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wow! i've not seen this until just now! looks like it's time to rev up the ETC upgrade info machinery! thanks for the alert, michaelk and Kevin Allen!

send me the file and i'll take a look? shelley@fieldtemplate.com

Hi Iainy1961; it looks like you are working with different symbols in different files? i would suggest you edit the 2D component of the Ayrton resource, and check that the "focus range" circle is either not filled, [or if you want it to obscure anything underneath, move the circle shape to the bottom of the 2D resource.] once you insert another Ayrton resource, it *should* appear correctly? best, steve

Kevin, is there a webinar or something that explains your statement above? how do i "apply a custom IES file to the light, orient the IES, and render in renderworks"? thanks in advance, Steve

To my knowledge, this is the way it has been for some versions of the app. it may be that this label legend was so old that it needed to have the containers reassigned? as for adding a line to connect all the containers to the instrument: it's been a while, and might require experimentation?

I just downloaded the "example.vwx" file. opened it, opened Label Legend Manager, and then Edit th fields. it appears that you weren't able to click on each of your attributes and then select the container type that you wanted. in the screen shot, i selected each of your desired attribles, then clicked on the container type and selected the circle, rectangle, and hexagon, for the channel, universe, and circuit number, respectively. seems like you're almost there; just select the attribute, then click on the container type that you want.

scott, when you say "plug-in version of the symbol," are you referring to a lighting device that's the result of insertion using the spotlight lighting device tool, rather than the hybrid symbol created with the symbol insertion tool? and, if not, what is the "plug-in version of the symbol"?

Hi Justin; thanks for the link. sadly, it brought up many more questions than answers on my part. are there any other videos regarding spotlight symbol construction? maybe they'll answer my numerous questions?

Hi Justin; Could you provide a link or two to the videos you speak of? i just tried [yet again] to plow through the Vectorworks University web site [https://university.vectorworks.net/]. and i find it pretty confusing. Presumably the "Industry" is Entertainment, but the videos you refer to - are they part of "skills", "webinars", "workflows", "classes", or what? i'd be thrilled to take a look, i'll wager many of my techniques are way out of date? Let me know specific links or courses i could review? thanks in advance, Steve

Hi folks; I can take no credit for these symbols. I don't believe i've seen them before. that said, any text included in any of my symbols have no "fill," so the text doesn't obscure the symbol outline, like these two samples.

I cannot take credit for these symbols. that said, i think the line weight needs help and there are too many details. so what do i know.

Thanks, Mark. Sounds like this could easily be the next webinar!

Hi Mark; i just reread your note, and i remember your excellent webinar. but i don't remember how you attached all your rigging hardware apart from clamps as "point loads." what is a point load? how do i select a piece of rigging hardware and assign it to a "point load" category? thanks in advance, Steve

I certainly feel your frustration, but regardless of your emotional state, YES! Don't merely start a list of the unsatisfactory issues, submit them! every one of them! and make each issue separate, so that it can acquire it's own votes or responses. As applications develop and get larger and acquire more tools, there are potentially more trap doors. and like every project overseen by management that doesn't really know how the product is used, or has the intuitive understanding of an end user, the *only* way that an issue gains traction is to be listed in this forum AND in Jira, get responses or reinforcement, and then gains enough support to get fixed.