thanks in advance !!
Generic Inserts
Generic Inserts
When inserting a truss is there a way to make it vertical? To create a goal post
thanks in advance !!
thanks in advance !!
Jose Razo
Lighting Tech
Lighting Tech
LXFree for Java follows the typical practice of drawing light plots where plan and section views are mixed. A common example is how sidelight booms are drawn on a plan view light plot next to their actual locations, drawn as they appear from the side. You can just leave it at that if all you are doing is a construction drawing. (if you are inserting a component, it is a group of individual objects the same as you can create by drawing individual elements and then using the group/ungroup command. Use the rotation slider or field in the Inspector's drawing tab to change a groups orientation)
LXBeams and LXFree for Java are capable of showing beams of light in space. In order to deal with mixed plan and section elements in the drawing, you can "map" the endpoints of a position line from where they are drawn (perhaps a section boom on a plan drawing) to points in 3D space. This allows you to "stand up" a boom so that you see it from the side on the main plot. But, when you look at it in a section view or show the beams coming from lights hanging on it they are coming from mapped 3D locations.
To do this with a truss section, you'd need to select the position line out of the group of objects. You can ungroup the truss section or hold down the option/alt key and click on the position line. (The alt-click is a shortcut method that allows you to select and edit a member of a group while leaving the group intact.) With a position line selected, switch to the Inspector's info tab. At the bottom of the pane there is a "map points" check box. With this selected, the "Map Start X", "Map Start Y", "Map Start Z" and "Map End X", "Map End Y", and "Map End Z" fields allow you to control the 3D mapping of the position when shown in section view. Lights hanging on the position line will be mapped along with the line itself. There are two functions in the popup button near the Map Points checkbox that allowyou to reset the mapping to as drawn and to set the mapping as if the line was stood up on its end.
LXBeams and LXFree for Java are capable of showing beams of light in space. In order to deal with mixed plan and section elements in the drawing, you can "map" the endpoints of a position line from where they are drawn (perhaps a section boom on a plan drawing) to points in 3D space. This allows you to "stand up" a boom so that you see it from the side on the main plot. But, when you look at it in a section view or show the beams coming from lights hanging on it they are coming from mapped 3D locations.
To do this with a truss section, you'd need to select the position line out of the group of objects. You can ungroup the truss section or hold down the option/alt key and click on the position line. (The alt-click is a shortcut method that allows you to select and edit a member of a group while leaving the group intact.) With a position line selected, switch to the Inspector's info tab. At the bottom of the pane there is a "map points" check box. With this selected, the "Map Start X", "Map Start Y", "Map Start Z" and "Map End X", "Map End Y", and "Map End Z" fields allow you to control the 3D mapping of the position when shown in section view. Lights hanging on the position line will be mapped along with the line itself. There are two functions in the popup button near the Map Points checkbox that allowyou to reset the mapping to as drawn and to set the mapping as if the line was stood up on its end.