Patching -display follows selection, replace

Just a couple of observations from someone who does mostly theatrical shows:

It would be great to have the patch window scroll to display the fixtures you have just patched or modified. This would eliminate scrolling through long lists of desk channels or scrollers to find the last thing you patched.

Also, it would save some patching time if you could explicitly replace a fixture patch point- for example if you know that your Source 4 with scroller was moved and plugged in to a different dimmer- then you could replace the intensity patch point with the new dimmer number. Currently, you would either have to unpatch the whole fixture and then repatch both fixture and intensity patch points, or patch the new intensity patch point, switch to "view by DP", find the correct DP and universe and then "unpatch @" the old dimmer.

And another nudge to please have the ability to bring up a dimmer without patching it to a channel.

-Todd
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    Also, it would save some patching time if you could explicitly replace a fixture patch point- for example if you know that your Source 4 with scroller was moved and plugged in to a different dimmer- then you could replace the intensity patch point with the new dimmer number. Currently, you would either have to unpatch the whole fixture and then repatch both fixture and intensity patch points, or patch the new intensity patch point, switch to "view by DP", find the correct DP and universe and then "unpatch @" the old dimmer.


    - If you try "unpatch@universeA/dmxAAA >> fix. intens.@universeB/dmxBBB" do you still have to repatch the scroller?

    - In the fixture-patch-window you can see to what universes everything is patched, even if it's patched to more than 1 universe. So why bother to go to "view by DP" ?

    And another nudge to please have the ability to bring up a dimmer without patching it to a channel.


    Second that! Will save a lot of time searching for correct dimmerchannels in every new theater you visit
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    [quote=SfeerPeer;39666]- If you try "unpatch@universeA/dmxAAA >> fix. intens.@universeB/dmxBBB" do you still have to repatch the scroller?


    That will work and keeps the fixture patch point intact, but the "View by DP" screen doesn't tell you which DMX address is for the scroller fixture and which is for the intensity. It lists both as "Scroller Dimmer" so you still have to remember which DMX address you want to unpatch. It's easier to see that information in the regular patch screen.

    I know this probably isn't an issue for a lot of people, but it adds time to flip back and forth between screens and have to remember numbers. In-cell editing on the patch screen would be the perfect solution (hint, hint)

    [quote=SfeerPeer;39666]- In the fixture-patch-window you can see to what universes everything is patched, even if it's patched to more than 1 universe. So why bother to go to "view by DP" ?


    The "unpatch @" button is not available in the regular patch screen, so you must switch to "view by DP" if you want to unpatch just one patch point for a fixture.
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