Nikgwolf Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Hello VW community, I'm assisting a designer with drafting a light plot and are experiencing an unusual issue with unit numbers. As we go back to add unit numbers with the "Number instruments" tool, all the units are labeled in a multi-circuit fashion even though they were inserted separately as individual, single-circuit fixtures. We are looking for solutions and we've found it to be a problem within the particular file and with the particular symbols as a result of comparing the issue with a separate show file. We don't know where to find the data that defines a fixture as multi-circuit and/or if there's a way to turn it off. Any info is appreciated! Thanks, Nik Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted January 28, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 28, 2013 There is no way to convert a multi-circuit to a single circuit instrument. Make a marque selection if the lighting device and see how many are selected. You will probably see 2 items selected. The problem is most likely with the symbol. There are probably 2 or more symbols within the symbol and the instrument insertion tool considers this a multi-circuit instrument. If this is the case the simple solution is to add something else to the symbol, a line or a piece to text. Multi-circuit symbols consist of ONLY other symbols so if you add anything else to the symbol it will be seen as a single circuit. Quote Link to comment
Nikgwolf Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Thanks klinzey for the response, I'll take that into consideration. Our solution was to Create a new file and copy and paste all non-lighting layers while "rehanging" a new plot with symbols from a working file. Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.