Jim2489 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) I was under the belief that if you set a focus point in VW and focused standard fixtures on it, sent it to Vision, when you brought up the fixture it would be focused on that spot. I can't get it to work. Am I mistaken in this?? Edited January 24, 2018 by Jim2489 Quote Link to comment
Marionette Maven Marissa Farrell Posted January 24, 2018 Marionette Maven Share Posted January 24, 2018 You're correct on what the behavior should be, fixtures should export to vision in the same orientation as you sent them in. Which version of Vision are you using? Quote Link to comment
Jim2489 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 2018 in both VW and Vision Found the problem - there was a curtain in the drawing the set designer sent me that wasn't showing as active on any layer. I deleted all the layers except lighting and it works!! Quote Link to comment
Marionette Maven Marissa Farrell Posted January 24, 2018 Marionette Maven Share Posted January 24, 2018 Great! Glad you got it figured out. Quote Link to comment
Jim2489 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 but another one popped up. I set the colors of the instruments in VW to R80 - but they are not blue in Vision?? they are NC - new to this vision thing Quote Link to comment
Marionette Maven Marissa Farrell Posted January 24, 2018 Marionette Maven Share Posted January 24, 2018 I believe you have to edit the fixture and set color wheel slot 2 to the color that you'd like to show in Vision. I can't give you exact reasons why though. Quote Link to comment
Jim2489 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 these are ETC S4 LED Lustrs - in the OI palette there is only one option to set color and it is set at R80. I checked edit light palette and still only one color option. fixture mode in the OI is correct Baffled - maybe a call to vision tech support isi n order Quote Link to comment
Marionette Maven Marissa Farrell Posted January 24, 2018 Marionette Maven Share Posted January 24, 2018 I'm sure they can help you better than I can! Quote Link to comment
Jim2489 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) the issue is LED instruments cannot have color set in VW you need to open Nomad and DMX the color Edited January 24, 2018 by Jim2489 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Edward Joseph Posted January 24, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 24, 2018 Yep! LED instruments have their color set by DMX, you can't add a gel to an LED and Vision is aware of that. Well....I suppose you could tape one to the front of an LED fixture, but im not 100% sure how that would work out lol. Quote Link to comment
salukitd Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 On 1/24/2018 at 9:45 AM, Marissa Farrell said: You're correct on what the behavior should be, fixtures should export to vision in the same orientation as you sent them in. Which version of Vision are you using? I have the latest versions of VW and V running, and my conventionals still import in just kind of pointing at the stage...not necessarily where I have a focus point set (and the correct focus point referenced for the fixture in the OIP). So, what am I missing?! Thanks! Pat Quote Link to comment
Jim2489 Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) check to see if there is a curtain in the way (was my problem - the set designer put one in and it was hidden), that wasn't showing up. I deleted all the layers except lighting and stage and it worked Edited February 28, 2018 by Jim2489 Quote Link to comment
salukitd Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Just an update on this thread. My fixtures were still not focusing correctly in Vision to the points I set in VW. Curtains don't have anything to do with my particular problem. Now, if I right click on a fixture in VW, select "Focus Instruments" and select the FP, it WILL work in Vision. I tried an experiment by typing directly into the OIP Focus field. On another fixture, I left the OIP focus field empty and did the right click thing. The first fixture wasn't focused anywhere and the second fixture was focused exactly where it was supposed to be. Selecting each fixture and right clicking is kind of a pain in the ass. Is this a bug cause I sure hope it isn't a feature. Pat Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Edward Joseph Posted March 12, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 12, 2018 Hey Pat, I ran some more tests today and there is definitely some weirdness in that file. (1) I just dropped in a leko, went to edit, and changed focus to the focus point I made. The geometry snapped towards the focus point in VW, then I sent to Vision, the leko is pointing exactly where it should be. (2)Next, I tried adding 2 lekos, one unfocused, the other I Just typed a capital "A" into the focus field and hit enter. Hitting Enter snapped the fixture towards A. When I sent to Vision I get one pointed upstage (just the default position), and the other pointing stage right (where my focus point is). Are you doing something different? Quote Link to comment
salukitd Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Thanks Eddie! The only thing I think I'm doing different *maybe*, is that sometimes when I enter the focus point in the OIP I just select the next fixture and don't hit enter. Either way I do it the Focus point shows up in the OIP. I'm going to try your experiment on my end. Thanks again, Pat Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Edward Joseph Posted March 12, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 12, 2018 Awesome, I noticed in Vectorworks, if I don't hit enter, it doesn't actually apply the focus point. As in, the fixture I have selected don't change it's direction in Vectorworks, until I hit enter. Quote Link to comment
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