mjm Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Haven't found anything relating to this with searches on the forum for "striplight" - It seems to me that in Spotlight 2011 it is impossible to place striplight fixtures (stock from the various entertainment resource folders) and then move them on the drawing without having them apparently randomly shoot off into strange places on the drawing. I have some designs which call for up to 8 positions of striplights, and when that becomes so severe for me that I am reduced to drafting in older applications to get the work done. Never had this issue with AutoplotVW. Is there something I am doing incorrectly? Does no one else have this problem? Thanks for your input, Michael ˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘ Spotlight 2011 couple of Snow Leopard OS X laptops, 4 GB Ram, 320 GB onboard storage Outboard 24" Monitor (HDMI through the DVI>HDMI converter) nothing else of interest to this board Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I can confirm the same problem in Designer 2011 with the most recent service pack. Because I didn't need them to specifically be Spotlight fixtures I re-inserted them as symbols, which seemed to resolve the problem. Kevin Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Thanks for the quick reply Kevin. Sadly I need them to be Spotlight fixtures. Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Thanks for the quick reply Kevin. Sadly I need them to be Spotlight fixtures. Quote Link to comment
JBenghiat Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Yes, definitely a known issue related to how the cells find each other and adjust accordingly. The trick is to only select one cell per fixture at a time when moving them. My workaround is to insert them as plain symbols and not convert to Spotlight objects until I'm happy with their position. Others use individual cells and don't use them as multicircuit fixtures. -Josh Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Thanks Joshua, your information is very helpful. I am certainly looking forward to the VW fix though. Anyone know if 2012 solves this issue? Quote Link to comment
Mike Locke Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Well, a different problem in 2012. Tried with a Colortran 3-cell and Altman strip light. Both can be move as lighting instruments, but the 3D rotation is off for no apparent reason. Maybe it's just me and that it's late... Mike Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Wll that's an improvement to me for sure! Quote Link to comment
MrTemplate Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Mike: i fiddled with the Colortran 3-cell and you're right. The 3D rotation is funky. In my rough examination, there are two problems: 1) the 3D locus in **each** of the three cyc parts needs to be zeroed on both the X and Y axes, and 2) the 3D component of the "Far Cyc 3 Cell" has an additional 3D locus. Once i removed this fourth 3D locus, and centered the other three, the Far Cyc 3 Cell behaved more correctly. until i change the 3D Y rotation. when i set that to 90 degrees, all three 3D components "sat on their elbows". I'm still trying to figure this 3D stuff out, but i know these two changes will help. i know i spent weeks trying to suss out the selador striplights in the ETC Combo Pack. Good luck, Shelley Quote Link to comment
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