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@LiteDoctor I spoke with our support team and content developers. They are investigating the issue and working a a fix.

Yes, we do it all the time and it does not require the VizKey. You want to select the machine's IP address an NOT the loop-back adapter in the MA3. Vectorworks listens and broadcasts on all open network interfaces. I usually start the session on the MA3 and create the group there. In Vectorworks I can then select the group from the list to make the connection. If you create the group in Vectorworks you have to remember to correctly type the group name in the MA3. Setting it up and using the xchange in MA requires a few more manual steps. https://help.malighting.com/grandMA3/2.0/HTML/remote_inputs_mvr.html

Neutrik only allows the use of the powerCON®, powerCON® TRUE1, etc. on devices that use the official Neutrik connector. Since not all devices use the official Neutrik connector we have to use generic names. The generic name for the powerCON® TRUE1 is Power Twist CBC. CBC stands for "connector with breaking capacity" which is what makes the powerCON® TRUE1 unique. If you add the connector I recommend you also that is is connectable with the Power Twist CBC.

Vision does not see "Channels" shown are only there for user convenience. Vision is only going to see DMX data. What DMX addresses are being controlled by those channels? If you are trying to do something specific we need to know what mode you are using in Vision and look at the specific attribute/DMX address you are trying to control.

The L-Acoustics Export Plug-in for Vectorworks 2026 was released last week and is available in the Install Partner Products... command.

What happens when you try to use the text tool? Are there any error messages? Does the text tool activate? Does it activate then de-activate when you move over the drawing window?

Try printing the PDF from Adobe and make sure "Fit to Page" is turned off. The most common problem is that the printing software automatically scales the page down because it sees the page margins in the PDF as part of the page size.

Entertainment > Spotlight Settings > Spotlight Preferences... > Parameters (Pane) Set Settings: <Spotlight> That will set the OIP back to the default parameters.

If you have customized the OIP of the lighting device in the Spotlight Preferences, try reverting to the default Spotlight settings.

Braceworks does not support calculations of mid-span connections.

Just to add more details about the slow selection. This issue is specifically with selecting lighting devices when the file contains GDTF resources. If your file doe not contain GDTF resources you should not be experiencing slowdowns when selecting the lighting device.

I get the same positioning of the truss and the stage in Vectorworks 2026 SP2 and MA3 2.3.2.0. We will investigate why only 1 light from the MVR is being imported into Vectorworks.

Which specific action are you preforming when you see the question?

.vs and .px files are include files Vectorscript. This is the Vectorscript forum, so the answers are Vectorscript specific. Python uses .py files for includes. I don't remember offhand if there is a way for python to specify which files should be encrypted and which one should not.

@SamIWas Using the Caps Lock-Shift-whatever keys should copy all the code into the .vso/.vst file then encrypt and obfuscate if your code is directly in the plug-in. If you are using include files, files with the .vs extension will NOT be encrypted/obfuscated and appear in plain text if you open the .vso/.vst file with a text editor. Include files with the .px extension will be encrypted/obfuscated. The batch encryption plug-in is usefully when you need to process a bunch of plugins but it follows the same rules as the manual process.

Try resetting your user saved settings. Tools>Options>Vectorworks Preferences>Session>Reset Saved Settings I'm going to guess that you are using Windows on a high DPI monitor with the scale set to something other than 100%. We have had a few reports of various dialogs growing in size growing in size because of the scale setting especially with multiple monitors of different resolution. I think after a certain point the overall dialog becomes larger then the screen and gets reset the the default size.

If you just care about the geometry CreateCustomObject() to insert and SetRField() to set the parameters works just fine. The user will not have access to any of the parameters. Depending on what you are trying to accomplish it may cause issues interacting with other tools. Since the ConnectCAD Panel Layout will be inside of your custom PIO it may not update automatically or interact with other objects int he same way since Vectorworks will no longer see the ConnectCAD Panel Layout on the design layer, it will see your custom PIO on the design layer.

The television works the same way but the interface is different. In earlier versions there was a textural list of symbols, now there is a button that opens the standard Vectorworks resource selector that gives you a preview of the symbol and allows you to navigate to select a symbol that is currently in your document or the default content. Entering the size of a television has never been possible, you can manually configure the size of the LED Screen and the Video Screen.

That Martin fixtures still uses the legacy 3ds file format for the geometry. Vectorworks is having an issues processing the filament.3ds in the GDTF. We will investigate to see if it's a problem with the 3ds file or an issue with Vectorworks.

I'm not seeing the issue. I opened your original file created in 2023, with Vectorworks 2023 and did not see many lights with data in User Field 6, (SHORT PURPOSE) I did find 2 in Dimmer 2.302 labeled "AISLE and several on the "COVE" position. The information was all there when I opened the file in Vectorworks 2026 and I had no issues moving or editing lights. The information entered in the SHORT PURPOSE field remained.

You have to open each file and see if it gives you a warning. There is nothing automated or a way to see the watermark without opening the file.

@ChippylightCan you post the original 2025 file so we can investigate?

I posted a similar response to a question like this in the Python forums. "8" is just an enumerated number that corresponds to the C++ code. Vectorscript and Python would have no idea about constant "kObjXPropHasUIOverride" unless it's declared in the script and it's a lot easier to pass a number and case for numbers than strings. To get the full list you need to download the C++ SDK and look at MiniCadHookIntf.h A lot of the properties will not be available in Vectorscript and Python.

"41" is just an enumerated number that corresponds to the C++ code. Vectorscript and Python would have no idea about constant "kObjOnWidgetPrep" unless it's declared in the script and it's a lot easier to pass a number and case for numbers than strings. To get the full list you need to download the C++ SDK and look at MiniCadCallBacks.h A lot of the messages will not be available in Vectorscript and Python because many event notifications do not apply to VS and Python.

The Autohybrid is a parametric object so you can use: CreateCustomObjectN('Auto Hybrid',.... SetCustomObjectProfileGroup() to assign the 3D geometry to the profile group. And then use SetRField() to set the properties of the Autohybrid object.