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priman, You have to load the files into your favorites in order to see them in the resource browser. Click the little triangle at the top of the resource browser and select "Add New Favorites File..." Browse to your Vectorworks Application folder then into \Libraries\Objects-Entertainment\ and you will see all the files for Spotlight. Kevin

It's a problem with SP3. If the instrument is 2D ONLY then it will not show till it is moved. Hybrid symbols do not have a problem, so all the symbols that ship with Spotlight work fine.

You can't set the Z height of your instrument because the symbol is probably 2D only. You need to have a 3D component in order to set the Z height. The Lighting position only shows the text in 2D because the 2D text automatically supresses the 3D. Here again you need a 2D and a 3D object if you want to deal with position heights.

Color charts can only be created from the colors in the active document. You would need to start with a blank document and import all the Pantone Colors into the document then create a color chart.

This was a bug in 2008 and should be fixed in 2009.

Close, but the problem is that you can not rotate a DVLP in 3D space using 2008.

The alt- fields are still text fileds they just have zeros prepended to the number. And if you cange the values they will not update the filed. You can also use =VALUE('Lighting Device'.'Channel') this will convert the text to a number and sort correctly but it will disable editing.

FYI: Once converted the document will be watermarked and any resources that are used from that document will carry the watermark to the new document.

You need to either create the unit as a multi circuit unit, or insert each cell individually and then convert to multi circuit. Take a look in the manula on how to create multi citcuit symbols.

You need to pass a layer handle to getlscale. Your code is passing the object handle. You need to do a GetLayer() first.

The orphans should have all the data sent from LW. Make sure you are sendiing all the correct data from LW and the fields are being matched correctly. The rectangle is drawn when VW can't find the instrument symbol. Once that hapens you should be able to send the data back out to LW with the UIDs in place and LW will match the LWIDs and pick up VW's UID.

Tom, Sent you a PM. email me directly and I'll send you the file. I thought techsupport would get back to you before I got into the office today.

For starters get rid of the functions QTInitialize and QTOpenMovieFile by creating them you are over riding the built-in functions for those calls. Once you do that it looks like it should work, or at least have a chance of working. Kevin

Contact tech support. They have the script that will fix the problem.

The curved truss has a checkbox "Draw 3D only" If you select this option the truss will be drawn as a 3D only object and you will be able to rotate using the standard 3D rotation tools.

The plan for the future is to have the draw beam and rendering functionality work correctly in the DLVPs. By default the command will create several layers. If you create using the selected objects you can minimize the number of layers that get created.

I'd recomend learning and using the modern dialog interface. Beginning in 2010 many classic dialog functions will be marked obsolete and will stop working in 2011 or 2012.

That's waht happened. Start by setting the last two parameters of SETBELOWITEM and SETRIGHTITEM to 0,0. SETRIGHTITEM(dialog, #, #, 0, 0); SETBELOWITEM(dialog, #, #, 0, 0); The shift is additive. If you shift one control the other will automaticall move with it. If you want to move back to the start you have to shift the control in the negative direction. Don't know what the control ID's are for the dialog but the best layout is to set all the controls on the left below each other then set the controls on the right of the control on the left.

Where is the code? From the looks of it you have shifted the edit fileds to the right each time you add one below but I can't tell much without the dialog code.

Roman, Are you using the student edition?

Instruments being in a viewport do not make much sense. The instruments should be on a design layer.

Your symbols are probably 3D only. As soon as you assign a label legend to the instruments the objects become hybrid and supress the 3D in a 2D view. If you switch to a 3D view you should see the fixtures. To fix the problem you will have to edit the symbols and the 2D information then run refresh instruments.

Check out: Parametric Custom Shape Pane

Just took anopther look at the problem to be sure. If you hit the esc you still may need to make a click in the drawing. (You should still see the bulls eye curssor) Once you click in the drawing you will either place the acc or see a warning message about clickiing on an instrument. VW is waiting for a click in the drawing and will not release to tool till it gets one.

Activate the 2D insertion tool and check the options that are set in the mode bar. The instrument insertion tool uses the same modes as the 2D insertion tool but you may not notice them with the instrument insertion tool especially if you are operating in click-drag mode.