Enscape and Smart Options Display

[martinfdc]

I'm having trouble with Enscape buttons displaying the windows they're supposed to open after clicking on them. For example, if I click on the materials or Enscape object library button, nothing happens. This also many times happens via the original tools panel...

 

I think this error started happening after I created a custom toolset that displays my Enscape tools and some other tools via the smart options display. I leave a screenshot so it's easier to understand. 

 

Has anyone else have this kind of issue? Has anybody else placed Enscape tools in the smart options display?

[Pat Stanford]

If this is more of an Enscape issue than a VW issue, you might get better results asking on the Enscape forums instead. It will probably reach a lot more people using Enscape.

 

https://forum.enscape3d.com

[martinfdc]

Thanks for your reply @Pat Stanford. I wrote an entry in the Enscape forum but got no replies.

 

Anyhow, I managed to find a solution to the issue I'm having. I explain how to solve my issue below if it's of any use to other users:

 

Currently there seems to be a bug when having Enscape controls installed in a Smart Options Display menu (SOD).

If you open Vectorworks for the first time and then via your buttons in your SOD click on any Enscape button, the button will activate but only once. Next time you try clicking on any button of Enscape, it's respective interface won't open. Even if you try opening by clicking via the default place that Enscape installs its buttons. 

 

The way I found out to solve this issue and be able to continue working with buttons accessed through the SOD or the default place Enscape installs its buttons is to:

 

1. Open Vectorworks

2. After Vectorworks opens, click any of the Enscape buttons via the default place Enscape installs its buttons and then close the opened window.

3. After step 2, you can open your Enscape interface windows via your SOD buttons and you will be able to continue opening them for all of the remaining Vectorworks session. 

 

Do it the other way round... via first clicking buttons of Enscape via the SOD and you will encounter the bug I explained before. 

 

Hope this helps anybody who might be having this issue and I hope Vectorworks and Enscape solve this bug soon!

 

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note: The default place Enscape installs its buttons is at least in Spanish (the version of VW I currently use) is called Grupos de Herramientas, I guess in English it's called something like Group of Tools or something similar.