There should be a button for Plug-in Options in the OIP

[Christiaan]

It took me a lot of messing about to get the new wall closure feature working properly. This is partly because wall closures necessarily have a complex relationship with walls but I think the main problem was that Plug-in Options are tucked away in a contextual menu. And many of the problems I see people having with wall closures also relate to the discoverability of Plug-in Options. I've even heard/seen people say they haven't seen the Plug-in Options window before.

 

Plug-in Options are quite a bit more important now that they include wall insertion and wall closure options, nearing the importance of Settings even.

 

So I think there's a simple fix for this: every single plug-in object should have a "Plug-in Options..." button in the object Info palette. And if the plug-in has a Style dropdown menu in the OIP, that also needs a "Edit Style Plug-in Options..." option.

Edited December 21, 2021 by Christiaan

[Christiaan]

What do you think @Matt Panzer?

[Matt Panzer]

31 minutes ago, Christiaan said:

What do you think @Matt Panzer?

 

Hi Christiaan,

I do agree that these options could be made more discoverable and think adding a button would be reasonable.

I also think it would should investigate other ways to make these settings discoverable.

 

Would you mind submitting a VE for this as well?

We can then link it to this thread.

[E|FA]

I agree completely.  As an added bonus, being able to access these settings via key commands would be nice.  AFAIK contextual menus are not "discoverable" by the Workspace Editor.

[Christiaan]

Done! VE-102473

 

Thanks for the chat today Matt, that helped crystallise my thoughts above.

 

That's my first time attending online sessions like that and I found it really useful even though I wasn't prepared for them. I'm going to create a list of things for next year's summit and clear my diary out (don't worry it'll be a list of training-related stuff, not feature requests 😁)!

Edited November 3, 2021 by Christiaan

[Matt Panzer]

2 hours ago, Christiaan said:

Done! VE-102473

 

Great!  Thanks!

 

2 hours ago, Christiaan said:

Thanks for the chat today Matt, that helped crystallise my thoughts above.

 

Absolutely!  I was great meeting you "face to face"!

 

2 hours ago, Christiaan said:

That's my first time attending online sessions like that and I found it really useful even though I wasn't prepared for them. I'm going to create a list of things for next year's summit and clear my diary out (don't worry it'll be a list of training-related stuff, not feature requests 😁)!

 

Whew!  Remember, I have a record of you stating this!  🤣

 

But seriously, I'm always open to talk about anything as long as time permits and people aren't lined up waiting to ask their questions.  It's always a pleasure to talk with VW users.  After all, I've been one for over 22 years before coming to work here.  🙂