AndyS Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Hello, i'm completly new to Spotlight...i have got v12.5 on mac, i can't seem to be able to find any Luminaires in the resource browser....i know they are there somewhere as i can see them in the application folder.... Plus - when i try and open a fixture from going through folders to the libraries it says 'no active symbol definition'. can any one give me some very basic help?! many thanks andy Quote Link to comment
td4stage Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Hey Andy! Welcome to the world of Spot light! Your questions are quite basic...no worries though as we have all had them. Remember that I'm on a windows machine but these should help! To find resources, I go to the folder where SL is installed and there should be a folder in that called "Libraries", then you should see a couple SL folders, one imperial, one metric...there you go! When you have your units in the resource browser, right click on whatever unit you want to use and select "Make Active"...or something like that. Then you have to use the instrument insertion tool to place the unit in your plot. If you don't use this tool, it won't have the spotlight data associated with it! Somebody correct me if I'm wrong! HTH, Pat Quote Link to comment
AndyS Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 When you have your units in the resource browser, right click on whatever unit you want to use and select "Make Active"...or something like that. Pat, Thanks for that, how do i get them in the Resource Browser though? sorry for being a a little basic! many thanks andy Quote Link to comment
td4stage Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 No problem Andy, When you find the file with the units you want...see my last response...double click the file, it opens in VW and is automatically placed in the Resource browser. In the RB, there is a dropdown box "Files and Folders"..click the down arrow and scroll up to "Open files"...there you can select the file that has the units you want. If you use the particular lighting files often, search the help files for adding items to the RB favoriate! HTH, Pat Quote Link to comment
AndyS Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 Pat... many thanks for helping me out....i'm set to go now. all the best andy Quote Link to comment
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