team Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Hello from a newbie (in forum not Vw)! My Problem is, that the button "symbols" in Custom selection doesn't seem to have any effect. The number of objects shown under the button includes the objects in symbols, but selected ist (of course) only the objects that are not in symbols and groups. (I tried to select objects with the same lineweight, to change it) So, what is the button for? Or is there a trick to get it work right with symbols? Thanks "team" I hope you understand my "English"! Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Try using Custom Modification instead of Custom Selection. The Symbol button allows you to access objects that are contained inside symbols in addition to objects that are not in symbols. The custom selection has the same limitations as if you were doing it manually. You will not be able to change objects that are on layers in a different view, or a different scale, or in a group, or in a symbol etc. Custom modification does not have that limitation and will change objects that are not currently "modifiable" because of the above limitations. Pat Quote Link to comment
team Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 Hi Pat, thank you for the fast answer. I want to modify objects in symbols and in "Custom Modification", I cannot mark a symbol-button, only groups and viewports. The button allows access to objects in symbols but the program cannot select it? Thats like building a door without opening the wall. Thanks anyway, so is there a possibility to change attributes of objects in symbols (e.g. with scripts) mika Quote Link to comment
maarten. Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Yes, with a simple ForEachObject script you can do what you ask. For more info, you better start a topic in the VectorScript part of this board. Quote Link to comment
team Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 Thank you, maarten, I will do that! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Hugues Posted October 17, 2008 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hi team, Custom Selection selects the objects but doesn't change the active layer to make them visible. If you want to do a cross document selection using Custom Selection, you'll get the best feedback if all layers are visible and the options Show/Snap/Modify Others is set. Objects in symbols will also be selected but you'll have to enter the symbol to edit it. Hugues NNA Quote Link to comment
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