Help! Record Format and symbol editing!

[rcandeias]

Hello there!

I'm kind of a new user in vectorwork and i'm using VW 12.5, so i dunno if some of my ideas are possible, but i really need some help clearing out some questions about Record Format and symbol editing.

first of all i used a compound symbol (Symbol A + Symbol B = Symbol C)

this is an example:

well.. considering that they are distint symbols, i can easily attach a record format to each symbol right?

like this:

Can the final symbol (symbol C) have a record format that gets together the info of the both of the symbols that compouse him?

and if the object is streched in this way:

is it possible to know the price according to the volume or material area?

how do i do this?

please help!!!!

[rcandeias]

nobody answered...

[Pat Stanford]

Nobody answered because you can't do it.

You can use the InSymbol criteria with a worksheet to get information about both the Symbol A material and the Symbol B materials, but there is no way to have a single record that you can see in the Object Info Palette that will be the sum of A and B.

You can't stretch symbols, so that is out.

The only other option (and it probably is not an option depending on what you are trying to do) would be to use VectorScript and write a custom Plug-In object that would give the two calculations and be resizable.

Sorry, but I think you will need to rethink how you want to do this.

Pat