herbieherb Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 I can't find a node that converts a symbol to group. Has it been forgotten or is there another way to do it? Quote Link to comment
Marionette Maven Marissa Farrell Posted August 16, 2018 Marionette Maven Share Posted August 16, 2018 There currently is not one in our default content, but I think I have one floating around on my computer. If I'm understanding correctly, you want to insert a symbol object as a group? Generally this is just a setting of the symbol resource, but I can certainly get a network together that can take the contents of a symbol definition and insert them as a group on the drawing area. Quote Link to comment
herbieherb Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 Thx for your effort. I want to convert an already inserted symbol to a group. Similar to the ungroup node but for symbols. Quote Link to comment
Marionette Maven Marissa Farrell Posted August 16, 2018 Marionette Maven Share Posted August 16, 2018 I think this should be possible with some work, but unless I'm forgetting something, there's not a command that does this in Vectorworks, which is why there is not a node for it yet. edit: i take that back, obviously convert to group would work... Quote Link to comment
herbieherb Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 There is a vectorscript function for this: SymbolToGroup. Unfortunately I can't find a way to output the handle of the created group from the node. Quote Link to comment
herbieherb Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) Here is my SymbolToGroup node. Not fully tested but works at the first glimpse. SymbolToGroup.vwx Edit: I tested the node in different situations. The old one put the output into a second group and did not work with multiple inputs. So I edited the node a little. This one should work like you are used to from other nodes. Edited August 17, 2018 by herbieherb Quote Link to comment
Levente Ganyecz Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Hello there! I tried the node in the Link, but unfortunately there doesnt seem to bee an output at the end of the node (Im Using VWX 2023). Turning the symbol into a group works just fine, but after that the wire has no value. Did you have a fixed version in the end? This might be one of the most useful nodes ever if the output would work. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment
Antonio Landsberger Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Hi @Levente Ganyecz Welcome to the international Vectorworks forum! Please try this node here and let me know if this works for you. If not please provide a test file here or message me the file. Quote Link to comment
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