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I'm not remembering when the USER folder was first introduced but it could have been about this time. It looks like VW2011 was when I first started putting our entire LIBRARY in DropBox. I just tried to find my original posted questions on VW with DropBox but my account is only showing back to 2011 so I can't pinpoint the date. I'm currently transitioning our 8 CAD user firm over to VW2018 from VW2016 and this has me questioning the setup we've been using with DropBox for years. Just reading this thread for the first time.

So better is that your Workgroup only contains your Custom Files So if V gets a SP with Library Updates, it will still use your old and maybe customized files in Workgroup, as longs as there *As the Workgroups Folder has Priority, V will use these Files and ignore the ones from the App Folder. (The exact copy of what you see also under "Vectorworks Libraries", coming from inside the App Folder) Now you should see your "Workgroup Libraries" at the bottom, contain new elements. When you restart V, Ressource Manager will see changes and ask to refresh the catalog. JUST ADD A FOLDER CALLED "Libraries" AND PUT YOUR STUFF IN FOLDERS THERE. In V Preferences, add that Path YourDisk/./Workgroup: Like : YourDisk/./WorkgroupĮDIT : DO NOT COPY FILES AND FOLDERS FROM VW APP/LIBRARIES FOLDER.Ĭopy the whole* "Libraries" out of Apps/Vectorworks 2017/ into your Workgroup folder. Make a path on your disk what will be your workgroup Folder. The simplest way would be, that is how I started, (As that happened again when I tried to set my 2017 workgroup folder) Old Resource Browser, when you want to open workgroup resources, 2017/Libraries/ which I tried, to not always have to open the "Libraries" folder each time again To set the workgroup Folder like "2017" with a copy of the whole library folder, /2017/Libraries/. Otherwise certain plugin objects like heliodon will not work as they may I don't recommend to deactivate "show default content" until you have a complete copy of Libraries With same file name at a higher priority location.

The only way to for example hide any defaults you don't want to see, create an empty V File Gets opened and shown, all other ignored. So if you have the same File 3 times in the same path structure, the one with highest priority (And anyone please correct me if I've mis-stated anything).īut everything customized too, if there is now workgroup folder assigned. You can place VW files directly into the Libraries subfolder if you just want them to appear in the Resource Manager, but if you want resources to show up in other tools (such as gradients appearing in the attributes palettes), then they need to be in their respective subfolders such as WGR Omniclass < Libraries < Defaults < Attributes - Gradients < file.vwx. So in the Resource Manager it's looking for the "Libraries" subfolder in each of those locations. The trick, though, is that in all of these locations Vectorworks expects to see the same folder hierarchy. You can have multiple and they can be placed anywhere on your hard drive. Essentially the same as User Folders, but I believe they only add resource libraries, and not things like workspaces.

Your User Folder (which I believe defaults to the location shown in the video above but can placed anywhere I moved all my stuff into a Dropbox folder).

Vectorworks' application folder (in the same place where all the programs on the computer are stored).

There are three places from which VW pulls things: Keep the VW preferences looking at the "WGR Omniclass" folder as you already have. Try putting all of the files in a subfolder called "Libraries," then refresh.