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Shortcut for visibility tool is missing
Scott C. Parker replied to Chris Money's topic in Entertainment
Hmmm. I think I've always needed to reassign the V to the Visibility tool in my workspaces. Which I always do when building a new workspace. -
If you can post or send the file to tech support, we can take a look.
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PS, the fastest way to show focus for plots with a lot of lights is to use Focus Points. The lights all point to there assign focus point and you can also rotate the 2D version if you check this box.
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I have questions... But first, to answer yours. You also need to edit the 2D version of the same symbol and rotate the 2D geometry to point in the same direction to match what you did in the 3D version. When I place the fixture from the library, the OIP offers both Pan and Tilt controls that do what I think you're trying to do. Using these in conjunction with the Z rotation field gives you control over all unit focus and rotation and works for both 2D and 3D. If you don't see these fields, please open the Spotlight preferences dialog and look at the Parameters list. When I'm doing a lot of focusing work, I move the Pan and Tilt parameters to the very top of the list and they show in the OIP right under the Z rotation field. This picture is from 2025 where we've added sliders. One more thing. Be sure to use the Lighting Device insertion tool to add the light so the OIP shows all the controls. The sample file you shared had the simple in the design layer as a static symbol vs. an actual lighting device. If I misunderstand your needed workflow, please explain a bit more.
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Can you create a sample layout of what you're trying to do? It would be helpful for future planning. Thanks, Scott
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No idea really. But if the position object was deprecated and the internal ID was reused for something else, that would make sense.
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This should be helpful for data viz and color coding.
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Do you know when the base file was first made? This file looks like it originated six years ago. It's possible some sort of object type code has been corrupted or changed during one of the translations from one year to the next. I've seen this before. I had an object think it was a wall cabinet when it was an entertainment device. Doing a symbol/item replacement fixed the file for me.
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Symbol values in Equipment summary in spotlight
Scott C. Parker replied to Jonathan soe's question in Troubleshooting
On a line? Are you trying to run the symbols from right to left instead of top to bottom? If yes, insert a column break between each symbol. If not, please post an example so we can see what you are looking for. Which values for symbols are you trying to control? -
Try these steps before doing the copy and paste. In the new blank file, open the Resource Manager and import the symbols and the records that are attached to the symbols from the first file. After you do the import, try the copy and paste again. What happens? If it worked, what happened is the pasted object was able to find the symbol and record in the current (new) file and placed it as expected. If it didn't work, it's a bug and we would want the file. As @klinzey mentioned, you shouldn't have the issue in 2025.
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Do you have a workflow/use case example in mind? You can obtain so many items via linked text fields inside the title block that it's almost like the title block is already a de facto data tag.
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Thanks. Test files like the one at the start of this thread, which includes attempts to use Data Viz settings, would be helpful.