Inserting Lighting Positions

When a lighting position is to be used in several locations, insert the symbol from the Resource Browser with the Light Position Obj 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 Spotlight ([VectorWorks]\Libraries); see Object Libraries.

For information on importing and creating symbols, see Using the Resource Browser.

For example, a generic 42’ electric batten may be used to represent each stage electric. Create a single symbol for the 42’ electric. Place this lighting position as many times as required by inserting it with the Light Position Obj tool.

 

To insert lighting positions:

Lighting positions must be inserted in Top/Plan view.

1.	Select View > Standard Views > Top/Plan.

2.	Click the Light Position Obj tool from the Spotlight tool set.

3.	Select the desired lighting position symbol from the Resource Browser and choose Make Active from the Resources menu to make it the active symbol definition. Alternatively, double-click on the symbol to activate it.

4.	Click in the drawing to insert the active lighting position symbol definition, and then click again to set the lighting position rotation.

If the lighting position symbol is inserted without first clicking on the Light Position Obj tool, the symbol will be inserted by the 2D Symbol Insertion tool. However, the lighting position functionality will not be present. When correctly inserted, the Object Info palette displays “Light Position Obj” for the selected lighting position.

Once the Light Position Obj tool has been selected, it remains selected by default so that lighting positions can be repeatedly inserted. To place non-lighting position symbols after placing lighting positions, switch to the 2D Symbol Insertion tool.

5.	A different type of lighting position can be placed by changing the active symbol definition and continuing to use the Light Position Obj tool.