robsmithld Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Hey all, I've just started diving into VW12 and I'm a little confused. I have version 11 of Shelley's SoftSymbols. I recently converted them all to VW12 files, but they don't have the same functionality as inserting a light source from the Visualization Tool Set. I love the adjustability of color, and temperature, and intensity being right at your finger tips. Is this something that is going to need to be updated in the new files Shelley is working on or did I import/convert wrong? For those of you unclear about what object library set I'm talking about check them out here: http://www.fieldtemplate.com/soft/softcopy.html They are a phenomenal set of fixtures, but they seem to lack this great new feature set. Thanks in advance for any help. Rob Smith Bristol, RI Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted December 15, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 15, 2005 Rob, This is something Steve is going to have to fix for his V12 release. You need apply a non-shadow casting texture to all the geometry in the light. You can apply the "Default Instrument" texture found in the Spotlight object libaries. You will have to edit each 3D portion of the symbol and apply the texture. Quote Link to comment
robsmithld Posted December 17, 2005 Author Share Posted December 17, 2005 Thanks for the reply Kevin. I'll give it a go, but I may have to patiently wait for Steve's update. Back to finding more new tricks ... Rob Quote Link to comment
Bryan K. Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 You can rob the polyline (the shape) of the shelly symbols and drop them into the VW library symbols. You'll get the good 'look' of the softsymbols with full functionality. It just takes a little time to update your library. Quote Link to comment
robsmithld Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 This is why I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. If I take a fixtuer out of the standard Spotlight Libraries and insert using the instrument insertion tool, it's placed with all of the fields in the object info palette but none of the gel, color temp, and intensity fileds. Thanks for your suggestion Bryan. I'll keep on trying. Quote Link to comment
MrTemplate Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Hi guys. sorry i've been off the loop for a bit, xmas shows and then i had a bit of a crash over the holidaze. kevin, i had no idea this update needed to take place for v12. did you mention this to me at LDI and i just missed it? folks; sorry for the delay. i'll try to address this as soon as i can. thanks in advance for your patience. shelley Quote Link to comment
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