mjm Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) The title pretty much sums it up - except for the unbelievable panic I'm now feeling, with the plot due yesterday and literally no data to access on the plot. As you might see from the attached image, there's no 'type' to the selected object true for all lighting instruments on plot!!! Freaking out pretty badly at this moment and looking for the simple "you silly goose, it's right over here" help from the inter webs. (edit: updated sig) Edited January 6, 2012 by mjm Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 SO, thanks to OS X's Time Machine, I was able to pull a reasonably current version of the file without the amazing corruption and work on, though many LW5 issues ensued. Been a crappy work day for sure, but at least _something_ resembling my intentions went out the electronic door tonight, thanks to apple. Quote Link to comment
MrTemplate Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 i took a look at this file and it's way wacky. not to mention the fact that trying to copy using option-drag does not work in any way. data exchange was trashed; even an export to excel only showed me default instrument data, nothing otherwise contained in any label legend. a sad little plot with a serious cold. then again, i could just not be finding the right key. anyone else want to take a swing at this one? shelley Quote Link to comment
RickR Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I've seen this in Windows as well. In 2011, 2012, and maybe even 2010.. Sometimes simply closing and re-opening helped. Other times only deleting the confused lights did the trick. You might try copying the offending lights into a new file and see if they revive. You might also copy everything else into a new file. That can clean up some serious corruption. Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 So, I did try closing and re-opening several times and no joy. Any fixtures copied/pasted to a new document travelled without any info. The time machine backup was the only path to any success at all and even that file was quite corrupt - something which raised it's ugly head in the data exchange process. I finally copied and pasted from that time machine doc to a blank spotlight doc and all was good once more. What a journey. Quote Link to comment
Shrunken Ned Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) I am experiencing the exact same problem Windows 7 64bit VW 2012 SP1 Plugins: Chain Hoist tool and AutoPlot LW5 data exchange. Worked on file all day yesterday. Saved file. Opened file today. All Lights show no Object Info 'type' or any other PI data except class and layer. Same thing happens with ALL Backups and previous saved versions! Gave the file to a co-worker with same computer and VW version. File opens normally. Restarted VW2012. Then rebooted computer. Still same results. When I try to insert NEW fixture, PIO info is as expected, however, I get an error message "A Plug-in Object value is out of range due to inappropriate layer scale. Change scale and try again" This error message also appears when I export to LightWright. Please help. I don't want to have to reinstall VW. Edited January 29, 2012 by Shrunken Ned Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Ned: what I did ,which worked out fine, was copy and paste by layer the info to a new blank spotlight file. Somehow the corruption was gone or bypassed or something. All was well after that. Quote Link to comment
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