Railing/Fence Tool - eyedropper doesn't work

[Andy Broomell]

I have multiple railings in a file (the new 2017 tool). I selected one and changed a bunch of Settings, assuming I could then use the Eyedropper Tool and pick up Plug-in Attributes from the one I changed and drop those changes on to my other railings. But it doesn't seem to work. This works with other Plug-In Objects such as Doors and Windows. Why doesn't it work for the Railing/Fence tool?

[PVA - Jim]

As long as "Plug-in Parameters" is enabled near the bottom middle it should be doing this, however upon testing here it looks like it isn't carrying over everything. Post types aren't but 2d/3d display is. It was marked as a bug fixed in the 2017 beta, but clearly not. Submitting as a new bug now.

 

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[Andy Broomell]

Thanks Jim! In my case I happened to be working in 3D only, adjusting the sizes of components and their textures, none of which carried over with the eyedropper.

Edited September 28, 2016 by Andy Broomell

[Andy Broomell]

Any update on this bug? Having to manually match handrail settings is a drag.

[Jstam]

This is still unresolved in Vectorworks 2018 SP2. Any work being done on this? The ability to create/replace plug-instyles for railings would be amazing!