Mike Locke Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 It seems like I can repeat my problem, so I'll throw it out here to the forum and to support. I've had problems with the Altman Sky Cyc 3 symbol, and it seems to be consistent. 1. Open a new doc. 2. Import from Objects-Entertainment>Lighting-Altman the SKY-CYC-03 symbol. 3. Import a lighting position or create one. Give it a Z height. It doesn't seem to matter what that height is. Name the position as well. 4. Insert SKY-CYC-03 with the Inst Insertion tool on the lighting position. Check that it has attached to the lighting position in OIP. 5. Select each of the 3 parts one by one and check their Z value. I get one at the position height, one at double the height and one at triple the height. Do others have the same problem? Is this a setting I have screwy? Also, when I try to change the height of all three at once it doesn't take. Thanks for the help. Mike Vectorworks 2011 SP2 PC: Windows 7 64-bit Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Yep, I'm seeing it, too. If you insert the components (left, center, right) and convert to multi circuit, it seems to behave. Quote Link to comment
Mike Locke Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the work around! Anybody have a guess as to what the problem is? EDIT: But if you try to move that multi-circuit light the results are off (lights moving the wrong distances). I tried dragging and Move by Points. Mike Edited February 7, 2011 by Mike Locke Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 There are two annoying multi circuit issues that started in 2011: 1. Duplicating a multi circuit unit makes the duplicate fly apart and nothing can restore it. 2. I haven't had the same problem moving multi circuit lights, but I've found that you need to refresh the screen after you drag a multi circuit unit. Lately I've been creating every single multi circuit light one at a time. Disappointing, since it used to work in 2010. I'm hoping that this and the accessory bug gets fixed for the next service pack. Quote Link to comment
sig_eigei Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I have found that you cannot duplicate a multi-circuit; that I must add it from the resource browser each time. More important, is that I learned that I must reposition any multi-circuit by only dragging around one piece of it. If I drag all parts of it it will explode into the far reaches of the drawing. It took a long time to get used to. One other thing, if you want to distribute multi-circuit fixtures in a space, or other tools like that, it's important, again, to only select one of the symbols in each of the multi-circuit. Personally, I find this counter-intuitive. FWIW Quote Link to comment
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