J. Miller Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Hello, I am a new user to spotlight (long time user of VW). I am attempting to use the editable worksheet to update a light plot. When creating a spotlight editable worksheet I want it to sort by unit number. BUT it does not sort the numbers in order (ie 1,2 3,...) I get this instead (1, 11, 12, 2, 20, 21, 3.....) Is this a glitch or am I doing something wrong. Thanks in advance Jeff Miller Quote Link to comment
JGoss Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Nope, you're not doing anything wrong. That's just how it does it. Annoying huh? It would be nice if that got fixed one day... I use the Lightwright import/export functions to get the proper information updated into the plot. It's much faster then editing every unit. Quote Link to comment
J. Miller Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 that's odd When the instrument reports are generated the sort by unit number is correct. I am just looking for a qick way to get most of the data into an instrument. Position & unit number is about all i want to enter via the actual drawing. The worksheet seemed to be a quick way to run through all the fixtures on a plot. BUT if it can't sort properly, i guess i will need to write my own vectorscript to get the report i want. Thanks for the reply Maybe VW can get this fixed Jeff Miller Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted January 20, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 20, 2006 Add the field "Alt-Unit " and sort Alt-Unit rather then unit number. The Alt-Unit field has been paded with a space to make it sort corectly. The paperwork command does this automatically, but Alt-Unit is a read only field so if you cange it, it will not update the Unit number. Quote Link to comment
J. Miller Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 Thanks Kevin It's the little things in life that make the day go smoother. I was wondering why those fields were there to begin with, now I know. Can I assume that the other "Alt" fields will act (sort) the same way. Jeff Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted January 20, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 20, 2006 Yes, the other "Alt-" fields are the same way. Quote Link to comment
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