Anyone else lose the ability to set Lighting Device Brightness (%) above 100% in Spotlight 2024?

[User-B]

The file is from Spotlight 2023 but opened in 2024.

 

When I set the Brightness % above 100% it snaps back to 100%.

 

Even on lights that were set above 100% from the original 2023 file the values are still above 100% until I try and change them then they also snap to 100%.

 

Thoughts?

 

Also created a new file in Spotlight 2024 and the behavior is the same.

Edited October 8, 2023 by User-B
additional info

[klinzey]

This is working as designed.
From the lighting device we now only allow you to set the level to a maximum of 100%. You can set it brighter by editing the light directly.
As we me move forward it becomes more important that the lighting device intensity values are between 0 and 100%.

[User-B]

Care to elaborate or point out a resource for the philosophy VWX is taking?

[Kevin Allen]

@klinzey Can the intensity of Vectorworks light objects still be set beyond 100?

 

Restricting Spotlight lighting devices to their defined brightness makes sense.

[klinzey]

@Kevin Allen The intensity of Vectorworks light objects still be set beyond 100.
@User-B We are working toward the lighting device modeling real world lights. Controlling the intensity of the light in the real world is limited to 0 to 100%. As we export the Vectorworks model to other applications, import data from other applications, and plan for more control in Vectorworks we need to more closely model the limits of the real world fixtures.

[User-B]

@klinzey If that includes IES files as part of the Lighting Device... YAHOO!

[ilijahmora]

@klinzeySo how do we make fixutres brighter now?  Often times during the design/sketch process, a quick way is needed to stomp out a visual.. and being able to multiple the brighness percent or crank up the emitter was the ticket.  How do you suggest we do this now?

[jcogdell]

@ilijahmora
You can still turn on the use emitter option and increase the brightness value of the light in the light information tab of the lighting device dialogue (select the light and use the edit button in the OIP).

[SamIWas]

On 1/16/2024 at 1:39 AM, ilijahmora said:

@klinzeySo how do we make fixutres brighter now?  Often times during the design/sketch process, a quick way is needed to stomp out a visual.. and being able to multiple the brighness percent or crank up the emitter was the ticket.  How do you suggest we do this now?

 

You can use the light palette, select the light, and make it brighter there.  It does allow you to go above 100 in there.