Josh Schulman

I know that I can edit the patterns in Preferences. That is a bummer that you can't reorder the patterns.

I'm wondering if it is possible to change the way that the patters are displayed. By this I mean the order that the patterns are displayed? Thanks

Sure, imagine a paper towel tube that has been opened or maybe a popped can of biscuit dough. [img:center]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0WlJg3o4BSI/TYFl9u1HYtI/AAAAAAAAAWc/Tj-Tt-rAEIM/IMG_3126%255B3%255D.jpg[/img] The idea is that every closed section of the spiral is 13' and each open section is 6' There are a total of 4 twists. Does that make sense?

I'm trying to make a curved spiral truss and can't figure out any way to do it. I'm also trying to make a spiral object from the above truss. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Thanks!

I know I can make any symbol I want to for this, but is there a good resource for foggers and/or hazers out there? Many units have multiple control channels and it is faster to browse the manufacturer libraries than scour the web.

That did it! It'd been so long since I had to make labels from scratch, I'd forgotten that bit... doh!

I'm pretty sure that I used to be able to have a light that looked like this:

When I unselect "Non Rotating", I get this:

So I'm drafting a new file from scratch and I've got some real problems with the way that VW is treating Label Legends. In VW 12.5 I was able to create a Label Legend that spun the Channel circle about the unit regardless of how it was positioned. Now when I make a legend and spin the unit around, the channel circle doesn't rotate about the unit. When I tell the manager that the field is non-rotating it doesn't help me out either. I used to have 3 or 4 labels in VW 12.5, one for Source 4's, one for Striplights, one for Parcans. Now do I need to make multiple legends for each unit depending on it's orientation? I hope not... Thoughts?

I've noticed that if I've drawn a unit in Spotlight and Move it (for instance), if I Undo that action, the unit will suddenly display all of the attached info to it. Like it is in the Label Legend screen. Any thoughts?

I'm not using the automated feature, and I never needed to in the past. Even when I select only the fields that I'm using. I am making sure to include the External id and Ligtwright id. I am exporting a header row, and am filing blanks with a "-". Josh

Its still doing it. In the "Instrument Data Import" window, I select the file by browsing for it but the drop down menu that allows you to pick out the Unique ID Field isn't letting me select it to drop down. Josh

I've done this countless times but now I'm getting an error message when I try to import info from Lightwright to Spotlight (LW version 4.08, VW version 10.5.0) The message I get is Error: _541 _542 - Index outside array limits. Any Thoughts? Josh

Thank you all so much for your varied suggestions. I ended up making a disc that had no depth to it and giving it a chrome texture to make it reflective. I then placed a spotlight above the disc and made the beam of light 2" across, the same as the disc. It turned out okay.

No, I hadn't thought of that. Though that means punching hundreds of holes in the building. The L.E.D.s are on 8" centers, so thats going to be lots of holes. But I'll give it a try. Thanks.

I'm working on a project that involves many L.E.D. light sources. The goal of the rendering is to highlight the L.E.D. sources. Is there any way to create light objects in Vectorworks 10.5 that will let me do this? I have Renderworks installed as well. The closest that I've gotten is to make a very small disc (2"), make it a mirrored surface, and point a very small spot light at it. This becomes a real pain to do as the lights need to follow the contours of the building. Any thoughts? Thanks, Josh.

I figured out the mapping issue. I was trying to import too much data from LW to VW. Thanks for the help.

The Unique ID Field is greyed out, I can't click on it.

I'm having trouble moving my data from LW4 to VW 10.5. I am creating the data file to export from LW and when I open VW and browse to find the file, I am unable to select the drop down menu that allows me to tell VW to look for the external ID to match the incoming data, any thoughts?

Where would I find the list of gobo's available to 10.5? I have only very recently moved to 10.5 from 9.5. I knew where to find the pdf in the old version, but now I am at a total loss. Is there such a thing anymore? Thanks joshuaschulman@mac.com

The problem with doing this is that you end up with a very complex drawing with many lines. I Know that you can import a dfx symbol into Vectorworks but often what you end up with is something that is very dirty looking. If Vectorworks were to periodically update their symbols, it would be very helpful. I realize that ofter times you need to wait for information to come to ffrom the manufacturer but with the pace of developments in light design, I am surprised that no updates are released. I did not even notice an update to the library between version 9.5.3 and 10. So back to my original question, is Vectorworks going to release updated libraries for lighting instruments? Josh

Is Vectorworks going to release updated libraries for lighting instruments? I think that it would really be helpful if you all did. For instance, I need to find and/or make a 3d/2d hybrid for a VL 1000. Many lighting instruments are released all the time by the various manufacturers. Is any effort being made to make sure that the libraries that come with Vectorworks are also updated? Thanks

I'm in the process of using it right now. The problem is that they are all .dfx files. So conversion into a cleam looking symbol is tricky and time consuming.

Never Mind, I found the file. But it was buried very deep. Josh