Jimmy Lawlor

VW>AutoCAD question: --I want to export a VW drawing such that when I open it in CAD the following is true: all the parts/components/lines/groups/etc of a lighting instrument are on layer '0'. The actual symbol instance in the drawing is on layer 'Lighting-units'. --In VW, I've edited the symbol so all parts of the light are class '0'. When I insert a bunch of examples of that symbol in the drawing on class 'Lighting-units', things behave as expected: if I turn off either class, all the symbols disappear. --When I export to CAD, and try the same thing, freezing the '0' layer doesn't make the symbols disappear, but freezing 'Lighting-units' does make them disappear (as expected.) --In CAD, groups DO behave as expected here, i.e: the layer '0' still turns things invisible when frozen (the inner parts of the group are '0') as does 'Lighting-units' layer (the group as a whole is in this layer). Running VW2021 and AutoCAD 2023 all on PC. Here are my export settings if that's useful:

I just updated to VW2018 SP5 (mac, OS 10.13.6) and now VW crashes every time I open an existing file. I uninstalled VW2018, and reinstalled it. It works fine if I don't add 3rd party plug-ins (specifically Josh Benghiat's wonderful plug-ins) but the second I add plug-ins the app starts crashing again. This was not an issue in SP4. Help!

Hello All! I need a 2D section of a light that I have a 3D symbol for. I was trying to figure out if it's possible to put the symbol in the drawing, choose 'left' view, and then somehow grab the resulting view of the light and turn it into a 2d symbol (or group, or individual lines...I don't care). Does anyone have a trick for this? Best, --Jimmy

Hello All! I'm creating a master symbol library of all the 'non-soft symbol' lighting symbols that my cohorts and I use. I've achieved the first step of putting them all in one file, and then 'roughly' organizing them. Now I have the problem of having 14 different records, from all the different symbols. Is there a way to consolidate them so that I don't lose information? I want them to all be 'Lighting Info Record.' On a separate note, I've organized them all on to the 'none' class because I hoped that everyone would have a none class that they don't turn off, but I'd love to make it user definable. Is there a way to do that? Best, --Jimmy

So, some how my Basic Tools palette has disappeared. I've tried reloading my workspace, but to no avail. Help!!!!