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  1. hello,

     

    is it possible to export a dwg version of a vwx file, which includes the symbols present in the resource manager but currently not inserted in the drawing?

    these symbols could then be accessed via autocad design center and inserted in the drawing in that environment.

     

    thank you,

  2. 5 hours ago, Marissa Farrell said:

    So, Symbols cannot have different configurations, this would be a Plug In object (which is saved with red text in the resource manager)

    If I'm following correctly, you would have one symbol that was the same everywhere, but would want the position of the red box to move?

    For this, your Marionette script would place the static symbol object first and then layer the red box over the top in whatever position is defined with your option choice.

     

    I'm not sure that I am following the full goal correctly, if you could supply a simple file with a couple of the end results you're looking for I can probably make better sense of it.

    thank you, marissa, i would not want to take too much of your time when, even though i believe i know a great deal of vw, i do not know anything about scripting, plug in objects, or marionette. scripting was always undecipherable with vw for me, but when i discovered there exists marionette i was enthusiastic again. my students work with grasshopper, and it was interesting that i could work with visual definitions right within vw.

     

    in this case, the master site is composed of 18 base modules (blue squares) that could be zero (empty with no red rectangle) or any of the variations in the catalogue i created. in order to create configurations for the master site now, i have to manually grab whichever one of the symbols i desire and place it in whichever one of the 18 positions in the site i decide, in order to create complete site configurations, which are usually a mix of 5, 6, or 7 buildings (red rectangles) and empty space between them. in the pdf i attach there are several different schemes that i produced via this manual process. (the drawing shows more context, but the site is where the red rectangles are, which can be seen to change when pages are flipped).

     

    i thought that via marionette i could create an object where the blue square base and grey grid are fixed, and the position and rotation of the red rectangle are variable parameters according to a limited set of variations that i already thought and are shown in the catalogue on my first post, (the text block that accompanies the red rectangle, naming it, would have to follow the rectangle and change as well, exactly like in the catalogue). i would place this object 18 times in the master site and then decide which variation i want each object to show, via input from the object info palette... i would select each object and in the oi palette there would be a place where i could write 'A1', or 'B6', and the red rectangle would switch position accordingly (and the text would show the corresponding name). a group of 18 objects would be a 'site configuration', in its own vw layer, all above one layer containing the context, so i can work making alternatively visible many site configurations either on model or on paper space.

     

    i thought this would perhaps be a simple enough task that would also allow me to start experimenting and learning marionette, but maybe i'm wrong... please don't use too much of your time for this, i guess i will start the proper way, by watching all the introductory videos to marionette, etc.

     

    thank you!

    San Andres_Hab_211018_Test.pdf

  3. 3 hours ago, Pat Stanford said:

    If the only thing you need to change about the symbol is the text that it includes, then a symbol with "Linked Text to Record" will do what you want.

     

    Create a Record format with a Field of type Text.

    Put a Text Block as a place holder where you want the text to be.

    Select the Text and the Symbol and choose Link Text to Record from the Modify menu.

    You will now be able to have whatever text you enter in the Data tab of the OIP for that field show up as part of the symbol.

     

    You can do something similar while editing the Symbol Definition to put the linked text on all instances of the symbol at the same time.

     

    If you need the position of the objects to be different them @Marissa Farrellis correct and you will need a PIO instead of a symbol.

     

    HTH

    thanks for your response, pat. i don't need to change the text only, i know how to work with record formats and symbols, but in this case i need an object that can have multiple configurations of one of its components (the red rectangle) according to a pre-planned, limited set of variations.

  4. 28 minutes ago, Marissa Farrell said:

    Since you state that these configurations are all stored as symbols already, it should be easy enough to write a script with an input field (either text or preconfigured popup) that would allow you to choose which configuration you want to be placed.

    I believe this would meet you request, please let me know if I'm incorrect.

    thank you, marissa. let's see if also i understand you correctly. to me, it would be interesting and useful that one same symbol has the capability of showing different positions for its components (only one of them in this case, the red rectangle). then, for example, if i decided to make changes to the symbol's attributes, this would happen in one place only.

     

    the masterplan site is organized with 18 of these base modules, and i was imagining i could place the same symbol 18 times, and then through input in object info call one variation or another for each of them (including a zero state with no building). it very quickly it arises that the master site itself could be a symbol as well, were for each of the 18 positions different variations of the modules could be called.

  5. hi,

     

    i have experience with parametric thinking but no experience with marionette, and i know vectorworks very well.

    maybe even the way in which i formulate my question could be off.

    for a preliminary masterplan design, i'm working with a building module (red in the attached file) which can be positioned in a number of ways within a base area (shown in blue).

    each variation has a name according to a certain general criteria, and i have made a symbol for each of these variations.

    what i would like to have is a single symbol which could adopt any of these positions through object info properties, ideally were i would write the variation name (A2, for example) and the red rectangle would show in the corresponding position. in principle, i would not want to input coordinates, but just names which are pre-associated with positions in my little system already thought out.

     

    so, one question would be if my thinking that this is possible with marionette is correct. another is if it would be difficult to attempt having no knowledge like i do...

     

     

    thank you!

