GSG - Vectorworks Spotlight 2016 - 09 Lighting Positions; Lighting Devices and Label Legends Video Lecture | VectorWorks Spotlight: Become an Expert - Design Softwares

in this video we're gonna create a
lighting position place multiple
lighting devices that arrange the lights
on the position let's start by using the
lighting pipe tool from the spotlight
toolset to create the geometry for our
lighting position go to tools then
choose organization click on the design
layers tab click new name the new design
layer light plot and click OK click OK
again in the spotlight toolset activate
the lighting pipe tool make sure the
corner vertex mode is enabled in the
tool bar click once on the right
midpoint of the left anterior column
move your cursor to the right and
double-click on the left midpoint of the
right interior column in the object
properties dialog enter FOH for the
location uncheck draw tick marks and
then click OK next we will convert the
lighting pipe into a lighting position
using the convert to light position
command in the spotlight menu with a
lighting pipe selected go to the
spotlight menu then down to object
conversion and choose convert to light
position name this position main FOH and
click OK
in the did you know dialog click use
geometry this will use the lighting pipe
geometry for the lighting position
switch to the selection tool and use the
control handle to move the main FOH
label below the column in the object
info pallet set the Z height to 15 feet
now we will use the lighting instrument
tool from the spotlight toolset to place
a lighting device on the main FOH
lighting position activate the lighting
instrument tool in the spotlight toolset
click on the instrument symbol resource
thumbnail list in the tool bar under
default content select instrument
cymbals vwx and choose the et Cie source
for 19 degrees cymbal move your cursor
over the left side of the main FOH
lighting position click once to set the
insertion point and then click a second
time to set the rotation and place the
lighting device now let's go ahead and
place a few more lighting devices on
this position switch to the selection
tool then click and drag the lighting
device to the right along the lighting
position press the control key on
Windows or the option key on Mac to
create a duplicate of the lighting
device just to the right of the first
lighting device repeat this action so
that you have three devices on the left
of the position and three on the right
now activate the lighting instrument
tool again click on the instrument
symbol resource thumbnail list in the
tool bar under additional content select
lighting Martyn and then under moving
lights choose the Mac aura symbol
place two of these lighting devices in
the middle of the main FOH position next
let's go ahead and use the align and
distribute tool from the spotlight
toolset to arrange these lighting
devices on our lighting position first
select all of the lighting devices
activate the align and distribute tool
in the spotlight toolset click once on
the left end of the lighting position
now move your cursor to the right end of
the position and click a second time in
the align and distribute dialog go ahead
and choose distribute and then evenly
inside points and - click OK the
lighting devices will now be evenly
spaced along our lighting position now
that we have multiple lighting devices
on our position we're going to go ahead
and use the label legend manager command
from the spotlight menu to create a
label legend for our devices go to
spotlight then choose label legend and
label legend manager in the label legend
manage
click the Add button name the label
legend ll - 1 under attributes enable
the following by clicking in the used
column to the left of the attribute name
position color and focus click choose
under lighting instrument layout symbol
and select top-level on ders imbel
folders then click on the symbols
thumbnail and choose the e.t.c source
for 19 degrees symbol click OK and then
ok again click in the active column to
the left of ll - 1 and make it the
active label legend now click on the
edit layout button arrange the three
labels around the instrument as shown
click exit symbol now let's apply the ll
- one label legend to our devices select
all of the lighting devices then go to
the spotlight menu and then choose label
legend and then assign legend to
instruments choose ll - 1 and click OK
you will see the position label appears
but the color and focus do not this is
because we have not set a color or a
focus point for these devices yet