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Custom Cable Connectors? - Entertainment - VectorWorks forum

Author: Doreen Gao

Jun. 16, 2025

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Custom Cable Connectors? - Entertainment - VectorWorks forum

Alright I'll admit there's a good chance I'm just missing something obvious here. Waiting on Service Select but in the mean time...

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How do you add a new cable connector type in Spotlight ? 

The current video available only shows VWX , and involves editing an XML that's not present in . I did try editing the CableConnectorCache.xml and it just resets itself on launch. https://university.vectorworks.net/mod/overview/view.php?id=

My understanding is that I should be able to make a symbol (duplicated then edited), put it in $UserFolder>Libraries>Defaults>Cable Tool>Feeder Cable.vwx and the Cable Tool will automatically populate that information. 

I did that and am able to see the symbol in the cable parts but not the connectors in 'StartConnector' or 'End Connector' in the OIP. 

6 hours ago, jcogdell said:

As @Stefan B. said previously you have to edit the CableConnector.xml file found in the application library folder. There is a video in the Cable tools learning path on the Vectorworks University that goes through the entire process.
https://university.vectorworks.net/course/index.php?mycourses=0&tagfilter[category]=content+category-5-entertainment&tagfilter[type]=content+type-8-learning+paths&tagfilter[difficulty]=0&search=cable+tools&langfilter[]=0

Hey J
There is no CableConnector file. There is a CablePartsCache (which I included my edited in above post) when adding a new "cable part" to this XML file its doesn't show up in all intended places. I understand the workflow and how to use the cable tools, either completely missing something or its not working how it should. Thanks for the quick response

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