Select a sub-sequence of Fixtures
aphylotus
Registered User
An idea for an extended select function:
Epecially while working with lots of LEDs, normally mounted together in equal combinations, it would be great to be able to select parts of these ones directly.
If You have 12 in a row, and 10 rows, to select each time the first fixtures in a row, while the numbers are 1 to 12 for the first row, 13 to 24 for the second and so on, it would be nice to be able do do something like "1 thru 120 / 12" which would give you 1 13 25 and so on.
In fact "a thru b / c" will select each c's fixture starting from a (included) all the way thru b.
In my eyes this is a very powerful tool to select masses of devices like LEDs to quickly address them. Either the "/" idea, or put the same kind of button like "buddy" or "group" into the select toolbar for this function.
Anybody with this idea ?
Epecially while working with lots of LEDs, normally mounted together in equal combinations, it would be great to be able to select parts of these ones directly.
If You have 12 in a row, and 10 rows, to select each time the first fixtures in a row, while the numbers are 1 to 12 for the first row, 13 to 24 for the second and so on, it would be nice to be able do do something like "1 thru 120 / 12" which would give you 1 13 25 and so on.
In fact "a thru b / c" will select each c's fixture starting from a (included) all the way thru b.
In my eyes this is a very powerful tool to select masses of devices like LEDs to quickly address them. Either the "/" idea, or put the same kind of button like "buddy" or "group" into the select toolbar for this function.
Anybody with this idea ?
Comments
Example 1 thru 12//2 would select 1,3,5,8,10,12 then next would select 2,4,6,7,9,11
Example 2 thru 12/3 would select 1,4,9,12 then next would select 2,5,8,11 then next would select 3,6,7,10
my 2 cents
yes nice idea too with the 2 // and especially with the next/back idea
will make life easier with lots of fixtures and very quick
Furthermore, I would like to build in an "allow ref" feature for groups where a group could be created based on the selection order of other fixture group where performing adjustments, fans, etc would move the entire sub group as a whole. Yes, I understand this is already basically of command line fanning but damn! Command line fanning just takes too long sometimes.
I wanna touch grp1, grp2, grp3, grp4 and then fan where each group travels the same amount sort of like group fanning.
I also want to be able to touch grp1, grp2, grp3, grp4 and then by pressing next, be able to fan each group as a next.
With the group allow ref, on the selection toolbar have a key where allow refs is canceled and the total fixture order is grabbed.
Examples of allow ref in groups would be if grp1 is 1-4, grp2 is 5-8, grp3 is 9-12, and grp4 is 13-16 then in normal operation would be that "next" selects the whole grp1 then whole grp2, etc.
When allow ref was turned off during selection, next would step through 1 thru 16 like normal. Then perhaps another button that when pressed would allow for pairing so that when next was pressed, it would pick all the 1st's in each group, next again would be all the 2nd's, etc, all the way up until the last fixture in group 1 was adjusted Thereby truncating adjustments to any of the fixtures in later selected groups.
That's a great idea. I've logged your request as enhancement #10177.
Thanks.
I had in mind that Group + Next/Back would go thru groups. Fixture + Next/Back goes thru fixtures in current group and plain Next/Back goes thru the whole selection...
I would love a Group+Next functionality! I thought of this last night and had to search to see if someone else thought of it. It's a little disheartening that this discussion died in 2006.
I really like Sourcefield's idea of fanning groups, as well.
Thanks