gmm18 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I am creating some window and door details using dwg's from manufacturers. I am doing a bit of processing on these files first. I am re-assigning all objects to the "none" class so I can delete all of their extraneous classes (I don't want all of that junk in my project files). However, I also want to get rid of all of the symbols in the file as well, individual screws, flashings, parts, etc, that are present in their dwg's. I don't want a bunch of extraneous sybmol objects cluttering my project resource browser. I just want to "UnSymbol" these symbols, similar to how we "ungroup" groups. I tried selecting the symbols in the drawing and "Convert to lines," but that doesn't work. I know I can Edit symbol and copy the line-work, paste that back into the drawing and then delete the symbol definition from the resource browser, but there are dozens of these, quite a time sucker... Any advice for "unsymboling" symbols quickly? Thanks Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Try Convert to Group Pat Quote Link to comment
gmm18 Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 Ahhh, convert to group, then "convert all sub-objects" Thanks Pat, this really cleans up my drawings, all of that junk is now is in a single nice symbol... Quote Link to comment
cbaarch Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 another approach in vw2008 you can assign a prefix to classes when you import an acad file which will create a subclass so it it does not clutter the classes pull down menu i.e windows-screws windows-part etc... and in the RB create a folder in the symbols category call it windows and move all the windows pieces to the new folder which will unclutter our main RB window Quote Link to comment
Tshwayder Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 I just converted a symbol to (all sub-objects), which did exactly what I was hoping for. But now it is permanently "selected" (highlighted). I even deleted the entire group/object and there is still an orange box on the screen that cannot be selected or deselected or moved, etc... What happened, what did I do? I have stair tread assembly as a symbol, but at the landing the construction is a little different so I just want to edit that tread without changing all the rest of the symbols. Thanks for your help Quote Link to comment
Tshwayder Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Well I just solved my own problem, but I'd like to know what happened? I converted a different instance of the same symbol to Group but this time I selected "Don't convert all sub-objects". Now it works as I expected without the permanent-selection box. What is the difference? what happened? Quote Link to comment
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