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Thanks James. New file is all OK. FYI im on a Mac M3.

Hats off to you as well James. Amazing! However the QT file is not saving in the same file location.... Vector Script seems to be running to the allocated location, however no 'MOVIE' file is created. Thanks for arising to the 'summons'.

Peter, Michael, this is great. Hats off to you both. Is there a way to use this and record an animation?

Thanks Scott

Loving 2024. Just have a few questions regarding the equipment summary key. Where has the HIDE UNUSED TYPES toggle gone? I run an ESK with hundreds of symbols loaded in order etc. Which is a huge time saver for me. Now that I can't hide the unused symbols it means I have to spend time building the key every time. Can this toggle please be brought back or is it hiding somewhere new? The news that we could display fixture modes in the equipment summary key sounded great, but it seems like it involves a huge amount of steps to get the information to display.... Download the GDTF information for the required fixture, at https://gdtf-share.com That's if the fixture has a GDTF file which I found a lot of fixtures are not on the site.... ETC Lustres..... GLP X4 bar 20 etc.... were missing.... Then I could request someone build me a file or build my own. Time consuming. When it's toggled onto SHOW GDTF MODE every symbol then gets a '1' under it, which means you have to download a GDTF file for every symbol used to make the ESK look neat. Is there a way to display the dmx footprint with mode info? That's a very useful combo. I have been copy pasting LW info onto plans to show relevant fixture mode info. Am I missing something here? Is there a simpler way? Will this get better? many thanks and a happy new year to you all....

Great news. Many thanks Justin getting this done.

Many thanks Jesse, these are great. Much appreciated.

Thanks for your reply Steve, agreed on all your points. I have purchased many of your packs over time. However as my VSS price has been increased by over 50% this year, I did think Vectorworks could pull it out and provide some accurate fixtures. The only reply from VW so far is to hurry up and wait... 'I cannot offer a timeframe for when a resolution will be released in the software.' Perhaps I will start a list of all the unsatisfactory issues that need to be resolved. As I am now paying a larger amount of money for this service I expect there to be accurate symbols, plugs ins that don't crash freeze like the instrument summary. Which when originally designed by Josh Benghiat worked perfectly, since VW took over its gone down hill to a sluggish pile of.... Of course they say a change is coming in 2024, needless to say the issues have been present for at least 3 years. Thats a long time to wait for a software fix, obviously it tells us where we sit in priorities. So will the Lustre 3 be fixed any time in the next 3 years? The fixture was released by ETC in March 2021. We are getting very close to the 3 year window. I'm curious to see how many other LD's feel this way.

I know this has been mentioned before on the forums.... Could the ETC S4 Lustre series 3 symbols be drawn to show correct size and shape (721mm). You are currently using incandescent S4 symbols which are smaller (579mm). Thanks.

I have similar issues. LX plan references set plan. Music stand symbols on set plan at +00mm have jumped to LX positions +6000mm on LX plan. This jump does not happen in the original set plan. Have not found a way to fix this. As mentioned above this should not happen. Makes sections look pretty stupid. Anyway a solution would be very welcome. This has been passed onto VW support and a bug filed.

Hi There I am contemplating upgrading to the latest MAC OS + VW 22. I am however still on a 2018MBP with intel chip. There seems to be lost of happy M1MAX people. It would be great to get some feedback from older machines/people?

I find the best way is to copy paste from Lightwright the relevant fixture information. I have however wished this feature upon VW's legend/key. Hopefully someday.

I've found running the 'Purge' tool helps to speed up instrument summary.

This has been sorted.

Happy NY everyone, I've placed chain motors in my drawing and then moved the origin of the drawing. Now the chain motors still reference the old origin position. I've tried redrafting the chain motor, data tags, measurement labels all have the old origin point. The OIP shows the chain motor at the new origin position. Y=+4650. The reference point further down in the OIP references 'drawing origin' with Y=-1700 which is the old origin position. Any thoughts would be most welcome. Thanks DC