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  1. As a final note, I have completed the clean re-install of VW 11.0.1 and all seems well with the world now. The file does not exhibit the difficulties notes above. Chris
  2. Kevin, I have installed VW 11.0.1 on my desktop Mac and I have no problem with the file at all. When I re-installed on my laptop, I overwrote my current installation of VW11.0.1, which made the installer produce a second VectorWorks 11.0.1 directory and renamed my previous directory to VectorWorks 11.0.1 OLD - I had hoped this would suffice - but apparently not. I am currently re-installing again on my laptop, but this time I have placed all copies of VW in the trash and have also grabbed any VW pref files I could find there as well. Is it possible that a pref file got trashed and corrupted my Spotlight scripts? Chris
  3. Kevin, I am using the standard symbol pack from Spotlight. I have added no new symbols. Strange, eh? Chris
  4. Kevin, I have examined the file and cannot find any reference to Lighting Device or a format with that name in the file. With the exception of course in the Vectorscript Plug-In Editor where the plug-in exists. I checked Layers, Classes, Symbols and Record formats. (There are no record formats at all in the incoming file.) Custom Selection did not find anything either. In fact, doing a Custom Selection with the criteria NAME contains light caused VW to crash. (The same search on a blank document produced no discernible result at all.) I am running VW 11.0.1 Industry Collection on a Mac Powerbook G4 1.5GHz, 1GB RAM with additional 21" monitor attached. I have re-installed VW11.0.1 just to make sure the app was not corrupted. There appears to be no new updates to upgrade my installation. The file in question is available as a compressed SITX file at my download site: SJS_BS_12705.mcd.sitx You mentioned a script might be able to clean out any references to Lighting Device? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Chris edit to fix file URL - cl [ 02-04-2005, 03:52 PM: Message edited by: Legrand ]
  5. Hi, I have installed VectorWorks 11.01 with Spotlight and am having an odd error occur. A specific client has sent me 2 files from his installation of VW11, no Spotlight. Both of those files cause the similar behaviors on my machine. This error does not appear when I start from blank documents, Spotlight template documents or imported DXF/DWG documents. I get the following error in various forms, depending on what Spotlight tool I am trying to use: An attempt to define a Plug-in Object named ?Lighting Device? failed because Format with that name already exists in the current document. The entire operation is cancelled. I open the first file, add my layers and define my classes. I then place my lighting truss using the Straight Truss tool. Then I go to convert the truss to a Lighting Position. VW throws an error. I try to add a fixture with the Inst Insertion Tool, VW throws an error. Then I go to Define/Convert > Convert To Instrument - a fixture symbol to an Instrument, VW throws an error. I try to add an accessory with the Accessory Insertion Tool, VW throws an error. I go to use Label Legend Manager and VW throws the error, THEN opens the Label Legend Manager dialog box. I open the second file, add my layers and define my classes. I then place my lighting truss using the Straight Truss tool. Then I go to convert the truss to a Lighting Position. It works. I try to add a fixture with the Inst Insertion Tool, VW throws an error. I go to use Label Legend Manager and VW throws the error, THEN opens the Label Legend Manager dialog box. I?m guessing here: Is there a way to reset/clear formats in an incoming file to allow Spotlight formats to be added to it? Thanks for any insight here. Chris
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