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2 hours ago, klinzey said:
I did a quick check in 2020sp2 and it looks like it's still an issue. I could not find the issue in our system for this specific problem so I created one so we can take a look at the problem. You can reference VB-166672 is you have any further information to add the the issue.
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Hey Sam,
Used the Refresh all truss tags. It seems like the trusses within the HP do not update after re-entering and exiting the HP. It was strange to me too, because the first cycle of the workflow works flawless. But after editing a HP the data does not update immediately. I’ll pm you a screenrecording if you want.
30 minutes ago, Sam Jones said:Sebastian, I'm finding it strange that entering and exiting the the HP refreshes the the Truss tag. I don't have access to the code for HPs. There is a "Refresh All Truss Tags" that should accomplish the refresh.
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3 minutes ago, JuanP said:
@Sebastiaan It could be a bug fixed in 2020SP2 that will be released very soon. Stay tuned for updates!
I can't wait 😉
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On 5/16/2019 at 7:14 PM, Sam Jones said:
Scott,
I'm cruising the inside passage on a smaller vessel with limited internet, but you could use the AutoPlot "Place VLM Truss Tags" command. You can delete the tags if they are no use to you, but they will leave the HP truss with a position field attached to the Truss Record and filled out with the HP name.
Josh pointed me in the right direction, but sorting out the multiple Truss Records had some trial and error involved in order to find the correct one to consistently use.
Hey @Sam Jones I was trying out your Truss Tag workflow to get the position names in Truss within Hanging Positions. It looks great and is exactly what I was looking for for a long while!
I found one issue however. On the first cycle of the workwflow everything looks great, my worksheets shows the position values.
But then I want to edit the Hanging Positions Profile and add some extra Truss. If I now go through the steps again. The worksheet will not update the position in the newly added trusses. There is an extra line with the position field left empty. Then if I only enter and exit the edited HP again, then the position field updates again. Like it needs some kind of extra refresh.
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Hi All,
In 2019 and before it was common practise for me to use the 2d polygon tool to create profiles to extrude. Sometimes with single extruded lines, sometimes more complex 2d polygons.
I noticed first that a vw2019 project opened in vw2020 all of the extrudes that are created from single lines lost their fills. I had to convert them to generic solids to give them back their fills.
Also I noticed that if I wanted to create a new extrude from a sinlge polygon /line that they did not have a fill and I could not change that fill. I can create extrudes from sinlge lines with a fill if my attribute palette is set to class style at the moment of drawing it., but still it can not be edited afterwards.
About a month ago I was having issue with disappearing fills in cloud rendering for which I posted the topic below. I am now thinking that this is caused by the same issue. I think at that time the cloud rendering was already updated to 2020 causing the behaviour.
Has anybody else had the same experience?
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Could someone from VW respond to this issue? @JuanP
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Oh and by the way. One temporary workaround could be to export your design to vwx 2018 and run your LC Exports from there.
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You probably have the HOG dongle?
They stopped supporting HOG dongles. Also they say it is because the software became L8 and is not associated with LC anymore. I believe there are some conflicts between L8 and LC that caused the split. Not that it should matter to us users.
I had the same license and was angry at first that they stopped supporting my license. In the end I did pay for the FP19 update. And I must say that it made me very happy!
The new export plugin runs much faster. I have some very heavy geometry in my designs that used to take ages to export. Now this is finished in seconds. Also some geometry and textures that did not export perfectly now export without flaws. And lots of improvements in the software also.
So just to say, even though LC and L8 made some really bad PR. The FP19 is worth the money if you can spare. I personally went up one tier to .net for 500.
I think the new Export plugin won’t work with your license also as it’s a part of FP19.
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1 hour ago, Gaspar Potocnik said:
Any news on this? Or any workaround to get them to disappear?
I found that if you select the instrument and then set their line attribute to none in the attributes pallette. Then the leader lines disappear. They remain visible when the instrument is selected. But disappear after deselecting.
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2 hours ago, LVLDME said:
This makes sense as to why drawings made in 2019, opened in 2020 don't retain their patch. Also importing mvr files into vision 2020 that were exported from vectorworks 2019 have very random patch information missing.
So what is the correct workflow to take work done in 2019 to 2020 and still have all the tools function correctly? like ma2 export plug in, lightwright and Vision?
Or at least a work around until things are fixed? Maybe a script that can copy that info back and forth between both new and old fields depending on which version you are transferring to or from?
