Spotlight feature request

[ajemutt]

Hey folks!

 

Mucking around in Spotlight/Showcase/Vision, and there's a workflow slowdown that I'd love to get better functionality added to.

 

When I'm setting the Fixture Mode for a light in the OIP, it would be AWESOME if:

 

#1 The dropdown remembered recently used fixture modes, so we don't have to type in the name and dig through nested menus each time we're setting a mode.

 

#2 If the "Vision Fixture Mode" nested menu window had a column for DMX footprint for each mode. It's REALLY (REALLY) time consuming to have to dig around several similarly named fixtures, select it, OK it, then have to scroll down in the OIP just to see what the footprint is.

 

Thanks!

 

AJ

[jcogdell]

4 hours ago, ajemutt said:

#1 The dropdown remembered recently used fixture modes, so we don't have to type in the name and dig through nested menus each time we're setting a mode.

This may be a bug, the fixture mode dropdown is meant to show the 'default' mode options for the fixture in the dropdown itself. I know this has been inconsistantly functional in the past. I'll open a bug report for it and see what can be done.

 

4 hours ago, ajemutt said:

#2 If the "Vision Fixture Mode" nested menu window had a column for DMX footprint for each mode. It's REALLY (REALLY) time consuming to have to dig around several similarly named fixtures, select it, OK it, then have to scroll down in the OIP just to see what the footprint is.

This is something we already want to do with the fixture mode dialogue, I'll add this thread to the internal enhancement thaht is open on the fixture mode selection workflow

[jcogdell]

@ajemutt
What operating system are you using and what update and build of Vectorworks?
I've tried to recreate the issue at my end and the drop down seems to be working correctly, it displays the availbel fixture modes for the chosen fixture.
If you are requesting soem thing please let me know so I can update the report.