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Seth / MG

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  1. - VW STILL CAN'T select multiple doors or windows to make changes
    False - this is possible in VW 2008. You can also edit door and window PIOs from the worksheet Door and Window Schedules.

    Can you explain how to do this for parameters that are only accessible through the 'settings' dialog?

    I know I can wrap the object in a symbol, but that has several drawbacks, the most significant being that it doesn't help me make changes to a group of objects that are similar but not identical.

  2. It will make changes to objects on editable layers; the active layer, and visible layers if show/modify others is on.

    It seems to work for the majority of edits in the OIP, but if you need to access the 'Settings' dialog to make your changes, they will only apply to the first object selected. This seems to apply to multiple selections as well.

  3. When something disappears, I turn on all classes & layers to look for it. I have seen VW take doors out when the wall becomes too short. That one is easily caught and undone / avoided.

    Thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to continue to keep an eye on it and hope that I can find a pattern.

  4. I suspect, but have not been able to confirm, that when doors and windows disappear from my plans, it is due to wall edits. That is, stretching or moving a wall in a way it does not like causes inserted PIOs to vanish. I can't define it much better than that because sometimes even a remote change will cause a problem.

    I have not found a viable workaround, aside from vigilance and reduplication of work.

  5. This request is closely related to one that I (and several others) have mentioned in architect: unit settings for space objects. In general, if a significant part of an object's function is displaying dimensional data, its units and precision should be adjustable. I can understand the desire to standardize units and have only one setting per file. But in practice, different units are required for drawing, for presentation to clients and to contractors, etc..

  6. I have noticed and used the subclasses to produce floor and ceiling plans. The problem is that from time to time, one or more doors simply disappear from my plans. There is no trace of the missing door; no wall cut, jamb, or schedule entry. The rest remain and function normally.

    I have been creating most of my doors by duplicating - do you think that could introduce instability in the file?

  7. I have a file which loses doors almost every time I open it. What is the most useful way to submit it? Is there a best time; before, or after doors go missing? Of course I don't know which ones will disappear or when...

    What other information will help to track this down? It's manageable for the moment, but dealing with random errors and omissions introduced to a CD set by vectorworks will be a major headache.

  8. I've been looking for this also. It seems like a necessary option for any object that displays dimensions.

    brudgers's workaround is the only I've found. It's a pain since I work in <9'-3 1/8"> but that is far too much precision for a space object. Every time I print I have to remember to set it for <9.5'>.

  9. So I'm doing up a door schedule, and in addition to the hardware set's ID, I would like to list the closer, hinge, etc for each door. Anyone know of a way to access this 'child' record?

    Each door/space is showing up 2 or 3 times in its respective schedule. I recall reading about an option akin to DISTINCT that I might cajole into fixing this. But it seems like it shouldn't be happening at all.

    Is there a concatenate operator for the spreadsheet? It seems not.

    thanks for any help. hopefully I'll be able to offer some soon.

  10. I have also been spending way too much time repairing wall joins. Walls should not spontaneously break apart between drawing sessions. At first I thought using 2D reshape rather than ever dragging walls would help, but it hasn't. I hope someone has ideas on this.

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