VWX2021 lighting acc issue

[Alexey Trebukhin]

When you spot lighting fixture on the focus point lighting acc(clamp for example) moves with the head of lighting fixture.

 

Also when you add lighting acc(clamp) to the 3D model of the lighting fixture, it doesn't appears in the model even after refresh.

[klinzey]

Accessories now utilize the parts record to determine which part of the fixture they rotate with. If there is no parts record attached it defaults to being placed at the front of the fixture and rotating with the body of the fixture, as this was the default behavior for all accessories in prior versions.

For clamps and other accessories that attach to the base of the fixture the parts record should be attached to the symbol and the Base filed should be selected.

Concept: Lighting accessories

 

We will look into the issue of the geometry not updating after editing the symbol.

[Alexey Trebukhin]

😞 it was so much easier in 2020. I was just adding clamps in "Edit 3D component" for the lighting device. And everything worked perfect! 

 

 

 

 

[Alexey Trebukhin]

UPD: Nice Tool, really nice! 🙂

 

But still have 1 question: if I need 2 clamps in a row, do I need to make it as 1 symbol or there is another way to add it? 

 

If I make it as 1 symbol I need to change the weight records to have the right calculations? 

[JustinVH]

@Alexey Trebukhin I have found that if you go into the OIP and choose 'Edit Accessories' you can then add additional clamps.  You want to be sure to use the second mode though so that the extra clamps do not insert at the insertion point of the symbol but instead where you click them into the document.  You may also have to go into a front or side view and adjust the clamp height to line up with the bottom of the base.

 

If you make a custom symbol and add an additional clamp so that two attach in one symbol you will need to update the weight of the symbol.

[Alexey Trebukhin]

@JustinVH the tool "edit acc" is really limited. It's not possible to use mirror tool(to mirror the clamps or other objects)  and other tools so its easier to make adjustments in 3D of Clamp and add weight in "light info records M". But I hope someday you will fix that. Also I hope, someday there will be info about default positions for the clamps in 3D model of lighting fixture! It could be really useful when you have custom Light plot on the truss to check if it's possible to rigg the fixtures between the truss crossing sections.

 

UPD: I didn't check the reports to find out if it makes the proper counts of clamps amount if you make changes in 3D of the clamp.

I think this could be a problem. 🙂 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2020 by Alexey Trebukhin