jamesmise Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Is anyone having a problem with the Select Similar tool after the 2015 upgrade? It's not working at all for me. Quote Link to comment
Patrick Fritsch Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I have a problem where I could not select dimensions within a viewport annotations window. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 31, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 31, 2014 I have seen it not working within groups, symbols, viewports and other container type objects, but not failing to work anywhere within a file. Is anyone having a problem with the Select Similar tool after the 2015 upgrade? It's not working at all for me. If you create a new blank file and place a few Rectangles in it, does Select Similar work there to select them all? Quote Link to comment
RGyori Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I gave it a try as Jim described and the Select Similar Tool worked fine though it did not pick up rectangles after they were grouped. Did a quick check of a few files created in 2015 and 2014, both design and annotated sheet layers, without any problems. Mac OS vs. Windows problem? Bob Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 I was trying to use select similar during editing of viewport annotations. I have a plan of data cables each color coded by length and each length in its own class. So I was trying to figure out how many of each cable I needed. The classes for the different cables were not active in the Navigation Palette. So that prevented me selecting them. I can see them, I can click on them, I can edit them, I can move them, but I cannot "select similar" them. Evidently select similar is tied to the navigation palette. So even though those classes are active in my viewport, they need to be active in the navigation palette to use select similar. Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Patrick: See my post in this thread. You might check to see if the dimension class is active in the navigation palette. Even though it is active in your viewport, I have found that it needs to be active in the navigation palette also to use "select similar". Quote Link to comment
Patrick Fritsch Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Thanks James that was it, odd behavior don't you think Jim? Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 I wish that select similar would work for objects that are in groups. I use a lot of groups which makes the select similar tool not as useful. For simply counting the number of a particular object, I copy everything to a new file, ungroup all, and then use select similar. Then I can see how many of an object I have. I then dispose of that file. Jim Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Its in the wishlist or bug list. I posted about it when I was having trouble using select similar editing inside an extrude for the same reason. Kevin Quote Link to comment
Haydenovative Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I have an odd one when using the select similar tool with the Other > Size option only selected as my preferences. If one of the symbols or items I'm wanting to grab is rotated in top plan view its no longer regarded as being the same size. I.e. If squares are what I'm grabbing and one of them is rotated 45° to look like a diamond, when I use select similar its no longer the same size in its eyes. This is quite unhelpful. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted December 3, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 3, 2014 I have an odd one when using the select similar tool with the Other > Size option only selected as my preferences. If one of the symbols or items I'm wanting to grab is rotated in top plan view its no longer regarded as being the same size. I.e. If squares are what I'm grabbing and one of them is rotated 45° to look like a diamond, when I use select similar its no longer the same size in its eyes. This is quite unhelpful. Thanks guys! Confirmed here as well. Even a set of simple rectangles with a few of them rotated at 45 degrees (but at 90 they work, oddly, even thought their width and height then switches) skips the rotated instances. Submitting as an issue now. Quote Link to comment
Bruce Kieffer Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I'm trying to use the select similar tool to select dimension in a viewport. That does not work. Quote Link to comment
Bruce Kieffer Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I'm trying to use the select similar tool to select dimensions in a viewport. That does not work. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted December 8, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 8, 2014 I'm trying to use the select similar tool to select dimensions in a viewport. That does not work. I think I have that one submitted already, will confirm and submit it if its not already in there. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Yes, I think Jim already submitted this as a wishlist / bug. It doesn't work in all sorts of places. My example was while editing in an extrude. Kevin Quote Link to comment
AllisonCPA Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 still unable to select similar dimensions in viewport annotation. using VW2020. Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Hi @AllisonCPA , Could you elaborate a little more? I just drew 5 dimension objects in a Viewport Annotation and I was able to select them all using Object Type as the criteria. It also works if I only have Font as my lone criteria. What option(s) do you have selected for the tool? Do you get a dialog stating "The selected activation options can't be used for this object."? Raymond Quote Link to comment
AllisonCPA Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Hi Raymond, I was also using object type. For some reason I just couldn't select the dimensions. They would highlight red instead of orange and just not let me click them. Allison Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Hi @AllisonCPA , That sounds strange. Did you restart VW? Sometimes quirky things happen that vanish after a restart. Can you select the dimensions individually with the Selection Tool? Raymond Quote Link to comment
AllisonCPA Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Hello, yes, I can select the dimensions with the selection tool. I just opened my file this morning, starting fresh, and am still having the same issue. Allison Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Hi Allison, Is this problem only in one file or does occur in a new blank document? Can you post a sample file showing the problem? Thank you, Raymond Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 As a test, try this. Go to Vectorworks Preferences:Interactive Pane: Interactive Appearance Settings. Change the Object Highlighting options that are currently red or orange to different colors so you can obviously see what type of highlighting it is. In my (mostly) stock system, I see Pre-selection-Active Layer is kind of a light orange, Pre-selection-Inactive Layer and Object Highlighting-Inactive Layer are a dark orange, and Tool Highlighting is Red. If you change those to things like purple, blue, green, yellow you will be better able to see which type of highlighting is taking place and probably better able to troubleshoot. If you settings are like mine and the Red is the Tool Highlighting, it sounds like the Select Similar is finding the objects. I don't know why it is not actually selecting them. Quote Link to comment
AllisonCPA Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 I think I've actually figured out the issue, although it doesn't seem right. the dimensions were in a class that was turned off in my navigation palette, but visible in the viewport. This doesn't make any sense to me - if I'm in a viewport, my navigation settings should be irrelevant? The viewport controls class visibility? anyways, once I turned the class on, even though it's on... I was able to select similar the dimensions. Thanks, Allison Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Glad you figured it out. Unfortunately, no the viewport does not control everything. The Viewport controls specify which layers and classes are visible, but the Navigation Palette controls which layers and classes are selectable. Just the way it works. Quote Link to comment
zoeageorg Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 @jamesmise you just solved my problem, thank you! Quote Link to comment
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