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not currently, but you can use the automatic classing to hide them. the auto classing is in the loads and rigging section of the Spotlight docuemtn preferences

@Stefan B. The dev team are working to make this sort of cable part reporting possible through the equipment list feature but its not quite there yet. The only way I've found to do this currently is to use the 'used parts summed' criteria from the cable object properties in a worksheet and then export it to excel. I set up a excel book using power query that would automatically process any excel sheets dropped in a folder, spliting the columns by deliminator, collating the number of cables by type etc... It takes a bit to set up but it only needs to be done once and then all you need to do each time is update the workbook when a new worksheet is exported from Spotlight.

@ilijahmora You can still turn on the use emitter option and increase the brightness value of the light in the light information tab of the lighting device dialogue (select the light and use the edit button in the OIP).

If you have ConnectCAD check out the Cable sheet feature, it can produce this sort of cable plan. As @Scott C. Parker says it isn't really designed for architectral/domestic power wiring but it can be easily adapted to do so since cabling sheets and riser diagrams are intended to be used to communicate with onsite electrical contratcors which means it has to use their standards.

Its not been removed but I did have to reset my resource manager cache after updating, to get it back. Your resource manager cache can be found in C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\Nemetschek

At the moment the manage loads tool is the official solution but the detach workflow needs to be improved and is on our internal enhancment priority list. @markdd's workflow is a good workaround, just make sure to turn off the autopositioning check boxes in the Spotlight preferences so the the load objects do not automatically reconnect to the trusses until you want them to.

You could if you wish to but personally I'd only fill in the pins used for truecon part, as only the power calculation makes use of the pin description/configuration, and you can always update the connector later if it becomes necessary.

The easiest way would be to edit the compatible with parameter of the connector definitions in the cable connector xml. This way you could set the truecon to be able to use both the standard truecon and the custom connector.

Although the cable tools arn't really set up for this you can do it. First step is to create a custom connector to represent the combined cable Once you have the connector you can configure your lights to use it and create custom cable parts for your library. The cable tools learning path on the Vectorworks University covers all the steps in dedicated videos.

What truss type are you using and what version of Spotlight? This error normally displays when the truss object definition has lost its length data. use the right click context menu command 'Customise Truss Symbol Data' to access the truss properties and check the Length field. Correct it as needed. A second option is to update the truss symbol defnintion in the file resources by importing the standard Spotlight library version of the truss into the file and choose 'replace symbol defnition in current document' whent he resource name conflict dialogue displays. this should reset the truss object.

Another way to approach this is to use data tags for the viewport where you need the larger scale, The tags will only be present in the viewport annotations and won't affect the label legend scale in another viewpüort or in design layers.

Its odd that the export works when set to mm but not m, the export process converts all dimensions to mm. I'll get a bug report opened and bring it to the dev teams attention

@ReMatsu Can you DM me the VWX file and the MVR created in 2024? Also are you on a windows or apple computer?

Viewport., VGM and Site model caching can be turned off in the dcoument settings and the VectorCaching toggle can be found in the Vectorworks preferences.

This webinar by @markdd does a brilliant job of explaining the workflow to use schematic views for custom positions

Here's an excellent webinar from @markdd about how to use schematic views effectively

@AStein Change the consumer components in the distro for output components and add the consumers into the hoist symbol. What connector did you add to the cable connector xml? As I don't have it at my end it seems to have defaulted back to camlock connectors for all the components

At the moment the only 2 options that I'm aware of are to insert a point load (combined drop pipe and lamp weight) for calculation puposes add the drop pipe to the light as a lighting device accessory. You'll need to set the drop pipe symbol up correctly as lighting device accessory andset it as a base acessory (same as a clamp)

@Alan.AHA what are your system specs and operating system version?

@AStein For the cables to be able to document what hoist they are connected with you need to add a consumer electrical component. once this is done the cable will display in its 'End' field the name of the connected hoist.

The easiest way is to set a class text style for the class that you insert the bridle object into. That way it will be drawn with the correct text style at creation. A second option is to use the text style dropdown in the bridle object properties after creation to change it (group select all the bridles together)

@RMDiekmann Thank you for bringing this to my attention I've tested it and you're correct only the single connection mode of the cable tool is correctly connecting the cables. All three other modes are drawing the cables but not connecting them correctly at the start or end. The other options for drawing cables are still working correctly (patch by command and using the dropdowns) I've opened a bug report

@Stefan B. It should be fixed in update 2 that is just about to be released, along with a number of other cablle related issues

@AStein This is some really useful feedback, I'll make sure that it gets to the right people. We are actively looking into how to address many of the these workflow related issues. Some like the hanging position obscuring the trusses inside are much harder to address than others and will need time to carefully plan. But the more info and feedback you and others can povide identifying specific pain points and problems the easier for our developers to understand what needs to be addressed and what our priorities need to be.

did you apply the tag to the original light on the design layer or in the schematic view? Tags will maintain the original orientation based on the view they are first inserted in, so create the tag from the lighting device, then delete it in the design layer and reapply it using the data tag tool on the schematic light.