[Picket Fence Tool]

6 hours ago, Tom W. said:

I'm getting weird things going on when I change the document units to millimetres which I don't seem to be able to correct... 

It appears that the records in the symbols are not converting the units correctly when the drawing is converted to mm.  I have to multiply every unit by 304.8 which is feet to mm factor.  Let me see what I can do.  

[fence railing tool sucks]

 

[Custom fence panels]

 

[Traditional Picket Fence - finding this impossible]

 

 

[Picket Fence Tool]

Updated 07-17-2023:

 

One of the rails was not using the class attributes.  This error has been corrected.  If you downloaded it prior please download it again.  Only "Picket Fence.vso" has changed. 

 

 

Attached is a Picket Fence Tool that I created for Vectorworks.  

Read the readme files for placing the files in the correct location.  

 

Most variables are controled by the picket record which is attached to the picket symbol and the post record that is attached to the post.

 

important: it only reads the record that is attached to the symbol as it appears in the resource manager. It does not read the record of symbol as it appears in the drawing.

 

You can edit those records from the Resource Manger or by going into the symbol to edit it.  
Note that you must not have anything selected to edit the record when inside the symbol. 

 

Picket appearance is controlled by class settings L-FENC-PCKT
Post appearance is controlled by class settings L-FENC-POST

 

Plug-in has no warranty use at your own risk. 
David Hamer 2023-07-12

 

1. When adding new picket and post styles I recommend duplicating a similar symbol. 
2. Edge pickets are centered on the back edge of the picket where centered pickets are centered on the center of the picket. 
3. The post symbol is declared by the picket record. 
4. Post symbols can be modified to extend below the ground plane if needed to be. 

 

Picket record 

 

Post Record

 

Wood picket fences

 

Metal Picket fences

 

Chain Link Fences

 

 

 

 

 

Pickets Fence V2023 V2.zip

[Workgroup Hierarchy - Replace?]

@C Beard  glad it’s working and glad to be of service!

[Event Enabled Noob questions]

Thanks for the help. Final tool here.

 

 

[Convert dimension value from Record field to Real number]

1 hour ago, Jesse Cogswell said:

What you'll want to do is use ValidNumStr to convert the value.

 

Got it,  Thanks.  It would have been easier to find if it were Num2StrValid, LOL!

[Convert dimension value from Record field to Real number]

I have a Number(Dimension) record attached to a symbol.  When I use GetRField to get the value of that dimension it returns a STRING.  The value is ( 4" ).  When I use Str2Num that value becomes 0.  Is there a way to convert STRING Dimensions into REAL numbers?

 

If I use General Number format it works fine but then I have to keep all my units in inches rather than feet and inches. 

 

Also I would like to let it use Document Units so I don't think looking for the ' or " unit mark would be helpful.  

 

[Workgroup Hierarchy - Replace?]

@C Beard

I have a Synology Diskstation and I found that it not wise to link Vectorworks to the Workgroup folder on a shared synology drive.  There are some issues with adding resources to the files when they are being linked this way.  The best way to do this is to use Synology Drive and create a synced copy of the workgroup folder on your local computer.

 

You can also put uncategorized files in the Synced copy of the workgroup {Favorites} folder.

 

I store everything in our workgroup folder.
 

 

 

 I also store my keynote libraries and some other settings in the workgroup folder but Vectorworks only looks in the user folder for these items so I create a sybmolic link to those folders to my user folder. Below are the command lines that create them. I have my User directory located in my "Documents" folder rather than my %appdata% folder.  The " The {C:\Users\David Hamer\Documents\VWUser} need to be edited to the path of the local user's VW User directory and the {D:\VWWorkgroup\} need to be edited to the Synology Drive synced directory.   These commands need to be executed at the CMD prompt with Adminstrator rights. 

