lightingguy Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Ok, I have one very improtant room that I must be able to see what gobos will look like in. So with that I can't see them. I have tried putting up different fixtures and still nothing. They all do the same thing. If I tell the fixture to project the gobo, then I see nothing. If I take the gobo out then I see the light fine. What gives. I can see gobos in other rooms that I have created, so why not this one. Is there a property or something that I need to change? Thanks Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted August 25, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 25, 2006 Which rendering mode are you using? Have you tried a differnt Gobo that you know works in another room? Are you using the same instruments in this room as the other rooms? Is there something in front of the light? Rendering in fast Renderworks will often show the light, but it will not render the Gobo. Only Final Quality Renderworks will show the projected Gobo. Quote Link to comment
lightingguy Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 I have tried all of that. I can take a light and put it in one room and it works. Put it in this room and nothing. If I take the gobo out of the light then I can see the light. This room was created in Google SketchUp if that helps. I can email you the file if you want. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted August 31, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 31, 2006 It sounds like it may be rendering problem with some geometry in that room. Send the file and a description of the problem to tech@nemetschek.net and we will take a look at it. Quote Link to comment
lightingguy Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 I tried to email the file, but my email server would not allow me to do it. The file is 44.8MB in size and our server only allows 25MB. Can you think of anything that may be causeing that, it is only when a gobo is in the light that I cannot see it. THanks for your help. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 If you haven't done it already, VectorWorks files compress very well. Try zipping it before you email. Quote Link to comment
Jim_Allen Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 You can also try "purge unused" to try to reduce the size of the file. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted September 1, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 1, 2006 In general to reduce the file size. #1 Turn off Save viewport cache if you have viewports, then compress the file. Quote Link to comment
Ben Elmo Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 I had the exact same problem and after hours of troubleshooting, I believe it turned out to be the line style of the fixture. I set the class containing my fixtures to 'use at creation' a solid line style. Then I added the fixtures and my gobos started working. Try that. Quote Link to comment
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