GWS Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 (edited) I seem to have 'lost' some tool set icons from the palette and they have been replaced with spanners (wrenches). I notice in the edit workspace dialogue box at the bottom there is a "set tool set icon" button but I don't know where to find the icons. Can anybody give me some pointers please? Edited October 23, 2009 by GWS Quote Link to comment
Kool Aid Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Ahh: a spanner in the VectorWorks? How wrenched! Looks odd. Have you added Tool Sets? Have you, by any chance, quit & restarted VW? (I notice that you are a Mac user, so having a program running for weeks and months without quitting is not particularly extraordinary.) After a relaunch and then using the workspace editor would be the next step. Re-installing after that, methinks. (You won't lose too many, if any, settings in that.) Quote Link to comment
HP Sauce Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I would suggest deleting your VW preferences before going through a reinstall. Also, try loading one of the other default workspaces and see if they suffer the same problem (I would guess they do). Kudos to Kool Aid for the spanner in the VWorks attempt. Not bad. Not bad. Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I notice you have a scroll bar at the top of your tool palette image. What appears if you scroll it to the right? Raymond Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Unfortunately neither restarting nor trashing the preferences seem to work. If I use an original workspace, i.e. one that comes with VW the icons are fine, but if I had a tool set, say 'Solids' to a workspace the 'spanner' icon appears. I suppose a re-install is the next step, but I'd rather not!! Thanks for the suggestions. Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 The scroll bar is the bottom part of the palette above, in this case the navigation palette. Quote Link to comment
HP Sauce Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Oh, I suppose I should've looked at your image before replying... The wrench is the default for new custom tool sets. Did you customise the icons previously? The "Set tool set icon" is to use your own PNGs instead of the wrench. I don't believe any supplied icons are accessible. Quote Link to comment
Guest Lyndsey Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 You have to provide your own PNG images. When you click the "Set Tool Set Icon" button, the dialog that appears indicates the dimensions of the PNG image you should select. Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 I have just created my own icons from screen grabs. This works well and was quite fun so thank you for the help. Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 By the way the required size is 26 x 20 pixels Quote Link to comment
Hamo Posted November 26, 2024 Share Posted November 26, 2024 Followed the instructions every which way. Still can't get this to work. I have the major Icon at 52x40 144dpi. Mini icon 26x20 72dpi. Both named the same in the same file with @2x at the end of the file name for the larger file. This simple task cannot be this hard!!!!! Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted November 27, 2024 Share Posted November 27, 2024 Make them both 72 dpi. I hope that's all it is. If not, write back. Raymond Quote Link to comment
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