Tom Grabowski Posted August 13, 2001 Share Posted August 13, 2001 I am working on my first plot with Spotlight 8.5.2 (am waiting for the upgrade) and am having some problems with the paperwork functions. I now have it creating the instrument schedule after a bit of fussing but I cannot get it to a dimmer or channel schedule. On a dimmer schedule it will give me the right number of rows, all blank except for the 8 instrument that are not assigned to a channel or dimmer and they are in rows 88-95. There are 129 instruments in the plot and all but those 8 have channel and dimmer information which does appear in the instrument schedule and the object information pane. Where do I look to find what is wrong? 2 other questions: 1. Can you resize the row number column on a worksheet? 2. Is it possible to set a different default instrument spacing for the align and distribute tool? Thanks ------------------ ************ Tom Grabowski University of Texas-Pan American Designer/Technical Director Communication Department Tomgrab@panam.edu Edinburg, Texas 78539 956/381-3588 FAX 956/381-2187 Quote Link to comment
kacey1 Posted August 13, 2001 Share Posted August 13, 2001 quote: Originally posted by tgrabowski: I am working on my first plot with Spotlight 8.5.2 (am waiting for the upgrade) and am having some problems with the paperwork functions. I now have it creating the instrument schedule after a bit of fussing but I cannot get it to a dimmer or channel schedule. On a dimmer schedule it will give me the right number of rows, all blank except for the 8 instrument that are not assigned to a channel or dimmer and they are in rows 88-95. There are 129 instruments in the plot and all but those 8 have channel and dimmer information which does appear in the instrument schedule and the object information pane. Where do I look to find what is wrong? 2 other questions: 1. Can you resize the row number column on a worksheet? 2. Is it possible to set a different default instrument spacing for the align and distribute tool? Thanks 8.5.2 had some issues when creating a schedule with blank fields. I.e. that is creating a dimmer schedule with any blank dimmer fields. This has since been fixed. As for resizing the worksheet, you can modify that to your heart's content. Please see the VectorWorks manual on working with worksheets. I'll have to check on the align and distribute tool, but I do not believe that you can change the default. If not, I'll add it as a wish list item. HTH ------------------ Kacey Fisher Quality Assurance Specialist Integrated Products Group Nemetschek North America Quote Link to comment
Tom Grabowski Posted August 14, 2001 Author Share Posted August 14, 2001 I have gotten the dimmer schedule to work by entering a "0" in the dimmer and channel fields. As to resizing the row number column (the leftmost column), it won't work in the worksheet window. If you embed the worksheet in the drawing, this column doesn't show but then you lose the ability to print it in pages. Quote Link to comment
kmoore1 Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 quote: Originally posted by tgrabowski: As to resizing the row number column (the leftmost column), it won't work in the worksheet window. If you embed the worksheet in the drawing, this column doesn't show but then you lose the ability to print it in pages. The row height is VectorWorks worksheets is automatically determined by the font sizes present in the row. If you want more space in a row you can add a column to the worksheet and select a cell in the row you wish to enlarge. Change the font size for this cell, and the entire row will grow. You can also select the entire column to resize all of the row heights. You can then shrink this new column down to zero column width so that it won't appear on either the drawing or when you print. HTH Kevin Moore --------------------- Product Manager VectorWorks SpotLight --------------------- Quote Link to comment
Tom Grabowski Posted August 17, 2001 Author Share Posted August 17, 2001 The column I was trying to resize is the leftmost column that has the swquential row numbers in the worksheet window, the one before column A Quote Link to comment
kmoore1 Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 quote: Originally posted by tgrabowski: The column I was trying to resize is the leftmost column that has the swquential row numbers in the worksheet window, the one before column A I think this width is set automatically. You can turn off this column in the worksheet preferences dialog. Which is found under the little arrow button on the worksheet window. Kevin Moore ---------------------- Product Manager VectorWorks SpotLight ---------------------- Quote Link to comment
Tom Grabowski Posted August 18, 2001 Author Share Posted August 18, 2001 Where in the preference dialog in the control to turn this off? I can't seem to find anything that controls this column. Was it somethnig that was changed in 9.0? (Still waiting on UPS for the upgrade). Thanks Quote Link to comment
kacey1 Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by tgrabowski: Where in the preference dialog in the control to turn this off? I can't seem to find anything that controls this column. Was it somethnig that was changed in 9.0? (Still waiting on UPS for the upgrade). Thanks I checked the prefernce dialog and did not see this either. I believe as Kevin originally posted the only way to change the size of this column is through the font size. HTH ------------------ Kacey Fisher Quality Assurance Specialist Integrated Products Group Nemetschek North America Quote Link to comment
kmoore1 Posted August 22, 2001 Share Posted August 22, 2001 quote: Originally posted by tgrabowski: Where in the preference dialog in the control to turn this off? I can't seem to find anything that controls this column. Was it somethnig that was changed in 9.0? (Still waiting on UPS for the upgrade). Thanks This column can be turned off under the Worksheet preferences. Click the little downward pointing arrow button in a worksheet and choose Worksheet preferences. Turn off the option to "show tabs" and the row and column headers won't be printed out with your paperwork. HTH ------------------ -- Kevin Moore --------------------- Product Manager VectorWorks SpotLight --------------------- Quote Link to comment
Jim_Allen Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 I wouldn't recommend installing the SP 9 upgrade until they solve the speed issue. Unless you have a computer that can really crunch. Quote Link to comment
Tom Grabowski Posted August 23, 2001 Author Share Posted August 23, 2001 Thanks Kevin. I had tried the tabs but didn't try printing it out on paper when the column was still there on the screen. Bit by bit it all gets clearer. [This message has been edited by tgrabowski (edited 08-24-2001).] Quote Link to comment
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