Gobo Projection Requirements

To be able to project a gobo texture, the lighting instrument must:

Have one or two gobo textures specified

Be aimed at an existing focus area specified in the Focus field of the Object Info palette

Have Light On selected in the Object Info palette

The following VectorWorks requirements must be met:

The design layer containing the instrument with gobo texture must also contain 3D geometry (any 3D object that is capable of accepting a RenderWorks light) to project the texture

RenderWorks must be installed

Certain custom RenderWorks settings must be in effect

To select the custom settings, select View > Rendering > Custom RenderWorks Options. For more information on Custom RenderWorks settings, see Custom RenderWorks Options.

In the Custom Render Settings dialog box, ensure that the following settings have been made.

 

Custom RenderWorks Options	Setting for Gobo Projector
Texturing
Use Textures	Selected
Use Transparency	Selected
Geometry
Curve Detail	Select the required level of detail
Use NURBS	De-selected
Lighting
Use Shadows	Selected
Ray Traced Shadows	Selected
Transparent Shadows	Selected
Shadow Mapped Shadows	De-selected
Map Detail	Select the required level of detail
Sampling Quality	Select the required sampling quality
Final Gather
Use Final Gather	De-selected
Rendering
Use Anti-Aliasing	Selected
Use Ray Tracing	Selected; set Max Refractions to 32 and Max Reflections to 6
Auto-Adjust Exposure	De-selected