cable datatag's class

[Ben3B]

I download the file from the coffee break I spoke about in that topic : https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/topic/121339-custom-cable-parts/

the cable style have datatag assigned to class in the style  

But when I draw a new cable from the  Jumper L6-20 style datatags are not in those class , but in the class o f the datatags ...
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how can I have the datatags automatically in the class selected in the cable style setting as we can see above ?

Thanks !

 

 

[Nikolay Zhelyazkov]

Hello @Ben3B,

 

The classes in the Classes pane of the cable settings dialog are not about the data tags, they are about the cable run ID label placed by the cable. The Data Tags created by the cable will be placed either in the cable's class or the class specified in the data tag style options. If you want the data tags to be in the cable's class, then you have to select Active Class in the data tag style options. Otherwise, the data tag will take the class from the data tag style.

 

Best Regards,

Nikolay Zhelyazkov

[Ben3B]

Ok my bad, I think I understand.

there is cable object datatag, who only report run ID label, by default vectorworks put 3 "object datatag" one at start one in yhe middle and one at the end .
I can set the class where those "object datatag" will be in.

and we can set "real" datatags who can be different, and set the place where those datatags will be, and their class are set by the datatag's preferences :) 

 

it's very confusing :( (because of the setting in the same place ;) )

[jcogdell]

@Ben3B
This looks like a bug that slipped in when the cable style dialogue was reworked for 2025, I've opened a bug report to have it addressed.

[Ben3B]

ok what is the normal way ?