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Lightwright Changelog

What's new in Lightwright 6.0.43 Build 420

Nov 7, 2021
  • NEW FEATURES IN THIS VERSION:
  • Added tooltips to worksheet and layout controls.
  • Revised Help menu, with direct links to support pages at lightwright.com.
  • CHANGES IN THIS VERSION:
  • The list of recently-opened files has been moved from the bottom of the File menu to File/Open Recent.
  • The Live Count window now shows the short version of instrument type and accessory names.
  • The Live Count window now shows a lock icon next to any family header stock quantity that was manually entered by the user.
  • Example: If you do not set a stock quantity on a family parent row, then Lightwright calculates the total stock quantity by
  • adding up the child quantities. However, if you have more lens barrels available than bodies, you may choose to set the parent
  • stock quantity as the total number of bodies. Say there is a “S4” family parent row with three children “S4-10” with 10 in stock,
  • “S4-19” with 10 in stock, and “S4-26” with 10 in stock, but you have only 25 bodies, so you put that into the parent row stock
  • quantity. When you do that, the Live Count window shows a lock in that quantity cell as a reminder that the total of the child
  • entries in stock may not agree with the parent quantity. LWB-460
  • The Maintenance windows for Instrument Types and Accessories will also show a lock icon when you have a stock quantity in a
  • family header row.
  • The column order of all stock counts now matches the column order of the Live Count window.
  • When you change the device type of a maintenance list row, the list now sorts itself to keep device types together.
  • In the Wheel window, doing a contextual click on a picture in a wheel’s hole now offers a Remove Picture choice.
  • Lightwright now checks for updates once a week instead of every day.
  • Automated actions no longer include any Limit that was in effect when the action was saved.
  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • Entering a complex series of unit numbers in the Adding window could fail. LWB-489
  • Edit/Clone and Edit/Balance weren’t enabled when the Live Count window was open LWB-494
  • Clearing one registration failed when running on Windows.
  • Selecting a worksheet row kept cell text from being colored based on who last edited the cell.
  • Dropping a picture onto the focus sketch window failed to update the sketch if it had the same filename as the current picture.
  • Pressing any key to close the Profile window caused Lightwright to crash. LWB-317, LWB-327
  • The default font did not always match the computer’s system font.
  • Pressing Enter to move down the worksheet failed to select the entire text of the edit field after the edit was done. LWB-449
  • Pressing shift+down arrow in the worksheet failed to extend cell selections.
  • Pressing shift+up or down arrow in maintenance didn’t extend cell selection
  • The word “student” was missing from printed page footers.
  • Fixed some problems reading cue list formats. LWB-242
  • Fixed some cosmetic problems in the Live Count window.
  • The Duplicate button in the File/Label Manager window didn’t work. LWB-233
  • Registered license names containing accented characters were rejected.
  • Hovering your mouse over a gobo picture in Maintenance/Gobo failed to popup the close-up window.
  • On Windows, selection rectangles in the worksheet window didn’t always align properly over their cells.
  • Serial numbers for licenses with more than 6 seats weren’t recognized.
  • The default universe separator character failed to save & restore when running on Windows.
  • Page 215 of the Lightwright 6 Reference manual had a graphic obscuring some text.
  • File/Import Data when used with .csv files failed to parse the data correctly.
  • The File/Import Data window’s “Suggest Matches” option didn’t always work with .csv files or with files where the Load field
  • wasn’t named “Load.”
  • Problems with Marks, including missing key from printouts and cosmetic issues in the Choose Marks window. LWB-97
  • The maximize button was missing from the worksheet window.
  • Excessive flickering when opening a .lw6 file on Windows.
  • Using the Adding Items window could raise an exception in AddingListBtnSet. DOWLS
  • An exception was raised if the shared documents folder didn’t exist.
  • Dropping a picture into a wheel hole raised an exception.
  • Dropping pictures into wheels made Lightwright crash.
  • Using the tab key to move into category columns in the Work Notes window caused an endless loop.
  • Switching to the Worksheet Colors section of Preferences could cause an error message.
  • Lightwright incorrectly translated quote and some other characters to their HTML equivalents.
  • Other miscellaneous bugs: LWB-500, LWB-508

New in Lightwright 6.0.38 Build 371 Beta (Sep 19, 2020)

  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • [Maybe fixed:] When launching Lightwright on Windows, there could be an initialization error. AIRED
  • When working in the Cable or Breakouts column in Maintenance/Circuit Name, opening the Choose List for Cable or Breakouts
  • did nothing. KLOPR
  • Rearranging the order of a maintenance list caused multiple worksheet window refreshes. KLOPR
  • Registration information could be erased if language was set to anything other than English.

New in Lightwright 6.0.37 Build 363 (Sep 4, 2020)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug)
  • Labels could not be previewed on the page or printed. WEMBS

New in Lightwright 6.0.36 Build 362 (Aug 29, 2020)

  • CHANGES IN THIS VERSION:
  • You can now click the Labels toolbar button to open the labels window even when the worksheet is empty.
  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • Controls in the Limits and Variable Label Color windows were piled on top of each other, making them unusable.
  • IP Addresses could be wrong after the show file was saved and reopened. SEARS

New in Lightwright 6.0.35 Build 361 (Aug 19, 2020)

  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • Copying and pasting focus charts only worked if the sketch contained drawn objects.
  • When choosing the shared folder, an error occurred if the parent folder of the shared folder did not exist. PERIS

New in Lightwright 6.0.34 Build 360 (Aug 18, 2020)

  • CHANGES IN THIS VERSION:
  • Using the down arrow key to scroll through the worksheet is now faster.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Lightwright files could sometimes not be opened on Windows.
  • Deleting any part of a label failed to mark the label as needing to be saved.

New in Lightwright 6.0.32 Build 356 (Jun 29, 2020)

  • A Font & Size menu has been added to the worksheet window
  • Reports remember the last-used destination
  • A Revert to Default Settings button is available in Preferences
  • New Shortcut Buttons now have an option to restore their default settings.
  • Text on labels can now be up to 720 points high
  • The Email Setup window has a new option to see how to use Gmail with Lightwright
  • There is a new Color Picker, with more options
  • There are lots of other changes and improvements, check out the Release Notes document in Lightwright's Help menu.

