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Pat Stanford

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  1. The only work around is to import a second version of the Referenced viewport and set the visibilities there.
  2. I think the Publish was very different functionality than the old Batch Print, but it has been too long to remember all the differences. I know that you could print to a printer or to a PDF file, but that was a raster output rather than the Vector PDF generated by the Publish (or Export PDF) command. You could also not export other types of files like Publish.
  3. Quick thoughts. If the thickness is basically uniform, you could loft just the outside (or inside) and the Shell the resulting NURBS to get a solid. Or Loft the outside and the inside separately, create end caps and convert to solids and then subtract solids. You will often need to use a number of steps to generate this kind of object.
  4. Sunday of a holiday weekend is a bad time to try and do business. ;-) If you don't get something tomorrow morning, contact Customer Service directly and they should be able to help.
  5. Are you sure those objects used to open the dialog box? In VW2021, when I double click on a break line or a drawing label I get a message that "those objects do not have an edit behavior." You change the properties of those objects directly in the Object Info Palette (OIP) rather than by getting the dialog box to open again. If you want to change the defaults, you should be able to double click on the Tool icon and get the dialog box to open.
  6. This is certainly possible in VW2021 in Vectorscript/Pythonscript. You could certainly write nodes to make Marionette do it also, but if you are doing that I would suggest just leaving it as a Python script. It would not be an especially complicated script, but it probably would be quite long as you would need to handle every one of the settings for each component. VW2021 has the ability to read directly from an Excel file, so getting the source data in is possible, but not necessarily easy. I don't have time to even do a mockup of this right now, but if you have a sample of the data in Excel, please post it so I can think about how to use that format.
  7. It needs to 'Door'.'Config', not 'Door'.'Configuration' You can track this down by either using the Formula Generator in a database header row. Use a single part of the formula at a time and see exactly what ends up in the formula. Alternatively, take a look at this thread about a script that will create a worksheet showing all of the possible fields of a PIO.
  8. I am not on the inside, but I firmly believe that the wishlist is reviewed and considered in setting task priorities.
  9. Another possibility would be if you have Layer Plane objects (2-dimensions only) and have the viewport set to an elevation view (front, left, right, back) then you would only get a single line. If you truly have a model with 3D objects, then it is probably Boh's suggestion above about the objects being in a group. Perhaps a better way is rather than fighting with the viewport visibilities is to set the view you want (including layer and class selections) on the Design Layer(s) and then choose Create Viewport from the menu. The viewport will be set to match what you were looking at on the Design Layer(s).
  10. The Wishlist is the appropriate place for most people to put enhancement requests for items like this. Or for "big ticket" items as well. The posts in the Wishlist are considered by VW when they consider what tasks to prioritize for the next version of VW. I am a beta tester and there is a separate submit process for bugs and "enhancement requests" (which is why I phrases it that way instead of wish). I sometimes forget what things are called in different places. Especially when I am moving fast. ;-)
  11. Have either of you actually put in an Enhancement Request for the change? ;-) These little issues are some of the things most likely to be able to get changed if VW knows that it is a problem.
  12. According to this blog, it was VW2014 which would have been released in Sept of 2013. https://blog.cadsoftwaredirect.com/vectorworks-2014-new-features/#publish_command
  13. I believe you will need to contact technical support to have them remove the watermark for you. That service is part of the Ed to Pro upgrade service.
  14. At least in VW2021 you do have the option to edit the Symbol Insertion Options and change the insertion class back to <Active Class>
  15. Basic troubleshooting. 1. Does this happen in a single file or also in a new blank file? 2. Does this continue if you restart VW? 3. Does this continue if you restart the computer? 4. Since this is a text problem, have you checked to see if you have a corrupt font? On Mac you can do this through the Font Book app. 5. If none of the above work you need to check and see if you have corruption in your User Folder or preferences. There are a number of posts about doing this, but ask again if you need more help.
  16. If you just want a few cells you don't need the sum you can just add them up: =B3+H4+J8 If you have a larger range you can specify the range by using two periods between the beginning and end of the range plus a Sum: =SUM(A3..D3) If you have a discontinuous (or continuous) range you can also use a comma as a separator in a Sum: =SUM(B3, H4, J8) Or you can combine the two styles: =SUM(A3..D3, H8) HTH
  17. I don't understand your issue/question. Can you please explain?
  18. Have you updated the EntourageTrees file to version 2021? If it is still an older version, then the Plant tool will not be able to see it. Or it could be something entirely different. ;-)
  19. Not seeing this in SP2 on Mac OS15.7. Also, the column widths are adjustable by dragging the dividers.
  20. You are correct. I did not read your initial post closely enough. Thanks for the kind words. There is certainly not a built in way to view and edit the data on multiple objects in the Resource Manager. So yes, you should put is on the Wish List. I have to play a little, but it MIGHT be possible to do with a couple of "relatively" simple worksheet scripts and Database by Script, but I will have to see if it is possible to access Resources in a Database by Script. The other option might be to place an instance of each symbol, edit the placed symbols using a worksheet and then use a script to write the values back to the symbol definitions. I THINK that script exists. If it doesn't, then I know I have planned on writing it for a long time. Maybe I will eventually get around to it.
  21. It is called a Worksheet. ;-) Any Record.Field combination can be edited in a worksheet and the changes will apply to the record attached to the object. The easiest way to get started would be to right click on a row header in an empty worksheet (I usually start in Row 3 so I have room for a title and labels) and choose Create Report. At the top of the dialog box set the criteria to be Object with Your Record (whatever name that is). Then in the bottom choose the fields you want to display and possibly edit. To do a bulk change, manually edit one cell, COPY that data, then select the range of cells to put the data into and PASTE. Ask again if you need more help.
  22. The 3D portion of the toilet is a Mesh consisting of over 3800 separate 3D polygons. Probably way more detailed than you need for even a high end render unless you are rendering for an advertisement for the toilet. Way too many manufacturers just reuse their highly detailed manufacturing models rather than simplify them for the actual expected end use. I did a project to generate 3D models of a set of injection molded valves. Once I got them done the company was going to post them on the website so anyone could download them. Until I pointed out that that also meant that anyone who wanted to would also have the information necessary to have the valves built. We ended up going back and creating a second model for the web site that was dimensionally accurate external, but without any of the internal details.
  23. You should be able to export from VW2013 back to VW2012 file format. Look in the File menu under Export.
  24. Take a look at this thread from the Apple forums regarding icon previews. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8392666
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