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Why don't Data Visualisations live in the Resource Browser?


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Is there some good reason that DVs can't exist as "resources"? They seem to fit the criteria, as they can be exported and imported between files.

 

I find the "Manage Data Visualisations" dialogue/system annoying and confusing. Firstly it's really awkward to get to it, especially if I'm on a sheet layer. I either have to go to a design layer or select a viewport and then hunt for the tiny DV dropdown. Secondly, the import process is different from the import process for resources, because I have to go and find the relevant file in the computer's file structure even if that file is already open in Vectorworks.

 

This kind of thing drives me nuts. I spend the time learning how resources & the resource browser works, then I am presented with something almost the same but I have to learn yet another not-quite-the-same process to do a very simple task. This stuff adds so much friction to everything. And it's part of the reason I don't use data vis more than I do.

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3 hours ago, line-weight said:

Secondly, the import process is different from the import process for resources, because I have to go and find the relevant file in the computer's file structure even if that file is already open in Vectorworks.

 

You know that you can save DVs to the User Folder then they appear in the 'Current DV' drop-down in every file? That said, I find that the saved DVs don't immediately work when recalled in a new file + need a nudge (by editing the criteria) before they do so. I'm fairly certain I've raised this in the past + VW were looking into it... Anyway that is definitely a friction point for me.

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8 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

 

You know that you can save DVs to the User Folder then they appear in the 'Current DV' drop-down in every file?

 

Yeah, I worked that out this afternoon actually, partly because I was having a lot of problems trying to import DVs from one file to another, and found that putting them in the user folder is another way of getting them between files.

 

But the question remains, why can't we just manage them via the resource browser like everything else?

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7 minutes ago, line-weight said:

 

Yeah, I worked that out this afternoon actually, partly because I was having a lot of problems trying to import DVs from one file to another, and found that putting them in the user folder is another way of getting them between files.

 

But the question remains, why can't we just manage them via the resource browser like everything else?

 

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