markdd Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I feel an idiot because I have managed it before, however I am having real problems creating new Multicircuit instrument symbols with the same behaviors as the bundled Spotlight versions. i.e. when you insert as an instrument the component parts each take on individual label lagends etc. Can someone out there provide a basic "walk-through" of this as the manual for Spotlight is shakey on the subject!! I would really appreciate this! Thanks in advance!! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted June 30, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 30, 2006 Make the symbol as you normaly would with the attatched data record for each cell(part). Then insert the symbol cells (parts) into the document and make a symbol of those symbols. The trick is that the multi circuit symbol can ONLY contain other symbols, no text or graphics. Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 Still no luck I am afraid! Let me take you through the workflow.... I have created 3 different symbols that make up a 3 cell strip. I insert each one into the current drawing and convert them to lighting intruments. I delete the label legend that attaches to them by default (I would love to find a way of turning this off so that symbols can be entered without any label legend at all, but that is for another day!) I then arrange the instruments as I needto see them arranged and select the three instruments and convert them to a multi-circuit instrument. I then make a symbol out of the multi-circuit instrument. When I re-insert this so caled multicircuit symbol using the Instrument Insertion tool the symbol is still seen as one fixture as opposed to a group of three that move as one. Is there anything about this workflow that is incorrect. As I said before I have managedto do this on a number of occasions so cannot work out what I am doing differently!! Your help is most welcome! Happy independence day!! Mark Make the symbol as you normaly would with the attatched data record for each cell(part). Then insert the symbol cells (parts) into the document and make a symbol of those symbols. The trick is that the multi circuit symbol can ONLY contain other symbols, no text or graphics. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted July 5, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 5, 2006 Just insert the three symbols, don't convert them to instruments. Create a sumbol from those three symbols. Now use the instrument insertion tool to insert the big symbol. Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 Silly me!! Thanks for your help! Mark Quote Link to comment
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