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2 Replies and 159 Views Store manual fixture control in project file
159 2 - Started by Christian Lewis, last post from Henry Hi there, I use Capture quite a lot for viusalistions for quotes and pitches and often I use the manual control of lights to create some static looks. Is it possible for the session file to store this information as when I come back to the project the fixtures have lost all their "programming" values... I know the correct way to do this is via DMX from a console, but this then takes time to create and pacth a system, where maybe I am only use a handful of generic fresnels / profiles an...

2 Replies and 480 Views Mapping textures on to curved surfaces.
480 2 - Started by Steve Nield, last post from Tom Andrews I have included a screenshot of 3 curved surfaces to which I am trying to map a texture to but having no luck.  The flat surfaces are just fine using the map to extent feature but for the curved sections, I am at a loss as to how to make the texture fit accurately. Yes, the textures sent over NDI to the material used are of the correct proportions/aspect to the physical surface in the model.  If anyone has managed to do this I would love to hear how. 

1 Replies and 121 Views Rotating objects
121 1 - Started by Pierre Daubigny, last post from Floriaan Hi ! when rotating objects, especially from different layers, I often face the question : do I need global rotation of the selection or rotation of each of the elements (an option that exists for example in Adobe Illustrator) Eg if I import a dwg file into Capture and wish a side-view of it, I always have to turn the plan in x,y,z axes and move it in order to have it properly aligned on Alpha, Beta and Gamma view. When doing this if I type "90°" in the "Y rotation fiel...

3 Replies and 201 Views Paper solid color on custom symbols
201 3 - Started by Guillaume, last post from Floriaan Hi, I&39;m trying to do some custom fixtures symbols. But the "solid color" don&39;t apply to them in paper mode. On the standard symbols library, it&39;s working great. Am i missing something

1 Replies and 169 Views How to assist capture from vectorworks via MVR
169 1 - Started by benjaminauer, last post from Floriaan could there be a way, to assist capture assigning the prefered fixture when importing selecting the correct, lens, mode, settings via a hash that can be put in user defined fields within vectorworks would be helpful to make the import seamless, as i now have to do much manual work. for a current project, i have to do planing inside vectoworks, but want to pre programm with capture. changes take a ton of time each time :( this could be also be used to assign diffrent devices between vec...