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It's been a while since this was reported as a bug. Are there any updates on this issue? The behaviour of datatags with the clipcube seems still the same in Vectorworks 2023 SP3.

Hi all, I've sumpled upon an issue in Vectorworks 2023. Something that used to work in previous versions of Vectorworks. I'm used to using a data tag for labling trusses within a hanging position. But in V2023 this only seems to work for trusses that are not inside a hanging position. Is this a known bug, or is there anything changed in V2023 that can cause this to no longer work? These datatags were very usefull for 3D views of truss systems. Thanks in advance! Best regards, Jeroen

The title of this topic discribes my issue pretty well. When using the Reset Braceworks ID's command from the dropdown menu, all of the distributor ID's get cleared. Took me a while to realise what the issue was. Before resetting Braceworks ID's: After resetting Braceworks ID's: Is anyone experiencing the same?

Hi Nikolay, I'll send you the file in private chat.

Here's a screen recording of whats happening: Edit: I'm using Vectorworks 2022 SP3 Build 636848. Same issue on both Windows and Mac. This issue existed also in previous builds.

Hi everyone, I have a issue with editing worksheet database criteria. When adding lines in the "Edit criteria" window, the dropdown menu's stop working after line 3 or 4. My current workaround is to edit the criteria in the database line. Is anyone experiencing the same issue?

Adding a option to only apply datatags to symbols within the clipcube bounding box would be a great timesaver! I hope this feature will be up for concideration. Using "Single Eligible Object Mode" will also show all the symbols outside of the clip cube at the moment. Edit: Please note that I'm using this tool in viewport annotations

Hi everyone, I love using datatags as lighting labels in 3D viewports. To limit the amount of design layers I often clipcube a single object or construction. While placing datatags using the "All Eligible Object Mode", objects outside of the clipcube also get a datatag. This can result in some lighting devices having the wrong datatag. Is this a known bug and are other people also experiencing issues with this?

You can add it to your fixture using the accessoiry tool. If the barndoor is already an accessoiry, double clicking the symbol in the resource manager will automatically active the tool.

Hi everyone, I have this issue with truss auto-connect when I use ctrl drag to duplicate a truss and immediately connect it to an existing truss using the red auto-connect lines. It seems the distance from the original truss location is doubled. When I first duplicate my truss using ctrl and use auto-connect afterwards, there's no problem. Here's a video that shows this issue: https://youtu.be/rAfPAn1X0Po Is this a known bug, or is there something wrong with my configuration?

There is a menu command that will the magnets to your libraries, 'Update Truss Magnets'. After using it you will still need to check the allowable rotation parameter of the magnets as it will only set a default of 180° Thats what I used to update our custom truss library to the new magnets system. It worked fine. But by updating I mean replacing the existing trusses in a drawing with the newly updated trusses from my custom truss library. I understand. What I mean is the following: I changed the weight of a truss in a custom truss library using the truss properties. I also added a custom record to the truss symbol containing the productcode and other information of our warehousing software. When I replace a truss in an existing drawing with this modified symbol (by deleting/replacing the symbol in the resource manager), the weight does not change and the custom record isn't added to the previously drawn truss. The only way to update the existing truss correctly in a existing drawing is to delete the drawn symbol from the design layer and draw it again with the newly modified symbol. This can be extremely time consuming, especially with large or complex truss systems. To update modified lighting devices I can just select all of the same instrument types, and replace them with the modified one. For trusses only the trusses without "draw 3D only" selected and hanging angle update (geometry only, BrxTrussItemRecord and other records do not refresh. They will only use the new information when they are redrawn on the design layer).

Adjusting the pick radius seemed to do the trick. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

The objects I'm trying to place on top don't seem to be in the same system. I'll send the file to you in a private message.

Hi all, I'm having trouble with adding the load of fixtures wich are on top of a truss system. It's neccecary to correcly attach every load since I'm using Braceworks for most of the load calculations. Most of the time I'll fix issues like this by adding point loads, but that's not the most elegant way of doing it. I was wondering, is there another way or is this simply a limitation of the software? Here's screencapture showing the issue:

Hi all! I'm currently in the process of updating old (v2020) files to use for festivals that finally can take place after the pandamic. Updating to a recent version of our template and libaries is quite a job. The most annoying part is updating all of the truss symbols to our v2022 truss libaries wich includes the new truss magnets. All trusses wich do not have a hanging angle or "draw 3D only" selected update fine when I import the new symbols. But every truss wich uses the auto generated Truss_3d symbol doesn't update automatically. I have to delete these _3d symbols one by one and replace them with the new one. Also the records don't get updated by simply importing the new symbols. It seems the truss symbols only read whats in the truss record once it gets converted from symbol to truss symbol. For example, if I corrected the weight of a truss in our libary file and I imported the corrected symbol in a existing drawing, the new weight value is not used. Is there a more elegant way of updating the truss systems in my drawings?

