Spot00029.pngAutomated Import and Export to Lightwright

The lighting instruments and parameters specified in the Vectorworks Spotlight product can be automatically sent to Lightwright versions 5 and later to perform paperwork processing. Any changes to the data in Lightwright automatically update the light plot. Once configured (and once the Vectorworks file has been saved), these updates occur seamlessly in both applications.

For versions of Lightwright earlier than 5, see the documentation for that version of Lightwright.

To specify automatic data transfer between the Vectorworks Spotlight product and Lightwright:

  1. Select File > Document Settings > Spotlight Preferences.

  2. The Spotlight Preferences dialog box opens. Click the Lightwright tab.

  3. Click Use automatic Lightwright Data Exchange to enable automatic data transfer between the Vectorworks Spotlight product and Lightwright, and indicate the location for saving the transfer file.

  4. Move fields to be exported from the Available Fields list to the Export Fields list. All parameters in the Export Fields list are exported to Lightwright.

  5. Click Save as default to save the current status of the lists for new Vectorworks files. When enabling data exchange, click Reset Defaults to use the default lists.

  6. Click OK to close the dialog box and export the instrument and accessory information from the Vectorworks file to the exchange file.

As instruments are added, deleted, and changed in the Vectorworks Spotlight product, the edits appear in Lightwright. Similarly, edits made in Lightwright apply automatically to the Vectorworks file. Instrument data are updated when the file focus switches from the Vectorworks file to Lightwright, or Lightwright to the Vectorworks file.

Lights added in Lightwright are placed between existing lights on a lighting position upon import, based on the unit number of the new light. If no adjacent lights can be determined, the light is placed at the center of the lighting position.

In the Vectorworks file, an import worksheet is automatically created, listing instruments that have been added from Lightwright as well as instruments that did not have a Lightwright equivalent and should possibly be deleted from the Vectorworks file.

Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Macintosh) on a database row of the import worksheet, and choose Select Item to select and display the associated instrument.

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Lighting Device Setup

Universe Assignment in Vectorworks Spotlight

Importing Vectorworks Spotlight Instrument Data

Exporting Vectorworks Spotlight Data

 

 

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