BeamViz Settings

Overview

Opens a dialogue which allows you to:

• set the default base class and layer prefix

• set the Interactive mode when duplicating

• choose which consolidated calculations to display, and where they are displayed in the Object Info Palette

• choose whether hiding the beam hides the focus vector as well

You can save defaults for all new documents.

Options

Default Insertion Class

Choose a class for all new BeamViz objects, or choose to insert in the active class.

Component class prefix

Enter a base class name that the Auto-Class option will use to build class names.

Move to layer prefix

Enter a prefix for layers created with the Move Beam to Layer command.

Interactive mode when duplicating

This setting affects how beams behave when duplicating with tools, shortcuts, or menu commands.

Select Object's Mode, Throw, Light Location, Focus Location

Display consolidated calculations in OIP

Select options for showing consolidated read-only calculations in Object Info.

Calculated data can appear at the top of the OIP, the bottom of the OIP, or both.

Select which fields to display. These fields appear in addition to their categorized locations in Obj Info.

• Throw (True distance)

• Pan

• Tilt

• Angle to Face

• Width at Focus

• Illuminance (Footcandles)

Hiding beam hides focus vector

Disable the option to show focus vectors even if the beam is hidden. This can be useful for television or film plots, where a light's purpose and focus may not be obvious.

ID Display

Select which paperwork fields to display for the beam. If Show Beam is enabled, information displays at the focus point. Otherwise, the object displays information at the hanging point.

Make default for all new documents

Select to make the current settings selections the default for all new Vectorworks documents. This option only applies to the next time you press OK, and will reset itself.