DBLD Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I have two directional lights in a drawing (90 degrees offset from each other) but only one symbol is showing. Is this a bug or only one will show? They both cast light. It has happened in a number of documents I have created. x Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Are they both in the same class? What version of VW? What OS? What render mode? Quote Link to comment
DBLD Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 Yep both same class. I duplicated the second from the first. I am on Vectorworks 2023 SP7, Windows 11. Top/Plan view shows the one on the left, Top view shows the one on the right. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 That's hysterical. Can you post a file with those two light objects? Quote Link to comment
DBLD Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 Here you go Directional lights.vwx Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 you might have a problem with that file. Opening it made VW very unstable for me. I did see the problem you were having before it crashed. After the crash I tried to replicated the problem from a blank file. I gave up after 1344 light objects. Quote Link to comment
DBLD Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 Hmmm, good to know. Thanks for having a look at it. Its strange there is 1344 light objects when the file is empty besides the two directional lights. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 No. I created a new file with 1344 directional lights. No issues. Quote Link to comment
DBLD Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 Ahhhh I see. It must be my file Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Does it matter if Soft Shadows is unchecked? Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Just tried a blank document with 2048 directional lights. Selecting all of them and checking Soft Shadows in VW 2023 was too much for it! Quote Link to comment
DBLD Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 I have both of them back in my original document now. They seem to come and go but next time they have gone I will try turning off soft shadows. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 It's been doing this for 10 minutes now. Screen Recording 2023-11-13 at 8.58.37 PM.mov Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Same in 2024. Kind of peaceful to watch. Screen Recording 2023-11-13 at 9.05.11 PM.mov 1 Quote Link to comment
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