 

rmdir "C:\Users\David Hamer\Documents\VWUser\2023\Libraries\Defaults\Notes"
mklink /D "C:\Users\David Hamer\Documents\VWUser\2023\Libraries\Defaults\Notes" "D:\VWWorkgroup\2023\Libraries\Defaults\Notes"

mkdir "C:\Users\David Hamer\Documents\VWUser\2023\Settings\Select Similar"
mklink /D "C:\Users\David Hamer\Documents\VWUser\2023\Settings\Select Similar\Saved Settings" "D:\VWWorkgroup\2023\Settings\Select Similar\Saved Settings"

del "C:\Users\David Hamer\Documents\VWUser\2023\Settings\Eyedropper Tool"
mklink /D "C:\Users\David Hamer\Documents\VWUser\2023\Settings\Eyedropper Tool" "D:\VWWorkgroup\2023\Settings\Eyedropper Tool"

Copy "D:\VWWorkgroup\2023\Plug-ins\Common\Data\PubliemNames.xml" "C:\Users\David Hamer\Documents\VWUser\2023\Plug-ins\Common\Data\PubliemNames.xml" 

mklink /d "C:\Users\David Hamer\Documents\VWUser\2023\Settings\DWG_DXF\Export" "D:\VWWorkgroup\2023\Settings\DWG_DXF\Export"

 

Also looking at your path it seems very long.  Windows has a file name and path limit of ~256 characters.  So if the file name and path exceed this limit Windows cannot write to that file. 

[Event Enabled Noob questions]

10 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

At least in my version of VW2023, there is not folder 'Defaults:Railing Fence:Pickets'. 

 

I added the "Pickets" folder to my library.   I have a resource library file that needs to be added to that directory for my script to pull symbols from. 

 

For experimental purposes I changed it to 'Defaults:Railing Fence' and it worked.  Strange!

[Event Enabled Noob questions]

8 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

Plug-in Object not a script

Sorry, yes it is a Plug-in Object and the parameters are defined.   It's very odd.  Never had that happen before I was working with the three samples attached to this thread.  

[Event Enabled Noob questions]

1 hour ago, Jesse Cogswell said:

Actually, I added that exact functionality to the plug-in back in June.  I've attached newest iteration of the example plug-in.  You'll want to look at the kObjOnWidgetPrep event.  Not as elegant as a symbol picker, but far simpler to code.

 

When I edit line 106

		resList:=BuildResourceList(nResType,13,'Defaults:Railing Fence:Pickets',numItems);
		AlrtDialog(concat(numItems));

 

The numItems = 43 but only one symbol shows up in the picker. 

Not sure what you are doing with the parents but is it restricting the view to only the root of the current drawing?

 

Also get this error almost everytime I edit the script. I have to restart Vectorworks everytime I get the error. 

 

[Event Enabled Noob questions]

 

On 7/3/2023 at 1:32 PM, Jesse Cogswell said:

To filter to just symbols in the current drawing, you would treat it like a Resource List, using:

vsoButtonGetResource('SymbolName',kSymbol,0,'');

 

Jesse:

Thanks, I do want to see the current drawing as well as the symbols at 'Defaults:Railing Fence:Pickets'.  I am only trying to filter out the rest. 

 

I am able to build the resource list.  Would there be another way to just pick a symbol from the resource list?

 

Currently in my scripts OIP I am just typing in the name of the symbol I would like to use.   I'm trying to add a symbol picker. 

[Event Enabled Noob questions]

Trying to filter the resource browser but I am having trouble.  

 

result:=vsoButtonGetResource('SymbolName', kSymbol, 13, '')

Doesn't filter anything. 

 

but:

result:=vsoButtonGetResource('SymbolName', kSymbol, 13, 'Defaults:Railing Fence:Pickets')

is filtering everthing but open drawings and favorites.

 

How can I get this to filter everthing but symbols in the current drawing and symbols in my Workgroup Folder at 'Defaults:Railing Fence:Pickets'?

[Picking symbols]

Is there a simple example of the code to create the dialog to pick a symbol from a script?

[2D Path Object and Duplicate along Path]

On 6/23/2023 at 3:59 PM, Pat Stanford said:

Look at PointAlongPoly to get the coordinates of your points and then Duplicate and move your extrude to those points.

Thanks. that worked.  

