Jump to content

klinzey

Vectorworks, Inc Employee
  • Posts

    2,534
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by klinzey

  1. Rob,

    You can also add new file containing your custom table and chair symbols to ...\Libraries\Defaults\Event Planning\Seating\

    You should alos take a look ath the existing libary because there are classes and records that control which objects are condidered tables and which are considered chairs.

    Tables and chairs are inserted as they are drawn and then rotated toward the focal point. The orientation of the seats may sometimes appear different but you also have to consider the rotation of the seating layout object when determining which way "front" is.

  2. When you installed did you select to install 'Only Imperial Libaries' or 'Only Metric Libaries'?

    The file the command is looking for is ...\Plug-Ins\Common\Data\VA Setup Data-Imperial.vwx and ...\Plug-Ins\Common\Data\VA Setup Data Metric.vwx. If they are not both present you will get an error.

    If both these files are not present please contact technical support direct and request the missing file.

  3. Make sure the 2D selection cursor is active and in the mode bar the second mode is activated (Single object interactive scaling mode). Now select only the seating layout and fit to objects (if the control point is off screen it will zoom out so you can see it).

    If you still don't see it try resetting the Interactive Appearance Settings in the Vectorworks Preferences \ Interactive tab. The settings may have been changed so that the control point is not showing in the standard color.

  4. The focal point is placed based on the placement of other objects in the event planning menu. If none of these objects are available the focal point is placed near the center of the seating layout.

    The focal point is a control point (small blue square) in the document and can be selected and moved. The x,y location of the focal point is not available in the OIP. The x,y control in the OIP controls the shape of the seating layout.

  5. Student registration is handled through the Student Portal.

    http://student.myvectorworks.com/

    After you register and request the software you will be emailed the serial number.

    If you have already registered and have an account you serial can be viewed by clicking the "Request Software License" link once you log into your account.

    It is also possible that you installed the software without the serial and may be running in "Demo" mode. In this case you should reinstall the application in order to install the object libraries.

  6. First, there were a lot of changes in 2010 to help speed up the data exchange.

    But for 2009 make sure the data exchange file is updating and valid. If VW determines that it's not valid or can't find it VW will automatically do a complete export every time you make an edit. Also in 2009 instruments with accessories will slow down updating. If you are refreshing data coming form LW select an instrument then run refresh instruments.

  7. Again....

    The photo grid does not use rendered lights it only uses Spotlight Lighting Devices. The photometer and the photo grid do a simple distance squared cosine fall off calculation based on the center weighted peak candelpower of of the lighting device. It does not take into account any of the rendered lights, IES files, Color, intensity, shadows or geometry in the document.

    To use the photometer or the photometric grid you need to place a "Lighting Device" in the document, assign a focus point and then place the photometer.

    The calculations are based on the data in the "Light Info Record" and the relation between the focus point and the lighting device.

  8. The corect syntax would be:

    If (x=y) Then
     Begin
     a:=1;
     b:=2;
     End {<- Note NO ;}
    Else
     Begin
     c:=1;
     a:=4;
     End;
    

    To get started take a look in the Help for the VS Language Guide, it will give you some basic examples.

  9. You need 2D AND 3D geometry.

    It sounds like you only have 3D objects and when they are converted to a lighting position the only 2D geometry is the label. If you switch to a 3D view you will see the lighting position.

    If you look in the resource browser you should see a symbol with the positionName-Sym. Edit the 2D portion and add the 2D geometry and the position will now display in 2D and 3D.

  10. You will get this message if your are mixing old symbols with new symbols.

    The Light Info Record was updated (Things like a second beam, field angle and channel count were added) and if you use a symbol that has an older version of the light info record it wants to know which record format is correct.

    If you update the light info record on problamatic symbols you should not see the warning message any longer.

  11. Andrew,

    Checking for a duplicate name is simple.

    In your case

    If GetObject(Date(2,2)) <> NIL then AlrtDialog ('Name In Use');

    or put it in a while loop if you just need a unique name

    UniName := Date(2,2)

    While GetObject(UniName) <> NIL DO

    UniName := Concat(UniName,1);

    SetName(LNewObj,UniName);

    {There are better ways to do this but you get the point.}

×
×
  • Create New...