Blackfaer Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 See image below. The selected device shows focus area, color, dimmer and channel... yet the object info box shows all those categories as blank. About half my plot has this problem; if I at any point update or refresh anything it will wipe the channel, dimmer, and color information from all the affected instruments, but only the focus information from some of them. Anyone have any thoughts on what caused this and how I can fix and/or prevent it? I'd really like not to have to re-enter all the data for about 40+ lights... Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted March 31, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 31, 2011 Wow 12.5! Lots of changes have been made since 12.5. Check for another record attached to lighting device symbol. I think earlier versions of Spotlight would read from all records attached to the symbol and if you had a record with the field say "Channel" that information would overwrite the information you entered. The only record that should be attached to the lighting device symbols should be the "Light Info Record" for 12.5. If you are also using Autoplot this is the most likely cause. Quote Link to comment
Blackfaer Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Not using autoplot. Doesn't seem to have any effect, messing with records; there doesn't seem to be any extra that I can find. Discovered the problem while working with viewports and sheet layers, but the instruments and areas I've been working with recently aren't affected, so I'm not sure how long they've been screwed up. I do know I did create a key to instrumentation and other paperwork and was thinking it might be related to something there. Yeah, I realize 12.5 is not exactly the hottest new version, but when you only use VW a few times a year, it's hard to justify to the boss the expense of upgrading - particularly since every other piece of software in our entire theatre from marketing to database to payroll is in the <$50 range due to non-profit discounts. And I don't bring in any extra income to myself through its use, so until the price for upgrading drops dramatically, I'm going to be upgrading only when absolutely necessary. If it helps any, when I first learned how to use it it was called miniCAD - I've upgraded twice since then! Quote Link to comment
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