Maybe you can use find and modify to copy the values found in de user adress / universe to the new fields.
also a Autoplot function called copy field tot field could help put everything in the right place.
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Hi, I am currently expierencing this problem and am wondering if there is a fix or workaround for this? A collegue has instrument that where once placed in the active class and remain in that class in the Visualization Palette.
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6 hours ago, LX1 said:
I have a slightly related topic that hopefully someone can help me with. Sometimes I want to move all components of my label legend for one fixture but not another with the same legend. Is there a way to do this without creating another label legend. Basically I want to select all and drag to a new place.
Either, you have to move all of the parts of the legend by hand.
Or you you can group all of the items in your Label Legend layout. In this case there is only one handle to move everything at once. However there are some issues with grouped legends you might run into.
you can not select multiple blue handles of an not grouped legend.
Data Tags will give you more freedom of placement. They are worth trying out.
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Hi In this topic I learned how to extract the original toolset pic from a workspace file.
I shared the rigging and event design pics in one of my posts there.
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Sliders please!
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attached is a screenshot of a detail in the render. You can see the empty geometry where the texture should be.
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Hi,
Since version 2019 we can layout 3D label legends like we can with 2d Legends.
I like this, since My 3D label now looks the same as it does in 2d and I use the same classes that I use in 2D.
However each time that I enter the "edit fields" window of that legend all fields that are used in 3D are automatically classed in Lighting-Label-3D. So now my layout atributed are reverted to the 3D class.
I would like the fields of the 3D label to have the same class as the 2d fields. Channel class is channel class etc. There is no need for a seperate 3D class either!
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Third bump!
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1 hour ago, klinzey said:
I can reproduce the problem and we will have someone investigate the issue. VB-165352
Thank you!
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Hi,
I regularly render my files by starting a render from the Nomad App. This worked really well and fast.
However lately I have experienced random textures not being rendered and leaving empty geometry in my PDF's.
They render fine locally, but not when I start it from nomad or cloud services.
I have just filed a support request, but am wondering if other users have experienced this too and maybe know what I can do to prevent it?
Can't post file here due to confidentiality.
Regards,
Sebastiaan
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Since version 2019 we are able to grouxp label legend layouts so they can be moved all in one with one handle.
However I found out that when this is done they now behave as rotating legends, exept for the fact that the layout gets messy now.
See attached images and testfile.
Can this be filed to be fixed?
Regards,
Sebastiaan
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Hi,
The spotlight preference "automatically assign the class of lighting devices" does not work anymore. The class that is created is not the value of the field that I set but instead it is "0".
See attached image.
Mac OS Mojave on VW 2020 tried on converted 2019 file at first, restarted the program. Tried on new clean 2020 file same result.
Please file as bug. Example file is attached.
Regards,
Sebastiaan
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I am a bit curious what a PD or dimmer looks like in Lightwright. I played with the demo a bit but I couldn’t really get through it.
could someone show a screenshot of what the output is in LW for a PD and a dimmer?
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30 minutes ago, Lec said:
Hi there, ideally you would have a symbol similar to that of a lighting fixture - only its shape would be a simple rectangle in 2d and cuboid in 3d. The idea would be to double click on it as you would a lighting fixture and then you input information such as power input (Powerlok, 63A 3phase Ceeform, 125A Ceeform etc) and the types of power outputs (16A single, 32A 3phase etc etc). It would simply represent schematically what sort of distros you are using on your event so crew can see on a plan what mains distros go where. If possible it would also calculate phase loading if you had the ability to tell it what multicore (socapex) were plugged into where. It just seems a pity that you can stipulate almost every known possibility for a generic light such as beam angle, shutters gobos, circuit way, address, unit number etc, but there is nothing as useful for mains distros which are just as important a part of any rig for a production electrician. Too often I see Vectorworks pandering towards the needs of US theatre designers with little or no support for the rest of us who work in the corporate sector all over the world. We need better service for the vast amount of money we spend on VSS.
A friend of mine is working on a Mac application that does exactly what you described above. Except for the fact that it is an external app.
So far I have used excel to make my dimmer and PSU sheets and spend ages on macro’s for automation of the process. This did result in a fast workflow.
Ofcourse it would be magnificent if it where built into VWX. But if it does what you need fats and effective then that’s great too isn’t it?
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Regularly I get frustrated. Very understandable.
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Leader lines grouped 3D labels do not follow label
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Problem is still present in 2020 sp2 @klinzey?