New in Lightwright 6.0.31 Build 354 Beta (Jun 21, 2020)

  • New:
  • The maximum text size for label objects is now 720 points.
  • Font & Size menu item has been added to the Worksheet menu. It sets the font and text size for the worksheet. You can still use the worksheet’s contextual menu to set the font and size.
  • Lightwright does not share any universe setup information with Vectorworks. Lightwright looks at Vectorworks universe labels when you do a “complete export” from Vectorworks, and will alert you if they do not match the ones in Lightwright. You will have to manually make sure that Lightwright and Vectorworks use the same universe setup information.
  • Reports remember the last-used destination (Window, printer, etc.) and in the printer page orientation. They revert to the default (Report Window) each time Lightwright starts.
  • New in build 345: File/Print Setup had gone missing and is back. Also, Lightwright will now ask you to use File/Print Setup to choose the correct page size if the printer’s current page size is different than the one specified by a sheet of labels.
  • Revert to Default Settings button in Lightwright Preferences. It restores all preferences and other settings to their default values (before you have customized anything). This is helpful if prefs files were corrupted for any reason.
  • Worksheet Shortcut Buttons (View & Sort) Default Settings This lets you restore the default settings for these buttons. To access it, control+click or right+click anywhere on any shortcut button.
  • In-cell worksheet editing is now available when running on Microsoft Windows.
  • OTHER CHANGES:
  • The default location for the Shared folder (containing files accessible by all users on the computer) is now the Shared Documents folder. On Windows, that is UsersPublicDocument. On macOS, it is /Users/Shared. If this folder is not available, Lightwright will use the user’s Documents folder. The Shared folder is always named “Lightwright 6”.
  • Lightwright never shares any universe setup information with Vectorworks, because Vectorworks 2020 and later do not make any use of it. Lightwright does look at Vectorworks universe labels when you do a “complete export” from Vectorworks, and will alert you if they do not match the ones in Lightwright. You will have to manually make sure that Lightwright and Vectorworks use the same universe setup information.
  • Beginning with Lightwright 6.0.30, LW6Admin.exe (for Windows only) has no interface and cannot be launched on its own anymore. It is now a “helper” app that Lightwright launches automatically when needed. When you click Save in Preferences/Registration, LW6Admin will launch, do its work, then quit. During this time, Windows may ask you if it’s OK for Lightwright to modify your computer settings. If you answer “No”, then registration info will not be saved.
  • Lightwright now notifies you if there are updates available, but it will not download and install them for you.
  • Custom Focus Charts now bold selected Axis indicators instead of drawing circles around them.
  • The web sites link for GAM gobos has been redirected to a Rosco search link.
  • Web sites are now always accessed using https: instead of http:
  • Entering anything into a work note's cue# column no longer cleaars info in any other column.

New in Lightwright 6.0.31 Build 343 Beta (Mar 10, 2020)

  • NEW FEATURES / MAJOR CHANGES IN THIS BUILD:
  • Font & Size menu item has been added to the Worksheet menu. It sets the font and text size for the worksheet. You can still use the worksheet’s contextual menu to set the font and size.
  • Lightwright does not share any universe setup information with Vectorworks. Lightwright looks at Vectorworks universe labels when you do a “complete export” from Vectorworks, and will alert you if they do not match the ones in Lightwright. You will have to manually make sure that Lightwright and Vectorworks use the same universe setup information.
  • Reports remember the last-used destination (Window, printer, etc.) and in the printer page orientation. They revert to the default (Report Window) each time Lightwright starts.
  • Revert to Default Settings button in Lightwright Preferences. It restores all preferences and other settings to their default values (before you have customized anything). This is helpful if prefs files were corrupted for any reason.
  • Worksheet Shortcut Buttons (View & Sort) Default Settings This lets you restore the default settings for these buttons. To access it, control+click or right+click anywhere on any shortcut button.
  • OTHER CHANGES:
  • Beginning with Lightwright 6.0.30, LW6Admin.exe (for Windows only) has no interface and cannot be launched on its own anymore. It is now a “helper” app that Lightwright launches automatically when needed. When you click Save in Preferences/Registration, LW6Admin will launch, do its work, then quit. During this time, Windows may ask you if it’s OK for Lightwright to modify your computer settings. If you answer “No”, then registration info will not be saved.
  • Lightwright now notifies you if there are updates available, but it will not download and install them for you.
  • Custom Focus Charts now bold selected Axis indicators instead of drawing circles around them.
  • The web sites link for GAM gobos has been redirected to a Rosco search link.
  • Web sites are now always accessed using https: instead of http:
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Deleted maintenance list entries returned when the show file was opened, even if history was cleared.
  • Worksheet window failed to reset the scroll bar to zero when a new sort was chosen.
  • IP address viewing, sorting, and printing didn’t work.
  • If Lightwright crashed while quitting, it could lose all preference settings and defaults. Now it will use “factory settings” if they are lost.
  • Using Vectorworks 2019 or earlier, Lightwright tried to import addresses from the non-existent Absolute Address field when doing Data Exchange.
  • Double-clicking a .lw6 file to open it could cause errors while Lightwright was opening it.
  • Worksheet window failed to reset the scroll bar to zero when a new sort was chosen.
  • When an .xml file from Vectorworks 2020 doesn’t include the Absolute Address field, Lightwright didn’t explain why it couldn’t process the .xml file. NAEVI
  • If Lightwright crashed while quitting, it could lose all preference settings and defaults. Now it will use “factory settings” if they are lost. BLAME
  • The status of the Debug Log button in the “About Lightwright” window wasn’t saved.
  • Choosing a new background picture in the Focus Charts drawing window didn’t refresh the worksheet.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed: BAAED, HORSE, RONDE, SHTIK, URNED, WAXED, WISHT, YOURT

New in Lightwright 6.0.30 Build 340 Beta (Jan 22, 2020)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Using Vectorworks 2019 or earlier, Lightwright tried to import addresses from the non-existent Absolute Address field when doing Data Exchange.
  • Double-clicking a .lw6 file to open it could cause errors while Lightwright was opening it. ATAXY, SOOKS

New in Lightwright 6.0.30 Build 339 Beta (Jan 20, 2020)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Double-clicking a .lw6 file to open it could cause errors while Lightwright was opening it. ATAXY, SOOKS

