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I've recently started a new project and have run into a fairly large issue. I've tried this same approach in a new file as well and the issue isn't file specific so it couldn't be a setting I've changed. The lighting objects will only attempt to clamp to a truss object that is part of a hanging position when I hover over the Hanging Position Label. No matter what I do in the 2D/Plan view the lighting object will not clamp anywhere but a small stretch that highlights when hovering over the hanging position label. However if I spin down into 3D I am able to hang the lighting objects just like normal. However placing as many fixtures as I will need to in 3D will take ages. I've never had this issue before but I just updated to VWX 2026. If there isn't a solution I might just have to go back to '25 or '24 to get this done. Please tell me there's something super stupid that I did without knowing it. Edit: the last frame of the video shows the program allowing me to snap to a far cord of a stick of truss. Not sure how that happened as I have been unable to duplicate that at all. Edit: Looks like this is something to do with Roll Angle on the Hanging Position. As soon as I set roll back to 0 degrees it starts working properly again. Odd and possibly me doing the workflow out of order but I'd think the program would be able to account for something as small as a -15 degree roll and snap the fixture to the correct truss cord. Oh well. Recording 2025-12-26 150444.mp4 -
Hey! See file attached below. I thought i'd finally solved my hoist colouring issue by using data tags with data viz. Until i actually started making changes to a touring plot made with these said data tags. It seems as when you snap a hoist to a truss, unless you let your mouse go at the centerline exactly, the data tags will stay at the point you let your mousebutton go. I'm very much in the habit of using a pipe of the truss as a guide and smartpoints from elsewhere to line things up. Does not matter if the data tag is locked or not. Is there any way around this? I can live with accidentally selecting the tags instead of the hoist, but this is a tad bit to frustrating. Cheers Datatag Snapping issue-26.vwx
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Truss Configuration from OIP
scottmoore posted a question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
I find the "change configuration" and frankly the "replace truss type" operations to be rather clunky. - It seems extremely odd that the change configuration dialogue cannot locate a compatible truss item unless it is physically inserted on the design layer. In other words, If I have a truss that consists of 10' and 5' 20.5" x 20.5" utility truss and I need to add an 8' unit, simply importing the 8' unit into the resource manager does nothing. There seems to have to be an instance of an 8' piece on a design layer. - I find it particularly frustrating that a truss system is reassigned to the current active class if you reconfigure it. It would be far more helpful if a truss system would maintain its class assignment when reconfigured. - It is very frustrating that the change configuration dialogue only shows the available lengths of compatible trussing but nothing about models. Therefore if you have various different types of 12" x 12" truss in a drawing, you could see multiple options for each truss length available and have no idea which is which. This is most likely handled using a particular naming specification in the symbol records, however, I do not know which field the change configuration function is searching for but probably easily fixed on my end. See the attached image.
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So here's the newest way I broke Braceworks... Doing a show - this is one truss system out of a larger build. Christie Truss from the VWX library, CM hoists from the library, Distributed loads for video walls and lighting ladders hanging off of the main 20.5" truss. Everything appears connected when I do a "Select System Objects" and then when I run the "Calculate Selection" it fails. I tried removing the 12" 'bridles' i was using to connect the lighting ladders to the truss (truss crosses weren't working, that's a different story) in the hopes that this was causing an issue. Then I got a completely unsolvable "This Static System could not be Calculated"... but there were no other errors saying WHAT failed or WHAT i need to fix. Things I've already tried: - messing with Compensate Drops - Adjusting Geometry Accuracy - Swap Hoists to Dead Hangs - Moved around/re-snapped the distributed loads - Remove ALL Loads so it's just 4 hoists lifting a run of Christie Truss... still broken. I'm including screenshots and a VWX 2025 file with just the truss in question here -- if anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. In the meantime, I'm going to attempt to redraw the whole thing in a clean file. brxfemhandle failure.vwx
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hello I have a question when I'm building a truss and then want to insert a lighting fixture, the only option that I can see is the red line and only on the center of the truss, and not on one of two bottom tube of the truss (like the video attached) is anyone can please explain how to fix this? I'm using 2025 version, and if I recall on 2024 it's use fine thanks Yuval Truss Guideline.mov
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In this file you will find 3 truss runs. A couple of 12" and a 20.5", The 12" is NOT the latest symbols from the Resource Manager. However the 20.5" truss IS. The distributor (my custom modification which works fine) on the 20.5" will not find the cable path from the 20.5" to the 12". Now with that being said IF you move the distributor to the old 12" symbol the Cable tool works fine. My last test was to replace the 12" with the new symbol and surprisingly it worked, So I'm thinking the latest release of the 20.5" Tomcat Truss don't play well with Cable Tools? You try it out and be the judge... Cable Tool_Truss Test.vwx -
Hi all, Is it possible to connect a Structural Member and a Truss together? I have a venue which uses truss spreaders on top of I Beams. I would like to connect all the sub-hung hoists/bridles to these spreaders, but these spreader trusses throw errors as they aren't suspended. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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Helo, this is Eurotruss PRT-244 Straight from VW Library How do I make light instruments snap to other pipes except those four corner ones? What if I modify the truss symbol by adding one more pipe and then need to insert instruments on this pipe as on the picture below? Thanks
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Good Morning Everyone, I have several truss symbols, That I need to add into my truss library for Braceworks. I have all of the engineering information but was wondering if there was a HOW TO located somewhere that I could quickly reference.
