dwdavedw Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I have to manually input Beam Angle 2 and Field Angle 2 in OIW for every lighting unit if I want to draw beam. I have attempted to edit these in the Lighting Symbol Maintenance window, updated all lighting devices, but when I go back to plot, those values are still missing from the units, and opening up Lighting Symbol Maintenence window - all the values I inputted are missing again. What am I missing? VW2016 SP4 Quote Link to comment
Brandon Wardell Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Did you migrate your plot template from an earlier version? You need to repopulate your plot with the default instruments provided with 2016. Really annoying. Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Check your data record. Does it have all the beam angles in it? It may be an old one from a few versions ago that has slipped through the net. Quote Link to comment
dwdavedw Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 This is a plot originally done in v2015. I did replace the source 4 par symbols from the Vectorworks ETC library. They didn't have the secondary beam angles either. I edited them in the lighting symbol maintenance window, selected update all lighting units. Looking at the OIW for a S4 par, the secondary beam angles still aren't reading. Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 If you post the file I'll try and take look tonight if you like Quote Link to comment
JBenghiat Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Are you using referenced symbols? If so, you would need to use Lighting Symbol Maintenance on the master file and update the reference. If this is just an older file you may need to update the Light Info Record format. The record will preserve any existing data, and you shouldn't need to replace all your symbols. Use the Resource Browser to navigate to the default Spotlight Symbols. Locate the Light Info Record and import (via right-click or the lower "triangle" menu in the palette). Choose the option to replace the record in the current document with the one you are importing. HTH, Josh Quote Link to comment
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