![]() ![]() If a change to the file and folder structure makes the selected location invalid, the exchange file is saved to the same location as the file. Saves the exchange file in a specific location click Choose to set the location. When the Vectorworks file is saved, saves the exchange file with the Vectorworks file The file is in .xml format, and it is named according to the Vectorworks file. Specifies the location of the exchange file. Instrument summaries are updated automatically if Show Counts and Compare to Inventory are selected in the Instrument Summary Settings dialog box for the placed objects. Inventory updates from Lightwright are processed with the other lighting device data. Only accessories with a Device Type of Accessory or Static Accessory are sent to Lightwright. Only instrument types with a count of one or more are sent to Lightwright. An updated instrument types inventory list, which is controlled by the Lighting Inventory Setup command, is sent to Lightwright when the Lightwright data exchange performs a complete export and when lighting inventory is updated (see Lighting inventory setup and Generating paperwork ). Includes inventory data in the data transfer. This should occur whenever field export changes have occurred therefore, when changes have been made, the field is grayed and cannot be deselected. Lightwright looks promising - I would use Excel but I basically want something that has fixture information built-in so I can, for instance, tell it to patch 16 Mac 500s at a specific address /universe/DMX mode and it will know how many channels etc to take up.Enables the automatic exchange of data between the Vectorworks Spotlight product and Lightwright deselect to suspend or stop the data exchangeĮxports the Spotlight data, replacing all the data in Lightwright the next time Lightwright is used. At the moment I'm having to look through online databases of lighting fixtures to work out how many channels/what mode etc. ![]() This LD Calculator program seems good but doesn't have all of the fixtures I need in it - you can apparently add your own but I wondered if there was something better out there. ![]() It also seems like it might be able to calculate DIP switch data to make rigging even easier but I couldn't get it to actually do this. I think that with the market the way it is, many software developers are going to provide ways in create your own fixtures more, support preset fixture libraries less and LD Calc is not Paul's main gig. There are changes in the market place for moving lights so frequently, that you pay through the nose to have every fixture, every mode, laid on a plate. There are whole companies that work full time on fixture libraries for consoles these days, which is why I suggest Excel and cut n paste, with a few calcs. Whatever you use is unlikely to have the fixture/mode you want on file every time, which means building it. This is true for the console personalities too, which is why many of us end up having to either build our own, edit existing ones or put in a desperate call to the console maker to build one for us. I can input 2 pieces of data for an ML type into Excel just as quick as pick it from a library, extrapolating with calc and dragging cells down for hundreds of fixtures per universe. What if the fixture file is wrong anyway? I would also argue that in planning these systems, one should understand the fixture and the mode you are using it in to a certain level, that involves checking the manual anyway especially if you don't know the fixture. On the old Avos, it's common practice to use the Sim to patch and then note down the numbers and setting etc. ![]()
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