johnnyboy2010 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hello, Is there a way to turn "show others while in groups" on and off without going to the preferences menu. Perhaps a keyboard short cut. I have been all over the Workspace editor and find no option for this trick. Thanks, John VW2008-Apple G5-OS 10.5.x Quote Link to comment
J. Krentz Design Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hi John, I have been using VectorWorks since it was MiniCAD and as far as I know "show others while in groups" has always been just a global setting in VectorWorks preferences similar to changing your display from black to white or adjusting flipped text, etc. Jeff Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 For Mac users there are two very useful Preferences tools available from Vectorbits that have toggles for most of the preferences: - Toggle VW Preferences. - Toggle Doc Preferences http://www.vectorbits.com/VectorBits/free/free.html Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Here is a script to toggle any preference. It's currently set to toggle Zoom Line Thickness, change the number for other prefs. SetPref(9, NOT GetPref(9)); {Set kPref below to the value from the fol- lowing list to toggle the stated preference: Click-Drag Mode = 0 Offset Duplicates = 1 Full Screen Cursor = 2 Show Screen Hints = 3 Floating Datum = 4 Snap To Loci = 5 Show Rulers = 6 Show Scroll Bars = 7 No Fill Behind Text = 8 Zoom Line Thickness = 9 Black and White Only = 10 Use Layer Colors = 11 Log Time in Program = 12 Adjust Flipped Text = 13 Show Other Objects While In Group = 14 Show 3D Axis Labels = 15 Use Black Background = 16 Use Eight Selection Handles = 17 Use Sound = 18 Issue Undo Warnings = 19 Opaque SmartCursor = 20 Stop VectorScript on Warnings = 21 Left Palette Margin = 22 Right Palette Margin = 23 Use Save Reminder = 24 Show Parametric Constraints = 25 Display Minor Alerts on Mode Bar = 27 Associate Dimensions = 28 Spell Check Capitalized Words = 29 Spell Check Words in ALL CAPS = 30 Spell Check Mixed Case Words = 31 Spell Check Words With Numbers = 32 Auto Join Walls = 33 Show Page Breaks = 34 Show Grid = 35 Print Grid = 36 Snap To Grid = 37 Snap To Object = 38 Save By Time = 39 Save Confirm = 40 Save To Backup = 41 Palette Docking = 43 Create Dimensions in Dimension Class = 44 Accelerated 2D Navigation = 45 Use Vector Caching = 46 Sketch Hidden Line = 47 Snap to Edge Points = 48 Show Page Boundary = 49 Display Default Content = 130} Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 SetPref(14, not GetPref(14)); Use this one line VectorScript and it will toggle the "show others while in groups" pref. You can run it from a script palette, or do as most of us do: create a Menu Command in the VectorScript PlugIn Editor, and add it to your workspace(s) with a keyboard shortcut. If you need help doing the latter, write back, but you can start by reading Robert Anderson's post The VectorScript Advisor: What do I do with a VectorScript, anyway? Raymond Quote Link to comment
johnnyboy2010 Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 All good info and I try my luck at Vectorscript. Thanks to all respondents. Quote Link to comment
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