class. I want to pick an existing object, get its class, and change the active class to the same. Then I will turn off all classes except the active class and none. I have become addicted to ArchiCAD's "quick-layer" pallette and will try and build the same for Vectorworks.... Thanks in advance!

Here's what I would do Nick Buy cinema4d (www.maxon.net) and the vectorworks plugin Export the VW file to C4D. You will lose all your textures. It doesn't matter, It will only take an hour or two to retexture the model in C4d, and the textures will be way better. Note that I don't have Renderworks, but my reading on it suggests that C4d has much better materials / texturing abilities. Also note that rendering / previewing in C4d is way faster than RW (so I've read) Also, the workflow and navigation tools in C4d are awesome I find I no longer use 3d objects like chairs, beds etc in VW. I build the model in VW, export to c4d, then put in cars, trees, beds, desklamps, people etc. just my 2 cents worth

Becks, you'll get over it.....

The eyedropper tool has an option "pick up sets default". I think this will do what you want.

Hi Katie The problems are less frequent with the updated video driver. I have disabled all hardware acceleration and will see what happens over the next few days. Does VW use DirectDraw, Direct3d, DirectX? (I don't really understand this) Thanks for responding Mat

So I need help please... I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop with I use with a docking bay (Advanced Port Replicator). Vectorworks crashes all the time when pluged into the APR, usually when panning or zooming around a drawing. None of my other software crashes.... Now I suspect it is probably a video driver issue - and I have updated to the latest driver (Video card is Nvidia Gefore2 go with 32mb, driver is version 4.4.82, 24/6/2003 - from the dell website). But does anyone else have any ideas? winxp pro SP1 512 mb ram

well ah, du-oh - the perimeter IS the actual length. back to work then

Hi how do I find the length of polyline? In the OIP there is the perimeter, but not the actual length. Anyone? Thanks

Well Barry, I don't know if I've understood you, but.... Are you sure they are not AutoCAD Point objects, grossly out of scale? Try doing a custom selection for Type is 2d locus, then delete them all (I think I've done this before ).

The styles allow you to control the appearance of parts of the winodw via the classes. So say you set glazing to "style-glazing 1", then go into the classes dialog, look for style-glazing 1, change its line-color to red, tick "use at creation" then exit the classes dialog. Now your glass line on your window will be red. Same for the other sill/trims, and jambs and their respective style classes.

I agree with Peter. I would also like a quick way to update a previously saved sheet with the current class and layer settings. One click "update current sheet" or similar.

Well here's my two cents worth; Site modelling is a bit mongrelly. I do the site model as a seperate file, then use workgroup referencing to 'insert' it into my drawing. That when, WHEN a problem develops, I can delete it and start again. You'll notice from previous posts that sometimes parts of site models are undeletable, and cause problems. I haven't had any problem with displaying the solids like you mention. I guess you need to check all you classes are turned on, and that you are in a 3d view of the correct layer. HTH

Well I've never had this problem, but I am on VWA10.5. I know I wasn't any help! Ciao

The print sheets tool could do with 2 improvements; 1) It's a pain having to click OK for each sheet 2) There should be a way to select the order in which the sheets come out, thus there would be no need to sort ythe sheets once printing has finished

WEll I use Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (5 buttons), and Microsoft Intellimouse Blue 93 buttons). Both on the PC, both USB, both zoom by holding CTRL+rolling the wheel, both have the same customised right-click menu in VWA10.5. I don't know if you can add functionality to the other 2 buttons on the Explorer, but in any event I wouldn't want to. I haven't customised any of the buttons for C4D, but the scroll wheel acts as a zoom (I think it changes the cameras F setting or something). I don't use the wheel to zoom. HERE's what sould happen NNA: The wheel should zoom without needing to hold down CTRL.... Pushing the wheel down (yes the wheel is also a button) should pan the drawing. Simple.....

When creating a new wall type, how do you know which side will be used as the "outside" when inserting door and window objects. ie, which side will the window external sill line be closet to when you ctrl drag a window from one wall into another wall? Thanks in advance

Hey P Your approach to setting layrez = 0 to all layers, then adjusting the wall heights manually is how I do it too. It's the only way to keep track of everything I find. I cannot understand why you must link layers before the layer z value has any "meaning", and this was a source of confusion for me when I was first learning VW. Mat

vw10 - insert a door object, change its type to "cased opening"

Well I always thought (forgive me if I'm wrong) that patterns were really only any use if you are using some sort of post-script printing. 'Cause on the PC, patterns are simply no use at all when it comes to print. Maybe some mac users can comment - do patterns print out at a useful scale for you people?

Hi all What are these arrows doing, and how do I rid my drawing of their cursed presence? They were on the roof object when I closed the file last night, and now when I reopen they are on all the windows! http://www.urbandesigns.co.nz/family/coppermine/albums/userpics/arrows.jpg win2k, vwa 10.1.2

Well Katie, thanks for your reply. I can't dulpicate the problem anymore, so can only assume the following based on your info; One of my 5 printers installed caused the problem (I change the default printer all the time for various reasons) I did have AVG (antivirus) running at some level. Thanks Again

No antivirus software running....

Hey has anyone else had this; Launch Vectorworks, it loads up, and then "runtime error", click "OK", and it closes. Launch it a couple more times and eventually it runs fine.... May be something to do with my custom workspace, but why does it work eventually? winxp SP1 p3 1.1, 1/2 a g of RAM