Entire Leaves Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Having a bit of an emergency. I am unable to click on objects on a design I am working on right now. Is there something I may have accidentally clicked or selected to cause something like this to happen? I noticed it first when adding labels to the plants on the design. Trying to click on a group of plants it simply could not be selected. I tried changing the layer options but nothing helps. The only way I can select plant groups is to do a drag box to select the entire group (including the label). At first I thought it was just the plants layer but then I went into hardscaping and noticed that I can't select anything at all in that layer. Not even using the drag method. Same for existing trees. Strangely the only layer that is working is the bottom draft layer that I created that is basically just the ground beneath the plan. I have been known to accidentally turn things off or click things I am not supposed to so I am hoping that this is something obvious and someone will know exactly what I did wrong. Help! I don't have time for this nonsense! Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 have you changed your Class options. Make sure they are set to Show/Snap/Modify Others... 1 Quote Link to comment
Entire Leaves Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Yes. I have tried all that. It doesn't change anything. It is very odd. A few of the plants are clickable but most are can only be accessed via dragging the select tool over the entire group. This is not a workable option though. There has to be something else. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 restart Vectorworks, restart the computer? do you have a lot of classes turned off? Quote Link to comment
Elite Exhibits Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 We continue to have issues with Classes when an item (Typically a symbol) is copied pasted into a different drawing. The object looks 100% visible, yet problematic when an attempt is made to select it. Some classes appear to be on but they are not. Solution is to turn all the classes on. - Peter Quote Link to comment
Entire Leaves Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Wow. OK I knew it was something stupid I had done. It WAS class options somehow set to show/snap (but not modify) others. I never use that feature. I only use layer options. Fixed now. I noticed it when I went through all the classes turning them off and on to see if what Elite Exhibits had suggested was the problem. I'm an idiot. I just go into full panic mode when I am behind on deadlines and something goes wrong. Thank you all for indulging me. 1 Quote Link to comment
Raymond Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 This might help someone else, but I encountered a bug where I was unable to click on slab objects in the open GL mode. The object was incredibly far from the origin point of the layer (like 100,00 feet away from 0,0). After moving the objects closer I was able to select my slab objects once again... Quote Link to comment
unearthed Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 @Entire Leaves You are not an idiot. VW has an often very confusing interface, is patchily documented and highly-counter-intuitive. Unfortunately it is one of best best tools for landscape architecture - arguably the best for what I do. Quote Link to comment
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