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Spotlight Truss and Motors Legend Tool
allannathan posted a question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
Spotlight Truss count tool... We have a Lighting Label Legend plugin to summarize Lighting Object names and qtys. Can we have a plugin to summarize Straight Truss and motor size, length, and qty? -
Hi, it might be a general question for Vectorworks software across, but I've got a specific question for my usecase. Is it possible to replace a truss symbol in a drawing, similar to "Replace lighting devices" for... lighting devices?
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Truss tool tickmarks, distribution
Tomas Lohin posted a question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
Some of my feature requests which popped-up on my mind recently I would like to have an option to add tickmarks to a truss I would like to distribute given number of tickmarks evenly on a hanging position I would like to have Distrubute/Align function for curved trusses and pipes too Thanks for listening -
Hi, I've created a hinge for prolyte S40T. When I attach a truss to the hinge, it snaps correctly. But when I attach the hinge to a truss, the magnets move as you can see on the picture below. How can i resolve this problem? kind regards, Mathijs van Ommen
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Hello guys I need hang some fixtures on diferente locations of truss. Usually, we just hang on the lower pipes of the truss, but now I have the necessity to hang some fixtures on the front top pipe of the truss. I already tried but I never have a position to snap a fixture on top pipe. How I can make it? Another question. I hang fixtures on truss, but sometimes the fixtures dont snap on the center of the pipe. Thank you in advance Cristiano
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I'm trying to insert a truss bridle with the "Reverse Two Leg Bridle" tool - but BW seems to think there is a chain under pressure and keeps failing. Disabling Second order analysis returns a weight value of 0 lbf on the centre hoist. A simple truss, with 2 points calculates without issue. However, once I add the centre inverted bridle BW fails. What am I doing wrong? Is this not the intended use of this tool? @JustinVH @jcogdell
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Hello fellow Vectorworkers, Just wondering if this is a bug for anyone else or if I'm missing a step.. On a Hanging Position comprised of Truss objects, if one sets the Hanging Angle of the Hanging Position, altering any other parameter of the Hanging Position (either moving it in the viewport or from the Object Info Palette), resets the Hanging Angle to 0 deg. VW22 SP2.1 Build 627588 Win 11 Thoughts? Thanks! Tom Hanging Position Bug.vwx
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Hello, I'm trying to make a Prolyte H30V top plate 30x30cm. I already made a base version, and that works fine. Now i'm trying to make a upside down version which not work properly. When trying to connect to the truss, the plate automaticly rotates with the pins facing up. I was already playing with starting / endpoints but unfortunately it doesn't work out. Has anybody a solution or experiences on this subject?
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Hey folks! When im trying to move+copy truss segments to connect it to the boxcorner truss it sticks to random magnet. Please find video in attach. Запись экрана 2021-10-03 в 20.56.10.mov
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I think its time for the community of minds. In the picture bellow (front view) the LD want to pitch the ends of the truss downward for an added effect. Right now Braceworks sees this as 3 different systems but it need to be one system since they will be connected in real life. When I attempt to put a hinge or custom angle piece of truss in I can only get it to bend on the X,Y axis. Has anyone been able to hinge truss on the X axis and get it to calculate properly? Also this is HUD truss so I can't get the angle right in Top/Plan then rotate into the correct position.
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Just placed a bit of Christie Lites 7'10" F-Type truss in a drawing straight out of the VW library... As you may be able to see from the attached screenshot, when in OpenGL (or anything other than Wireframe) the truss does not render, however, is still there as it highlights when hovered over and is selectable. I did have other truss in the drawing that was rendering absolutely fine. I have also tried in a blank file and checked the 3D component to make sure that it's solid. Can't work out what's going on after having a good look. Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks!
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Hey! I'm really fighting with the truss tool in VW2021. Don't know if I'm really stupid or if there's something wrong. Anyway, please have a look at this. I can't get the trusses to have the same 2D color, no matter what I do. It's a cut out from a bigger drawing I'm making. Please see attached file and image for reference. I want everything to correspond with the class, both 2D and 3D, disregarding what kind of truss it is. Also, in the drawing there's some LED's I can't select as well. Why is this? Many thanks! // martin Arena_OnlyBoxTruss.vwx
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I would like to be able to add various other types of instruments to the instrument summary for final presentation. As you can see from the image attached I have got as far as adding a truss symbol into the summary by attaching a light info record to the 2D symbol which has then meant it has appeared in the build list. However, whilst this is great, i'm struggling in getting the count working properly. Please can someone advise on how to get this working? I've tried altering many parameters in the light info record but i'm unsure as to what data the software uses to calculate the "count". Many thanks Dan
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Hey all, For some reason a truss object that's vertical has different 2D and 3D X position. The two images are in Top/Plan and Top views, so the same perspective, but they're drastically different. Any insights on how to fix this?
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Hey Online! I was wondering why I was having issues with lining up a simple stick of truss to a generated floor when you change the hanging angle by 90 degrees? The center point of the truss seems to be the starting point of the drawn truss. In one pic from the 2D planview you can see it clearly not placed on the floor. In the other in the 3D view you see it lined up. Is there a way of having the rotating truss to take the centerpoint of the truss while vertical instead of the starting point?
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hi , im trying to add the spacer to the universal corner block , the auto insert tool will just snap one to the middle of the truss , and not 4 spacers on each side. by duplicating the symbol then editing 2d and 3d component, i created my own symbol for a corner block with spacers. Im just failing to fix the the auto insertion parameters as the 6 mentioned points are very difficult to understand, does anyone have an idea about this?
