[Customise the Marionette Object name?]

Hi all

 

Is it possible to change a Marionette Objects' name to something custom?

If not, please consider this an enhancement request.

[voronoi familiar colorful cubes]

Hi Tim

To install Numpy and Scipy on a Mac, use the description you got with these files. Make sure to install them where you can find them later because you'll need to move them to another folder.

Once they are installed just go to your Vectorworks.app and right-click it to enter the contents of the app ('show package contents'). Browse to Contents:Frameworks:Python.framework:Versions:3.3:lib:python3.3:site-packages and drop the folders "numpy", "numpy-1.9.3.dist-info", "scipy" and "scipy-0.16.0.dist-info" in there.

Now restart your Vectorworks and enjoy.

Have fun.

[Get symbol scaling factors in a Worksheet]

I don't know wether it's even possible, but I'd like to get the scaling factor of symbols in a worksheet. Any suggestions?

[What happened with Artistic renderings in VW2011]

I'm sorry, but the new Artistic RW modes aren't anywhere near the old ones. Problem is you can't even fine-tune them.

I noticed a file called "sketch_styles.c4d" in the Renderworks folder inside the app folder. It's a Cinema4D R11.5 version file, so I tried opening it. It contains the basic settings for the Artistic RW options. I tried editing them. I can modify the strokes but not the surfaces...

Unfortunately, I guess there must be some other info or data hidden elsewhere.

If anyone can help me on this one, I'd be very happy. It could put the Artistic RW back to its value.

[Applescript reorganize workspace]

Hi,

I'm daily changing screens due to using external displays and projectors of several sizes for demo and training reasons.

I've been using an applescript to re-organize my screen setup in VW 12 - 2009. Now in VW2010 the windows 'Navigation - Classes' and 'Visualisation - Lights' don't understand the 'Set Bounds of window' command. I guess this is due to the naming which contains a '-'.

Does anyone have a solution for this little inconvenience?

Here's the applescript:

tell current application

set theApplication to "VectorWorks 2010 US"

end tell

-- Get the screen bounds of your active display

tell application "Finder"

set theScreenSize to bounds of window of desktop

set theScreenWidth to item 3 of theScreenSize

set theScreenHeigth to item 4 of theScreenSize

if theScreenWidth > 1920 then set theScreenWidth to 1920

if theScreenHeigth > 1200 then set theScreenHeigth to 1200

end tell

-- Reposition your VectorWorks elements

tell application theApplication

activate

set theBasic to "Basic"

set theTools to "Tool Sets"

set theNavigation to "Navigation - Classes"

set theRessources to "Resource Browser"

set theInfo to "Obj Info"

set theVisual to "Visualization - Lights"

set bounds of window theBasic to {0, 22 + 16, 156, 255}

set thePositionList to bounds of window theBasic as list

set theBottom to item 4 of thePositionList

set bounds of window theTools to {0, theBottom + 16, 156, theScreenHeigth - 4}

-- set theTest to visible of window theNavigation

set theTest to false

if theTest then

set theBottom to theScreenHeigth * 0.6 as integer

else

set theBottom to theScreenHeigth - 4

end if

if theScreenWidth < 1500 then

set theRightPaletWidth to theScreenWidth / 5 as integer

else

set theRightPaletWidth to 300

end if

try

set bounds of window theInfo to {theScreenWidth - theRightPaletWidth, 22 + 16, theScreenWidth, theBottom}

end try

try

set bounds of window theNavigation to {theScreenWidth - theRightPaletWidth, (theScreenHeigth * 0.6 + 16) as integer, theScreenWidth, theScreenHeigth - 4}

end try

try

set bounds of window theRessources to {theScreenWidth - theRightPaletWidth - theRightPaletWidth - 40, 200, theScreenWidth - theRightPaletWidth - 40, theScreenHeigth - 150}

end try

try

set bounds of window theVisual to {179, 330, 179 + theRightPaletWidth, theScreenHeigth - 150}

end try

try

set bounds of window 1 to {156, 22 + 18, theScreenWidth - theRightPaletWidth, theScreenHeigth - 4}

end try

end tell

[Insertion point into worksheets :-(]

=XCenter and =YCenter are in function of the screen! If you switch to a 3D view (right isometric) and recalculate the sheet, the values for 3D objects change.

In VW2009, the ZCenter is added. The ZCenter is working as it should, but the XCenter and YCenter still have the same odd behaviour.

[Insertion point into worksheets :-(]

Why can't we get the insertion points of objects into a worksheet?

This is a big lack in the worksheet possibilities of VW. I think we really need the x, y and z values of PIO's, objects, symbols, ...

[The End of the Layer Link ?]

hi all,

I use the same method as described above, but replaced the layer links by viewports on design layers

[Cleanout]

Hi,

Since I'm not native english, I'm having trouble with some parameters.

Could anybody explain me what the 'cleanout' in the piping object means?

thanks,

[functions for spreadsheet]

The Database command isn't new, it's a criterium for selection. The objecttype just returns the type of the object.