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Chris,
According to the Apple.com specs you should be able to watch .mov files on your iPad. It is the QuickTime file format, after all....
Just download them and add them to your iTunes.
Hmmmm....Sounds like a codec problem.
.mov is just a container. The files are likely not encoded properly to be played on the iPad (in which case they would have to be converted). They should be encoded as MPEG-4 or H.264.
Then again, I don't have an iPad because my wife "forgot" that I wanted one more than anything for my birthday, so I can't check them for you. :-(
Happy Day,
V-G.
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Josh,
You are the man. Thanks for clearing up my script. It works perfectly now. BTW - what does "as alias" do?
VG
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Josh,
I tried:
tell application "VectorWorks 12.5.3"
set theFileReference to open for access "Macintosh HD:Library:Application Support:MyTextFiles:testfile.txt"
set theFileContents to read theFileReference
close access theFileReference
activate
DoScript (theFileContents)
end tell
Still doesn't work. Any thoughts?
VG
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Thanks Josh. I will give that a try.
VG
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Hey all,
I have been using AppleScript (through QuicKeys) to fire some commands to version 11.5 (a friend's firm, not mine ;-).
My friend just changed over to VW 12.5.3 and now the AppleScripts fail. For example, if I create the most basic of scripts:
tell application "VectorWorks 12.5.3"
activate
DoScript "SysBeep;"
end tell
It fails with an error "VectorWorks 12.5.3 got an error: Some data was the wrong type."
Weirdly, it works OK from a Mac using Tiger (10.4.3), but fails on an Intel Mac running Snow Leopard (10.6.2).
I did see a post long ago from Dan Belfiori (an early scripter in VS, old-timers will know Dan) that claimed the problem was that the script text was being sent in Unicode so VW was not interpreting it correctly. I tried his suggestion of writing the text to a file then reading it back before executing the DoScript, but still no worky.
If anyone can solve this, they will receive inner peace, courtesy of the V-Geek.
Thanks dudes and dudettes!
V-G
Kick-ass new MacBook Pro 15"
Snow Leotard 10.6.2
VW 12.5.3, but I have newer versions
Intellivision 1.0
MacPaint on a 128K floppy
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Brilliant! Thanks Ray and Charles for your solution.
V-G
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Thanks Ray - that works well. Code is below. The only problem is my routine is not processing the 2nd, 3rd etc. PIO in the wall, only the 1st. Anyone see what I am doing wrong?
Pat - what I am doing is dumbing down a drawing prior to DWG export. We are having trouble with a particular client where the PIOs at their end come in with problems.
Thanks for your help gents!
{--------}
Procedure test;
VAR
h, hInternal : HANDLE;
boo : BOOLEAN;
Procedure doit(h:HANDLE);
BEGIN
IF GetType(h) = 68 THEN
BEGIN
hInternal := FIn3D(h);
WHILE hInternal <> NIL DO
BEGIN
IF GetType(hInternal) = 86 THEN
BEGIN
boo := SetParent(hInternal,ActLayer);
SymbolToGroup(hInternal,0);
END;
hInternal := NextObj(hInternal);
END;
END;
END;
BEGIN
ForEachObject(doit,((ALL)));
END;
Run(test);
{--------}
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Hey scripters,
I am looking for a way to ungroup PIOs (doors, windows) that are inserted into walls. I am using a ForEachObject call to check the drawing. In the subroutine, I check if the object is a wall, then use FIn3D to traverse the objects in the wall. But UnGroup(h) doesn't seem to work. I can delete the object so I know my procedure is working.
Any ideas?
V-G
VectorWorks 2009 SP5
Windows XP
Commodore PET.
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The round wall caps were 2d only, so in a 3d environment they didn't exist.
Well I am not talking about 3D. We use them for the ends of handrails in 2D. Losing a feature doesn't make a lot of sense IMHO.
V-G
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Long-time feature appears to be kaput in 2010. Why?
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V-G
VW2010
Windoze XP
Nintendo 64
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Thanks for the suggestions. I forgot to mention that I am using:
Windows XP SP3
VW 2010
PetriCAD 15.0
Tylenol 3
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I have a whack of fonts installed on my system (roughly A-N). When I open the Font sub-menu, only a portion of them are listed and there appears to be no way to access the ones following the last. Is there a fix?
Suggestions of "get a bigger monitor" or "get rid of some fonts" will yield a smile, but won't help me. :-)
VG.
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Is it really worse to be a Mac addict than a devotee of His Divine Lordship William Gates, the 10th incarnation of Shiva?
Hi Petri. Welcome back to the tech board. I assume your banishment period has elapsed.
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Thanks Wes. That did the trick. You da man!
V-Gk
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We use the NNA Door object for 2D plans. I Cannot for the life of me figure out how to show a door with 3 different line weights for the jambs, leaf, and door swing.
We place the doors in "Door-Main" class, with preset attributes (Use at Creation). Tried with that setting off and it still didn't seem to work.
We tried using the "Use Part Line Styles" in Settings and setting the line weights there, but it doesn't work.
Help appreciated.
V-G.
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All seems to be well in build 82613. Thanks NNA!
V-G.
(and all the little geeks)
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The incorrect angle stretch problem only occurs if you press the Shift key after you have started stretching. Press the Shift key before you start stretching and the wall will stretch correctly.
Not true Mike. The problem happens in both cases, and is reproducable for us on a regular basis.
Katie - you mentioned this bug would be addressed for SP2, yet that hasn't happened. What can you tell us?
V-G.
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This is a bug in VW2008 I believe. There have been a number of reports on the mailing list as well.
When you stretch a wall, even though the shift key is depressed, it can go off its angle by some (typically) minor amount. Frustrating. Hope it's addressed in the next SP.....
V-G
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As I mentioned in a post some two weeks ago. VectorWorks users are dealing with a company who cares about it's client base. In the software industry, that isn't necessarily always the case.
NNA has a history of doing "the right thing" when it comes to these types of fixes. Looks like they have done it again.
V-G.
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That's a great feature Katie. Thanks for shedding some light on it. For a large file (many layers, that is), I would still recommend creating a reference and then breaking it. Would be much faster...
V-G
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The glass for the windows met the specification and was on the job but the contractor thought for reasons beyond his understanding certain windows that were not hatched by the program were to be field glazed.
Like I said, who approved the shop drawings? And did the contractor have a phone? Did you you do field review?
I have had contractors paint the "rendered shadows" and build the diagonal door swing symbols shown on elevation drawings. A colleague had a contractor built the north arrow shown on the site plan.Well.......my cousin's friend's sister's dentist's son was parked with his girlfriend one night. They heard on the radio that an escaped lunatic with a hook on one arm was loose. The young gal was scared and wanted to leave, so the lad took off. When he got home and went around to open the door for her, the lunatic's hook was hanging from the door handle.
This and other urban legends (including contractors building north arrows) are available at: http://www.snopes.com/
V-G.
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I had windows show up at a job with only some of them glazed.
Good grief.
1. If the shop drawings showed glazing and the supplier didn't glaze them - fire the supplier.
2. If the shop drawings showed unglazed windows and you approved them - fire yourself.
In either case, don't blame the frickin' software.
V-G.
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Is there a setting to tell VW 2008 to not open a blank window when I switch to it and there is no current window open? I'm pretty sure I put this on the wish list when I was a young man, and that's a while ago!
Nope. But you can tell it to open a file of your choice (a default template).
Vectorworks 2011 ?Release note
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And you could if they were encoded properly. That's my point. :-)