New in Lightwright 6.0.30 Build 327 Beta (Nov 7, 2019)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • In-cell worksheet editing is now available when running on Windows
  • A new window describing how to set up Lightwright to work with Gmail has been added to the Email Setup window. ? When merging two show files, these categories are now available: Focus Beam, Focus Axis, Footnotes, Show Title & Headers, and Vocabulary
  • CHANGES:
  • Lightwright always uses secure connection mode when sending email. As a result, the “Server requires authentication” option has been removed and the available SSL connection modes have changed
  • Preferences settings are stored in a different format than they were in previous versions, so you will need to re-set all of your settings when you first launch Lightwright 6.0.30
  • The Preference option to set the row shading color has been removed. Lightwright now uses the system color on macOS and a fixed color on Windows
  • Lightwright now uses the operating system’s highlight color instead of yellow
  • The appearance of some controls has changed because the underlying control was changed for 64-bit
  • The default number of universes has been raised to 50. This applies only to new shows, not existing .lw6 files
  • BUGS FIXED
  • Show files could not be saved. ABOVE, AMNIA, BANES, JOKOL, PELES, SILDS, SMOWT, WANDS
  • Labels could not be saved. DRECK, LIANE, NUTSO, PERCH
  • The row of buttons at the top of the Vectorworks Reconciliation window were not enabled. AVISO
  • When launching Lightwright for the first time, an out-of-bounds error occurred, and preference settings were read incorrectly. RAJAH
  • Deleted rows always showed in the worksheet and were included in all counts and reports. ZAKAT
  • Dragging categories in the File/Import Data window didn’t work, and lines weren’t drawn in the lists. STAIN
  • Selecting a worksheet cell, then changing to a different sort left a white rectangle over part of the worksheet. STERE
  • Lightwright could freeze when printing a Dimmer Hookup. EXINE
  • If you changed a dimmer range that had address linking active to a different kind of range, linking could stay active even when it said it wasn’t
  • Limits looked at the default “On Plot” status of instrument types, not the actual “On Plot” status of each worksheet row
  • Default limits were saved incorrectly. CILLS
  • On Windows, pretty much everything flickered
  • On Windows, double-clicking a .lw6 file often failed to open it if there was another .lw6 file already open
  • On Windows, some files were mistakenly identified as not readable
  • On Windows, the clipboard window was not visible
  • Focus Axis and Focus Beam were missing from the Merge window. SPIRIT
  • In the Groups window, pressing the left and right arrow keys didn’t move the edit field
  • Double-clicking a color in the manufacturers color window failed to put the color into the Choose Name window
  • Rotation angles displayed incorrectly when computer’s region settings used “,” as the decimal separator
  • Coordinates displayed incorrectly when Metric was active
  • Previewing a label with no fields on it caused a crash
  • Lightwright wasn’t case sensitive when you changed the case of a Worksheet Flag’s name
  • The Shrink to Fit option caused label text to ignore the text object’s boundaries and alignment. YAPON
  • Editing the size of a label sheet that was created with metric dimensions showed with invalid imperial ones. ANTAS
  • Fonts that have italic variants didn’t always display as italics
  • Transmitting a show file to another user on the network failed when the file size was greater than 2MB
  • When printing multiple copies of a kind of paperwork, the table of contents was only printed once. KILLS
  • In Layout, it could be difficult to find the right edge of a column to change its width. MVULE
  • When switching to Layout, any warning messages at the bottom of the window weren’t cleared
  • Out of memory error when building popup View and Sort menus. CONKS, ELEGY, LIVED, MATIN, SIPPY
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed: ARISH, BEAUT, BLOND, CAVIE, FILLS, FROES, GOWKS, HOAED, IRONY, KOFFS, LOONS, MESHY, MIXEN, PAOLI, PROGS, SPEAR, STERN, TENUE, WILLY, WIZEN, WLYDK WOMBS, YIPES

New in Lightwright 6.0.30 Build 323 Beta (Nov 7, 2019)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • In-cell worksheet editing is now available when running on Windows.
  • A new window describing how to set up Lightwright to work with Gmail has been added to the Email Setup window? When merging two show files, these categories are now available: Focus Beam, Focus Axis, Footnotes, Show Title & Headers, and Vocabulary
  • CHANGES:
  • Lightwright always uses secure connection mode when sending emailAs a result, the “Server requires authentication” option has been removed and the available SSL connection modes have changed.
  • Preferences settings are stored in a different format than they were in previous versions, so you will need to re-set all of your settings when you first launch Lightwright 6.0.30.
  • The Preference option to set the row shading color has been removedLightwright now uses the system color on macOS and a fixed color on Windows.
  • Lightwright now uses the operating system’s highlight color instead of yellow.
  • The appearance of some controls has changed because the underlying control was changed for 64-bit.
  • The default number of universes has been raised to 50.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Lightwright could freeze when printing a Dimmer HookupEXINE
  • If you changed a dimmer range that had address linking active to a different kind of range, linking could stay active even when it said it wasn’t.
  • Limits looked at the default “On Plot” status of instrument types, not the actual “On Plot” status of each worksheet row.
  • Default limits were saved incorrectlyCILLS
  • On Windows, pretty much everything flickered.
  • On Windows, double-clicking a .lw6 file often failed to open it if there was another .lw6 file already open.
  • On Windows, some files were mistakenly identified as not readable.
  • On Windows, the clipboard window was not visible.
  • Focus Axis and Focus Beam were missing from the Merge windowSPIRIT
  • In the Groups window, pressing the left and right arrow keys didn’t move the edit field.
  • Double-clicking a color in the manufacturers color window failed to put the color into the Choose Name window.
  • Rotation angles displayed incorrectly when computer’s region settings used “,” as the decimal separator.
  • Coordinates displayed incorrectly when Metric was active.
  • Previewing a label with no fields on it caused a crash.
  • Lightwright wasn’t case sensitive when you changed the case of a Worksheet Flag’s name.
  • The Shrink to Fit option caused label text to ignore the text object’s boundaries and alignmentYAPON
  • Editing the size of a label sheet that was created with metric dimensions showed with invalid imperial onesANTAS
  • Fonts that have italic variants didn’t always display as italics.
  • Transmitting a show file to another user on the network failed when the file size was greater than 2MB.
  • When printing multiple copies of a kind of paperwork, the table of contents was only printed onceKILLS
  • In Layout, it could be difficult to find the right edge of a column to change its widthMVULE
  • When switching to Layout, any warning messages at the bottom of the window weren’t cleared.
  • Out of memory error when building popup View and Sort menusCONKS, ELEGY, LIVED, MATIN, SIPPY
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed: ARISH, BEAUT, BLOND, CAVIE, FILLS, FROES, GOWKS, HOAED, IRONY, KOFFS, LOONS, MESHY, MIXEN, PAOLI, PROGS, SPEAR, STERN, TENUE, WILLY, WIZEN, WLYDK WOMBS, YIPES

New in Lightwright 6.0.30 Build 322 Beta (Oct 30, 2019)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • In-cell worksheet editing is now available when running on Windows.
  • A new window describing how to set up Lightwright to work with Gmail has been added to the Email Setup window. When merging two show files, these categories are now available: Focus Beam, Focus Axis, Footnotes, Show Title & Headers, and Vocabulary
  • CHANGES:
  • Lightwright always uses secure connection mode when sending email. As a result, the “Server requires authentication” option has been removed and the available SSL connection modes have changed
  • Preferences settings are stored in a different format than they were in previous versions, so you will need to re-set all of your settings when you first launch Lightwright 6.0.30
  • The Preference option to set the row shading color has been removed. Lightwright now uses the system color on macOS and a fixed color on Windows
  • Lightwright now uses the operating system’s highlight color instead of yellow
  • The appearance of some controls has changed because the underlying control was changed for 64-bit
  • The default number of universes has been raised to 50
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Lightwright could freeze when printing a Dimmer Hookup. EXINE
  • If you changed a dimmer range that had address linking active to a different kind of range, linking could stay active even when it said it wasn’t.
  • Limits looked at the default “On Plot” status of instrument types, not the actual “On Plot” status of each worksheet row.
  • Default limits were saved incorrectly. CILLS
  • On Windows, pretty much everything flickered.
  • On Windows, double-clicking a .lw6 file often failed to open it if there was another .lw6 file already open.
  • On Windows, some files were mistakenly identified as not readable.
  • On Windows, the clipboard window was not visible.
  • Focus Axis and Focus Beam were missing from the Merge window. SPIRIT
  • In the Groups window, pressing the left and right arrow keys didn’t move the edit field.
  • Double-clicking a color in the manufacturers color window failed to put the color into the Choose Name window.
  • Rotation angles displayed incorrectly when computer’s region settings used “,” as the decimal separator.
  • Coordinates displayed incorrectly when Metric was active.
  • Previewing a label with no fields on it caused a crash.
  • Lightwright wasn’t case sensitive when you changed the case of a Worksheet Flag’s name.
  • The Shrink to Fit option caused label text to ignore the text object’s boundaries and alignment. YAPON
  • Editing the size of a label sheet that was created with metric dimensions showed with invalid imperial ones. ANTAS
  • Fonts that have italic variants didn’t always display as italics.
  • Transmitting a show file to another user on the network failed when the file size was greater than 2MB.
  • When printing multiple copies of a kind of paperwork, the table of contents was only printed once. KILLS
  • In Layout, it could be difficult to find the right edge of a column to change its width. MVULE
  • When switching to Layout, any warning messages at the bottom of the window weren’t cleared.
  • Out of memory error when building popup View and Sort menus. CONKS, ELEGY, LIVED, MATIN, SIPPY
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed: ARISH, BEAUT, BLOND, CAVIE, FILLS, FROES, GOWKS, HOAED, IRONY, KOFFS, LOONS, MESHY, MIXEN, PAOLI, PROGS, SPEAR, STERN, TENUE, WILLY, WIZEN, WLYDK WOMBS, YIPES

