Globally change window Sash Options?

[Guest Blars]

Im on VW 2016.  I've imported a drawing that has window objects that i can drag into and attach to walls drawn in VW.  My problem is that all of these windows have cutom options in which each one of the objects has custom sash options.  Specifically, "Replace Glazing with Louvers" is checked for each pane.  I'm wondering if there is a way to globally uncheck this box and essentially turn all of my "louvers" back into windows.  I'm currently going through each and unchecking this manually for each pane within the ribbon window.  This is one of those instances when i've been mindlessly plugging along for a while thinking "there HAS to be an easier way to do this."   ... so...   is there? 

[zoomer]

I think it would work by selecting all windows and under window settings, change just these

values that all windows should change/use together, that when you save the dialog,

just these settings will be changed for all windows while keeping the settings that are different

and not changed in settings.

At least I think I had done it this way in the past.

 

With VW 2017 you have window styles.

So you can assign a style to all windows and assign a selection of settings in the style

that will overwrite all windows that have assigned that style.

(While leaving individual settings like height and width controlled by each window itself)

Edited March 9, 2017 by zoomer

[P Retondo]

I use InfoEditor, a 3rd party program.  It's still working with v2016.  Look up Info Editor for Vectorworks on the web.  It costs $20, saves a lot of time.

[Pat Stanford]

Try the following script.  Write back if you need more information.

 

Procedure ChangeAllWindows;

{©2017, Patrick Stanford, pat@coviana.com  Licensed under the LGPL}
{No Warranty Expressed or Implied. Test thoroughly before using on production data}
{Make a backup copy before running}

{Turns off the Louvers on Sash setting for all windows in the file.}

{Do no operate heavy machinery while using. May cause drowsiness}

Procedure ChangeWindow(Hd:Handle);
{This could be changed to any other Window parameter by changing}
{the Field Name (third parameter) to the correct value and }
{changing the last parameter to the new value to set}

Begin
    SetRField(Hd, 'Window','LouversOnSash','False');
    ResetObject(Hd);
End;

Begin
    ForEachObject(ChangeWindow, ((R IN ['Window']))); {runs the ChangeWindow procedure for every object with a Window Record}
End;

Run(ChangeAllWindows);

Procedure ChangeAllWindows;

{©2017, Patrick Stanford, pat@coviana.com  Licensed under the LGPL}
{No Warranty Expressed or Implied. Test thoroughly before using on production data}
{Make a backup copy before running}

{Turns off the Louvers on Sash setting for all windows in the file.}

{Do no operate heavy machinery while using. May cause drowsiness}

Procedure ChangeWindow(Hd:Handle);
{This could be changed to any other Window parameter by changing}
{the Field Name (third parameter) to the correct value and }
{changing the last parameter to the new value to set}

Begin
	SetRField(Hd, 'Window','LouversOnSash','False');
	ResetObject(Hd);
End;

Begin
	ForEachObject(ChangeWindow, ((R IN ['Window']))); {runs the ChangeWindow procedure for every object with a Window Record}
End;

Run(ChangeAllWindows);