wvancampen Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Is there a way to make changes to multiple windows and doors, for attributes not shown in the Object Info Palette? E.g. let's say I want to change the Exterior Trim class setting for all my windows. When I select more than one, the Settings... button is grayed out. So does that mean I have to change each individually? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Not sure exactly what your goal is here, but... Consider this: one of the main strengths of Classes is the ability to modify the appearance and/or visibility of many (same-classed) objects all at once. The way to do this is to change the Class Definition. Thus, if all windows have their exterior trim set to use "Class A", and Class A is set to a blue color, but the client wants red trim, all that is necessary is to change the color of Class A to red... Now, if you want to actually change the class of all the windows' exterior trim to use Class B instead of Class A, that's a different story. Probably a good scrip writer could come up with a solution... But I am not aware of a built-in way to do it. Perhaps someone else will chime in with an easy solution... Quote Link to comment
wvancampen Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yes, I should have been more clear. It is the second scenario I'm enquiring about i.e. some of the windows' exterior trim use Class B and some Class A....I want them all to use Class B. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Unfortunately you may be stuck changing each one. But if there are many windows/doors that are the same as each other, you might consider Qualum's suggestion above of making one into a symbol, then inserting it for all instances... How many windows/doors are we talking about?? Quote Link to comment
wvancampen Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 It's not that many. It does seem strange one can't do this, since you can make global changes for other (albeit simpler) objects. I do understand about "symbolizing" but you would have to make a unique symbol for every size, which might not be practical if there were many different sizes. Wish list time... Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 For plug-in windows, I've always used the eyedropper tool to pick up parameters and drop them on multiple windows -- with the eyedropper's plug-in parameter checked. This is the best (and perhaps only) way to change multiple plug-in window sizes and configurations. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Bob, unless I'm mistaken, using the eyedropper tool will change the shape and size along with other plug-in settings... At least it did the last time I tried it... Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yes, there is no picking or choosing on what plug-in parameters to change -- the eyedropper does them all. Quote Link to comment
George Cocea Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 One way of doing this is via a worksheet. After you create a pio (i.e., door, window, etc) report, or schedule worksheet you can insert additional 'record(s)'.'field(s)' in a new column. After that, it's pretty much typical worksheet interface; you enter a new value in the worksheet cell(s) and the pio updates automatically. You can get all the pio fields available by using a script wrote by Pat Stanford (see link below for source) which creates a new worksheet of all the fields associated with the selected pio. http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=115054&Searchpage=1&Main=23203&Words=GetPIORecordFields&Search=true#Post115054 For your inquiry Exterior trim class for windows the database input is ='Window'.'ExtSillTrimClass' HTH, George Quote Link to comment
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