MattG Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I have followed the described steps in the help menu to import a lightwright file, however I have not had any luck. Can someone help? Is there a common thing I might be forgetting. It starts to import than says it selected everything that didn't import any data and selects everything. Thanks, Matt Quote Link to comment
rocitop Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Something isn't matching up. Try using the provided import/export files found in Program Files\VectorWorks 12.5.1\Extras When I had that problem last I had set up the import to map the lightwright IDs to something like gobo1 so it was impossible to export it correctly. Quote Link to comment
Ericoxer Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 What version of LW are you using? that also tends to mess up with import / export Quote Link to comment
Cris with no H Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 You need to check the Unique ID field and make sure it's the correct one when importing the data. Spotlight can't automatically determine which field contains the unit data labels that it relies on, so you have to point it to the right one. It is usually External ID (coming out of LW), so make sure that is selected in the Import Instrument Data dialogue box. You will have to manually map the gobo field, the symbol field...one other I think. If it helps, the import/export macros work perfectly in VW2008 - using 12.5.2's automated actions in LW. Have no idea why. Oh, and if you haven't updated to 12.5.2....you should... Cris Dopher Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 I think there's actually an issue with the latest version of Lightwright and VW 12.5.2 in which converting doesn't work properly. VW 12.5.1 does work correctly. Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 That may be it I am running LW 4 with vectorworks 12.5.2 and for some reason it changes the object info on some of my lights and added, in addition to what was already there, extra blanks. Very strange. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Yep, that's the problem. Revert to 12.5.1 to resolve this. Quote Link to comment
Jim_Allen Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 (edited) The was a problem with LW 4.1.7. I am using 12.5.2 and LW 4.1.6 and not having any problems. Check with John at LW before you give up on 12.5.2 Edited September 26, 2007 by Jim_Allen Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted September 26, 2007 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 26, 2007 (edited) It's just the import mapping file on the Mac that does not work in 12.5.2. (You will see the message that the file is not valid.) As far as I know the rest of the command functions as it did in 12.0 and 12.5.x. Edited September 26, 2007 by klinzey Quote Link to comment
Rick Martin Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 I also don't have any problems with 12.5.2 on a Mac. Check out this thread: http://tinyurl.com/2wwpgm It may help out. Quote Link to comment
John McKernon Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 The was a problem with LW 4.1.7. I am using 12.5.2 and LW 4.1.6 and not having any problems. Check with John at LW before you give up on 12.5.2 LW 4.1.7 is fine, the import/export routines are *exactly* the same they've been for the last few releases. The problem is that 12.5.2 doesn't match fields up well when you click the "AutoLink" button when importing back into VW. You have to go through the whole list and very carefully check all of the field mappings and fix the ones that aren't right. The two most critical are the Lightwright ID and the UID. And yes, 2008 has AutoLink working correctly. Hooray! - John McKernon Quote Link to comment
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