mpkeane Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I am working on a Mac PowerBook, using OS 10.4.11, with VW Designer (Educational Version) 12.5.1. I have a problem with plant symbols ?disappearing? as I use a file. When I work in a newly created file there is no problem, but on files with a lot of data (especially files that have been sent from other offices with pre-existing data), the following problem crops up. The first time I use the Place Plant tool things work fine. The next time, however, I find the graphic for the plant has disappeared in the plant graphic palette. Sometimes infill color is there, but the black lines that define the plant are gone so when I place a plant I just get a circle of green. Is there a way to clean up this file or somehow rebuild the plant symbol resources for this one file? You can see a screen shot of the Plant Symbol palette at the following link. The symbols for CTG, G4, and OTG have gone blank. How can this be restored? http://mpkeane.com/uploads/Plant%20Symbols.png Marc Quote Link to comment
Matt P Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 i would like to know the answer to this also. Sometimes when you re-edit the plant it comes back - as in right click, edit 2d, then highlight the 'nothing' and then exit - and they reappear fine. But that's a pain Quote Link to comment
mpkeane Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Hi Matt; Are you suggesting to right click the plant symbol in the plan? I get a choice saying "Edit" when i do that (not Edit 2D) but it doesn't seem to bring an edit window up. And yet, after I did that, the "blanked" symbols start rebuilding themselves as I use them. Strange. But helpful. Thank you. Marc Quote Link to comment
JHEarcht Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 If it's any consolation, I've had the same problem. My workaround is convert to group. But this is not a viable option for someone who uses the symbols intensively. Quote Link to comment
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