New in Lightwright 6.0.21 Build 212 Beta (Mar 28, 2019)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Saving institutional license registration information on Windows didn’t always work.
  • The radio button setting for the current active registration wasn’t preserved.
  • Focus Charts only printed the first page.
  • The edit field in the worksheet window didn’t switch between the Regular and Short versions when the Short button was clicked on/off.
  • Correcting the capitalization of characters in worksheet cells (but not the overall entry) failed to change the maintenance list entry. FAINS

New in Lightwright 6.0.20 Build 210 (Feb 27, 2019)

  • Users with an Institutional license of Lightwright running newer versions of Windows computers which use Registry. Virtualization were unable to enter their registration information into Lightwright.
  • Option+Pasting in the Rack column of Maintenance/Circuit Name failed to “stick”, the cell contents were lost when the window was closed.
  • The Cue List window could not be resized when running on Windows.
  • Removed unused maintenance entries came back when the show file was reopened (unless history was cleared before saving)
  • Error Checking for Circuits in more than one Dimmer failed to detect all possible matches
  • Focus charts were not printed on single-column paperwork.
  • Up and down time delay numbers were sometimes displayed incorrectly
  • Edit/Clear was unreliable.
  • Cues brought in from Eos that had Unicode characters in them (such as the long dash) caused cue headers and descriptions to be parsed incorrectly.

New in Lightwright 6.0.20 build 208 Beta (Jan 18, 2019)

  • BUGS:
  • Users with an Institutional license of Lightwright running newer versions of Windows computers which use Registry Virtualization were unable to enter their registration information into Lightwright. ABELE
  • Option+Pasting in the Rack column of Maintenance/Circuit Name failed to “stick”, the cell contents were lost when the window was closed. MOLAL
  • Removed unused maintenance entries came back when the show file was reopened (unless history was cleared before saving). LIEGE
  • Error Checking for Circuits in more than one Dimmer failed to detect all possible matches. MAURI
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were : HOKKU, PLONK, TOLED, WELTS, WHINS

New in Lightwright 6.0.19.202 Beta (Oct 13, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Lightwright can now open Lightwright 1 (.lw1) and Lightwright 3 (.lw3) show files.
  • CHANGES:
  • The LW6Admin.exe utility is now launched automatically when saving registration information on Microsoft
  • Windows. It cannot be launched manually, and is not needed on Mac OS.
  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug)
  • Vectorworks Spotlight’s Numbering command (new in Vectorworks 2019) could undo changes Lightwright made
  • when circuits were linked to dimmers, or dimmers to addresses.
  • Text label objects linked to non-text worksheet columns didn’t print when multiple # of # labels were being printed.
  • HOAGY
  • Dragging a single worksheet row up and down while the Cmd key is held down didn’t work.
  • Some windows could open too far high on the screen.
  • File/Open sometimes let you choose files that Lightwright can’t open.
  • Selecting a new Shared folder in Preferences/General didn’t always work.
  • Loads on each dimmer in a Dimmer Hookup could be missing or printed at the bottom of each page, instead of at the
  • end of the listing for the dimmer. LEUCH, THIGH
  • If a Limit was in effect while you were in Layout clicking the Limit button cleared the limit for layout, but not for the
  • worksheet. ROWND
  • Double-clicking show files didn’t launch Lightwright. SUMOS
  • Automatic Dimmer Assigning failed to find the largest possible dimmer in some cases. ALBEE
  • In Maintenance, clicking the Remove Unused button left the edit field in an invalid state. IDANT
  • The menu command to Remove All Unused failed to remove unused items from any open maintenance list.
  • In the counting window, clicking a family header did not select (or de-select) its children. MINOS
  • Counting framed color, the “s” in “frames” went on a second line because the column was too narrow. TEGUS
  • Counting framed color, the Total Frames Needed section forced color frame names into a column that could be too
  • narrow. That section is now on a separate page, with correct column widths.
  • The FKey window couldn’t be closed. DEILS
  • The FKey window reopened after closing.

New in Lightwright 6.0.19.200 Beta (Sep 9, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Lightwright can now open Lightwright 1 (.lw1) and Lightwright 3 (.lw3) show files.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Dragging a single worksheet row up and down while the Cmd key is held down didn’t work. Some windows could open too far high on the screen. File/Open sometimes let you choose files that Lightwright can’t open. Selecting a new Shared folder in Preferences/General didn’t always work. Loads on each dimmer in a Dimmer Hookup could be missing or printed at the bottom of each page, instead of at the end of the listing for the dimmer. LEUCH, THIGH If a Limit was in effect while you were in Layout clicking the Limit button cleared the limit for layout, but not for the worksheet.
  • ROWND Double-clicking show files didn’t launch Lightwright. SUMOS Automatic Dimmer Assigning failed to find the largest possible dimmer in some cases. ALBEE In Maintenance, clicking the Remove Unused button left the edit field in an invalid state. IDANT The menu command to Remove All Unused failed to remove unused items from any open maintenance list. In the counting window, clicking a family header did not select (or de-select) its children. MINOS The FKey window couldn’t be closed. DEILS

New in Lightwright 6.0.19.199 Beta (Aug 23, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Lightwright can now open Lightwright 1 (.lw1) and Lightwright 3 (.lw3) show files.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Printed column widths were often calculated too narrow.
  • When exporting currently selected worksheet rows, wattages were multiplied by 100.
  • Crash on Windows when the computer screen was too big.
  • New installations of Lightwright on Windows may not have included document icons.
  • Some windows could open too far high on the screen.
  • File/Open sometimes let you choose files that Lightwright can’t open.
  • Clicking the Details button in the Control window’s Dimmer list sometimes caused a crash.
  • Clicking the Use Rack Template button in the Control window sometimes caused a crash.
  • Maximized windows (when running on Microsoft Windows) moved to different screens.
  • Selecting a new Shared folder in Preferences/General didn’t always work.
  • Loads on each dimmer could be missing or printed at the bottom of each page, instead of at the end of the listing for the dimmer.
  • If a Limit was in effect while you were in Layout clicking the Limit button cleared the limit for layout, but not for the worksheet.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed

