I'm having an issue selecting my fixtures in
Vectorworks without force selecting them. I am in the same layer and class that the instruments are in, but unless I click the insertion
point or (as I said before) force select them I cannot click on them. Thoughts?
I realize this is an ancient post, but I was having the identical problem and ran across this post, which doesn't answer the question. However, I found the answer and am posting it here because I will probably forget and maybe I'll find this post again the next time it happens.
The problem is your Symbol class/layer does not match the instance class/layer and you do not have show/
snap others/modify selected. You probably don't want to modify everything which is why you don't have that selected. You can fix the problem by changing either the symbol class/layer or the instance class/layer to match the other. To change the symbol class layer, right click on the symbol in the resource browser and edit the 2D symbol. In the Object Info
palette, change the Class/Layer to match what you're using in your drawing. To change the instance, select the instance(s) of the symbol where you use it and then in the OIP change the Class/Layer of the instance to match those used by the symbol.
What is happening? Since you're using two different Class/Layers for the same object, it's impossible to select it unless you can modify both layers. The only way to do this is to turn on
"show/
snap others/modify" and then you can modify both at once. For some unknown (to me anyway) reason, it will let you select and modify the instance in the instance Class/Layer if you click on exactly the right spot or select it with a bounding box. It's easier to find 'right spots' if you have Draw Beam checked. Again, I don't know why. It's just a quirk of VW.