How do I switch between sets? / in vectorworks vision

[neurain]

I was curious while watching VectorWorks Vision video in the past, so I posted it on the forum.

How do I switch between sets?

I am so curious. Need help from people who know how.

 

[jcogdell]

In the example above the set and stage elements are being moved using DMX transforms,
If I remember correctly each set layout and/or movable truss were grouped together under top level objects in the scene graph and then the top level object was assigned a DMX transform address so each group could be moved as a single object.
DMX transforms can be used to move, rotate and scale objects inside of Vision to simulate stage animation or set changes.
You could also do this with PosiStageNet if you want, which was recently added in 2022 sp3.

[neurain]

Can you tell me the exact way? I want to test it.

[jcogdell]

You set this up in the scene graph.
The scene graph is formatted as a kinematic chain or parent child hierarchy, where each layer is the child of the layer above and the parent of the layer below in the graph.
To set up a transform create a new top level or parent layer and then drag and drop the child layers that you want to be linked to it. Because these are childrn of the parent when the parent moves they will as well.

once you have all the layers assigned select the top level parent layer and look in the properties for DMX Xform and open it up

This is where you assign the DMX address and other parameters to the parent layer to control thetransform.
The DMX mapping to set up your consol patch is in the Vision manual
https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2022/Vision/2022_Vision/Vision/DMX_transforms.htm
 

The Xform mode drop down defines whether the transform is DMX or posi stage net controlled

Xform Delta X, Y and Z define the movement range, the current location of the objects in the layer defines their staring point. Also its important to note that the measurement is in inches
Xform rotation parameters control the axis of rotation, indexed maximum angle and maximum speed
Xform scale X, Y and Z define the maximum scale of the object being scaled with 1 being the default size

If you are using posi stage net then the PSN xform section is used to set up the PSN related parameters

[neurain]

Thank you! jcogdell!