Greg Thompson

I have a script in floor plan for a wall framing plan view that changes a class' pen style to dashed, the weight to lighter, and the color to blue. SetClLS('Walls',-1); SetClLW('Walls',7); SetClPenFore('Walls',4) When I go back to the floor plan view, the class' pen style goes back to solid, the weight goes back to heavier, and the color returns to black. SetClLS('Walls',0); SetClLW('Walls',20); SetClPenFore('Walls',255) However, the class setting for pen style permanently changes to 'None', and if I re-set this to 'Solid', the pen weight changes to .10.

I am having the same problem as Davis Design -- in the Workspace Editor, I do not see the new 3d tools. In fact, if I edit the Standard 3D Power Pack workspace, I see the new tools on the right-hand side, but not the home/source of these tools on the left-hand side. To use the new tools, I don't want to switch to this canned workspace -- I want them in my custom workspace, gol dangit.

I've answered my own question. I ran the Install 3D Power Pack app again and the new tools are now visible and available for workspace customization. Not sure why they didn't show up the first time, but I seem to not be the only one to have encountered this glitch.

One reply mentioned the hatches.mcd file with the two gravel hatches. He's right -- they aren't so great. But -- and here's my big but -- if you're using Architect 9.x, go to the Resources palette, find the Object Library folder, and in there you should find a file called 00_Arch__Tiles.mcd. This file contains an Aggregate pattern that looks good on wall sections (3/4"=1'-0" or similar). Click import. In the drawing, make a polygon, go to the Design menu and select Tile... Select Aggregate, click OK. See what happens. I always need to change the view to see the results (for some danged reason). Get rid of the polygon -- or not.

When I place symbols that are pre-packaged with VW and VW-Architect, the classes the symbols were created with are added to my current class list. Is it possible to override this so that the newly-placed symbol will reside in the class of my choice from the get-go? I understand the standardized classes method of operating, but I don't want to use those standards and changing the class and then getting rid of class names I have no interest in using is a big-time hassle.