[2D Path Object and Duplicate along Path]

I am creating a 2D path object and I would like to duplicate an extrude along the path (Like the "Duplicate along path" command). How is this accomplished in Vectorscript?

[Assign record to PIO using "Data Manager" if value is greater than 0]

So using the "Data Manager" I can assign a record to a "Title Block Border" but I only want to assign the record if this formula is true:

 

=if('Title Block Border'.'Current Revision Number'>0,____,)

 

I have added this formula to the criteria with different options in the True value but none seem to attach the record.  Only when I leave the formula completly blank will the record attach. 

 

Any ideas?

 

[Clip Cube Orientation]

LOL, thanks for letting know that I could rotate the clip cube around the z-axis!  I must have missed that one!

[Publish "Add Items form Other Files" {Select Folder} button option to exclude subfolders]

When using the publish dialog it would be great to add an option that would "exclude subfolders" when pressing the {Select Folder} button for "Add Items form Other Files" option. 

Often we keep archived files in a an archive folder inside the job folder.  I never need to look deeper than the job folder for sheets to add to the publish dialog. 

[How can I select similar objects in Vectorworks where the similarity is controlled by Style Name and not Symbol Name or Object Name]

Does @MarcelP102's script work for this?

https://marcelplomp.gumroad.com/l/fqmyr

 

[All objects in file script]

On 12/31/2022 at 11:53 AM, Jesse Cogswell said:

Here you go.  This script will open up a dialog window so you can select the target class.

 

Thanks, I added a criteria dialog to your script so the selection criteria is defined by the script prior to selecting the target class.

 

PROCEDURE ChangeTextClass;

VAR

	CriteriaInput,targetClass:STRING;
	Pass,dialog,layoutDialog:LONGINT;
	check:BOOLEAN;

PROCEDURE Execute(h:HANDLE);

{Changes class of given object to targetClass}

	BEGIN
		SetClass(h,targetClass);
		ResetObject(h);
	END;

FUNCTION DrawDialog(DName:STRING) : LONGINT;

{Creates dialog box and returns dialog ID}

	CONST
	
		kClassWidth = 25;

	VAR
	
		dia:LONGINT;
	
	BEGIN
		dia:=CreateLayout(DName,FALSE,'OK','Cancel');
		
		CreateStaticText(dia,11,'Select Target Class',-1);
		CreateClassPullDownMenu(dia,21,kClassWidth);
		
		SetFirstLayoutItem(dia,11);
		SetRightItem(dia,11,21,0,0);
		
		DrawDialog:=dia;
	END;

PROCEDURE DialogHandler(VAR item,data:LONGINT);

{Handles dialog box}

	VAR
	
		int:INTEGER;

	BEGIN
		CASE item OF
			SetupDialogC:
				BEGIN
				END;
			1: {OK}
				BEGIN
					GetSelectedChoiceInfo(dialog,21,0,int,targetClass);

					check:=TRUE;
				END;
			2: {Cancel}
				BEGIN
					check:=FALSE;
				END;
		END;
	END;

BEGIN
	Pass:=EditCriteriaWithUI(CriteriaInput);
	dialog:=DrawDialog('Select Text Class');
	layoutDialog:=RunLayoutDialog(dialog,DialogHandler);
	
	IF(check) THEN ForEachObject(Execute,CriteriaInput);
	
	ReDrawAll;
END;

Run(ChangeTextClass);

 

[Roof Truss tool]

See this one I made. 

 

 

[Schematic Wood Truss]

Here is a tool I made for creating a schematic wood truss.  There is no engineering or structural calculations involved in this tool so use at your own risk and have your truss designs engineered.  Do not rely on this tool to design your truss.  You need to add the "Schematic Wood Truss" tool to a tool palette.  The tool is in the "Hamer" group. 

 

 

1.  High side overhang only applies to single slope Howe truss. 

2. To create a scissor truss you need to add a ceiling pitch

3. To create a box truss you need to set both ceiling and roof pitch to "0"

 

 

Schematic Wood Truss.vwx Schematic Wood Truss.vso