Selecting Lighting Devices by Channel Range

[MeTheMachine]

 

Based on an earlier script/post about selecting lighting objects by universe... http://[https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/topic/102718-selecting-lighting-objects-by-universe/#comment-449004]

 

Is it possible to select lighting device by a range of channel numbers? For instance 101-103

Using the script from before, how would I loop through and parse the dialog a user enters.

 

import vs
vs.DSelectAll()
channelRange = vs.IntDialog("Enter a fixture number range", 1)
vs.SelectObj("INSYMBOL & INVIEWPORT & ('Lighting Device'.'Channel'='{}')".format(channelRange))

Any guidance would be appreciated..

[JBenghiat]

Check out AutoPlotVW. This is just one of the many useful commands you can find in its roster. http://autoplotvw.com

 

Criteria can't accept a list of options. You can parse the input string, and if it's in the format (\d+)-(\d+), construct criteria that links something like:

((('Lighting Device'.'Channel'<='103') & ('Lighting Device'.'Channel'>='101')))

but that won't handle non-contiguous ranges the way AutoPlot can. Unless you want to develop the script for learning purposes or as a step for a more complex script, AutoPlot will be well worth the potential hours spent.

[Sam Jones]

AutoPlot's "Select by Channel Ranges" command

http://www.autoplotvw.com/APSL_Download.asp

 

[MeTheMachine]

Yes!  Thank you I forgot about this!