KenAB94662 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Just revisiting this topic in case someone now has a nifty new solution. After turning on Log time in program (VW Prefs / Session), there's a data file (in Mac, it's in the hidden Library / Application Support / Vectorworks / 20xx / Vectorworks Log). However, it only shows the date, timestamp, and the name of file when opened and when closed. Is there a way to get more out of it such as when multiple drawings are opened, how much time is allocated to each drawing? Ideally, it would go further in tracking the time of application focus, such as when I click away to check email, the internal clock would automatically pause, then resume when I click to focus back in Vectorworks. I would hate to suggest more bloatware. If not possible, are there any third party apps that's more than a simple manual toggling on/off a stopwatch? Quote Link to comment
E|FA Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 hour ago, KenAB94662 said: are there any third party apps I use Timing, and have also tried Timemator, both of which can be purchased separately or are included as part of SetApp. If you want to get SetApp with an invitation link and a free month for each of us, use this: https://go.setapp.com/invite/vnj2cs0o but no problem if you don't want to. 1 Quote Link to comment
KenAB94662 Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 6 hours ago, E|FA said: I use Timing, and have also tried Timemator, both of which can be purchased separately or are included as part of SetApp. Thank you! I will give those a try. Quote Link to comment
GregKershaw Posted January 28, 2024 Share Posted January 28, 2024 I use Clockify. It definitely helps with time in projects (and other software's also). Whilst the free version is good, the benefits of the paid version are great. Look at the Auto Tracking mode.. Greg 1 Quote Link to comment
Phil B Posted November 20, 2024 Share Posted November 20, 2024 I use Toggl Track. The free version is fine for what i am doing. It would be nice if any of the programs could get data out of the Vectorworks log. Quote Link to comment
E|FA Posted November 20, 2024 Share Posted November 20, 2024 4 hours ago, Phil B said: It would be nice if any of the programs could get data out of the Vectorworks log. If you're looking to see what files you were working on in VW, Timing will let you do that. Quote Link to comment
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