Scott C. Parker

Reviewing the thread reveals a few queries. News about what?

Though very old, there are a few videos on YouTube you may find helpful. Search for "Vectorworks design layer viewports" on YouTube, and they should be at the top of the list. I use DLVPs in entertainment to show items at different locations on a stage for different scenes during a show. The advantage is that the DLVP of the same object keeps my worksheets clean and avoids double/triple counting the objects. Placing copies of object symbols causes the worksheets to report extra items.

This is where we read device modes from.

The new summary key offers to show a mode when using GDTF modes.

Please post a sample file so that the collective can take a look.

Ah, it's not supported in builder mode. Builder mode is straight columns and rows of the same panel. The best mode is aspect ratio.

Not yet. When you say, extra, you're not asking for two rows of 1/2 panels, are you?

Please post a sample file so that the collective can take a look.

AI translation of @Rubén Campillo's last post: Hello Nikolay Zhelyazkov and jcogdell. Thank you for your replies. 8 hours ago, jcogdell said: The bridle assembly diagrams were developed based on feedback and requests from the original developer. Can they be improved? Of course! We have a list of fixes and improvements that we want to implement across all parts of the bridle tools, and we’ve been working on these constantly through the last two releases since we replaced the original external developer. I think the best way to approach this challenge is for the diagram to resemble how the floor is marked at an event. 8 hours ago, jcogdell said: In my experience, this is not universal and depends heavily on where in the world you work. That said, the most frequent feedback request about bridle configurations in our system was to restrict chains to a single leg, so that became part of the latest round of improvements. Adding more options to control which legs have chains is a good idea, and I’ll add it to our list of enhancements. You’re right, this isn’t universal. For me, having variable lengths in all the legs of a bridle only makes sense when the venue has a very tight height or when greater precision is required. Although in most cases, equipment isn’t worked on to the millimeter. 8 hours ago, jcogdell said: This is the core of the issue. The dimensions of the bridle, including the vertex position, currently can’t be modified by changing the bridle steel settings, which logically doesn’t make sense, but that’s how the original developer designed the feature. Changing this requires rebuilding much of the function, and we’ve had to divide that process into multiple steps. Most drawing-related issues were fixed in versions 24 and 25. The parts manager, configuration dialog, and related workflow were our target for this version. The next step is to refine it based on your feedback and that of other users. Once that’s done, we can move on to redesigning the backend so that changing the settings actually affects the bridle leg dimensions and the vertex height. You’re right. This is the component of the tool that currently doesn’t work as expected. Frankly, I would have prioritized fixing this problem first. I wouldn’t have allocated resources to implementing the graphic representation of the basket. But that’s just my opinion. I understand that you receive numerous feature requests and therefore must prioritize development tasks accordingly. 8 hours ago, jcogdell said: Would being able to define standard basket configurations in the bridle tool’s settings/styles solve this problem for you? It would be a significant improvement if this option were added to the feature set.

Hello @Martijn Wingelaar I've searched Jira and can not find your VB/VE post. Do you have the Jira number?

I believe we're up to update 8. Please update and let us know if the problem persists.

With some internal help, we found that your light is using a mysterious "Light Info Record-10" If you delete this from your RM and choose to replace it with the correct "Light Info Record", and then refresh your lighting instruments, the accessories should reappear. 2026-01-06_16-49-05.mp4

Please post a sample file so that the collective can take a look.

Which approach have you tried? What guidance are you looking for?

Hello Steven, I opened your file in 2024, and I don't see any accessories in the Resource Manager of the file. When I select the lights, the only accessory I see is the c-clamp. Can you post your 2025 file that has the accessories?

This has been fixed in update 2

Not really. A few options: Edit the image to match the overall screen size across the entire set of walls. Add the image to each wall. Use the horizontal shift to shift each wall's copy of the image over to adjust where the section of wall will land. Turn off "tile image" for this to work. Make one huge wall and delete the tiles and supports manually. You edit internal parts by double-clicking the wall to open it. The catch is that the wall will get rebuilt if you make certain changes to the overall wall. Use a media server to feed the video image into the walls, and have the media server do the work

Without a test file, I don't know if this will work, but... If you convert the generic truss to VW truss via the command @LiteDoctor mentioned, and then use the existing replace truss workflows, you might save time.

Please post a sample file so that the collective can take a look. I'd like to play with it a bit.

1. you would need to convert each symbol into a truss/rigging object to have them appear in the rigging tab. They are not supported like this yet. 2. items in the inventory is limited to "Spotlight" objects. Although Layher parts are offered under staging, they are not currently placed into drawings using a spotlight insertion tool.

Hi Mike, To have the lighting device tool insert the clamp, first import the clamp to your file, and then use the lighting device insertion tool to select the clamp and snap to a truss. I've made this video. What is your end goal in snapping the clamp to the truss? I'm thinking that there's a better workflow to achieve what you're looking to do. SnapClamp.mp4

If you nuke your RM Cache file and the refresh, you should revert to the VW resources. Refreshing your Resource Manager will update your library to the latest published symbols. You may need to clear your local RM cache file. Refreshing the RM doesn't always do this. Delete the RM Cache folder and then refresh the RM and it'll pull down a complete set of updated RM files. Win: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Nemetschek\Vectorworks RMCache\rm202x Mac: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Vectorworks RMCache/rm202x Remember to replace the “username” with your computer username if you copy and paste the file paths Your file location might differ.

What happens after you restart VW? I've opened your file and changed the image from the VW logo to another image in your file without issue. Tech support will be on hand over the holidays, should you wish to contact them directly for help when you run into issues that freeze or crash. I had some issues with the wall in the file. But when I added a new wall, changing the image worked well. One difference is that I activated the default classes via the classes pane in the LED Wall preferences dialog. This may help in the future. In fact, I just tested again, and when I activate the classes on your wall, the image pops up.

You discovered an interesting anomaly. My further testing shows that the hoists are reading corner block trim heights from left to right, and only the first one is reporting properly. I experimented and attaching hoists left to left-to-right order and then right-to-left order, but the trim height reporting remains left to right only. This is obviously a bug, and we will look further into it. Here's a copy of the file in which I have added data tags to make it easier to see the results. Truss corner trim height to hoist.vwx

Refreshing your Resource Manager will update your library to the latest published symbols. You may need to clear your local RM cache file. Refreshing the RM doesn't always do this. Delete the RM Cache folder and then refresh the RM and it'll pull down a complete set of updated RM files. Win: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Nemetschek\Vectorworks RMCache\rm202x Mac: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Vectorworks RMCache/rm202x Remember to replace the “username” with your computer username if you copy and paste the file paths Your file location might differ.