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Hi, I found out that in V12 (compared to V9) it would be very useful to edit an instrument's properties by simply double-clicking it. If I do so, the Lighting Device dialog box appears. However, any changes I enter are not reflected in the Shape pane in the Object Info Palette. Nor do the labels show anything. btw (but shouldn't make any difference): I insert my fixtures by using the Symbol Insertion Tool and convert them to Lighting Instruments afterwards. ? This is, because the Instrument Insertion Tool overrides the Insertion Options/Class definition :-( Thx for any ideas, Mario

Hi, I've recently switched to OSX3.7 (from 9.2.2) and installed Spotlight from my 9.5.1 install CD. I was asked to give my name and serial number before that installation started. I updated this installation (thru 9.5.2) to 9.5.3 and installed the 9.5.3 dongle drivers as well. Now, when I start the application, I am told VW is running in demo mode. There is no serial number present. When I try to add mine in the Vectorworks/Preferences, VW tells me "Invalid serial number format", although it did work for the last years. (The dongle is recognized, it can be seen in the System Profiler.) Any suggestions? Thanks!

Well, I don't know exactly how Apple handles this, but I didn't buy any extra video card. I just plug the monitor into the rear VGA plug, and I am able to use it instead of or in addition to the built-in display. This is what System Profiler says, unfortunately in german: quote: PCI Steckplatz ATI (AGP) Grafikkarte (Bildschirm) Kartentyp: RageM3p-parent Kartenname: ATY,RageM3pParent Kartenmodell: ATY,RageM3 Card ROM #: 113-XXXXX-119 Kartenrevision: 2 Kartenhersteller-ID: 1002 Ethernet-Adresse: Bildschirm (2) Bildschirmgr??e (Pixel): 832 x 624 1024 x 768 Graustufen/Farben: 32768 Aufl?sung (dpi): 72 x 72 Weitere Informationen: Hauptbildschirm Speicher?bersicht ["Speicher" is "memory"] Volume-Cache: 8160 KB Virtueller Speicher: 577 MB Verwendet auf Volume: Mac OS 9 Arbeitsspeicher: 576 MB Freie RAM-Steckpl?tze: 0 () PC100-222S Videospeicher: 8 MB Integrierte externe Bildschirme in Benutzung [integrated external screens in use] Backside L2 Cache: 1 MB

Dave, If you think there might be some solution, we could have a little chat on the phone about that and keep this away from the board. (Did nobody else have that problem so far???) If not, I will have to workaround by disconnecting the 2nd screen for rendering :-( Can I reach you via NNA support numbers? Result so far: There is no effect from reducing memory for VW. (Tried now with 64MB, that is 512 MB left for the MacOS). And to sum up all my tries, for colours on the main and 2nd screen, now with web browser and any other programmes exited, (always one mesh, the window with the drawing in it is always on the main screen, only some tools and palettes on the 2nd): Perspective view (256/256): everything works fine. (256/32768): When switching around a litlle, I sometimes get an error that 256 colours are not supported, sometimes it works. (As you guessed, VW seems to be confused then.) (32768/32768): Error as described in first posting. (32768/256): ok (16M/256): Error as described. Orthogonal view (256/256): Error that 256 colours are not supported (256/32768): Error as described !! (32768/32768): ok. (32768/256): ok. (16M/256): Error as described. Is there a query about the colour settings during startup VW or loading a file, which might affect these results? Thanks so far, Mario

No gobos. I tried the following: I have a mesh, one colour assigned to the surface. Nothing else in the plot. No lights. Second screen has 256 colours all the time. I have 256 colours on the main screen, perspective view: VW tells me, rendering needs at least 32k colours. I switch to 32k colours on the main screen. When switching to OpenGL, rendering is successfully for that first time, as soon as I use the flyover (or similar) tool, there is the error message agein. Now I have 32k colours on the main screen, but orthogonal view, OpenGL rendering. Flyover and everything else is working fine. Then I go to perspective view and VW refuses to render.

PS: I am using a Spotlight licence (if this would make any difference.)

it's a dual screen setup. screen 1 (internal PB display) is 1024x768, screen 2 (external VGA) is 832x624 @ 75Hz rendering works with both screens set to 256 colours. if i set the primary screen to 32768 cols, 2nd to 256 cols, rendering doesn't work any more. it doesn't matter if 2nd screen is set to greyscale or 256 cols, rendering is only possible if main screen is set to 256 colours or less. NB: Will colour settings affect exporting into image files as well?

there is no 2nd card for the external monitor. both screens are driven from original PB hardware.

hi katie, VW doesn't work with Basic Extensions, as dongle software is not loaded ;-) Anyway and no matter how system extensions are set I found the reason: VW does not render if there is a second screen connected to the PB, it renders well, if I disconnect the screen. Even if there are no tools or palettes on the 2nd screen, VW refuses to render. There's no error number displayed, just that message with an exclamation mark in a OK-dialog-box. Thanks so far, Mario

>What do you have set for the Min and Preferred settings for memory allocation for VW? Min ist 20000, Preferred is 256000 Finder|Info shows that 250MB get allocated for VW >Do you have other applications running while VW is running? Finder and Notepad.

Everytime I switch to OpenGL, VW reports that "One or more opeartions was aborted to a lack of memory. Increase partition size" This happens also for very simple models, i.e. a cube and nothing else on the plot. I've still set retain model to Never, anything to low res. VW gets 256 MB of RAM, 576 on the machine, disk space is more than 1 gb. PB FW 400 MHz, OS 9.2.2, QT 6.0 NB: Rendering worked fine in V9.0 Any suggestions? Thx, Mario