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You can access the Vectorworks partner portal from the Help menu in Vectorworks.

Assuming they are complete GDTF file that include geometry, make sure the option to "Use GDTF Geometry" is checked in the OIP of the lighting device. If the GDTF symbol shows a preview of the device in the Resource Manager then checking the option should use geometry provided by the GDTF file. Some applications don't actually export real GDTF files, they export proxy GDTF files that contain no real data. If they are no complete GDTF, then yes, you should use Find and Modify to add the Vectorworks symbol as you have shown above.

The available fixture modes are not stored with the file or the symbol, they are part of the application. This data is common between Vectorworks and Vision so it's stored in a common location that can be accessed by both applications. The Vision library updater is in control of updating the information as these files are critical to the operation of Vision and updates are done between releases. The updated data you are looking for is not yet included with the default installation of Vectorworks but it is available as a library update in Vision. It looks like you have updated Vision library on Windows but not on the Mac.

Do these issues happen when working in a new blank document or only when working in an existing file or starting from a template?

Clicking the "X" button on any dialog is the equivalent of pressing the "Cancel" button. This is standard behavior across all dialogs. Anything created since the dialog was open should be removed because you decided to cancel the command. A worksheet is not a dialog, there is not OK/Cancel button. Each worksheet is considered more of a palette or a window.

The Vision library is common library that is shared between Vectorworks and Vision. It's installed in a common application directory outside of the Vision and Vectorworks folders. Your best option is to repair Vectorworks or do a clean install to put the files in the proper location. When you moved from one computer to another the path to the files and/or your home directory named changed. Having the files inside of the Vectorworks directory fixes the problem but the installer will not update the files as it expects them to be in a different location.

There is no way to adjust the simplified version of the chain. It's a little large and we have tried to make is smaller but the smaller change does not render well and frequently vanishes depending on the view and render mode.

You can add additional universes but Vectorworks always starts at Universe 1.

You can not modify the measurement label. This is the default label that just shows the measurement distances and not an actual data tag. Detailed and customized information can be displayed using a Data Tag. Default data tags are available in the Resource Manager, Libraries\Annotations\Data Tag (styles)\Entertainment\Hoist.vwx You can use these and/or modify them to fit your needs.

If you have re-installed it's mostly likely something in your user folder since that's preserved when you re-install. I have seen a similar issue before when users have forced quit the application. In this instance the user forced quit during an MVR export. Start by deleting the \Plug-ins\VW_Spotlight\GDTF_Folder folder in your Vectorworks user folder. {UserName}\AppData\Roaming\Nemetschek\Vectorworks\2025\Plug-ins\VW_Spotlight\GDTF_Folder (It's in a similiar location on Mac) If that doesn't work try deleting the entire Plug-ins folder from your user folder. You will have to re-add any custom plug-ins you may have installed if you delete the entire plug-ins folder.

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Yes, Showcase is unlimited, 255 Universes, for all. Vision licenses are also now unlimited for everyone. You may need to contact support to get your Vision license updated to unlimited if it did not happen automatically with your renewal.

Once you import an image you have to create a texture from the image in order to apply it to a 3D object. https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2025/eng/VW2025_Guide/Textures/Using_an_image_in_a_texture_shader.htm

GetLayerOptions() https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php?title=VS:GetLayerOptions Calling SetRField() should do it automatically for most plug-ins. Calling ResetObject() on the modified object should also force a recalculation. If neither of these work but the drawing updates simply by panning after the script is run you may need to call ReDraw() or ReDrawAll().

Nothing 2D is exported via MVR. The best way to make this work would be a 3D poly or an extrude and apply an imaged based texture. The texture will be exported as an image texture and mapped to the object if the receiving application can support it.

This works as designed. It's a little technical but once you convert it to a symbol the data can no longer be unique for each symbol instance. Also in this case you have 2 completely separate systems in the symbol which makes it even more complicated. You could build the circular truss using just symbols, not truss object, convert that to a symbol. Insert the straight truss symbols, as symbols, and then convert that to a symbol. The issue with this approach is that you would have to enter the structural data and other information about the entire circular truss and the entire straight truss. Manufactures typically only supply data for a single section of truss so it's difficult to do something like this.

I can not replicate the issue. The edit field should automatically be added to the OIP when the option is checked in the OIP. What happens if you switch back to the Spotlight Defaults in the template file? Does it correct the issue?

They should be in the non-plot class by default. If you turn the class off it should hide them.

Now that someone brought it up I had to go back and figure out what was in Appendices A, B, C. Appendices A, B, C existed in the printed MiniPascal manuals but I haven't seen it in anything recent. Depending on which manual I read, it covered how to contact support, how to encrypt, Reserved Words, Numeric Formats, Editor, Pallets and Commands, Search Criteria.

@Daniel Cortes VWXWhen you use a truss symbol or light symbol you place a truss object or a lighting device object and not just a simple symbol. Using the truss object and the lighting device object, and not just a simple symbol, is what allow you to rotate the geometry.

You have a bumper selected in the Bumper tab. You need to set it to "None" if you do not want a starting bumper.

The rotation between the Vectorworks symbol and the GDTF file is off by 180deg. We are working on correcting the issue. If you display the GDTF geometry in Vectorworks and view it in 3D the orientation of the GDTF file will match the export.

The "Black" color when rendered comes from the texture applied to the geometry not the geometry color. The default instrument texture uses a fixed black color. You can either create a new texture or modify the existing texture to use the object attribute color.

You can also check out COFFEE BREAK - CREATE CUSTOM TRUSS OBJECTS

To make a PIO paged based you have to to the math to scale the geometry that is drawn based on the layer scale of the PIO. There is no magic option to make a PIO automatically use page based units.