Scott C. Parker

Would you please copy two of each light and the summary key into a new blank file and share it? It'll help us figure out what's happening.

Is the LED tape a symbol, a line, and 3D extrude, etc? Can you post an example file with a section of the object you're trying to split into sections?

Thanks for this. It is a terrific contribution to the community. The Distro symbols look terrific. They need additional parts and circuit assignments to make them offer power calculations. Let me know if you need guidance for this. Thanks, Scott

I’m not sure there’s a way to turn that off and I’m away from my computer. However, when the chain of the hoist you’re working with is not long enough to achieve the height being specified, a bridal is inserted. If you edit the hoist record and the chain length to be long enough, it shouldn’t insert the top bridal.

Spotlight cables allow you to add slack at the start or end of cables. You can also subtract slack from the cable. You can use a negative number in the cable configuration and/or the cable worksheet slack column, which will change the cable. In a worksheet, you can select all the cables attached to two-fers or breakouts and place a negative number in the slack data field. You might need to update and then/reload the cables via the manage cable parts dialog to force a cable refresh. In other words, if you use a 10' breakout, you can deduct the 10' from the cables connected to the breakout. We're working on making it automatic. But for now, this is the workflow.

You can connect a pipe with a clamp symbol in place of a truss cross, but... At the moment, you can only attach pipes running across truss vs. parallel along the length of the truss, like a tail down. We're working on fixing this.

I was playing with the Equipment Summary Key and Cables. Users can edit the colors to match their color code system by editing the Defaults/Cable Tools folder files. Once edited, keep the file as a favorite file for in-house use. The VW-supplied file will get overwritten during updates.

Playing with the slack fields might help here. But, you might need to move the break point. I haven't played with this in the way you describe.

Quickest way is to add five or ten feet to the Slack fields.

It's not you, it's us. Daisy chaining is actively being worked on, and I hope to share when it will be properly implemented. The power tool doesn't recognize an output when placed inside a "consumer." For now, the workaround is to use two-fers to force the lights to link together which bypasses the output of each light.

Hello, the picture you show is of the prior version of the cable tools. If you want to continue using the workflow offered via this version, @Sam Jones offers an updated version. The current version of VW cable and power tools has a different method of making cables. The cables are stored in the Cable.vwx files found in the RM.

Here's a "Coffee Break" presentation from a few weeks ago showing how cable tools and power planning works. I think it will help get you started. https://university.vectorworks.net/mod/overview/view.php?id=7559 If you're having trouble with a particular file, please post a test file so we can take a look and give you some help.

Would you please install update 2.1 and then try again. If you're still having trouble, please post a file for us to test. Thanks, Scott

My first thought is to add individual loads and use the duplicate array tool's circular mode to copy them around the circle. Depending on the size of the circle, I'd place several loads based on numbers devisable by 360 and add the weight of the total divided by the number of points.

Actually, what I did in that file was all via the seating tool.