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    How to edit a referenced dwg. imported into Vectorworks 2017

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    To reiterate: I suspect there are two dwg files. The one you have been trying to import only contains what you call "the first drawing," and then reference(s) to a second dwg.  You need to find and import the second dwg in order to edit its content.

     

    To facilitate this, in the vwx file with the import, go to Tools>Organization..> References Tab.  If I am right, there should be file name here that is different from the one you have been trying to work with.  Navigate to, and import that file.

     

    If there is no file listed under the References Tab, I am at a loss.

    How to edit a referenced dwg. imported into Vectorworks 2017

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    Posted · Edited by Gytis

    As markdd says, you cannot edit a referenced drawing viewport.  It seems like the dwg you are importing has reference(s) [xrefs] pointing to another dwg which may or may not be broken. If you want to edit the content in VW, and if you have access to the original dwg file that is being referenced, you could import that and edit that content, and set up new references as needed.  However, the collaboration is then changed, and the original dwg is no longer read.  I'm not sure if this is OK in your workflow.  I may also have misunderstood completely.

    Curious Problem

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    18 minutes ago, JimW said:

    The only way Vectorworks supports opening things in Dropbox specifically is when you've integrated your cloud storage with a Project Sharing setup. Unfortunately we don't yet support just opening a regular file from Dropbox. If you have the file in a local dropbox folder and shut OFF the syncing desktop app, do your work, close and save, then let the app sync again you might have better results, but thats only a guess.

    Thanks Jim for the thought and explanation, but I wasn't clear.  I downloaded the file and saved it locally, not in Dropbox.  So I don't think that's the issue.  On the other hand.....

     

    14 minutes ago, bcd said:

    I wonder if the file was saved with Hidden Line Rendering.

    Thanks BCD, I was thinking similarly and am in the (unfortunately awkward) position of asking for a new file saved in wireframe.  I'll let you know what happens.

    Curious Problem

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    I'm a bit befuddled.  When I try to open a .vwx 2017 file shared via Dropbox, VW struggles to open it, gets stuck in the "Geometry" progress bar, and then crashes spectacularly.  The screen fills with a grid of repeating complex pixel patterns which change spontaneously and also when certain keys are pressed. I would take a screenshot, but the worst part is that the machine is locked up on this screen.  I have to Force Shutdown.  It is an older (early 2011) MacBookPro and I am away from my trusty MacPro.  The file is largish but not extreme at 315 MB and I am unsure of its contents, presumably a partial model of a house fleshed-out with various bits of plants, fixtures, and furniture.

     

    I have repeatedly restarted my machine.  I have downloaded fresh copies of the file.  I have installed a fresh copy of VW.  Plenty of other files are fine.

     

    Any ideas or experiences?

     

     

    Change Viewport Source?

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    OK, I am a little confused.   Is this in the reference file or the referenced viewport?  The brick texture of the soldier course doesn't change?  Is the lintel class reassigned via the Window dialog?  Is this in the reference file or the referenced viewport?  This should be eminently doable.

     

    It may help to post a file or images.....

    Section line marker

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    Not in front of VW at moment, but check out Section Line Instances in the OIP and check-off the viewport(s) you wish to display the section line.  But, keep in mind you cannot section a section VP, thus cannot display a section line in a section viewport.

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    Webview Help

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    11 hours ago, Taproot said:

    How do you set the initial starting view for the export?  I've tried setting it via a saved view, camera, etc.  The webview start location defaults to the same spot ... off kilter and near the floor.  There must be a setting or logic that I'm missing - maybe both?

    Unfortunately I have no answers for you.  I can only confirm that I experience the webview start location as wonky.  In one file it will work as expected, taking its cue from the perspective view I set up.  In another file, the start location would be slightly under the floor and "off-kilter."  I experimented with over a dozen different perspective views, including a distant birds-eye and its converse, and the start location would be nearly the same, and never usable for a client.

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