Hi Sam, let me put that differently. It was not my intention to offend anyone with that, I don't mean that label legends aren't useful.. I can see it's a useful way to way to show all the fixture information you need in some worksflows. When we started working with Vectorworks 3/4years ago Data Tags became more useful to us in more and more situations. Ontopic: Nevertheless, the labels legends are the only way to display information about the other cells. I can live with that, but I think it is very important to be able to include it in worksheets.

Good to know, thanks for your reply 👍

As of now there's only one way to show the data of the second, thirth or fourth cell of a fixture, and thats by using the legacy fixture legends of Vectorworks Spotlight. We've stopped using these legends a while ago and started using Data Tags for this purpose, which seemed way more flexible at the time since and still works way faster than manually editing the placement of 3D Fixture Legends. Now I've started to make some multicell fixtures but theres no way to show the data of the second, thirth, forth and so forth cell.. There's no way to define a dynamic text block to grab the data from these cells, and the same goes for worksheets (patchsheets) and .CSV or .XLS exports from Vectorworks. Which makes the multicell feature kind of useless for our usecase. For example, I've got a multicell 4-light blinder. The left and the right side have different circuit numbers and different DMX adresses. If i wanted to make a detailed dimmer patch worksheet for this, I can only show the first cell. Are there any workarounds for using multicell fixtures? The only way to make complete patch sheets now is to duplicate the multicell fixture on a hidding design layer (and I have to make sure this hidden layer isn't included in any count worksheets).

Adding a output seems to re-enable daisy chaining, however I can not assing L1, N & PE to the consumer object. Wich seems a bit odd because I have to define a connector type for the consumer object. I don't think I'm going edit all of our Lighting Device symbols for now and wait for a proper solution in the future Service Pack releases...

Maybe It's possible.. But I haven't discovered that yet. Not everything about the Cable Tool is documented well..

Hi Bogdan, Your cable .vwx files need to be in the installation folder->Libraries->Default->Cable Tools. We made a .bat file to automate this and make updating these files easy. The .bat file looks something like this: xcopy "..\Libraries\Defaults\Audio Tools\*" "c:\Program Files\Vectorworks 2021\Libraries\Defaults\Audio Tools" /i /e /Y xcopy "..\Libraries\Defaults\Cable Tools\*" "c:\Program Files\Vectorworks 2021\Libraries\Defaults\Cable Tools" /i /e /Y xcopy "..\Libraries\Defaults\Stock Bridle Materials\*" "c:\Program Files\Vectorworks 2021\Libraries\Defaults\Stock Bridle Materials" /i /e /Y xcopy "..\Libraries\Defaults\Hoist Tools\*" "c:\Program Files\Vectorworks 2021\Libraries\Defaults\Hoist Tools" /i /e /Y

Works great. Thanks Jesse! Off topic, but quick question: Wattage of Lighting Devices arent used for the power information. Am I supposed to draw Input, Output and Consumer objects in all of our Lighting Device Symbols? Drawing only a Consumer object will disable daisy chaining...

Hi everyone, I'm currently in de process of updating our libraries to get everything working with v2022. While working on our Distributor Objects I came across the following issue. I've got no control over the order in wich the outputs are shown in the IOP. Every output is named and numbered in the "Name" field of the Electrical Output object, so alphabetical/numeric order would be fine. But nonetheless the outputs are shown in a seemingly random order. Has anyone figured this out? My whole experience with migrating from v2021 to v2022 has been troublesome. I have to figure out how everything is meant to work by myself. After 3 days of battling with Truss Magnets (our custom truss library is quite large).. It would be great if in the future there would also be an explanation before the release on how to change symbols to work properly in the new version, in addition to the release notes. I am aware that the cable tools in v2021 were still in beta. But I'm getting off topic..

I think i found the reason why @Antonio Landberger got it working and I couldn't. Everytime I try to import the marionette symbol I imported the referenced symbols first. When I don't do this, everything works fine. If you want to reproduce the bug I'm experiencing. First import Scaff large silver part + Scaff small silver part + Scaff small black part. Import the marionette symbol afterwards. Thanks Antonio and Jesse for diving into this issue!