2016 Heliodon/Daylight System broken

[zoomer]

I created an Heliodon,

now Open GL and Custom Render Styles, even the white Style,

render Pink Light with Green Shadows.

Looks like someone stumbled over the white color temperature.

(Which seems to get ignored)

[PVA - Admin]

I do not see that at all, can you post images please? Does the same happen in new files?

[zoomer]

I saw the GSG Viz guy making a solar study without pink light too meanwhile.

It was no clean file from scratch again,

another 2015 export, not much geometry and no VIZ objects before, but a DTM.

I will try again and show images after work ....

[zoomer]

It looks like this.

First thought it is because I used a standard material with object color for all.

But here is a 90% white material applied for the building.

[Dave Donley]

Hello zoomer:

Do both your Macs show this or only one of them?

Can you attach a simple file that shows this?

Thanks!

[zoomer]

Its on the Mac Pro.

I will try in a new clean empty 2016 file again.

[zoomer]

Shouldn't be related to the machine as Heliodon works as expected in a new clean file.

Edited September 18, 2015 by zoomer

[Amelia S]

I made a brand new template for 2016 and I can't create a Heliodon at all. Did I mess something up or is it related to this glitch?

[PVA - Admin]

I made a brand new template for 2016 and I can't create a Heliodon at all. Did I mess something up or is it related to this glitch?

This is a known bug in the Migration tool, but luckily the fix is pretty painless:

http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/1346/Missing+Tools+after+using+Migration+Manager

[zoomer]

If I make a clean new file in 2015, make some layers and geometry.

Open that file in 2016 and save.

I can create a working heliodon without pink light

So it should not relate to 2015 files in 2016 in general.

It is just that special file.

And I could "repair" that pink heliodon by switching back and forth between

my 2 white backgrouds, for open GL and all Custom RW Modes.

Suddenly the pink was gone ...

Edit :

Ooops, that works just for the RW render modes, Open GL stays pink ... so far.

Edited September 19, 2015 by zoomer

[zoomer]

In an OpenGL normal 3D View I can animate the sun with the solar animation slider in real time.

If I am in a Camera View I can't.

Why ?

[Dave Donley]

Hello zoomer:

There is a known bug where the solar animation interactive rendering doesn't update properly when the heliodon is not visible on the screen. This is going to be fixed for a service pack. It should work OK if the heliodon is in view on the screen.

[zoomer]

Hi Dave,

I emailed you a file with the pink Heliodon to the address in your signature.

In this file you will also see that interactive solar animation works in Open GL 3D Views,

but not in an Open GL Camera View. You don't see changes until you press OK.

BTW

I had never noticed heliodon problems when set invisible or being hidden by other objects.

Edited September 19, 2015 by zoomer