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Josh Schulman

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  1. This is the file I was trying to import. Am I missing something obvious?
  2. I've run into a problem today, I cannot get pdf files to import into VW. I use the import command from the File menu and the message I get is "Unable to import some or all of the document's pages." I even tried to import a pdf that I made using VW and got the same response. Thoughts? Is this a bug in 2015?
  3. I am very confused about how to make a HDRI background. I know how to make an Image background but I really want to take a photo of the site I am working on and bring it into VW as an HDRI image. I've tried to follow the directions in the help file, but they are a bit obtuse. I am using VW2015 designer w/Renderworks installed. Any help would be great, thanks.
  4. I have two requests. The first is for more control over the truss tool. It would be very useful to be able to type in more custom geometry. It would also be useful to be able to create corner blocks and 45? blocks. My other request is I would like someone to fix the circle truss tool. If you build a piece of circle truss, say 45? part, then use the mirror and duplicate tool, it flips it somewhere weird. Has anyone else seen that? Thanks
  5. In Spotlight, it would be great if you could choose how to display the dimmer format for lighting units. If I have Lightwright display the dimmer as 2/234 I want to keep it that way, not having VW auto change it to 746. There are also some times when I want the format to be 2/234 or even B.234
  6. I think an really important thing to know about the MultiCircuit function is that it will not work if it thinks that some part of your instrument in not a light. I just played around with 6 S4 pars. If I drew in the bar that the pars were on or even a locus, VW treated the lights as one fixture. If I just had the pars, they were treated as a MultiCircuit. Here is the file with the two different par configurations:
  7. mk, I think I see what you did. Very clever. This is great. Thank you.
  8. mk, I'd like to see what you are talking about. Could you email it to me? joshuaschulman@mac.com Thanks.
  9. Right, but do those fields modify the number of channels that are displayed? For instance, if I tell a light that it has two channels, there is still only one place to input a channel number in the IOP. If I tell a light that it has two channels, how does VW show that information?
  10. RickR, what I want VW to do is know that as soon as I put my light on the plot, it has 3 channels. It is kind of a multi circuit instrument, but kind of not. Yes, it would take 3 dimmers, but I would only count it as one lighting unit on a pipe, not unit #A. It would be clever if VW could look at the Number Channels field and read it to know how many channels to give you. I could see this coming in handy with an LED fixture as well.
  11. In Spotlight, it would be nice if you could adjust the focus (sharpness or hardness) of a light in a similar manner that you do with an actual theatrical fixture. Bonus points if you could make a gobo softer as well.....
  12. mk, I think you nailed it! Thank you! Now I just need to tell VW that my lighting unit has three channels, not 1....
  13. I'm trying to make an 8 light Mole-Fay but my symbol keeps reverting back to a 4 light version. This is what I've done to make it -I grabbed the 4 light version from the library -I duplicated it into a new symbol -I grabbed it and mirrored it onto itself in order to make an 8 light instead of a 4 light. Here is my problem. When I use the symbol insertion tool, no problems. It looks fine. But when I use the instrument insertion tool, the symbol reverts back to its pre modified form. What gives? I'd include pictures but for the life of me I can't figure out how to attach them.
  14. Does anyone have a good way to get VW to accurately render linear LED fixtures? I'm talking about Colorblazes or better still, the ALQ Bar from Acclaim http://www.acclaimlighting.com/products/product-detail/product/alq-bar.html I know that I can make a linear light object out of a line but that's not accurate. When I import an IES file into a custom light, it behaves more like a spotlight than what I am after. Thanks
  15. I would make a circle (the railing) and then make a path object to do the top of the railing. Duplicate the path object first so there are two of them sitting one top of each other. Grab one path object and your railing circle then Extrude Along Path. For the uprights, make one and then Duplicate Along Path. You can tell VW how far apart to put the uprights. Then I would Add Solids the whole thing together once you know it is all good. That part saves on file size.
  16. I think it would be handy to be able to tell the LIR a few more things: 1. There should be a category for LED as opposed to light or moving light 2. In the Candlepower field you should be able to give it lumens or lux and have it auto convert into whatever it uses to figure out how "bright" a light is 3. With LEDs there are often different bightnesses for the different emitters. Being able to enter that info would be good as well. On a side note, the lighting libraries are very out of date. I find myself making new symbols just about every day.....
  17. I wish that VW knew about pinching and pulling with Mac trackpads. I have my trackpad setup to pan rather than zoom, but having the option to do both would be great. While I'm on it, what about other multitouch functionality?
  18. That was very helpful. I still wish that VW had a better way to do it via a tool.
  19. I'm trying to figure out a good way to model large scale event tents. I've tried to use the drape surface tool over the the tent poles but it never works out right. I don't know if geometery of the tents is too complicated for VW to figure out. I've also tried using the loft surface tool but that isn't really what I'm looking for either. This is more or less what I'm trying to make: [img:center]http://uniqueattractions.com.au/images/visu_img_6.jpg[/img] Any help would be great.
  20. Thank you both. I ended up finding it on my own. Andrew, I ended up playing around with it until I found 3 basic hanging positions. Then I wrote them down on a sticky note and put it on my monitor. I do with that it were more intuitive though. It should be somewhere near the top of the OIP along with X, Y, Z, and rotation.
  21. I often deal with 3-d truss rigs and am hanging units not just below the truss but above them and yoked straight off of them as well. Why isn't there a way to tell the lights how they are hung instead of assuming that they are all underhung? Because all of the symbols are 2d/3d hybrids you can't just duplicate the symbol and flip it about in 3d. Where this gets really frustrating is when I export my files to my light board. They don't look right and that's no good. Any help would be great.
  22. Does anyone know of or have symbols for Layher brand scaffolding? I can't even find a scaffold tool in VW. I could make all the elements but that seems very time consuming. Thanks!
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