Automatically created classes

Several classes are created and assigned to objects automatically by features in the Vectorworks Design Suite products, regardless of which standards have been established at setup. See Setting class properties. Examples of automatically created classes include:

NonPlot or A-ANNO-NPLT (Vectorworks Architect): This class is created when you insert a door or window object. The loci that define the window and door edges are created in this class, which is normally set to Invisible so that the loci are hidden.

Notes-Redlines or A-ANNO-REDL (Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight): This class is created when you insert a redline object with the Redline tool. The Show or Hide Redlines command uses the class to toggle the visibility of all redline objects.

Guides (Vectorworks Architect and Landmark): This class is created when you select the Modify > Guides > Make Guide command to designate an object as a guide.

The Wall Framer command (Vectorworks Architect) creates the following classes: Framer-Block, Framer-Header, Framer-Sill, Framer-Sole Plate, Framer-Stud, and Framer-Top Plate.

Site-DTM-Modifier (Vectorworks Architect and Landmark): This class is created when you insert Pad, Texture Bed, Grade Limits, and Spoil Pile objects. The roadway objects include pad and grade limit objects if the Use Site Modifiers and Use Grade Limits check box is selected from the Object Info palette. The Show or Hide Site Modifiers command uses the class to toggle the visibility of these objects.

Irrigation objects (Vectorworks Landmark): Many classes and sub-classes are automatically created when you insert irrigation objects. The design and calculated information display depends on their usage.

Object auto-classing

In addition to the automatic classes that are created and assigned to objects as described above, many plug-in objects in the Vectorworks libraries (such as doors or spaces) can be automatically assigned to a class according to the drawing standard that is currently active for the file. (See Standard naming.)

If the Enable Auto-classing check box is selected in the Standard Naming dialog box, these plug-in objects will be automatically placed in an appropriate class as they are added to the drawing. The class is created automatically if it does not yet exist.

If the Enable Auto-classing check box is not selected, the objects are placed in the active class (some objects, however, are automatically classed regardless of the setting). The objects can be assigned to the proper class if you enable auto-classing later on.

Setting a default class for all symbol definitions in a file

Command	Path
Set Default Symbol Class	Tools > Utilities

If you want all the symbol definitions in a library file to be assigned to a specific class when you insert them in a drawing, you can set a default class for file. 

To set the default class for all the symbol definitions in a file:

For a Vectorworks library file, copy the library file to your user or workgroup folder, and then run the command on the copy. Otherwise, your changes will be lost the next time you update the Vectorworks libraries. See Concept: Resource libraries.

Select File > Open, and open the file to set a default class for.

Select the command.

A warning dialog box opens. Click Yes to confirm that you want to set a default class for all symbol definitions in the file.

The Enter Text dialog box opens.

Enter the default class name.

If the name matches an existing name in the file other than a class, an alert dialog box opens.

Select File > Save to save the changes.

When symbol definitions are inserted into a drawing from this file, they will be assigned to the default class.

If an object is assigned to a class in your drawing standard and auto-classing is enabled, the class in the drawing standard overrides the default class. For example, if you set a default class for a Vectorworks door library file, but you then select the VWArch standard and enable auto-classing for your project file, doors you insert from the library file are assigned to the Door-Main class, as specified in the VWArch standard.