Mattheng Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I am trying to get the plant database to show all the dimensions as Metric and not Imperial. Worked in 2012 but doesn't seem to work in 2013. Anyone had the same problem and know how to fix it? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted November 7, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 7, 2012 Hi Matt Have you run Edit > Options > Use Metric Value Lists? You need to first select all the plants before you run this - Click Search and enter a * in the latin name field then click Perform Find to select all). Then, run File > Create Category Plant Lists to refresh the data available to Vectorworks in the Plant Lists. However... I've just done this myself... and it appears to be broken. I will file a bug. Quote Link to comment
Mattheng Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Told you... Thanks a) for giving me the right command to select all plants, hadn't worked that one out b) for admitting it doesn't work. I was half expecting to be told it was a "feature"... Matt Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Judah Warshaw Posted November 7, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 7, 2012 I just checked. The convert to metric command is working, most of the time. Look closer at your plant lists. Many of the records will convert correctly. The problem with this commands is: there was no really good way to do this conversion. The database simply checks the value and has a mapped list of corresponding ones. If the match is not exact, no conversion takes place. You best bet for records that did not convert to your satisfaction is to do a find operation on them and change those yourself. You can do this with the Records | Replace Field Contents command. I will look into possibilities of refining the search and match for the next version, but no promises. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted November 7, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) Thanks Judah - I did see that some had converted. Kind of you to look at refined searches too, but I understand "No promises!" Have a good day. Edited November 7, 2012 by Tamsin Slatter Quote Link to comment
Mattheng Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) Ok now I'm confused. The problem with this commands is: there was no really good way to do this conversion. The database simply checks the value and has a mapped list of corresponding ones. If the match is not exact, no conversion takes place. In VW 2012 this was working perfectly. You could select the entire database and it would convert them all in one go. I just checked. So, if it wasn't broken before you must have done something in 2013 to break it. So rather than try to bodge something that has stopped working after you have changed it just roll it back to the 2012 version. Simple? Matt Edited November 8, 2012 by Mattheng Quote Link to comment
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