New in Lightwright 6.0.19.198 Beta (Jul 25, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Lightwright can now open Lightwright 1 (.lw1) and Lightwright 3 (.lw3) show files.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug)
  • Printed column widths were often calculated too narrow. PIOUS When exporting currently selected worksheet rows, wattages were multiplied by 100. PAINT Crash on Windows when the computer screen was too big. BYRLS, PARRS New installations of Lightwright on Windows may not have included document icons.
  • BUGS HOPEFULLY FIXED:
  • (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug)
  • Clicking the Details button in the Control window’s Dimmer list sometimes caused a crash. STUNS:
  • Clicking the Use Rack Template button in the Control window sometimes caused a crash. STUNS:
  • Maximized windows (when running on Microsoft Windows) moved to different screens.
  • GATES :
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed: BLETS, WRIER

New in Lightwright 6.0.19.197 Beta (Jul 13, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Lightwright 6 can now open Lightwright 1 (.lw1) and Lightwright 3 (.lw3) show files.
  • CHANGES:
  • Added debug logging for opening labels. You may find Lightwright very sluggish because of this. The final release of Lightwright will not include this logging, only the beta.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Printed column widths were often calculated too narrowPIOUS
  • When exporting currently selected worksheet rows, wattages were multiplied by 100PAINT
  • Crash on Windows when the computer screen was too bigBYRLS, PARRS
  • New installations of Lightwright on Windows may not have included document icons.
  • BUGS HOPEFULLY FIXED:
  • Clicking the Details button in the Control window’s Dimmer list sometimes caused a crashSTUNS
  • Clicking the Use Rack Template button in the Control window sometimes caused a crashSTUNS

New in Lightwright 6.0.19.195 Beta (Jun 21, 2018)

  • Printed column widths were often calculated too narrow. PIOUS

New in Lightwright 6.0.19.194 Beta (Jun 19, 2018)

  • Work notes and some other kinds of paperwork could not be printed.

New in Lightwright 6.0.17.191 Beta (Jun 5, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • A new entry at the bottom of the Maintenance Menu allows you to remove unused focus chart pictures from the show file, to make the saved file smaller. Please note that pictures being used by deleted lights are not removed.
  • CHANGES: Vectorworks X , Y and Z coordinates are now shown in meters (rounded to two decimal places) when the Metric Measurements option is active. For example, a distance previously shown as “2743 mm” is now shown as either “2.74 m” or “2,74 m” (depending on the computer’s decimal separator). ISSEI
  • If Lightwright is connected to Eos version 2.7 or later and you ask Lightwright to set the level for a channel with a decimal, it will send the decimal version of the channel number to Eos instead of the whole number.
  • To clear the Recent Files list, hold down the “R” key on your keyboard while launching Lightwright. Keep it held down until the worksheet window opens.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug) The fixture profile database file wasn’t replaced when it was out of date. The worksheet buffer sometimes failed to be built on Windows. ABOUT, BUCKO, THOFT On MacOS, choosing File/Quit when a file hadn’t been saved went ahead and quit without asking if you wanted the data saved before quitting. Lightwright could crash unexpectedly on MacOS High Sierra. The work notes window could be extremely slow to open and close. The work notes window could be very slow when choosing the Status for a work note. The Dimming & Control window’s Dimmer list failed to show the Notes column. BIOTA Asking Lightwright to quit, then canceling the quit, caused parts of Lightwright to be unresponsive. File/Save on a remote/network drive failed. The preference setting to lock show files while they are open failed to unlock them when closing the file. MOCKS The “Maximum # of recent files” preference setting was ignored. The Choose Name window didn’t reflect the new order if you changed the maintenance list while the Choose Name window was open. GIBEL Work Notes could fail when printing. AMICI, ASCUS, RISPS, SURER, and others Layout and Label Managers failed to show filenames on Windows. ZINES When clicking the A-Z sort order button on the worksheet, the button didn’t refresh itself properly. HOERS In the Maintenance window, PageUp and PageDown keys did the reverse of the expected direction. PISKY In the Labels formatting window’s Condition setting, the “and also when” check mark wasn’t being retrieved from the label file. FAGIN Lightwright could fail to detect the Eos version, resulting in lots of zeroes instead of blanks. CHOTA The cue following a cue with a hang time of zero was incorrectly flagged as a called cue. CHOTA
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: AMONG, BASIC, BUTYL, CEAZE, CLEIK, CRANE, DINKY, GULAS, HARDS, HEYED, HIKER, KLONG, LEIRS, LEWIS, LODES, LUBES, MONIE, MOYAS, NYALA, PIBAL, POLLS, POMES, RARKS, SAICE, STILT, TURKS, WHANG
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New in Lightwright 6.0.17.190 Beta (May 28, 2018)

  • CHANGES:
  • The Vectorworks X, Y, and Z coordinates are now shown in meters (rounded to two decimal places) when the Metric Measurements option is active. For example, a distance previously shown as "2743mm" is now shown as either "2.74m" or "2,74 m" (depending on the computer's decimal separator). ISSEI
  • If Lightwright is connected to Eos version 2.7 or later and you ask Lightwright to set the level for a channel with a decimal, it will send the decimal version of the channel number to Eos instead of the whole number.
  • To clear the Recent Files list, hold down the “R” key on your keyboard while launching Lightwright. Keep it held down until the worksheet window opens.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • The fixture profile database file wasn’t replaced when it was out of date.
  • The worksheet buffer sometimes failed to be built on Windows. ABOUT, BUCKO, THOFT
  • On MacOS, choosing File/Quit when a file hadn’t been saved went ahead and quit without asking if you wanted the data saved before quitting.
  • Lightwright could crash unexpectedly on MacOS High Sierra.
  • Asking Lightwright to quit, then canceling the quit, caused parts of Lightwright to be unresponsive.
  • The work notes window could be extremely slow to open and close.
  • The work notes window could be very slow when choosing the Status for a work note.
  • File/Save on a remote/network drive failed.
  • The preference setting to lock show files while they are open failed to unlock them when closing the file. MOCKS
  • The "Maximum # of recent files" preference setting was ignored.
  • The Choose Name window didn’t reflect the new order if you changed the maintenance list while the Choose Name window was open. GIBEL
  • Work Notes could fail when printing. AMICI, ASCUS, RISPS, SURER, and others.
  • Layout and Label Managers failed to show filenames on Windows. ZINES
  • When clicking the A-Z sort order button on the worksheet, the button didn't refresh itself properly. HOERS
  • In the Maintenance Window, PageUp and PageDown keys did the reverse of the expected direction. PISKY
  • In the Labels formatting window's Condition setting, the "and also when" check mark wasn't being retrieved from the label file. FAGIN
  • Lightwright could fail to detect the Eos version, resulting in zeroes instead of blanks. CHOTA
  • The cue following a cue with a hang time of zero was incorrectly flagged as a called cue. CHOTA
  • Lightwright might not have cleared its worksheet buffer before reusing an existing worksheet window when opening a new show file.

