stingalleman Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Hi all, I'm having an issue with the Align and Distribute tool from Spotlight. It just refuses to work - I'm on the correct layer, and I do not see a reason that this is happening. Created a new file to test it, and it works fine over there. Added a video showing the issue. Screen Recording 2023-07-21 at 18.31.04.mov Thanks! Sting Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted July 24, 2023 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 24, 2023 Hi, I just tested in a new black file with the same fixtures and it works, I am in 2023 SP5. What SP are you on? If you are on a current version, you might need to open the Vectorworks Updater app and perform a repair. Let us know how you get on. Quote Link to comment
stingalleman Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 Hi, yes, it also works for me - just not on this specific file. I performed a repair and updated to SP6 and the issue persists.I've had this happend before. Sometimes the issue resolves itself, sometimes the tool just stays unusable. Very frustrating. Thank you 🙂 Quote Link to comment
stingalleman Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 @TomWhiteLight Small update: it does seem to work on spotlight objects that are not fixtures. I have added a custom field via the Spotlight preferences, maybe it has something to do with that? Just throwing idea's out - it's definitely a bug somewhere and it would be nice to have this fixed. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted August 14, 2023 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 14, 2023 Hi @stingalleman It cannot be a bug if it is only happening to you, We need to work out where the conflict is coming from. I cannot replicate the same issue on 2023 sp6. FYI Spotlight Align and Distribute will work with non lighting devices. Can you post a copy of the file? Or DM me the file? Quote Link to comment
stingalleman Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 Hi, I DM'd you the file. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee TomWhiteLight Posted August 14, 2023 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 14, 2023 OK, Tech Support have had a look and found the fixtures that won't align and distribute have been set to a static accessory in the Object Info Pallatte. If you set them back to lighting device then this should work. It won't let you align static accessories as they normally have a parent device and sit within a sort of container. Quote Link to comment
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