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Hi Everyone,

 

I was hoping someone could help me create a script that would toggle the "Black Background" and "Use Layer Colors" settings on and off based on if I am in a Design Layer or a Sheet Layer.

 

I like to draft in my Design Layers with a black background and layer colors, but then when I switch to Sheet Layers to dimension and add notes to my viewports I prefer to turn off those two settings. As it is now I have those  two toggles in my quick settings tool bar, but I would like to automate it so anytime Vectorworks is in a Design Layer it will turn on the "Black Background" and "Use Layer Colors" tools. Then if Vectorworks is in a sheet layer it will turn both of those settings off so the lines are normal colors and the background is white.

 

Any help would be appreciated. 

 

Thank you,

Maxwell

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You can set preferences fairly easily with SetPref(). The constants for Layer Colors and Black Background are in the Appendix. https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:SetPref

 

You can check if the active layer is design or sheet with https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:GetObjectVariableInt

The object variable selector is 154. It will return 1 for season layer and 2 for sheet layer.

 

Having the process be automatic would require the SDK, which is the only way to listen for user actions. You can add a script to a saved view, though.

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