bjoerka Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 we have massive problems with referenced files on a current project. we use different ways to reference other files. viewport and layer link references and the problem occurs with both methods. with layer linked files it is possible to solve the problem with activating the check-box "ignore users origin" but this is not available with viewport referenced files. when you check the internal origin with switching to top view, we can see that the internal file origin is exactly the distance apart, that the drawing has been shifted. i know that was a bug in vw 2013 or 2014, but thought that it was solved in 2015. is there anyway to move to vw internal origin to another coordinate? any help is appreciated. it´s very urgent.... Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hi, we had this same problem and to fix it don't move any design layer etc. simply set the origin to the same location to a common point for each design layer. Save and close all then simply reopen and all should align. HTH. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hi Alan, thanks for the tip. I´ll give that to the team to test it. Bjoern Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 We tested this, does not change anything.... Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Dam, our problem was that the ex referenced view ports had shifted and did not sit over the original location. If maybe the sheet layer view ports don't show the design layers sometimes If you recreate a viewport to the same sheet layer the damaged viewport corrects itself. Try this. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 yeah. we thought already about this and it didn´t help neither... so the problem still consists... Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 You mentioned earlier if the internal origin coul be moved, did you move it in my original suggestion? This will reposition the design layer to a new location in world co-ordinates, this should shift your references around. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 i only know to set the users origin to a new location. how can i set the internal origin to a new location? have not found anything about it in the international version... Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Hi, not near computer with program as am travelling till late June but I think under tools you can set the origin which unless I am mistake will be your new origin for that design layer (0,0) this is the only way to change the origin. Hope your solved your problem? Let us know how you were able to so if I have same issue I may have a solution, thanks. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 hi alan, i looked into it again on the weekend. there seems to be something different by setting the origin either you do it with the commend "origin" in the tools menue and the little sign that is located in the drawing window on the upper left corner, where the rulers meet. after setting the origins on each designlayer with "command-9" (tools-origin-user origin) nearly all, but not all!, referenced files jumped back to their sugested drawing point. seems to be a temporary workaround but no final solution. Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Yes there seems to be an issue which happens occasionally which I cannot replicate and it only has happened on a few occasions and not with vw2015 it was 2008. Tech support may have to see what happens. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 yep. i hope the will Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 so... the problem still consists. Jim, do you have any solution that we can look after? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted June 5, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 5, 2015 So far the only workarounds I have seen were the ones posted above. I have submitted this issue a few times, but its a hard one to track down. So far we have been unable to replicate it in support, but I have heard QA here was able to. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 so. it seems that the problem actually occurs to only one file. i did a few tests and finally i think it must have something to do with any internal things. in former times, when there have been problems with any drawing i exported the file as script and reimported it in to a new blank file. mostly that cleaned the problems or an error occured that some geometry was broken. i did the same to day with the file that generates the problems. deleted every reference and did a purge on that file. exported as script and reimported again into a blank drawing. after the import was done, some geometry was shifted exactly the same distance as the referenced viewports have been shifted! seems that there is a correspondence between internal drawing elements and the referenced viewports. see the screenshots... the first shows the drawing before script export, the second after reipmorting the file. the thick red line shows the disctance by what the contents are shifted. Quote Link to comment
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