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TomWhiteLight

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  1. OK, Tech Support have had a look and found the fixtures that won't align and distribute have been set to a static accessory in the Object Info Pallatte. If you set them back to lighting device then this should work. It won't let you align static accessories as they normally have a parent device and sit within a sort of container.
  2. Hi @stingalleman It cannot be a bug if it is only happening to you, We need to work out where the conflict is coming from. I cannot replicate the same issue on 2023 sp6. FYI Spotlight Align and Distribute will work with non lighting devices. Can you post a copy of the file? Or DM me the file?
  3. Does this work with symbols? Or should the user convert to group first?
  4. Morning Hive Mind. I just had a customer ask me the following questions and as well as asking internally I thought you all might be able to offer some insight on a starting point. "Is there any way to convert a drawn object in Vectorworks to Vectorscript? I really want to convert some of our symbol library to Plugin tools, but I need a way to get the Vectorscript that would draw the object as part of the tool." Many thanks for anyone who can help.
  5. Hi Matt. I tend to insert the hoists last. the other solution I had was to use a rigging object to attach the bumper to.(A Lighting Pipe with its class set to invisible). Anyone else have any suggestions? I think their might be an existing enhancement request for this (I will check) All the best Tom W
  6. Anyone else see the title of this thread appear and click on the link hoping for drum kits, guitarists, risers, bass players? Or was it just me? 😄
  7. Hi, I just tested in a new black file with the same fixtures and it works, I am in 2023 SP5. What SP are you on? If you are on a current version, you might need to open the Vectorworks Updater app and perform a repair. Let us know how you get on.
  8. Appreciate you are busy Chris but we have a trading team if you ever wanted to discover how to do that stuff. They can also do online 1 to1’s if that helps. all the best tom w
  9. Can you duplicate the existing spanset and trim/split it? Extrude along path?
  10. Can you screenshot your resource manager for us?
  11. I have a 'plain texture' which I apply during the create room dialogue if that makes sense?
  12. You can create a worksheet of sheet layers, this is possible.
  13. The Glow texture (Filament) will only show using Spotlight Preview or Realistic render mode. The output is also more accurate in these render styles. To dim, Right click on bulb and select edit light and then adjust dimmer.
  14. What you need to do is to make your customs symbols distributor objects. The Symbol is just a symbol, it doesn't know know that its now a device simply by adding the consumer. The Lighting device is a PIO which was intended for use with the cable tools. To make distributor object you could modify existing content by duplicating and pasting symbol (geometry) inside.
  15. If you update the Light Info Record to the latest version this will help. You can also create a Graphic Legend, these are way quicker than the instrument summary tool and are available for free. I enclose an example to get you going. GL For Lights example.vwx
  16. So the human figures (500mb!) in the file are making the drawing unstable. I have swapped these out and it solved the problem.
  17. I think its the heavy mesh objects which are causing the problem.
  18. Thanks for answering the questions, looking into the file now.
  19. OK, can you post your machine specs. Also do you have an internet connection when you are using the software? Is the lighting device one from a Vectorworks Library? Or a device you have created? Are you on VW2023SP4. Lastly we updated the Light Info Record in 2023. Is this a file that was made before September last year? If so can you import a new light info record from the library's? You can do this by inserting a lighting device from one of our librarys into the document. Lastly, can you post a file.
  20. Can you repair your user folder? You can do this in the Vectorworks Updater App under advanced options.
  21. Hold down the alt key to exit the path all along.
  22. I am just wondering how intensive this would be as you would be rendering and redraw/refresh twice the amount of objects in a scene. The objects in the design layer and additionally the objects in the camera view redrawing on the screen. I wondered if having cameras output an NDI stream externally from VW and then play NDI feeds on screen and tv objects in VW would be more efficient. This would link in to some other requests about LED screens and monitors playing back content live in VW. As there are rendering implications to this workflow I am going to tag @bbudzon as this might thread might be of interest.
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