select object by class and hide/unhide

[zuken86]

Good morning,

I am just wondering if there is a way to quickly select all objects by class and right click to access class visibility options. Can I modify the popup panel shown when I right click on an object?

Thanks,

[VincentCuclair]

You can change it through your workspace settings.....

You can use the magic wand tool (which you can assign a keyboard shortcut (double clicking directly activates the dialog box for setting up selection criteria) for selecting specific objects with specific criteria.

Edited December 14, 2011 by Vincent C

[CipesDesign]

Yes, you can use the "Custom Selection" (or "Custom Modification") command to either immediately select or create a selection script and object type/class/layer/etc. And yes you can add or delete contextual (right click) menu items via the Workspace Editor...

[zuken86]

Thankssss!

[VincentCuclair]

There is also the visibility tool with which you can hide/grey objects individually or through certain criteria.

Here's a script you can run to toggle visibility:

http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=32437&Number=159597#Post159597

Edited December 14, 2011 by Vincent C

[zuken86]

How do you create that break (------------------) in Object Context panel under workspace modification?

[Miguel Barrera]

Workspace Editor->Menus and under 'New Menu' drag the 'Separator' to the menu layout on the right box.

[zuken86]

Thank Miguel

[VincentCuclair]

You can use the magic wand tool

...the Select Similar tool is what I meant......

[zuken86]

Where can I find "Select Similar" tool? I am running Vectorworks Fundamental 2011.

[bcd]

In the Basic tool palette - it looks like a shooting star

[VincentCuclair]

Ah, then sorry, not available......attached is the script I talked about earlier......

[zuken86]

Hm...for some reason I cannot import .vsm file? I am on a Mac if that makes any different. I went to File --> Import --> Import VectorScript.

[VincentCuclair]

No, just put them in the Application Support>Vectorworks>2012>Plug-ins folder and then add them to your commands in your workspace.

[zuken86]

Vincent C,

I am running Vectorworks Fundamental 2011...I will try to put it in Plug-ins folder but I afraid it won't work. Thanks!

[Ray Libby]

Did you quit and restart Vectorworks?

[VincentCuclair]

Ah, 2011 sorry for being a bit slow.......

[VincentCuclair]

Huy, please add a signature with your VWs and PC specs under My Stuff>Edit Profile at the top, it makes helping you easier for us.

[zuken86]

Vincent, I did what you said and Vectorworks seem to recognize the script but the script does not work? I modified my workspace and added your script under View. I created a simple object and put it in its own class...With the object still selected, I went to View --> Toggle Class Visibility...but nothing happen?

[mike m oz]

zuken86 - what are you chasing over and above what the Visibility tool already does?

[VincentCuclair]

Vincent, I did what you said and Vectorworks seem to recognize the script but the script does not work? I modified my workspace and added your script under View. I created a simple object and put it in its own class...With the object still selected, I went to View --> Toggle Class Visibility...but nothing happen?

Huy, when you run the script all classes that are visible become invisible and all classes that were invisible become visible.

If you want to make a certain element/class/group/selection/type invisible use the Visibility tool with the specific options you need.....

[zuken86]

Thank Vincent. It works just as you described it.

@Mike: I was just trying to figure out a quicker way to hide/unhide a class without opening the class visibility panel every time.

[VincentCuclair]

@Mike: I was just trying to figure out a quicker way to hide/unhide a class without opening the class visibility panel every time.

Mike is referring to the tool that does just this, see the screen dump i posted earlier, the tool looks like an arrow and an eye........

Edited December 23, 2011 by Vincent C

[mike m oz]

zuken86 the Navigation palette allows you to do that. Unfortunately for you that particular functionality isn't included in Fundamentals.

[zuken86]

Yup I do not see that tool. Fundamentals is very limited!