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Try trashing your user prefrences. They are not intended to go from machine to machine. If the directory structure or the user folder name has changed that may cause the problem.

Make sure you are using the most recent version of LW. I recall some sort of obscure LW bug from several months ago like this. Make sure that bot VW and LW are pointing to the same file, and it sounds like they are. If everything looks OK then send the LW, VW and the xml file to tech support at Vectorworks or Lightwright.

DWorks, From the help: "For more information on labels, elevation marker tags, and HVAC reports, refer to the Duct_Object.pdf file included in [Vectorworks]\Extras." In case the localized version did not include the file here is the relevant info. Label Definition: This field specifies formatting for the Label field. It follows the format: FieldName&"string constant" where the field names are field names in the object parameter record, the & indicates a concatenation, and the string constants may be any text you want encased in double quote characters. For instance, the label in the vertical elbow shown is defined with the following definition string: w1&"x"&height&"-"&r This concatenates the width (in document units) to the letter "x" to the height (in document units) to a dash character to the inner radius (in document units), so the resulting label string is 18x12-10 as shown. NOTE: the field names are the "true" field names listed in the Parameter Record found in the Plug-in Editor, not the "Alternate Names".

Jeff, Without having the full code to run I'm just guessing but selecting an item creates an event and you are getting stuck in an endless loop selecting. If you are going to do this you need to store the last event item and don't change the selection if the event is the same as the previous one. Kevin

Set your classes to Show/Snap/Modify others. The geometry inside of the symbol is in the "None" calass and you can't snap to it unless you can snap to the "None" class.

Mark, Adding custom choices to a Pop-up is possible but much more complicated. Take a look at: http://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php?title=VS:Parametric_Custom_Shape_Pane

Rob, You can also add new file containing your custom table and chair symbols to ...\Libraries\Defaults\Event Planning\Seating\ You should alos take a look ath the existing libary because there are classes and records that control which objects are condidered tables and which are considered chairs. Tables and chairs are inserted as they are drawn and then rotated toward the focal point. The orientation of the seats may sometimes appear different but you also have to consider the rotation of the seating layout object when determining which way "front" is.

It is the system font list and it varies from computer to computer. You can use GetFontID() to get the font ID for a given font name.

When you installed did you select to install 'Only Imperial Libaries' or 'Only Metric Libaries'? The file the command is looking for is ...\Plug-Ins\Common\Data\VA Setup Data-Imperial.vwx and ...\Plug-Ins\Common\Data\VA Setup Data Metric.vwx. If they are not both present you will get an error. If both these files are not present please contact technical support direct and request the missing file.

Make sure the 2D selection cursor is active and in the mode bar the second mode is activated (Single object interactive scaling mode). Now select only the seating layout and fit to objects (if the control point is off screen it will zoom out so you can see it). If you still don't see it try resetting the Interactive Appearance Settings in the Vectorworks Preferences \ Interactive tab. The settings may have been changed so that the control point is not showing in the standard color.

The focal point is placed based on the placement of other objects in the event planning menu. If none of these objects are available the focal point is placed near the center of the seating layout. The focal point is a control point (small blue square) in the document and can be selected and moved. The x,y location of the focal point is not available in the OIP. The x,y control in the OIP controls the shape of the seating layout.

Student registration is handled through the Student Portal. http://student.myvectorworks.com/ After you register and request the software you will be emailed the serial number. If you have already registered and have an account you serial can be viewed by clicking the "Request Software License" link once you log into your account. It is also possible that you installed the software without the serial and may be running in "Demo" mode. In this case you should reinstall the application in order to install the object libraries.

Try creating a new Label Legend and see if that fixes the problem.

michaelk, The inventory report will show the correct count. Mickey is trying to use a custom report counting the symbols in the lighting device which is not a reliable method of counting lighting devices and not how any of the stock reports are configured.

In order to rotate the object in 3D space the symbol must be decomposed by the lighting device. You should be looking at the Lighting Device to get any information you need. You can use ('Lighting Device'.'Symbol Name') to access the name of the symbol in use by the lighting device.

First, there were a lot of changes in 2010 to help speed up the data exchange. But for 2009 make sure the data exchange file is updating and valid. If VW determines that it's not valid or can't find it VW will automatically do a complete export every time you make an edit. Also in 2009 instruments with accessories will slow down updating. If you are refreshing data coming form LW select an instrument then run refresh instruments.

Preston, You need to check the symbol definition. All the symbols are drawn in the "None" calss by default and if you have the "None" class set to no fill the symbols probably have no fill.

fsActLayer will return the first selected oject on the active layer.

Again.... The photo grid does not use rendered lights it only uses Spotlight Lighting Devices. The photometer and the photo grid do a simple distance squared cosine fall off calculation based on the center weighted peak candelpower of of the lighting device. It does not take into account any of the rendered lights, IES files, Color, intensity, shadows or geometry in the document. To use the photometer or the photometric grid you need to place a "Lighting Device" in the document, assign a focus point and then place the photometer. The calculations are based on the data in the "Light Info Record" and the relation between the focus point and the lighting device.

The corect syntax would be: If (x=y) Then Begin a:=1; b:=2; End {<- Note NO ;} Else Begin c:=1; a:=4; End; To get started take a look in the Help for the VS Language Guide, it will give you some basic examples.

You need 2D AND 3D geometry. It sounds like you only have 3D objects and when they are converted to a lighting position the only 2D geometry is the label. If you switch to a 3D view you will see the lighting position. If you look in the resource browser you should see a symbol with the positionName-Sym. Edit the 2D portion and add the 2D geometry and the position will now display in 2D and 3D.

Group them first. (Both 2D and 3D in the same group) Then convert the group to a lighting position.

Your best bet is to contact technical support directly and send them the file.

I think this was fixed in 2010.

Two things. You neent to use [] rather than () and you need to escape the single quotes. SetWSCellFormula(WSH,1,0,1,0,'=DATABASE(R IN [''JAMES''])');