Barn door no show

[dan-mcfarland]

I have created barn doors on spotlights many times before, but..
I turn barn doors on in the light effects section of a spotlight. Look through selected and no barn doors. i trun on look through barn doors in the camera light manipulator and still no barn doors. Would anyone have any segestions?

Thanks in advance.

Dan

[dgould]

You just need to turn on the Show Manipulator Tool for the light. Just press t. In the viewport that you are looking through the light you can then see the barn doors and edit them.

Hope this helps.

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[dan-mcfarland]

Hay David.

Thanks for the suggestion but I tried it. The wierd thing is the effects of the barn door can be seen in renderings but I cant interactivly set them in the viewport. I think its time to go to AW with this one.

Dan

[dgould]

Could you get the light's manipulator to show? If not then it would more than likely be that your ShowManipDefault parameter is set to something other than None. Select the light then select Modify | Transformation Tools | Default Object Manipulator | None. Set the viewport to the light then select Show Manipulator Tool.

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[dan-mcfarland]

Well it tried it and no go. The other manipulators show but the barndoors. Doesent make much sence. Others can create them on the same system so I think it is within my user profile.

Thanks
Dan

[dgould]

Weird. Let me know when you find the solution, I'd be interested to know what it was.

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