New in Lightwright 6.0.17.188 Beta (May 2, 2018)

  • CHANGE:
  • The Vectorworks X, Y, and Z coordinates are now shown in meters (rounded to two decimal places) when the Metric Measurements option is active. For example, a distance previously shown as "2743mm" is now shown as either "2.74m" or "2,74 m" (depending on the computer's decimal separator). ISSEI
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • The preference setting to lock show files while they are open failed to unlock them when closing the file. MOCKS
  • The "Maximum # of recent files" preference setting was ignored.
  • Work Notes could fail when printing. AMICI, ASCUS, RISPS, SURER, and others.
  • Layout and Label Managers failed to show filenames on Windows. ZINES
  • When clicking the A-Z sort order button on the worksheet, the button didn't refresh itself properly. HOERS
  • In the Maintenance Window, PageUp and PageDown keys did the reverse of the expected direction. PISKY
  • In the Labels formatting window's Condition setting, the "and also when" check mark wasn't being retrieved from the label file. FAGIN
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: CEAZE, CLEIK, CRANE, GULAS, HARDS, HEYED, HIKER, LEIRS, LUBES, PIBAL, POLLS, STILT, TURKS, WHANG

New in Lightwright 6.0.17.187 Beta (Mar 13, 2018)

  • The work notes window could be very slow when choosing the Status for a work note.
  • File/Save on a remote/network drive failed.

New in Lightwright 6.0.17.186 Beta (Mar 12, 2018)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • The fixture profile database file wasn’t replaced when it was out of date.
  • The worksheet buffer sometimes failed to be built on Windows. ABOUT, BUCKO, THOFT
  • On MacOS, choosing File/Quit when a file hadn’t been saved went ahead and quit without asking if you wanted the data saved before quitting.
  • Asking Lightwright to quit, then canceling the quit, caused parts of Lightwright to be unresponsive.
  • The work notes window could be extremely slow to open and close.
  • MAYBE FIXED: File/Save on a remote/network drive failed.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: CEAZE, PIBAL

New in Lightwright 6.0.16.185 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • File/Save sometimes deleted the file after it was saved.
  • File/Save always failed on Windows with beta build 181. GONOF
  • Current settings, preferences, and the list of recently-opened files were not saved when Lightwright quit.
  • The List… button in the Adding Items window didn’t work. PUDUS
  • The column widths and font sizes on printed Color Counts were incorrect, and the totals could be truncated. SPIAL
  • When printing labels in Windows using Lightwright 6.0.15, the Print dialog window flashed onscreen and then cancelled itself, making printing labels impossible. KYNDE
  • Circuit numbers with only a prefix letter followed by a decimal number were not included on the Circuit# Hookup.
  • Clearing all history & resetting all highlights also did a “Remove All Unused”.
  • Adding or removing columns or changing fonts in layouts failed to set the mark the layout as needing to be saved, and if the layout was contained in the show file, it failed to set the show file’s as needing to be saved.
  • Column widths could not be changed manually if the unit# column was on the layout but there were no unit numbers. CORIA
  • When using console link to compare the console’s patch with Lightwright’s, the highest channel’s patch was ignored. GOUGE
  • When printing reports, a font style set in one part of the report could flow down into other items below it on the page.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: BURGS, CIRLS, GUNKY, HODJA, LIMIT, MATIN, PRIEF, TATIE, WHITE

New in Lightwright 6.0.16.181 Beta (Feb 16, 2018)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • File/Save sometimes deleted the file after it was saved. Current settings, preferences, and the list of recently-opened files were not saved when Lightwright quit. The List… button in the Adding Items window didn’t work. PUDUS The column widths and font sizes on printed Color Counts were incorrect, and the totals could be truncated. SPIAL When printing labels in Windows using Lightwright 6.0.15, the Print dialog window flashed onscreen and then cancelled itself, making printing labels impossible. KYNDE Circuit numbers with only a prefix letter followed by a decimal number were not included on the Circuit# Hookup. Clearing all history & resetting all highlights also did a “Remove All Unused”.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: CIRLS, GUNKY, LIMIT, MATIN, PRIEF, TATIE, WHITE

New in Lightwright 6.0.16.179 Beta (Feb 5, 2018)

  • This build fixes a few really critical bugs:
  • File/Save sometimes deleted the file after it was saved.
  • Current settings, preferences, and the list of recently-opened files were not saved when Lightwright quit.
  • The List... button in the Adding Items window didn’t work. PUDUS
  • The column widths and font sizes on printed Color Counts were incorrect, and the totals could be truncated. SPIAL
  • When printing labels in Windows and using Lightwright 6.0.15, the Print dialog window flashed onscreen and then
  • cancelled itself, making printing labels impossible. KYNDE
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: GUNKY, LIMIT, PRIEF, TATIE

New in Lightwright 6.0.15.175 Beta (Jan 10, 2018)

  • When you change a dimmer’s type (in Dimmer Setup or Dimmer Details), Lightwright now automatically updates the addresses and dimmer numbers for any related worksheet rows that have linked address or circuit name/numbers linked to that dimmer number. If the new type is ‘Doubled’, then “A” and ‘B” suffixes (indicating doubled dimmer numbers) are added to the dimmer number. Otherwise, any existing “A” or “B” suffixes are changed to “a” and “b” (indicating replugs or repatches)

New in Lightwright 6.0.14.159 (Oct 20, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • The Setup Menu has two new entries:
  • Enforce Universe Boundaries:
  • This menu item is an option you can turn on and off by choosing it. When this option is on, Lightwright stops you when you try to enter an address for a light whose DMX footprint would cross into the beginning of the next universe. When this option is off, it will still alert you, but it will not stop you. This option is ON by default. TOWZY
  • Default Color Sheet Sizes:
  • Use this command to set the default color sheet size and to change the color sheet size for the current show. This is in addition to the existing ability to set the color sheet size for the current show in Maintenance/Color and Maintenance/Color Frame
  • OTHER CHANGES:
  • All files used by Lightwright internally, such as labels, layouts, focus background pictures, wheel graphics, and show graphics must have filenames that are legal on all platforms (Mac, Windows, and Dropbox). Any characters that are illegal on one or more of those platforms are automatically removed from the filename.
  • The Fixture database has been updated with current data as of October 10, 2017.
  • Cue and Group List cells that have custom cell-specific formatting are not affected by changes in any Row Format that has been applied to the cue. This works fine, but it can confuse users who re-define a Row Format and don’t know why the format of one or more cells didn’t change when the rest of the cells did. To help with this, turning on the Show Row Format Labels option now labels each cell that has its own format as “Custom.”
  • Cue List cells that have a cue time that is inconsistent with the up/down/delay etc. times now show a yellow alert triangle next to the relevant cells. Connecting to the console and getting the cue list will clear the inconsistencies
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • The Spare Addresses report was inaccurate for all universes after the first one. PONDS
  • Circuit Names linked to dimmers and addresses failed to use the correct
  • address if the dimmer was in a mixed dimmer range. LATHI
  • If a MacOS computer’s username contained a character that is illegal in a Windows filename (such as *“ !, among others) and the show file was saved on the Mac, then the file could not be opened on Windows. HAZAN, MAARS
  • If a focus graphic contained a character that is illegal in a Windows filename (such as * “ !, among others) and the show file was saved on the Mac, then the file could not be opened on Windows. HAZAN, MAARS
  • Labels with text objects set to Show Title, Show File Date, Current Date, Current Time, or Show Filename were not saved correctly in the label and reverted to static text object when the label was opened. Also, the Content pop-up menu did not show their name when they were selected. TAILS
  • On the Focus Charts worksheet tab, dragging shutter cut field labels placed the drag outline in the wrong place.
  • Focus Charts did not print or appear in layout (“There is no data in the Position column” message) because the Position sort list wasn’t initialized for focus charts. LONGA
  • Focus Charts cannot be printed in Landscape orientation, but the Print Paperwork window let you try. VIRLS
  • When printing Focus Charts with custom sketch options, Lightwright failed to select the correct 1 or 2 column paperwork type, resulting in screwed up 2-column charts. VIRLS
  • Using the command to add a work note to the selected cue failed to include the cue# in the work note. It also failed to include cue part numbers.
  • The File/Recent list sometimes contained duplicate entries.
  • The Layout Manager window failed to include older .lwl files. COLED
  • Selecting the “Get Cues” menu item while Lightwright was busy getting cues caused cues to be removed from Lightwright. STENT
  • Color sheet sizes were not stored in .lw6 show files (and even with this fixed, they will not be read when opened in versions prior to 6.0.14). WILIS
  • The fixture library sometimes failed to be copied to the correct storage location for use by the maintenance/profiles window.
  • The Live Count window scrolled to the first item on the list whenever it recalculated. PAYEE
  • In the Cue List window, cells that had content from the console could show “-1” when editing, and it was possible to edit the cue time so that it disagreed with the individual up/down times without any indication that the data could be invalid.
  • The Cue and Group List windows could fail to refresh when using arrow keys to move up and down the list.
  • An OutOfBoundsException occurred in Win6DefaultsGet2 when launching Lightwright after setting up cue list columns.
  • Assigning a color to any selected object on a label caused all of the objects on the label to lose their “None” color. FOWTH
  • Opening a Lightwright 2 show file, channel numbers larger than 127 came in as zeroes. KB
  • Web sites didn’t open unless the URL started with “http://“.
  • Limits whose name contained an ampersand (“&”) showed the name on the Limits menu with a space instead of the ampersand.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: AULIC, DATER, GLADE, HEXED, HINAU, HOPED, LEASH, LOTES, MEALY, PANEL, PUTID, QUOPS, SCOUP, SCRAY, SHEEL, SKEGG, STIMY, YDRAD, YEWEN, YOWLS

