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Have you inadvertently turned on “Show Layer Colors” in Document preferences?

Why not share the file here and someone will take a look?

Try turning off the Clip Cube? Menu > View > Clip Cube

I have noticed this for some time and even filed a bug report a while back. This faceted (wobbly) edge effect has been present for a while now and I first noticed it when creating lacing for Truss objects. This was using the Extrude along Path command. Arcs are fine, but polylines have problems. Essentially, anything that combines a straight line with an arc/curve. It's worth saying that it has much improved these days, and I have to confess that I have gotten used to it. Here is a file showing what I mean. Because the phenomenon is not present in a rendered (inc. Hidden Line) view, this is not so much of a problem for finished output, but it looks a little unnerving when working on the file, and colleagues have wondered about it when I show them my work in progress. Faceted Curves.vwx

I did this video last year which pretty much answers your question.

I've just had the same result. It seems to crash when changing from a Top/Plan view to any 3D View. I have filed a bug report. VB-211293 - Prolite X30D-100 Truss Crashes the program

Perhaps make a 3d symbol of each item and then make a graphic legend showing all four views of each symbol. This should export to DWG quite well……

I have just added the same instrument to a clean file and this is what I have. This gives me a DMX footprint of 297.... The Symbols find these values using the Fixture Mode field in the Light Info Record that is attached to the Symbol. If you are using older symbols, this may not be current. If in doubt, you can select Other and then search for the correct mode.

Is it the .lit you are worried about? If so, then in a worksheet you can remove the .lit part by using this formula. SUBSTRING('Lighting Device'.'Fixture Mode', '.', 1))

Do you have this setting applied in the cell formatting.

Found it - =UPPER. Makes sense really!

Does anyone know of a Worksheet Formula to change the result to ALL CAPS or UPPERCASE Many thanks Mark

It's not a silly question! It's a rather annoying bit of the UI that I keep meaning to report as a bug.

You need to edit the Black Fast Background. Then all will be well. I have also noticed that you have the set to just 8 shadows and 8 lights visible at any time. If you want to turn this limitation off, then go to Document Preferences. Hope that's helpful.

My understanding is that this is not a bug. It is intentional so that the weight marking can be added to the cell. if you want to convert it to a number then you need to use the VALUE worksheet formula, but not before you have stripped out the the KG. For that you need the SUBSTRING function. In the header cell, use the following: =VALUE(SUBSTRING('Light Position Obj'.'TotalHungWeight', ' ', 1)) To get a better grasp of the functions, then go to this page which lists them all. https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php?title=Worksheet_Functions Once you get the hang of this way of working, then all sorts of possibilities open up.