Tom Klaber 736 Posted December 9, 2016 Is there a way to disable the greying while editing annotations. Or better yet - toggle it? Quote Share this post Link to post
0 PVA - Jim 2,383 Posted December 9, 2016 Tools > Options > Vectorworks Preferences > Display There is a "Show other objects while In editing modes" option and under it the setting for greying those objects. Quote Share this post Link to post
0 Tom Klaber 736 Posted December 9, 2016 Great. Thanks! Wishlist: Quick Setting Toggle Button for this! Quote Share this post Link to post
0 PVA - Jim 2,383 Posted December 9, 2016 Hey! I just learned there is a quick toggle for this in the quickprefs at the top right of the View bar, however it only toggles visible/invisible, I'll put in a request that it let you choose visible/invisible/grey. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post
0 Tom Klaber 736 Posted December 9, 2016 I like that one - but it does not affect the Annotations view. For some reason the gray out effect for editing does - but there is no way to turn off other objects (nor have I ever wanted one) in for annotations. Sometimes, though - I do want to gray out the VW to annotate - and other times I want the full display. Nit-picky I know. Quote Share this post Link to post
0 PVA - Jim 2,383 Posted December 9, 2016 It does for me here, however there IS an existing bug where depending on how complex the objects are in the container you're editing the setting doesnt behave properly. In a very simple test file here I am able to toggle it during editing and the other objects vanish/appear. I'll bump that one as well just in case. Quote Share this post Link to post
0 Tom Klaber 736 Posted December 9, 2016 Yes it does work in that it hides other objects outside the VP. What I am talking about is the graying of the VP itself. When the gray settings are on - when you jump into the VP - the VP itself grays out - which sometimes is helpful. If that setting is turned off - then when you jump into the VP - the VP display remains as set in the OIP. What I need is faster control over this "In Annotations" view setting. Again - deep cut - nitty gritty. Its a pretty specific use case. So it should not be high on anybody's list. It happens that I am doing a document review - comparing two plans - and calling out all the differences and issues. I am using Keynotes - and probably would like to do this on design layer - except we are working with a twisting tower, and our standard display is in rotated plan - making the callout tool almost impossible to work with... So - I am doing the overlay in the VP - and discovered the need to not have it gray itself out. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Is there a way to disable the greying while editing annotations. Or better yet - toggle it?
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