mjunderdog1 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I was working on a file (in Vwx 2009 for Mac) and all of a sudden, I am unable to see any of the fixtures' attributes in the Object Info window, below the "Rotation" field, starting with the "device type" button, on down. Did I change something by accidentally hitting a different mode? I opened other files and do not have that problem with other files. Thx. Quote Link to comment
mjunderdog1 Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 All of the info I've already input into the fixture, i.e. circuit name, fixture number channel number, still show up on the drawing, when I turn on the class. But, again, my information, as well as my ability to change said info, is not gone, because it doesn't show up in the "Object Info" palette. A side note: the hexagon that the channel number used to be wrapped in disappeared at roughly the same time. Dunno if it's related. Quote Link to comment
JBenghiat Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Look at the tho top of object info -- is the object type still "Lighting Device" or have you grouped it? If it's a group, just ungroup. If it is still a Lighting Device, try right-clicking the object and selecting "Properties." This will sometimes force a misbehaving Object Info to refresh. HTH, Josh Quote Link to comment
mjunderdog1 Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Thanks, Josh. Object type had changed so it was not a "lighting device". However, I tried ungrouping and it didn't work. I also tied right clicking the object and selecting "Properties". Also to no avail. Anything else I can try? MJ Quote Link to comment
JBenghiat Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Just checking -- has the object's type "Group" or something else? It's possible that you converted the object to a group (as opposed to contained it within a group), in which case the object becomes a grouped set of drawing elements instead of a Lighting Device, but you would have received a dialog if you did this. Try double clicking on the object and seeing if you enter an edit mode. -Josh Quote Link to comment
mjunderdog1 Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 Double-clicking on fixture gives me the red error message on bottom right of window, "The selected object has no edit behavior." I also tried to convert a fixture to an instrument, and received the error message (in a pop-up window) "Only symbols can be converted to instruments. Non-symbols were not converted and were selected." So, somehow all my fixtures have been converted to something other than a symbol, or instrument, that can be edited. The thing is, I know I never converted anything to the point where I got any type of confirmation of action request. Quote Link to comment
SAR Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I am not sure what the cause of your problem is, but does importing/replacing the fixtures symbols on your plot from a good file or favorites solve the immediate problem of no lighting devices? Just wondering. Steve Quote Link to comment
sig_eigei Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 mjunderdog1 - did your object turn into a Light instead of a Lighting Device in the OIP? If so, then just use the refresh instruments commands. This usually happens whenever you delete a lighting device and put it back with the Undo command. Quote Link to comment
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