Hunter B Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 OK... I set the shutters from the OIP but they don't seem to do anything for the light... what am I doing wrong??? Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I'm not a fan of the shutter feature. No feadback. Takes too long. But it does what it does. (see attached picture) Make sure you have a focus point assigned to the instrument. hth michaelk Quote Link to comment
Hunter B Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Must work better in MAC Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Let's not begin a discussion on religion... Does this show the shutter cuts on your computer? michaelk Quote Link to comment
Hunter B Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Sorry I meant the shutters not the image. I've tried and cannot get the shutters to register in the light source. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Do you mean you want to see the physical shutter handles sticking out of the fixture? michaelk Quote Link to comment
Hunter B Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 NOPE.. the rendering of the light does not show the cuts from the shutters. Just a circle. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Try rendering in Final Quality Renderworks. michaelk Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Do you have Renderworks? I'm not sure what it does w/o Renderworks. michaelk Quote Link to comment
J. Miller Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hello, I am having the same issue with shutter cuts. I opened the attached file above and the shutters work fine. If i copy the fixture into my document the shutters don't work? What gives Jeff Miller Quote Link to comment
J. Miller Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Maybe there was something weird in the original file. I started with a clean file and pasted again.. it worked. Could it do something with the default Instrument texture?? Jeff Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) I'm having the same problem. I can't shutter my instruments. So I opened a new file. I put in a simple floor and a couple of instruments and they shutter fine. So I copied all of the elements of my original drawing (except the lighting instruments) into a new document. I then added new lighting instruments directly from the entertainment library. I still don't have shutter cuts. If I select "draw beam", the shutter cuts are shown. They just don't render. I'll let you know if I find out anything. Something in the file must be conflicting with shutter cuts. The shutter feature is fantastic. Especially from the OIP. You put in a value and a few seconds later you see the result. Now only if I can get it to render in a larger file! Two files attached: An image showing the beam drawn, but the cuts don't render. The VW file demonstrating the problem. Edited March 25, 2012 by jamesmise Quote Link to comment
kmckibben Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Been experiencing the same problem. Bump. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted March 29, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 29, 2012 Change you default document attributes to have a solid fill and it should work. Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 (edited) Way to go Kevin! For anyone else: Click in a blank area of the page so no objects are selected. Change the fill to solid in the attributes palette. You may have to refresh your instruments in the Spotlight menu to see the change. Kevin is my new best friend. Edited April 15, 2012 by jamesmise Quote Link to comment
Nicholas Higgins Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Hi all, just had that issue myself. Thanks to all for the solution. Just one further thing: the "draw beam" option in the instrument needs to be off as well. Quote Link to comment
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