     

    SA_Builiding_Module.pdfSA_Builiding_Module.thumb.jpg.476b2622f7f831386a3391719629dee4.jpg

  6. it used to be that that if you want to select an object and wind up selecting one that is on top, you send that one to back and click again on the same spot to select the object you wanted to select in the first place, now unobstructed by the presence of the one that's just been sent to back... but now, trying vw2019, if you don't deselect all first then the object sent to back keeps stubbornly being selected even though it was sent to the back...

  7. tools > migration manager > migrate your old workspace, the one where 'esc' key works for getting back to selection tool, and work with that workspace to modify other aspects and make it current... the old 'esc' key shortcut migrates well... :)

  8. i'm not sure if i'm loosing my mind, but i seem to remember there was a way of deciding if when printing a drawing across multiple pages, if the page count or layout was 'right first then down' or 'down first then right'...

    or is it always down first? or does it change depending if the page is vertical or horizontal... 

     

    cheers...

  9. hello,

    i was wondering if there was any other way to manually update a reference that having to go to 'tools/organization/etc.'

    i'm currently working between two files, discovering changes to be made in a referenced file, going in it and making them, and coming back to the main file to verify how the changes turned out...

    if i could have a custom command in a palette, where i could double click to update said reference that would speed things up for me. but i'm not sure how to make it...

  10. benson, thank you for your suggestions. i think re-shifting the dimension values to the exact position is less than i initially imagined vw was going to oblige me to do... so it might be fine...

    michael, thanks for your files. in vw 2008 when i hit recalculate (after having inserted one or more new symbols) the whole worksheet goes like in the screen shot i attach to this post.

    but having attempted a solution to this is already a lot, i'm not asking for any more of your time... thank you!

  11. appreciate it very much, benson. based on your suggestions what i?m actually trying to achieve is a group object containing a invisible dimension (where one can only see text), and a symbol for the arrow. i duplicate and reshape this group every time i need a new dimension.

    the only problem i'm still not able to solve is the misalignment of the text being always what i want it to be - it changes with every reshape... i wish i could make it be fixed at the position of my choice within the dimension..

    nicolas

    i've added a file with the object i created...

  12. if i could somehow draw invisible dimensions whose values feed the data in a symbol like yours... and if then the symbol would be automatically positioned to the end side of the dimension... but even if all that was possible i don't know how to do it...

  13. michael,

    i appreciate your taking the time to come up with a solution. even if not perfect, it's more automated than making groups and editing text blocks... so thank you. i'm probably going to use it at least while i can't figure out anything else.

    thanks again...

    nicolas

  14. it is common in many countries to work with various 'dimension axis' and measure distances from objects to those axis using what could be described as 'half' a dimension, meaning there's one arrow, one witness line, and a number.

    dimensionally speaking, constrained base-line dimensions do the job, except that the way they are represented is what i need to change from a two sided dimension going all the way to the axis to a one sided one which is on the side of the object only...

    i've been using vw for years, mostly in the u.s., but now i'm in argentina, and if i'm not able to solve this problem i will have to switch to autocad.

    very basic example of what i'm trying to describe: http://www.arquitectura.com/cad/artic/replanteo.asp

    any help would be highly appreciated...

    i added a screenshot showing what vw gives me and below what it is that i need...

  15. one other thing is that in vw2008 there doesn't seem to be a numbering system on the part of the program. when one creates a space tag the number field is empty, and i'm not sure if any kind of numbering is valid for vw... in my case i use letters and numbers, but in the finish schedule i get a very crazy ordering that doesn't make any sense, but that i discovered is related to how to the front or the back drawing wise the tags are... quite disconcerting...

  16. hello,

    i still use vw2008, and i'm trying to find a way to expand so to speak the room finishes categories that are established within the application. for example, i need to assign spaces not only ceiling types but ceiling paint, on two separate columns that is. the same with walls... i need to be able to discriminate between type of stuco or tiling and paint... i'm not sure if i'm missing anything, or maybe in argentina (where i work now) we organize finishes slightly differently...

    regards,

    nicolas d'angelo

  17. Hello,

    i'm using vw2008 and working on a finish schedule and the room finishes and having trouble with how i understand the system is designed simple because i need more finish categories... for example i need ceiling material and ceiling paint as two separate categories... is there a workaround that you can figure for this? am i missing something in terms of how finishes work in this version of vw?

    regards,

    nicolas d'angelo

  18. the thing is even more cumbersome than i thought... if you have to, say, insert eight 2d loci in a hundred lines of different lengths, not only you have to do it one by one but also because the command is a script or something it does not remember your last input, so you have to input '8' each time and click or un-click whatever options...

    the way i'm working around it is by not using it. i create the 8 2d loci one time, then group them, duplicate them and reshape them as a group from line to line.

  19. how about batch exporting separate files?

    in all of the sets i worked so far, almost every sheet is a separate file.

    in this situation the problem of batch exporting pdf versions also persists.

    why the ability of importing multiple dwg files but not the ability of exporting them?

    it seems clear that importing single AND multiple files in ANY of the formats that vw is capable to manage would be the best way to go about it.

  20. at last someone says something... i was starting to feel lonely with this.

    but, am i so wrong, am i missing something from this new way of editing rectangles?

    it would be nice if someone from nemetschek could explain what's the idea behind this change. for that matter, it would be good to hear anyone argue in its favor...

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