"X" displayed on windows and doors

[Matt Brown 0]

Why do I get an "x" at each end of the my window and door opens? See attached.

 

[mike m oz 372]

These are 2D loci which control where the wall gets cut in Plan View.  They are in the NonPlot Class and if you can see them that is either the active Class or you have that Class visible.  

 

The NonPlot Class should always be set to not visible.  It is the Class that is used for drawing elements that are not meant to be seen.

 

 

[Andy Broomell 1,080]

Also, FYI, locus points don't print and never get exported to PDFs.

 

Locus points are simply points in space (X,Y) and are indicated in Vectorworks with the X glyph. You can add your own with the 2D Locus tool (hotkey "0" zero). There is also a 3D Locus tool which incorporates Z coordinates as well.

[Matt Brown 0]

I've set the NonPlot to "not visible" but they didn't go away. Thank you for the responses and help!

[Matt Brown 0]

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[mike m oz 372]

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I've set the NonPlot to "not visible" but they didn't go away.

 

Do you still see them when you make None the active class?

 

[Pat Stanford 1,526]

Did you set NonPlot to Active as well as invisible?

 

The Active class (the one checked) is always visible regardless of the other class visibility settings.

 

So if you make a class active and invisible it still shows. The next time you make another class active those objects should hide.

[Andy Broomell 1,080]

You can see what class is controlling the Loci by selecting a Door, clicking Settings, then in the 2D Visualization section looking at what the "2D Loci" are assigned to. If this class is turned off and is not active, then the Loci should not be visible.

 

[Andrew Davies 143]

Or "force select" a loci (right click then choose force select directly over a loci) and you can see what class it's in in the info palette

[Andy Broomell 1,080]

6 minutes ago, Andrew Davies said:

Or "force select" a loci (right click then choose force select directly over a loci) and you can see what class it's in in the info palette

 

I'm pretty sure that if it's part of a Door object, you can't directly Force Select the Loci or any parts of the Door. Instead it just selects the entire Door object.

[LCarm 5]

I"m having this same issue but everywhere nodes/loci are showing up. 

I have nonplot not visible and class for loci on doors are nonplot.  hide guides is set.  

[Tom W. 212]

Are you saying those loci in the drawing appeared without you placing them there? If you select one what class is it in? 

[Pat Stanford 1,526]

The Active Class is always visible. If NonPlot is active then the objects in that class will be visible.

[LCarm 5]

I have my floor layout as active and active class as none.  Yes, I was working on this file and everything was going swimmingly and then I inserted a 2nd double patio sliding door and the entire drawing started giving me loci when drawing new rectangles or inserting doors.  I closed and restarted VW and they were still there.  You can see in the second clip, the first slider I inserted has no issues, that work was done yesterday.  Did I accidentally turn on some setting I'm not familiar with?  I have not tried printing yet but it is distracting while modeling. 

Im attaching the file for reference.  Thank you!  

 

 

 

 

20.10.21 G ave 839 v2021.vwx

[LCarm 5]

I figured it out.... my linetype was set to fence!  🙃

[Tom W. 212]

Brilliant! Have you noted that one for future reference @Pat Stanford ? 😁

[RLL 0]

Hi, continuing with the visible loci points topic as above- how do I make the non plot invisible please. 

[Tom W. 212]

Just click in the 2nd column next to that class in the Visibility palette to make it invisible

[RLL 0]

Many thanks Tom W - feel pretty foolish now to have asked the q in the first place :))

[Tom W. 212]

Definitely no need to feel foolish! All questions are valid