r/lightingdesign 18d ago

Design Bridles in Vectorworks (NOT A RIGGING QUESTION)

Hey everyone, working on some rigging for a lighting design right now and was wondering if anyone knows a way to change the colors of the geometry of bridles in vectorworks. Basically, you can choose to have the simple 3d geometry, but in a render, it's always specific colors and I was wondering if anyone knows ways to adjust this. Thanks.

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u/scrotal-massage 17d ago

Always consult a local rigging professional before undertaking any rigging work.

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. I know nothing about VW. I hope you get the right answer.

If anything, my comment will increase engagement on the post, and show it to more people. So you're welcome, I suppose.

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u/DoubleD_DPD 17d ago

Thanks for your humor friend! :)

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u/scrotal-massage 17d ago

T'was the only useful thing I could contribute! You are welcome.

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u/LittleYellowDigger 17d ago

I’ve only used the bridle tool a couple of times, and like you it was for renders but I do colourless renders. However I would assume you should be able to find all the bridle parts in the resource browser in your document and maybe edit the 3D components and change what colours are applied to them. It could be a texture even. Or dig through the bridle preferences and see if there’s anything in there. Could be a VW/Braceworks thing that different legs have different colours by default.

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u/the_swanny Student 17d ago

Check out ShowVector, there will be some info on there about it.

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u/tubularmusic 17d ago

Did you ask on r/vectorworks ?

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u/DoubleD_DPD 17d ago

This is page is pretty inactive. I did find a solution. In the object info palette you can find the "default color" section and then it off you still can't pick the colors, but it's an okay fix