jomer Posted August 6, 2001 Share Posted August 6, 2001 I am try to draw a lighting bar that is 14630mm long and 48mm round and 6000mm in the air. When I draw it in 2d with the line draw and convert it to a lighting postion I can not set it a height. When I draw in 2d and extrude it to 48mm it is a rectangle not a circular bar and when I convert itto a lighting symbol, it disappears. I could leave it as a 2d symbol but when I set my lamps at 6000mm they will not be attached to the bar and thus the whole point seems somewhat defeated. As most of the shows I work on are in theatres with lighting bars on fly lines I thought VW9 would have bars in the resources. While I am typing away I noticed th elighting symbols is named Imperial does this mean all of my metric plans will not be true to scale? Thanks Quote Link to comment
kacey1 Posted August 6, 2001 Share Posted August 6, 2001 quote: Originally posted by jomer: I am try to draw a lighting bar that is 14630mm long and 48mm round and 6000mm in the air. When I draw it in 2d with the line draw and convert it to a lighting postion I can not set it a height. When I draw in 2d and extrude it to 48mm it is a rectangle not a circular bar and when I convert itto a lighting symbol, it disappears. I could leave it as a 2d symbol but when I set my lamps at 6000mm they will not be attached to the bar and thus the whole point seems somewhat defeated. As most of the shows I work on are in theatres with lighting bars on fly lines I thought VW9 would have bars in the resources. While I am typing away I noticed th elighting symbols is named Imperial does this mean all of my metric plans will not be true to scale? Thanks The best way to draw a 3d pipe is to draw a circle in a side or front view, and then extrude it the length that you want it. Then draw a 2d representation of the pipe (just a line) and create a symbol. Then insert it as a lighting position, and then give it a z height. You can also group the 2d and 3d portions and go directly to define/convert lighting position. The metric symbols are an option in the custom install. On the mac just perform a custom install and choose the metric libraries. On windows just click the options button next to instrument symbols and pick the metric libraries there. However, the symbols are still true to scale, it is just a difference in what the weights etc. are notated in. Also, some of the metric libraries have a few more or less lights depending on the manufacturer and what their inventory is for 120 vs. 240 volt instruments. HTH ------------------ Kacey Fisher Quality Assurance Specialist Integrated Products Group Nemetschek North America kacey1@nemetschek.net Quote Link to comment
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