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@alex002121 good question. The existing trees.txt does look easily editable.

20250402-1758-17.6307699.mp4

Just figured it out. Somehow my 'clip cube' got turned on. ...and for some reason clip cube flips the light on IPs. I turned on the clip cube in the blank file (with only the three IPs) and it flipped the light there too. Turn off clip cube and the light is correct.

I copied those IPs and pasted them into a blank file and they are lit as expected.

@Tom W. both are disabled.

I just brought some image props into a new file and they are behaving oddly. They are dark from above: And lit from below: This makes them "shadowy" from a normal view perspective. I use these often image props often and haven't had this happen to them before. ...Although I've run into this before with other image props and have figured it out - I can't seem to get them to work this time.

@Tom W. and @Pat Stanford - thank you!

I wanted to make a simple data tag that had the wall style, the wall data description, and the width for my wall library file. I can't seem to find a way to get to the wall data from the define tag field menu. There doesn't seem to be a wall object option in the menu? I tried a couple of options (including just coping =objectdata('descripton') from a work sheet - obviously that didn't work) and can't find a working method. Here's my (not working) tag:

i.e.. Can I open the list in another program? Can I open it in a VW worksheet to edit? Also, why is this menu so outdated and awkward to use? Why does it only go to the first letter typed, instead of the word (a linear combination of letters) as I type out the species I'm looking for. ...all of this would be less important if the custom tree names where in a readable color, I've asked about that issue for years. I challenge anyone to easily read these deep blue on dark grey letters!

One machine - the Dell xps-17 - all up to date. Using both machines was causing license issues, so I've stopped even trying. I was having regular crashes last year and it was always fixed by updating the NVidia driver, so now I have it set to auto update to the most current driver.

Vectorworks starts fine, but when I try and open a file or even a blank file, it crashes completely. If I restart the computer, it usually works fine. This has been going on for around two months. here's a video: 20250303-2101-15.3414381.mp4

Started again for me last year - I have this at least three times a week. It also changes all my preferences causing startup issues. This happens so often I made a backup copy of my preferences (named "Vectorworks Preferences BACKUP.xml) and delete the corrupted .xml file, copy my backup and rename to Vectorworks Preferences.xml.

Okay. I finally did get the line weight to change with the class it's associated with (00-hardscape-fill). But like a couple of other objects in VW, the changes are not activated unless I adjust the attributes twice. Meaning: I changed the class Pen line weight to 200 - no effect. I change the class Pen COLOR. now the line weight AND color are changed. Same with class color - I have to go to the edit style menu and change the attribute, exit the style menu, the open and change ta different attribute for the color to change. I also have to do this "double edit" with plant objects 3D attributes. If I change the color of a plants 3D geometry nothing happens, unless I do the exact same edit for a second time. I've gotten used to this for plant object, I guess I'll get used to it for Hardscapes too. @Tom W. I've been trying to follow your instructions on various hardscape forum posts, you seem to have a pretty good handle on these objects. In that light I have been rebuilding my hardscapes to use the hardscape 'joint pattern overlay' option and setting the hatch there. I also made a hardscape fill class so I could turn the hatches on and off - I haven't found this to work (it does change the Pen style for me), but I do have 00-Hardscape-Fill and have that class set for both '2D base fill' and 'Joint pattern overlay. @Gadzooks I can't find drop shadow in the style, but it is not turned on for the class (00-hardscape-fill). any hint as to where it would be set by style? @Jonathan Pickup attached a file below. Hardscape with drop shadow.vwx Thanks everyone for all the options!

I'm having a new odd behavior with hardscapes. I'm getting an almost "shadow" effect for the pen line weight. Almost nothing on the upper left, slightly heavier on the lower right. That lead me to think that the line weight was set to 0.05 or something small and it was just my graphics driver... So I attempted to up the line weight to 2.00 check - figuring that would really be noticeable. ... and I can't change it. I've set the hardscape component (edit hardscape style menu/configuration/edit components/landscape component editing) to 2.00 - this did nothing. I've set the 2D base fill attribute (edit hardscape style menu/attributes/edit attribute base fill) to 2.00 - this also did nothing. I can't change anything in the attributes tab as it's all by style. Where else is the pen line weight stored? Note - I am using joint pattern overlayed to control the 2D fill as nothing else seems to work consistently.

@Katarina Ollikainen thanks for looking into this. To confirm, I do have continuous rail check in this fence.