VW Basic / Fundamentals - merging VW files and keep layers etc

[Magic_4_Forum]

Hi

using the 2024 basic english aka Fundamentals Version.

can I import a whole other VW file or just a couple of layers from another file and keep the layers ?!

 

I can copy paste but its around 50 layers that get lost and it would be quite annoying to have to recreate the layers nd copy paste the 3D geometry into them.

 

thx Jo

[Pat Stanford]

I am not certain if Referencing is available in Fundamentals or not, but in the Design Series products I would recommend Referencing the Layers and then breaking the link and using the option to keep the layers and data.

 

Another option is that you can choose Layers from another file in the New Layer dialog box. This would give you the layers, but not the data. Copy/Paste in Place between the files to bring the data over.

 

Good Luck.

[Tom W.]

4 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

This would give you the layers, but not the data.

 

Only if you don't enable 'Import Layer Objects'.

[Pat Stanford]

Thank you Tom. I rarely use the Layer Import function and missed the check box to import objects.  🤦‍♂️ 

[Tom W.]

Just now, Pat Stanford said:

Thank you Tom. I rarely use the Layer Import function and missed the check box to import objects.  🤦‍♂️ 

 

9 times out of 10 I forget to check it then wonder where my objects are... 🙂

[zoomer]

I also always need at least two attempts.

[Tom W.]

Bit like changing the definition for a Data Tag 🙂

[Pat Stanford]

1 hour ago, Tom W. said:

Bit like changing the definition for a Data Tag 🙂

I agree.  The default button in data tags, especially if the definition is empty should be Add to Definition, not OK.

[Jonathan Pickup]

here is a YouTube movie that shows you how to import layer objects. 

 

https://youtu.be/-DkZRKsQ5-s?si=L_a1j_BAO_1NZd9F

 

 

[Magic_4_Forum]

thanks everyone, I "overcame" the issue by renting a spotlight version which allows referencing. But I've tried the import in Fundamentals and got it to work. so thanks a lot !!

 

Its really a shame how castrated Fundamentals are, when I asked the local distributor (here for Munich Germany) a question he asked me back why I do that to myself (using the Fundamentals version)...   quite an attitude to expect the customers to buy the top line option and belittle them when they (have to) go for the entry level...  I was not impressed (and told him)

 

cheers Jo