wanawar Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I'm working in Vectorworks Spotlight to create our coming show. I've created our theater in 3D, I've put trusses on the ceiling and i attached some par64, fresnel light etc from the 'altman' library. After that i've added some focus points to aim the light, but now my problem: I would like to see the light shine, vectorworks draws the 'beam' with lines, but thats not what i want. I would like to see the reel beams (even add some smoke if possible) so i can render the project to some nice pics. Any idea what i am doing wrong. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Have you tried 'Lit Fog' in the OIP Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted January 8, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 8, 2013 Right click on the light and select "Turn On" You can also use the visualization palette to turn lights on and off. If you assign channel and purpose it will be a lot easier to locate then in the Viz, otherwise they will just have unique identifiers as names. You will want to turn off draw beams before rendering. Lit fog can be controlled for each light when you edit the light. The density of the lit fog is controlled by the background texture applied to each layer. Quote Link to comment
wanawar Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Even if i've turned on the lights i won't see anything. which 'rendermode' do i have to select? Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) I used Custom Renderworks Edited January 9, 2013 by GWS Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted January 9, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 9, 2013 You need to use one of the Renderworks modes. Are you using stock Vectorworks symbols from the current version or custom ones that you or someone else created? Quote Link to comment
wanawar Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm using vectorworks 2012 - education version and i took f.e. the PAR64 MFL from the standard lightning-Altman libraries. Does it matter which rendermode? If useful i included the vwx file. Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm afraid I can't open your file as VW won't let me, but any Renderworks mode should work. i.e Fast Renderworks, Custom Renderworks or Final Renderworks. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted January 10, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 10, 2013 The lights are on but they are at 0% Brightness. Edit the light and set the Brightness to 100% Quote Link to comment
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