Hoist representation for tower truss

[Sam Churzin]

Hello. I wonder is there any option for having hoists for tower trusses real looking. I need to have their chain going above the head block hooking sleeve truss from both sides

[jcogdell]

Not with the standard Spotlight hoist object.
You would have to create a custom symbol for this.

[Sam Churzin]

Got it, thank you for reply

[Scott C. Parker]

On 1/19/2023 at 7:25 AM, Sam Churzin said:

chain going above the head block hooking sleeve truss from both sides

I fake this by using a dead hang drop on the opposite side of the hoist. I had to edit the Top Hook of the hoist and assign it a class to hide it.

[Patrick Thompson]

Hey Scott, 

Is there a way to duplicate the hook and have a particular hoist use that hook as opposed to the default nested hook? 

 

 

[Scott C. Parker]

8 minutes ago, Patrick Thompson said:

a particular hoist use that hook as opposed to the default nested hook? 

 

 

Here's how to replace the hook. I didn't try changing the hook symbol name after I edited it. let me know if changing the name will still associate the hook with a different hoist. If it doesn't, I'll inquire further.  

 

[Patrick Thompson]

Circling back around to this. Is there a way to define which Hook a specific hoist symbol uses or is that embedded in the plug-in. For example if I set all my critera for the Tower Motor with hook classing. Will that track when I import it in to another File

[Scott C. Parker]

1 hour ago, Patrick Thompson said:

Will that track when I import it in to another File

What happens when you give this a try?