VW crashes when trying to print

[Janet Rose]

I recently updated to Mac OS 13.1 Ventura. Vectorworks 2023 keeps crashing when I select Printer Setup in Page Setup.

I tried the Vectorscript solution that was suggested. Frankly, I have never used scripts. Whatever I did didn't work.

Am I the only one having this problem?

[mjm]

@Janet Rose: In this link you'll find a weblink to this file: "Clear Print Settings.txt"

What the original poster asks you to do is:

• download the 'Clear Print Settingsnew.zip'
• un-compress the file and remember where the file has been uncompressed to.
  • (On my machine it landed in the folder "Downloads" and I uncompressed it there)
• Start Vectorworks and navigate to the "Tools" Menu:
• 
• As shown, navigate to the Tools… Run Script… menu choice and click it
• 
• Select 'Clear Print Settings.txt'
• This will immediately run, clearing a print setting cache, which should stop the crash from occurring. PLEASE NOTE @JuanP that this workaround is still crucial in the latest VWX SP! I have had to run the script at least once since that update, so keep that script in a handy place.
• HtH

 

 

[Janet Rose]

I get an error message every time I try running Clear Print Settings. text. script.

 

I have found a work around. If I copy and paste all the layers and classes I want to see into a new document VW does not crash when I try to print.

[mjm]

3 hours ago, Janet Rose said:

I get an error message every time I try running Clear Print Settings. text. script.

 

I have found a work around. If I copy and paste all the layers and classes I want to see into a new document VW does not crash when I try to print.

Bummer. What's the content of the message?

[Janet Rose]

I'm attaching two screen shots. Also, there was nothing to unzip. The download became the text.

[Pat Stanford]

It looks like you only got part of the script.

 

Take a look at this thread:

 

 

[mjm]

 

 

Here is the script itself, copied and pasted from the text document:

SetPref(12346, true); Message('Script Complete.');

 

Here is the file, unzipped.

Clear Print Settings.txt

 

This has worked for me three times.

 

good luck.