Sophie Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Hi, I have a couple of files which are experiencing probs. It was one file, but i have tried to rescue it by starting again and importing layers, so basically two files but with data in common. In the original file, one plant had it's tag showing but not plant graphic. When i went to edit the 2d graphics all looked fine, it was visible. I tried replacing the plant, with the same plant, but this time no tag either. Now i can't place any plants. The orange selection boxes around plant, label and tag show up when i hover over them and all the info is there in the oi palette, but nothing shows up on screen, or print. The layer/class is visible, and everything in oi looks the same as the plants that ARE visible. I wondered if it's because the file is a reasonable size, so i put all the plant classes (plus the basic lines of the garden)in a new layer, opened new file and imported the new layer. Now I can place new plants and create them. However, some of the classes won't grey. They show up fine when visible, but when greyed, nothing shows or prints. A further problem.... I've created some viewports, and lots of the plants (that were previously fine) now have no plant graphic. They have a tag and label, and the polygon display, but no graphic. The same plants look fine in the design layer. Not sure how to select plants in viewport to look at 2d graphic. Would gratefully receive any thoughts. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted February 23, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 23, 2011 Sophie Send me your file. Quote Link to comment
Ozzie Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 What is you operating system and VW version? Perhaps create a Signature in My Stuff above when you are logged in Quote Link to comment
Ozzie Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Tamsin what scripts do you have? Quote Link to comment
Sophie Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Thanks..... Vista ultimate sp2. Vectorworks 2011 sp2 Landmark Designer Renderworks Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted February 23, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 23, 2011 I am not seeing the same problem in the Viewports as you, so I suspect you are just running out of memory on your laptop. Also, you have opacity set to 0%, so whenever you place plants or anything else, it disappears from the plan. Late nights, not enough sleep and a looming deadline is my diagnosis! Quote Link to comment
Sophie Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Thanks Tamsin, I'd agree with the late nights etc.... but when i place plants, should the attributes menu be greyed out? It is on my machine, so i can't set opacity. I've updated my spec... not the best I know, but affording new laptop is a struggle....In terms of disk space i have 159 GB free. Quote Link to comment
Sophie Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 If i make sure i have nothing selected,, check attribute palette opacity is set to 100, then click place plant... the attributes palette greys out, and no plant visible. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted February 23, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 23, 2011 I am not seeing the same thing. The palette will grey out, because it is a complex symbol containing objects that all derive their attributes from sub-classes. This is completely normal. But on your Planting layer, I click on a blank space on the drawing and check nothing is selected. In this state, your attributes palette was set to 0%. I changed it to 100% and placed a plant. All visible. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted February 23, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 23, 2011 Just checked again - it's working fine on my machine. Did you get the file I sent back to you? Quote Link to comment
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