Martin905

SOLVED! For reference, I've updated to the latest "2025 Update 6 (820864)" and all is working fine again. Very strange!

Just got back from holiday to find that the schedules that I have set up in our templates no longer work as they once did. (On my PC at least.) I am scheduling Symbols, and getting their space numbers using: =VALUE(GETSPACENUMFOROBJ) This used to work perfectly, giving the number of the space which overlaps with each symbol's position. Today I am finding this is broken, and symbols are only returning the number of the space than happens to coincide with the drawing origin. If no space overlaps the drawing origin, no value is returned. It's as if symbols can no-longer determine their position within the design layer, as they once could. I have tested this in both new projects and existing projects that had previously scheduled correctly, and I get the same issue, so it is not project-specific. I have also tested using archived versions of our template that previously worked. Same issue. What's more, a colleague has tested the same files on their PC and it works correctly - so it appears to be just my version of VW that's the problem! Their build is "2025 Update 2.1 (Build 788841)" Mine is "2025 Update 5 (Build 810264)" I have not manually updated my VW - might it have done so automatically? Has anyone else recently experienced issues with getting space numbers for symbols? Thanks for any light that can be shed! Martin

I am desperately trying to do the same thing - I want to be able to offset a polygon/polyline by a predetermined amount as part of a script. I've discovered you can find out the tool ID of most tools by: 1. selecting it from the toolbar 2. Menu > Tools > Custom Tool/Attribute 3. Make sure "Tool" is checked 4. Create a script, then go and look at the text of the script to find the ID However, the Offset tool won't let you do this, the "Tool" checkbox is greyed out! Does this mean it has no ID...? It's the only tool I've tried that does this - very strange. Is it a bug?

Thanks Letti. Works like a charm!

Hello. Just wondering if this was resolved as I'm trying to do something similar. Can VLOOKUP can be used with database rows? If not, is there an alternative method? I have two worksheets as shown below. I want the data rows of 'Housing Schedule':M2 to display the values in 'Parking Schedule':C2 based on common values of A2 in both. If a Plot value does not exist in 'Parking Schedule', then P.Prv. should display zero. I have tried various IF statements and experimented with VLOOKUP, but have had no joy. Thanks for any help!

Hi all, and thanks for your input. I actually solved this yesterday and tried to update here, but could not post as limited to one post per day! So sorry about that. For reference, the issue was 2-fold: 1. It doesn't seem to like nested symbols. My 'House-Type' is a symbol, which contains a 'label' symbol to which the record is attached. 2. The symbol seems to need some geometry. My 'label' symbol only contained text. Solution: I added an invisible polygon to the 'label' symbol. This solves '2' I then set my 'House-Type' symbols to 'convert to group' when placed. This solves '1'.

Thanks Pat. That makes sense. However, I've made sure the symbol insertion points are within the space, but still no joy. Could there be something else I'm missing? Or is there a different function for symbols?

Hello. Resurrecting an old thread as I am trying to achieve exactly this and cannot find any other reference online. Wondering if the OP ever had any joy? For context, my use case is as follows: I am setting up a template for housing scheme layouts, using Spaces as 'plots' and symbols (with attached records) for house types. I want to be able to schedule the houses to include the number of the plot (space) which they overlap with. Using "GetSpaceNameForObj" I am able to achieve this with simple polygons, but not with symbols (as illustrated in attached). Hoping there is a workaround, or an alternative method to achieve this? Thanks. (Using VW Design Suite 2025)