Martin Crawford Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Hi I am having a problems with a selection that has the following: Type - Symbol Layer - Screen Class - Module This works as expected. I need to exclude a few symbols that end in x If I leave the option off completely then I get 8 objects, if I change to 'ends with' or 'contains' I get back 2 objects. If I use the 'does not end with' or 'does not contain' I get a 0. Sometimes Vectorworks is very frustrating as it feels like there is not a lot of testing going on. Can someone confirm the issue and any suggestions on a workaround? Thanks Martin Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I just tested on one of my files and Does Not Contain and Ends With do not appear to work with symbol names. Some works arounds could be: If you only have a few symbol names that you need to exclude, just type the whole thing in and use IS as the criteria. Put those symbols in a separate class and exclude that class. If you already have records attached could you use a record value to exclude? Create a custom Record and attach it to those symbols and exclude objects with that record. Pen Color or Fill Color or Fill Pattern/Hatch? Quote Link to comment
Martin Crawford Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 Thanks I have a lot of symbols, around 200 (and growing), so that would be cumbersome. I think they way I'm using classes also won't work. So, I think I will go the record route. It's not perfect and does require some extra documentation for others on the team, but it will work. Thanks for your suggestions, I didn't think of the record solution. Martin P.S. How to I report this as a bug? Quote Link to comment
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