JPL13 Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Going out of my mind and running out of time . Here's the situation: I add a truss in VW (2008). I convert it to a lighting position, as it has 8 lights on it. As you know, VW won't let you just rotate the truss(hybrid object), except for on the Z plane, so I resort to circular array to angle the truss 10 degrees. This is done without maintaining the original. I save my file. I re open my file, the truss is straight again!! The lights that are for that truss are still on a 10deg angle! If I convert the truss to 3d polys, I can rotate it and open/close, etc. It all works fine, but now I can no longer convert that truss into a lighting position. Driving me batty!!! Please help if you can. I'm soooo behind on finishing this plot as it is Thanks for any assistance!! Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Have you tried using the 2dRotateTool on the 2d HybridTrussObject in the TopPlanView ? Quote Link to comment
JPL13 Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Unfortunately, I need them to rotate on X axis. So if you were looking at them from "right" side view, they'd be at a 20deg angle. It's crazy that this won't let you rotate 3d objects (hybrids, anyway) on anything other than the Z axis. Supposedly, VW 2009 fixes this. Sigh. Thank u for the help, though Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Make your truss in the straight position. Go to top only and ungroup. Regroup. From here you lose your ability to edit it as a truss. You have your truss in 3d only and you can rotate in the z but yes you cannot rotate a z and have it be a hybrid. Obviously if your truss was 50' and at a 45 degree angle on the z then your 50' truss would only really be about 25' in plan which for people not using the truss tool in a hybrid symbol I would have no idea how to expect vectorworks to do that. Quote Link to comment
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