New in Lightwright 6.0.13.155 Beta (Jul 21, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • The name of the Profile assigned to an instrument type can now be printed on labels and also exported using File/Export/Data. ALKIE, DRICE
  • Cues that are on the Cue List but not in the console can be flagged in the Cue List window.
  • OTHER CHANGES:
  • Metric measurements can now be entered with one decimal point accuracy in the Label Setup window.
  • In Circuit Name Maintenance, a yellow warning triangle is now drawn when a dimmer rack assigned to a Circuit Name entry is not in Setup/Dimming & Control.
  • The Fixture database has been updated with current data as of July 6, 2017.
  • The Cue List Window’s gear button now includes an option to toggle cue buttons on and off.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • If the Eos show file had more than 6 cue lists, one or more of the ones in Lightwright could be deleted (and not just ones with numbers greater than 6).
  • Eos Scene Headers were not deleted from Lightwright when the cues they were attached to were deleted in Eos.
  • Cue Lists did not always completely remove deleted cues. MELON, SATES
  • Cue Lists could print with black as the shading color, instead of the desired color. AJUGA
  • Cue List cue parts were not sorted correctly.
  • Cue Lists did not show Follow & Hang correctly. CASKY
  • Eos Groups with decimal numbers were not received by Lightwright.
  • If a cue with a scene was deleted on Eos and the cue list was brought into Lightwright, the header row before that cue was also deleted.
  • Groups with numbers less than 1 could not be deleted from Eos when it sending groups to the console via OSC.
  • Groups could not be created with decimal numbers.
  • You could not delete the first row in the Group window.
  • Totals for phase C in the Dimer Details window and in the Rack Loads report were missing and/or incorrect. ARETT
  • Changing the order of dimmer racks in Setup/Dimming & Control changed the racks assigned to Circuit Names. RACHE
  • Editing a cable name in Circuit Name Maintenance changed the circuit name’s rack System to A. SDEIN
  • Closing a worksheet window when the label window was open (with the label modified but not saved) resulted in getting asked twice if you want to save the label before closing. The second time occurred after the worksheet window had closed.
  • If a label had a panel defined as a DIP switch, if the worksheet category it was assigned to was not defined as DIP switch, then selecting the panel failed to include the category in the Content pop-up menu.
  • The label window failed to show the current status of Text, Line, and Panel Lock. WRECK
  • Saving a label saved a copy of the existing label with “OLD” added to the beginning of the name.
  • Label objects that wound up outside the edges of the label (for instance, when the label was resized) could not be selected or edited. WRECK
  • Maintenance List alphabetizing didn’t always sort properly. MOSSO, VALOR.
  • Merging maintenance lists failed to merge Short names (it used long names in both long and short).
  • Exporting to a Lightwright Touch (.lwx) file could fail. ALGAE
  • Reconciling a Lightwright Touch file didn't work. BIROS
  • Printing focus charts could result in incorrectly being told there was “Nothing to use for layout”. LEGAL
  • The “L/R” and “US/DS” text on focus charts could overlap each other. ROWER
  • The fixture database had lots of problems, including missing Robe Robin fixtures and the Solaris Flare LR. UNZIP
  • The mode pop-up in the fixture database didn’t always sort alphabetically. UNZIP
  • Including footnotes, wheels, or scroll entries in a column on a two-column Cheat Sheet caused the right hand column to spill off the right side of the page. WICKY
  • The right column of two-column Cheat Sheets could fail to fill completely beginning on page 2.
  • Layout Options/Body Columns was not available for Group Lists. SISSY
  • Using a two-finger gesture to scroll the Choose Window contents left and right was sluggish at best. MERDE
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: ABBES, ADDER, ANGRY, ARUHE, BLIVE, CAPES, CRAIG, COXAL, CREMS, CREST, CROME, CUVEE, DITTY, FEMAL, FLUBS, FOXIE, GIBED, GOOLS, HAOLE, HINKY, HOYAS, IOTAS, IXTLE, JOKED, KARKS, LAWNS, LOOPS, MARIA, MINTS, MOHUA, MURRY, NAMED, NOTAL, OBELI, OCTYL, ONERY, ONION, OPEPED, OWRES, PAGED, PARDY, PINNA, PUDDY, PUNGS, REATA, SALEP, SITUS, SKILL, SWEAT, TAROT, TENIA, THANK, TICCA, TRUMP, WORKS, YOJAN
  • These bugs may be fixed, confirmation is pending:, CISTS, CONNS, DADAH, EXODE, FETCH, GEODE, HOLTS, JIFFY, JOKEY, KITER, LENGS, LESBO

