geoform Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I have a few plant symbols that are showing a sort of ghost symbol inside them, like it's somehow associated with a completely different symbol, so when the plant is selected, you can see the orange outlines of the other plant object briefly. This happens whether the plant is in mass planting mode or not, yet the ghost symbol never shows up on the plan. I've gone into the edit 2d symbol screen and actually stripped away each of the layers by selecting and dragging each of them off the center of the plant, yet I couldn't find any evidence of this other symbol. And I made sure that while I was doing that all the classes for the plants - components - etc. were set to visible. This was an ornamental tree symbol provided in the Vectorworks resource library, but I had duplicated it so the original symbol is still safe). This has happened to a few other symbols, and I think it was happening to me before I updated to 2013, so I don't think it's anything with 2012. Other symbols I've duplicated/modified or even totally created from nothing seem to be fine. My best guess is somehow I've assigned the plant to two different symbols. I have only a handful of plants that I've assigned symbols to, but I don't have them in any central library, they're just sitting in whatever drawing file I happened to be working on then they were created. So I open up a new drawing and all I have in the plant pull-down menu is the 10 or 12 standard plant symbols. I mentioned that problem because it's been vexing me for a few weeks, but really, it leads me to my main question: I simply want to delete the symbol from the library(s) and start over with a new symbol for that plant. I haven't used this symbol in any other drawings, and it's the first time I've ever used this plant in a drawing as well. So hopefully, there shouldn't be any repercussions. What's the best way to get rid of this symbol, but not the plant definition? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted September 26, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 26, 2012 Hi John Do you want to send me a file with a few example symbols in it? Quote Link to comment
Bryan G. Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 John, are you around tomorrow or Fri? Ill be out your direction and can stop in and go through it if you want. Or we could meet in Mpls and do lunch. If that helps. Or Tamsin can help ( but I dont think she can meet for lunch!) Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted September 28, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 28, 2012 I've had a look at the file John and I can see the ghosting, but I am not sure what's causing it. It seems only a screen issue though and unlikely to cause problems with printing. The gapped lines issue I will look into further for you. To change a plant symbol to have new graphics - it's now really easy in 2013! Just edit the plant definition as usual, and you have a new button "Copy from Symbol" with which you can copy 2D or 3D geometry from any other symbol. Very cool and so much easier for swapping image props for 3D. Let me know if you need more help! And I hope you and Bryan have a nice lunch! Quote Link to comment
Bryan G. Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 No Tamsin, No Lunch. Johns Holding out. Id settle for Chipotle! We have a meeting coming up on wednesday so Ill take a look at his file then. Quote Link to comment
Bryan G. Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Tamsin, john showed me the issue last night in the VW meeting. This is very odd. I have not seen this yet but also have not created much in the way of plants in 2013. I will play with plant creation and see if I can duplicate. Quote Link to comment
Julie_001 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Hi all I am new here, I've got a question about how to edit the plant once you go into 2d graphics dialog box - I tried to activate the plant- component- outline/ artwork but when I draw anything in the edit 2d graphics mode it doesn't show up once I exit back to the main window. Any additions I've drawn disappears and I don't know why, despite me activating the plant/component layers where the original plant is n on - I have also made sure I was in screen layer but that didn't work either. Could you please give me some guidance on how to go about it? Many thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted October 19, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 19, 2012 Hi Julie It sounds like you might be drawing elements in the Plants-Components-Outline class but that class is set to invisible? Which version of the software are you using? If you are on 2013 and you simply want to replace the 2D graphic with a different one, edit the definition of the plant and choose Copy from Symbol - you can copy 2D, 3D or both from any other symbol that is present in your drawing. I hope that helps Quote Link to comment
Julie_001 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Hi Tamsin, I am using Vectoworks 2011 When I edit it in the resource browser it shows the changes just not in the main screen Thanks for your reply I will try it and make sure the class is turned and see if that works Quote Link to comment
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