VW Spotlight19 Gobo

[Carl Burnett]

Hello,

 

I am working with renders in VW Spotlight, using Viper Profiles.

Is there a way for the gobos to show in the render? 

 

Thanks for any help.

Carl

[klinzey]

You have to assign the specific gobo to the fixture the same way you would do it with a conventional fixture.

Vectorworks Help -> Inserting a Gobo

[Carl Burnett]

Thanks for the info.

I thought I had done that Please see attached screen shot.

 

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for your help.

[klinzey]

You have to specify a Vectorworks texture.

Specifying a dds, jpg etc. image files will not work.

If the Vectorworks texture does not already exist you can use the Create Gobo Texture command to create one from the image.

 

P.S. dds files are obsolete and not supported by Vision on Vectorworks. dds files are automatically replace with jpg by Vision.

[Carl Burnett]

Thanks for your help, I now have gobo's in my lamps.

Is it possible to see the beam shape? I can see the image when it hits a surface but the beam appears solid.

 

Thanks again for any help

Carl

[klinzey]

In Vectorworks you need to make sure you have the "Draw Beam" option turned off, the light turned on, and your render mode is set to one of the Renderworks options.

[Carl Burnett]

Ok, thank you

Here is my issue: I can see the gobo but the beam is solid, Please see attached screen shot.

I'm expecting to see the breakup in the beam. is this possible?

 

thank you

Carl

[PVA - Admin]

In the Lit Fog settings within your Renderworks Background, enable "Receive Shadows" which will slow the render, but will give you the effect you're looking for.

This video should cover that and a few other details:

 

[Carl Burnett]

Jim Wilson, you're a diamond!! that's the trick I needed.

Thanks for your help everyone.

 

Carl

[Mbyrne]

This post saved a ton of issues I was having. Thank you!