error - "This Symbol is using a Story Bound that doesn't exist"

[tekbench]

Open resource browser.

search 'All items' for 'Chair'.

Click and drag:

"Fern Dedon Lounge Chair - Java"

Symbol/plug-in object

onto new or existing drawing.

The symbol shows up on the drawing, I get a red box in the lower right hand corner saying "This symbol is using a Story Bound that doesn't exist".

As soon as I click on the drawing, the object disappears and the resource browser windowshades closed.

It happens on a number of different items.

Is this a subscription issue? or why am I not able to use these resources?

Computer Details:

  Model Name: MacBook Pro

  Model Identifier: MacBookPro13,3

  Processor Name: Intel Core i7

  Processor Speed: 2.7 GHz

  Number of Processors: 1

  Total Number of Cores: 4

  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 8 MB

  Memory: 16 GB

  Boot ROM Version: MBP133.0226.B08

  SMC Version (system): 2.38f6

  Serial Number (system): C02SWNLPGTF1

  Hardware UUID: E95D8ECE-2E06-53A4-924A-3B29CEF3C14A

Vectorworks version:

2017, SP2 (Build 338823) (64 Bit)

[tekbench]

Well, this is a little embarrassing, but also a little counter intuitive.

If you have the class "Furniture" turned off, you get this error. I don't use "Furniture" in my drawings usually. 

I'm used to dropping things on the drawing and having them disappear. That isn't so strange. Getting the error, seeing the object, then seeing it disappear lead me to believe something was really wrong.

Would be nice if the error was a little less cryptic. Like "this symbol is being placed on an inactive class" or "Your dropping this on an invisible layer", or "would you like to activate this layer?".

So, problem solved, but seems like a bit of a misleading error code.

[Renard]

@tekbench 

On 3/7/2017 at 2:08 AM, tekbench said:

Open resource browser.

search 'All items' for 'Chair'.

Click and drag:

"Fern Dedon Lounge Chair - Java"

Symbol/plug-in object

onto new or existing drawing.

The symbol shows up on the drawing, I get a red box in the lower right hand corner saying "This symbol is using a Story Bound that doesn't exist".

As soon as I click on the drawing, the object disappears and the resource browser windowshades closed.

It happens on a number of different items.

Is this a subscription issue? or why am I not able to use these resources?

 

 

[julianmichaelwhippy@gmail.]

where can we see answers

 

[Al Mar]

Thanks. The class Furniture-Main must be switched on

[FlyingHoward]

@tekbench

If I read your initial post correctly that some Plugins, or symbols in general, seem to have that option [in Resource Browser>right click on the Symbol desired>Edit 3D Options and then look at the 'Story Aware' checkbox] enabled by default. Of course the proper visible Class helps too.