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FYI, this problem has now finally been fixed in the latest update 3 for Vectorworks 2024! Thanks @markdd for submitting this bug! Cheers, Michael

Hello Peter, thank you very much for your answer and the alternative workflow. As it turned out, the problem of fixtures rotated to 0° does not only occur with "Manage Loads" but also when rotating the fixtures, for example if you rotate all fixtures by 180° about the X-axis, the other two axes are set to 0. Please see this thread FYI: This problem has now finally been fixed in the latest update 3 for Vectorworks 2024! Cheers, Michael

Hello All, i want to create something that will rotate a lighting fixture to a preset value on a preset axis after clicking on it. For instance i have a hanging lighting fixture and want to rotate it on the X-axis so it becomes a standing fixture. The reason why I didn't want to do this via the OIP is because of the Vectorworks bug VB-199658: Changing X,Y, or Z rotation of Lighting Devices - Unexpected behavior which i described in this post: I am working constantly with large amounts of fixtures and i just need a workaround for this bug until it is eventually fixed. So in an ideal world i would have the script running and then click on the fixtures i want to rotate one after the other. I need to do this because when i select all fixtures and rotate them via the OIP on one axis, other axes are rotating too. I am a complete Marionette Noob though i know a bit about scripting, so please bare with me. Cheers, Michael

Hello All interested in this, after a brief conversation with Nikolay he told me that this problem is fixed in 2024. I revised 30+ Sheet Layers with Data Tags in VWX2024 today and i did not have a single crash. Also the overall performance with Data Tags seems to be much better now. Thank you, Michael

it is actually 1,48GB but with some references embedded... iam not an expert in data tags but i often feel that its a bit wonky with them

Hello Pat, thanks for your quick reply! no upgrade and this problem is across various files and comes and goes away my custom workspace is indeed from older versions, do i need to make it new on every new version really? i will check all your suggestions asap and come back to you with the results however i think it has to do with the file size, i have other glitches too with the data tag tool, for example when i place it and then reposition it, it looks like it is still on the old place but i can select it on the new place...hope that makes sense it also crashed right now when i did my workaround while pasting the data tag in

Hello All, i have an issue with the Data Tag Tool. This is a quite big Stadium show drawn in Spotlight. I use Data Tags on viewports to view fixture positions. This works mostly good but on some occasions Vectorworks crashes as soon as i select the Data Tag Tool from the Tool Set. This happens then on the same viewport even after restarting Vectorworks. The only workaround is to copy/paste another Data Tag and reassign it. Has anybody had this before? Is this a bug or am i doing something wrong here? Thanks in advance, Michael

Did anybody had this before or iam the only one having this problem?

Did anybody had this before or iam the only one having this problem?

Did anybody had this before or iam the only one having this problem?

another one which bugs me since a long time now and i can´t believe iam the only one experiencing this When i duplicate fixtures along a path there is a preview button in the menu (pls see screenshot). This button did work until VWX2020 i think, and it stopped working until then. When i press the button the path gets deselected button nothing else happens. What iam doing wrong? Is this a bug or a feature? Thanks in advance, Michael DuplicateAlongPathNoPreview.vwx

Here is another one which bother me since quite a time: Say i distribute fixtures with the duplicate along path tool along a circle. I then add a circular truss. When i attach the fixtures with the Manage Loads tool, the fixtures Z-rotation is set to zero. Pls see screenshots attached, before and after Manage Loads. What iam doing wrong here? Is this a bug or a feature? Has anybody else experienced this before? Thanks in advance, Michael

Here comes one which bothers me since a long time: I want to rotate a selection of fixtures via OIP from hanging to standing. I put in 180° in the X-rotation field. The fixture rotates correctly but the other axies are set to 0. When i do this for one fixture only it works like desired. What iam doing wrong here? Is this a bug or a feature? Thanks in advance, Michael

Hi i have to bring this up again since disabling "auto positioning loads when creating" and "auto positioning loads when moving" does not work here. the fixtures are on a different layer and even grouping does not prevent them from moving when i move a truss nearby. I cant detach them from the truss with the manage loads tool, it looks actually like that they are not attached at all This is very frustrating this time. Anybody any idea how to disable this or how to detach several fixtures at once? Thanks in advance, Michael

Thank you again @michaelk, this now works for me! For my symbols i have the text classed separately so i can switch it on and off as needed. However, i still would be interested what has changed into VWX 2023 since i never had these issues before..? Michael

Now i have a symbol which contains not a group but only a solid and a 3D locus. When i try to group those and my label together it still does not rotate. @michaelk could you be so kind to tell me what iam doing wrong here? Test Symbol.vwx

Thank you very much @michaelk this is the solution! When i look at it now i can´t believe i didn´t try to enter the fixture body group, i tried to make my own 3D locus instead whysoever. However, this was never in issue before vwx2023, now i have to go through all my symbols to change that. Obviously something had changed from vwx2022 to vwx2023 do we maybe know what exactly? Thank you again @michaelk and also the community and @Pat Stanford for asking, really appreciate this!

this is the vwx2023 file btw test v2022.vwx

Hello All, i added 2D labels containing the fixture shape from the 2D components plus a text field to my 3D symbols components, because my client wants to see the same symbol labels in all 3D views as in the fixture count. I do know about schematic views and use them but this is a different thing 😉 As long as the fixture is hanging this works but when i rotate the fixture on x-axis to make it a floor fixture the 2D labels do not rotate, they do rotate however in z-axis (please see screenshot attached) I did this before and it worked in VWX2022, even when i export my testfile from VWX2023 to VWX2022 the labels rotate as they should so i assume something has changed in VWX2023. Could someone please point me in the right direction? As a Bonus, is it possible to have such a label that rotates with the fixture but has the text field in correct orientation Thank you, Michael

Thanks for your answer and sorry for my late reply. You are right, i have already jumped through a few hoops and it seems that i will do even more. I stopped working with Schematic Views long time ago since this workflow was very laggy and time consuming for me. The updates and re renders of Schematic Views consume quite some time on larger projects. It also steals a lot of flexibility in my workflow. Hidden Line do not give me the colours of my symbols. Wireframe together with my customized symbols works in the most cases for me, but unfortunately not here. BTW i tried to go the Schematic View route on this example to see if something changed to the last time i used it but i had to learn that it is broken at the moment with the "Schematic Views cannot be Pasted without the Model Object they are Based On" bug, i´ll see if i have time to roll back to SP3...

Hello All, i drew up a schematic view of some lighting towers. In design mode everything looks fine but when i put it in a viewport, the fixtures and the horizontal truss seem to be stacked behind the tower (see screenshots) What iam doing wrong here? TIA Michael 220526_Tower Front Back .vwx

Hello All, iam trying to add the 2D footprint of a lighting symbol to the front view in a viewport. I added the geometry in the 2D edit of the symbol. When i create the viewport i get the option "display 2d component" and check it. However the 2D component does not show up in the viewport and there is no "display 2d component" option in the options of the viewport anymore. (please see screenshots) i also attached the example file What iam doing wrong here? Thanks in advance, Michael 220526_2D Component.vwx 220526_2D Component.vwx

purging did a lot for me already though the summary is still very inconsistent, i always have issues with being slow as well as not displaying the fixture names at publishing etc...in this regard it helps if i copy/delet/insert in place but this "workflow" does anoy me a lot since i never kow if my publishing task of 10 plus sheets goes well or not however i will send you the file to have a look at it. thanks Michael

Hi there, iam encountering the same problems and i have the exact same workflow as Charlie Winter. Is there any news on that already? Thank you, Michael

Thanks Pat for the workflow, this is basicallly how i did it!