Inserting AccessoriesInserting AccessoriesExisting accessory symbols are inserted with the Lighting Accessory tool. This can be a symbol that you have created, located in a Favorites file or the current file, or it can be one of the symbols imported from the libraries included with the Vectorworks Spotlight software ([Vectorworks]\Libraries); see Resource Libraries.
For more information on importing symbols, see Importing a Symbol or Symbol Folder.
To insert an accessory:
1. From the Resource Browser, double-click on the accessory symbol to insert. This automatically activates the symbol and selects the Lighting Accessory tool from the Spotlight tool set.
Alternatively, select the accessory symbol from the Resource Browser and choose Resources > Make Active to make it the active symbol definition. The Lighting Accessory tool is automatically selected.
2. Click once to insert the active accessory symbol definition, and then again to determine the accessory rotation. The cursor changes to a bull’s eye. Click on the instrument which will be associated with the accessory.
Because the accessory is controlled by the associated instrument, the items move together. However, an accessory can be positioned on its own by selecting it and dragging.
If an accessory symbol is accidentally inserted by the Symbol Insertion tool, the accessory functionality will not be present. If correctly inserted, the Object Info palette displays “Lighting Device” (with a Device Type of Accessory or Static Accessory) for the selected accessory.
Once the Lighting Accessory tool has been selected, it remains selected by default so that accessories can be repeatedly inserted. To place non-instrument symbols after placing accessories, switch to the Symbol Insertion tool.
The accessory Object Info palette parameters are nearly identical to those of an instrument, because it requires many of the same parameters. The Device Type is Static Accessory or Accessory.
Entering a parameter in the accessory Object Info palette will not change the associated instrument parameters.
For more information on the Object Info palette parameters, see Lighting Instrument Properties.
When a lighting instrument is deleted, its associated accessory is also deleted.
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