JPatrick Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Hi, In vectorworks 2013 there was an option under File>Document settings>spotlight preferences where you could select data fields to transfer over to Lightwright. One of those fields was the X Location (which was the lighting instruments X coordinate on the Cartesian plane) which would then show up in Lightwright. In Vectorworks 2014 the X location field does not appear. Any Thoughts? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted October 7, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 7, 2013 X,Y,Z and Rotation are automatically exported to Lightwright with Vectorworks 2014. Lightwright needs to be updated to recognize the fields. The update for Lightwright is currently in beta and scheduled to be released later this week. Quote Link to comment
joejatkins Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hi Kevin, Having just migrated to VW 2014 after 25 years using a different CAD solution, I have to say I'm a little distressed as to the non-usability of the reporting features in Spotlight 2014? Please can you be straight with me - is it just because of the link to LightWright? in that you don't see the need to offer export to other spreadsheet programmes? I want to get to the truth of this matter so I can make an informed choice as to where I go from here. I have to say, after ?3.5K for the software, the last thing i expected was to have to fork out another ?400 to JM for LightWright, just so VW Spotlight 2014 could be useful? Really? I have tried all the export/import features and they really don't work do they? Feeling a bit cheated right now! Quote Link to comment
C. Andrew Dunning Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Joe - I (if not all of us) totally get your "transition frustration" - either when moving from other CAD solutions to VW, or from one VW workflow to another. Therefore, you'll find that ther are many willing to help... What, exactly, isn't working for you? Are you using the Spotlight "Export Instrument Data" and "Import Instrument Data" menu commands? Are you using the preset Spotlight reports or your own database Worksheets? While I don't to much importing, I export to Excel regularly with no problems. The attached file will give you a glimpse into how at least 1 other user works - and, how you can use the Spotlight system in somewhat non-standard ways. Regards - Quote Link to comment
Sam Jones Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Joe, The "Export Worksheet" command works pretty well but you have to have an active worksheet open, which presupposes you have made a worksheet of the information you want. Both "Generate Paperwork" and "Create Report" will create an exportable worksheet. Let us know if you need help with those commands. Sam Samuel L. Jones Developer of AutoPlotVW, AutoPlotTools for SpotLight, and Chain Hoist Tools sjones@autoplotvw.com Quote Link to comment
Brendan Gray Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Kevin- I'm on a job where we are working on getting the XYZ position info into MA3D for previz. In VW20134 the XYZ position fields show up as an option to export to LW but in VW2014 they do not. (My VW2014 is up to date according to the app). Here are links to the export screens in VW2013 and 2014 that illustrate the issue. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wjog5sgz22im9xe/VW2013%20LW%20EXPORT.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/9q8cnapyrr7idod/VW2014%20LW%20EXPORT.png Additionally, we are having an issue where the exported position information (from VW2013) does not always match the information in the OIP for the lights. Any thoughts as to why that might be? -BG Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted February 11, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 11, 2014 The data exchange with LW now supports X,Y and Z by default. It was removed from the export Instrument Data because the location was unreliable with that command. You can get the locations into a worksheet by using the criteria XCOORDINATE, YCOORDINATE, and ZCOORDINATE. Quote Link to comment
mjdld Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I read through this thread and I still don't understand. How exactly can you export the X coordinate into Lightwright? I don't see XCOORDINATE as an export field. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted March 18, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 18, 2014 The X,Y,Z rotation and several other attributes are automatically exported as part of the data exchange for LW5. When you go into LW to select how the VW fields map to LW fields you will see the additional fields. These fields are not supported via export instrument data. Quote Link to comment
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