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Josh Schulman

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    Foggers/Hazers

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    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.

    2010 Label Legend

    in Entertainment

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    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?

    undo bug

    in Entertainment

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    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?

    Lightwright to Spotlight Dump

    in Entertainment

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    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

    Lightwright to Spotlight Dump

    in Entertainment

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    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

    L.E.D.

    in Rendering

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    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.

    L.E.D.

    in Rendering

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    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.

    L.E.D.

    in Rendering

    Posted

    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.

    Import from LW4 to VW 10.5

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    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?

    Updated Instrument Libraries

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    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

    Updated Instrument Libraries

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    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

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