New in Lightwright 6.0.8.135 (Nov 25, 2016)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • The preference setting to remind you to save changes has a new option “Remind using question window”, which will interrupt your work and ask if you want to save the show file (the way Lightwright 5 did). DOSES
  • The Weights in Each Position report now indicates where instrument types are missing weights. STIMS
  • There are new options for Circuit Name Schedules to include the rack and position that the multi is assigned to. These are set in Layout/Options.
  • The Maintenance window’s Print button lets you choose which columns to print and in what order.
  • OTHER CHANGES:
  • The worksheet’s Focus and Layout tabs are now enabled if you don’t have any lights on the worksheet but have at least one cue list. Previously, they were only enabled if you had at least one worksheet row. BLAUD
  • Layout now warns you if column widths are far too wide for the available space on the page. CATTY
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Worksheet window flickered on Windows. FEUAR, TAPED
  • Registration info was put into the wrong folder on macOS, so it wasn’t retrieved when launching Lightwright. HAKES, RANAS
  • Moving a light with an attribute list from to a different position in Vectorworks failed to update the position name on the light’s attribute rows. Printing a partial cue sheet didn’t do anything. TANSY
  • Printing cue lists didn’t have short versions of column headers. SEFER
  • Clicking a column header on the cue or group list selected header row text in addition to the regular cell content. OLDEN
  • Printing focus charts on Windows, the axis entries were drawn offset from the rest of the chart. The worksheet’s Next and Last button failed to skip over Family heads. BLOBS
  • Cues added in Eos were added to the end of the cue list, instead of where they belong. ERUGO
  • Called cue indicators (headsets) did not always display correctly. BRUSK
  • The active cue indicator could show on a header row, instead of on a cue row. AECIA, PENED
  • Timecode and External Links failed to show on Cue Lists. BREWS
  • Could not print labels for currently selected dimmer lists and dimmer details. PYOTS
  • Custom label dimensions were applied incorrectly. WOFUL
  • A load of .01 watts showed as .02 watts in dimmer details. Linked dimmers didn’t update worksheet addresses after using Auto Balance. SLOOM
  • The “accessories default to NOT on plot” preference setting wasn’t saved. HUCKS
  • Clearing column info in Circuit Name Maintenance’s Cable column caused an error. BLUBS
  • When setting a Limit, clicking a Family header selected all of its children. FRERE
  • When setting a Limit, the List button didn’t always work. Emailed work notes did not include the HTML version of the notes. Lightwright could say there were no work notes to print, yet there were some - and it printed them. CATTY
  • The .lwks file included in emailed work notes did not include the “.lwks” file extension.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: ABLET, AIOLI, AKING, ATILT, AYINS, BAGEL, BAUKS, BDGEB, BIALY, BLEND, BRANT, CIDED, CONES, DECAL, DERMA, EDITS, EGEST, EMURE, GOING, HEWGH, HIGHT, HOOPS, HORNS, HYPHA, ICILY, IZZAT, KIORE, KNUBS, KXTSY, LAVAS, MAMEE, MINTY, MUCKY, NARDS, NEMPT, OLLIE, PANCE, PARKS, PINAS, POORT, PRIMP, RATAL, RAPES, RESET, SABIR, SEELD, SEELY, SITES, SLUSE, SMITE, TANTO, TAPUS, THEOW, TORES, TOYER, TYROS, UNGET, VENAL, XYSTS, ZIRAM, ZOMBI

New in Lightwright 5.0.38 Build 480 (Apr 7, 2014)

  • To open the appropriate Choose List while working in the Adding Items window, you can either double-click the category name (such as “Position”) or press Cmd+L on the Mac (use Ctrl+L on Windows).

New in Lightwright 5.0.36 Build 470 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Vectorworks 2014 sends X, Y, and Z coordinates as well as Symbol Rotation to Lightwright. These fields can be mapped to any Lightwright User field that is defined as text. Older versions sent the coordinates, but the numeric format was
  • unpredictable. Beginning with VW 2014, the data is sent to Lightwright in millimeters. If you want to use one of these fields, go to Setup/Worksheet Column Names & Definitions and choose user fields for them, give them
  • appropriate names, and define them as TEXT. Do a “Full export on exit” in Vectorworks, then choose the .xml file again and link them to the appropriate user fields. If you have preferences set to Metric, then the coordinates will be displayed on the worksheet in millimeters, otherwise they will be in Imperial dimensions (feet and inches). Imperial measurements will be rounded to the nearest inch. None of the data from these fields can be sent back to Vectorworks. One advantage to this is that you can blank out Lightwright worksheet coordinate entries for lights where the coordinates are not useful.

New in Lightwright 5.0.30 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • A new menu entry, “File/Save a Backup...”, lets you save a copy of your current show file under a new filename, without switching the worksheet to the new copy of the file. This option also turns off Data Exchange in the copy.
  • A new preference option, “Include current date in backup filename” adds the current date (in the form YY-MM-DD) to the default filename when using “File/Save a Backup”. If a date in that form already exists in the filename, it will be replaced with the current date. This option defaults to ON.

New in Lightwright 5.0.26 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • A new menu entry, “Edit/On Plot Status”, lets you select any part of one or more worksheet rows and then set the On Plot status of all of them with one menu command.

New in Lightwright 5.0.24 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • The Adding Items window has a new option: “Items are NOT ‘On Plot’”. If you are using Data Exchange and don’t want items you’re added to be drawn on the plot, check this option.
  • A new Error Check, “Overlapping DMX Assignments”, can look for cases where dimmer/DMX addresses overlap. It uses
  • each instrument type’s DMX Quantity to gauge where addresses are likely to be in use even if they haven’t been assigned to specific worksheet rows.

New in Lightwright 5.0.23 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • Worknote column widths are now user adjustable.
  • A new menu command, “Edit/Select Entire Row” goes through the worksheet and selects all columns (visible and not) for any worksheet row where any cell is currently selected.
  • Vectorworks Reconciliation now uses a popup menu to choose whether lights that are in Lightwright but not in Vectorworks are to be deleted from Lightwright, added to Vectorworks, or retained in Lightwright but set to “Not on Light Plot”. Previous versions of LW5 did not have this last option.
  • The ability to use decimal dimmer numbers has been reinstated (it was removed in 5.0.22). Note the potential for confusion with universe numbers if the Universe Separator Character is set to a decimal.

New in Lightwright 5.0.22 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • A new “File/Reconcile with Lighwright Touch .lwx” option to make a .lwx file for Lightwright Touch for the Apple iPad
  • which you can then edit and drop back onto the Lightwright worksheet to bring any changes or notes made on the
  • iPad back into Lightwright
  • A new Vocabulary entry, “Universe separator character is” lets you use any single character (such as a decimal point)
  • instead of the default slash (/) character to separate the universe part of a dimmer number from the actual dimmer
  • number part
  • File/Export Data/ASCII Soft Patch now includes 5 optional Clear statements that can be included in the patch file

New in Lightwright 5.0.19 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • A new Help menu item gives you easy access to the web page where you can fill out a form to report a bug or ask a
  • question.
  • If Lightwright runs into an internal problem while you are connected to the internet, it will ask you to describe what you
  • were doing when the problem occurred, and then automatically post a bug report for you.

New in Lightwright 5.0.15 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • Label Legends can now be assigned to any Lightwright user-definable text column, so you can change which label
  • legends are assigned to each light. This feature requires Vectorworks 2010 or newer.
  • A “Tip of the Day” window opens each time Lightwright launches. It can be turned on/off from within the Tips window,
  • or in Preferences. You can also open it via the Lightwright Help menu.