verdancedesign Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Customizing my tool palettes, and although I know it's possible to create new icons/images and apply them to tool sets, I would like to repurpose some of the existing icons (e.g. the house icon for "Building Shell" or the light bulb for "Visualization"). Where in the MacOS do they live? Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I believe they are stored in the Vectorworks Application package. Right Click on the VW Application and choose Show Package Contents. Navigate to Resources:Vectorworks.vwr:Images:Standard Images. You should be able to see/copy the PNG files for the icons from there. 1 Quote Link to comment
Boh Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Pat, do you happen to know the equivalent location for a PC? Quote Link to comment
E|FA Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 On Mac you can also look in the help system files: Applications -> VW -> VWHelp -> HTML5 -> VW2020_Guide ->.... I found that location when I was looking for the icon for the GIS Toolset, which I never found. I migrated my workspace from 2019 to 2020, and it did not bring in the new icon for the GIS toolset. If anyone knows where to find (or a VW employee can upload) this icon it would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment
verdancedesign Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 Thank you both, @Pat Stanford and @efa! The icons inside Applications/VW/VWHelp/HTML5/VW2020_Guide are low-res (I presume these are used for the online help manual), so the app can't use them for tool palette images. The images inside the application package are within the Vectorworks.vwr file, which cannot be selected when trying to select an image from the Workspace Editor, so back in the Finder I selected Vectorworks.vwr and did another right-click to Show Package Contents, and voila! there is the /Images folder that contains subfolders of not only the images used in the Basic toolset but also images used in the OIP, worksheet editor, and almost everything else in the app -- excluding, interestingly, the images used in other toolsets e.g. Dims/Notes. I have no idea where those images are hiding, but that's my next mission! Note that the Tools images are the correct dimensions; but most others will need to be resized to 52x40 (at 72 ppi) to be used by the tool palettes. I duplicated the /Images/Tools folder and moved it to my desktop, and from there I can select an image from the Workspace Editor for my new custom palettes. I'll post updates here as I learn more. Thanks again for getting me going in the right direction. Quote Link to comment
StefanoT Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) Toolset images are stored in the workspace (.vww) file as ASCII: the easiest way to copy them from an old/different workspace is to copy/paste lines of text from file to file, opening the .vww file with a text editor. Backup your .vww files before editing them: it works on VW2019 and migrating icons from VW2019 to VW2020 but having a backup of the .vww files is safer. More info, and some helpful tips by @Robert Anderson here: Edited November 10, 2019 by STR 4 Quote Link to comment
verdancedesign Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 WOW, @STR and @Robert Anderson -- this is so far beyond my pay grade I never would have found it (and still may not attempt it) — but it is exactly what I was looking for. (And, BTW, did not find when searching the Forum for "tool" and "image" … guess "toolset" and "picture" was necessary.) Thank you!! 1 Quote Link to comment
paulg Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I am not upgrading to 2020 purely because I hate the new icon graphics. Soooooo chunky it make them harder differentiate each tool. It seems like the advice both is that you can choose your own... with a lot of hassle. PS. Can VW please hire someone with a graphic design skills to work on these icons for the next service pack upgrade? 2 Quote Link to comment
Johalperin Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Is there a way to expand the tools in the Basic Tools so they all stay open? In other words, if you see the tool by pressing the little triangle is there a way to make those additional tools stay visible in the Basic tool box? Also is there a way to make the Basic Tool box bigger beyond the + sign at the top of it? Quote Link to comment
E|FA Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Johalperin said: if you see the tool by pressing the little triangle is there a way to make those additional tools stay visible in the Basic tool box? Not as far as I know. However, you can modify the Basic tools palette, or make a new one with the tools you want to see, using the Workspace Editor: https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2020/eng/index.htm#t=VW2020_Guide%2FStart%2FCustomizing_workspaces.htm https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2020/eng/index.htm#t=VW2020_Guide%2FStart%2FModifying_tool_palettes_and_tool_sets.htm Quote Link to comment
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