Pat Stanford

I agree with @Tom W. Make sure your layer names are in an ANY block instead of an ALL block.

The @Colon syntax is for data tags (and probably other objects using the # Dynamic text) only. I probably would have used the @WS_IF versions also for myself, but for this specific application not having to do WS calculations seemed like the better way.

This is a perfect case for the Data Tag version of If/Then, also referred to the trinary operator. Put the result if true before an @ sign and the result if false after a colon (:) and put the test value in the middle. So something like: 'OBS'@#WinDoor 6.0#.#Opaque Glass#:'' Since 'Opaque Glass' as a field is already defined as a Boolean (true/false) you don't need to do any type of comparison, you can just use the value. The part after the colon is two single quotes next to each other. Note that you can't put any spaces between the @ and the Colon and whatever comes before and after them.

Please copy those objects that are showing the problem to a new file. If the problem exists in that new file, then please post it here. It is very hard to diagnose this kind of problem from just an image. But if I had to guess, it is that the hatches are not set up properly.

It looks like VW can not SUMmarize based on an image. Add another column with a formula of =SymbolName and SUMmarize on that. If you don't want the Symbol Name to show, you can set the column width to Zero to hide it.

I agree with Raymond. I don't think there is a way to do it automatically. I posted a wish a long time ago for a setting for Class to be By Parent. Since this is in a PIO what about not using the symbol, but just storing it in the object and exploding a copy so you can set the class to what you want. If someone later ungroups you will have a problem, but at least you could get your object to look correct with correct classing. But you would also lose the ability to report on those contained symbols.

For a VS version try using a DynArray of Char instead of a string. It will give you the same functionality, but allow your up to 32,XXX chars.

What lines are you talking about? I don't see anything that looks like it should not be part of the drawing.

If that does not do it, please post the file so we can take a look at what is happening.

I think if you SUMmarize column A and then Sum Values in column B you should get what you want.

The worksheet version of the script has to run for every object that meets the criteria, so making it as compact as possible is important. What happens if you remove the if...elif nesting and the GetParamStr sections and make three different versions of the script, one for each of the nVariables?

You need to enter the serial number because it is stored in your preferences in your users folder. You should not need to get a complete second license, but you may need to have your wife Log Out or at least quit VW prior to your using it and vice versa.

Does Symn.px exist in the same location (folder) as the current VW file you are working on? Since you have not specified any path for the file it must be stored at the same location as the VW file.

You don't. 😞 Save Palette Positions stores the palette positions in the preferences file. But the position is again stored (using the last settings) when you successfully quit VW. So the only time Save Palette Positions does anything for you is if you use if after rearranging your palettes and then have a crash the prevents VW from saving the preferences file on quit. It would certainly be nice to have multiple different palette setups available.

And you will need to make sure your symbol is 3D only, not hybrid (2D/3D) or you will not be able to rotate it around anything except the Z axis.

If you need to get keyboard input, make it a menu command instead of a tool.

Or just choose Edit instead of the Edit Crop shortcut and changes the View objects outside of Crop options.

Or just delete the crop object so you can see everything and draw a new crop object.

Is going to get you a handle to the symbol definition, not the symbol instance places in the drawing. Use Michael's suggestion of

If Cloud is having trouble with the file also, it sounds as if there may be a problem with the file. I recommend that you get in contact with Tech Support directly and get them a copy of the file to see if they can find what is causing the problem. Good luck. What you are experiencing is not normal and you should take the time to get it cleared up.

You should be able to use the Rotated Plan feature to work on the drawing at the angle you need to make the ADU square to the page.

How big is the file? What Operating System and Hardware are you running VW on? Are you certain that VW is running on a high powered graphics card and not accidentally running on the built in graphics on the motherboard?

Batch Convert in the file menu will open each file in a path and resave a version as VW2024.

The forum is designed for User to User support. While some VW personnel answer questions here, those are typically technology based, not business based. You might try and call instead of email for a faster response. I think turn around on email is typically 24 hours.