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    SCRIPT MESSAGE SIZE

    in Vectorscript

    Posted · Edited by The Hamma

    Thanks, I was able to resize the message dialog manualy but only after I commented out the "ClrMessage" command at the end. 

     

    Made a quick script to fix, LOL.  

    message('Move and Resize this dialog box as desired. Close when done.');

     

    Hide layer of selected object - Help with script

    in Vectorscript

    Posted

    I too was using a script similar to this to hide classes. I’ve added so many Scripts that I’ve actually hit the limit of Scripts that a workspace can handle and I’ve had to pair down and delete Scripts from my workspace so they would all work. It would be nice if there wasn’t a limit to the workspace because I did like having the script rather than using the visibility tool. 

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    Is there a renderworks style that shows shadow only?

    in Architecture

    Posted · Edited by The Hamma

    4 hours ago, Matt Panzer said:

    You also might want to try creating a Shadow Catcher texture and use class overrides to apply that texture to any (or all)objects that you don't want to see but want shadows on/from.Shadow Catcher.vwx

    Matt:

    Neat idea.  I downloaded the file and the wierd thing is that it works but when I open it in my Windows version of VW and the classes show they are overwritten but doesn't show how they are overwritten.   See below.  In the second window it should have the shadow catcher texture. 

    image.png.e0ada9c639479f165e691604facb5db8.pngimage.png.c1fa057dc5328bf657b966ed17933600.png

    Usefull Python code

    in Python Scripting

    Posted · Edited by The Hamma

    Adding this to your script will display the time it took to run. 

    import time
startTime = time.time()

#your code here

executionTime = (time.time() - startTime)
vs.AlrtDialog('Execution time in seconds: ' + str(executionTime))

     

     

    Use this to use a list to elimimate options from another list 

    OmitList =['name1','name2','name3', 'name4','name5'] #replace name# with names of items to skip

for List2 in reversed(range(1,List2+1)): #List2 is the list of items you wish to process. Remove Reversed() to step through list in order.
	if any(item == vs.GetName(List2) for item in OmitList): #if name of List2 item matches name in OmitList it will result in True 
		continue #skip rest of script for this item and continue to next item in List2
	#Insert script to execute if name is not in OmitList.

     

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    Import Text Database

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

    Completely unique UUID surrounded by curly brackets/braces

    Section

    Description

    Note Text

    Yes it does need this exactly as described

     

    5 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

    Does it also need the NotesManagerDataFile text at the top and the 0    End of Notes text at the bottom?

    Just tested it and all that is need is the "NotesManagerDataFile" text at the top

     

    11 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

    Does it need the list of sections manually entered at the bottom or will that be created when you open the text file in the Notes Manager?

    This is created by Vectorworks if the file is edited. 

    Import Text Database

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    @PatStanford The {@} custom format works great.  Thanks for the tip.  

     

    I forgot to mention once the database is created it is much quicker (in relation to file saves) to edit in Vectorworks as an XML format so I would save as XML format from the callout dialog and disregard the TXT format if you only intend to edit and delete callouts from Vectorworks. 

    Import Text Database

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by The Hamma

    So I had a file of keynotes and everything in the file was previously separated by Tabs. 

    Like so 

    image.png.4c37f42c887cf9caaadb287e15da032f.png 

     

    I created an excel by importing the file in as a tab delimited file to create this

    image.png.8bb7254479e1374e55ac5fb87726a3a1.png

     

    Then I added two columns in front of the text and copied the section header into column B like so.

    image.thumb.png.831a9a42b1b87d1494e1696e65604a1e.png

     

    We need to add a UUID to column A so I used a UUID generator site like https://www.uuidgenerator.net/version4

    but it does not include the brackets, so I placed it in another excel file in the second column and added brackets to the first and third columns like so

    image.png.c664496da15cd2b8de65ff57b9ef2783.png

    Save that file as a tab delimited text file and delete all the tabs, then you can past it into column A of the other file like so. 

    image.thumb.png.1ced9b9d5ff1e5ef0105235422f508cf.png

     

    The rest of the steps are outlined in this video

     

     

      

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    Merge model layers

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted · Edited by The Hamma

    This is interesting:

    When in a Sheet layer is the active layer the Staked Layer(Unified View) Option is False but when in a Design Layer is active it changes to True

     

    346531553_WhenSheetLayerisactiveLayer.png.b1d0641c7c73eaf4069efe00657b8371.png1233201595_WhenDesignLayerisactiveLayer.png.eb29a6c36625e9c679c403c443322a73.png

     

    I wonder if sometimes it fails to switch. 

      

    if vs.GetObjectVariableInt(vs.ActLayer(), 154) == 2:
    activetype = 'Sheet Layer '
else:
	activetype = 'Design Layer'
if vs.GetPref(94) == 1: 
	BOOL ='TRUE' 
else:
	BOOL ='FALSE'
sl = ('Stack Layers (Unified View) = '+ BOOL)
if vs.GetPref(95) == 1: 
	BOOL1 ='TRUE' 
else:
	BOOL1 ='FALSE'
sl2d = ('Stack Layers (Unified View) Create 2D Objects = '+BOOL1)
if vs.GetPref(96) == 1: 
	BOOL2 ='TRUE' 
else:
	BOOL2 ='FALSE'
sli = ('Stack Layers (Unified View) Ignore Other Scales = '+BOOL2)
if vs.GetPref(98) == 1: 
	BOOL3 ='TRUE' 
else:
	BOOL3 ='FALSE'
slrv = ('Stack Layers (Unified View) Restore Views = '+BOOL3)
if vs.GetPref(99) == 1: 
	BOOL4 ='TRUE' 
else:
	BOOL4 ='FALSE'
slcv = ('Stack Layers (Unified View) Center View = '+BOOL4)
vs.AlrtDialog('Active Layer type = '+activetype+(' '*47)+sl+(' '*49)+sl2d+(' '*22)+sli+(' '*20)+slrv+(' '*26)+slcv)

     

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    Merge model layers

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted · Edited by The Hamma

    I was wrong. It is documented but they call it "Stack Layers" instead of "Unified View" in the "Vectorworks 2022 Script Function Reference"

     

    Stack Layers     94     TRUE or FALSE    Pref

    Shipping Container Homes

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted

    It can still be done in 2022 but it is a bit more complicated.  I created the corrugation in the 3d hole component of a symbol.. You need to add a 2d loci to the symbol or it gets buggy.  Once this is done I inserted the windows.  This is where it gets tricky.  The corrugation stops where the window starts. to fix this I added a solid in the shape of the window hole in the corrugated symbol.  Then I cut the windows and pasted them in place.  So what you see below is one symbol inserted in the wall. The windows are just placed in the holes created by the one symbol.   Drawing attached. 

    image.thumb.png.84849ad547bc13f2f8c3bcf48c5d8a92.png

    Windows in Corregated wall 2022.vwx

    Recent files - File name display length

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted · Edited by The Hamma

    Because I have to sometimes open backup files the length of the file name display in Recent files is not long enough and the file will appear like below.  

     

    12034_Owner Name_Project_Date.....

     

    this is problem when there are two in the list but one is backup and the other is not and it looks like this

     

    12034_Owner Name_Project_Date.....

    12034_Owner Name_Project_Date.....

     

    It would be very helpful if it looked like this so I know that I am not opening the most current version of the file. 

    12034_Owner Name_Project_Date.vwx

    12034_Owner Name_Project_Date-Backup-20220223143437.vwx

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