Figure 1: Fixture View - Title bar.
The right side have a pin icon. This can be used to lock the view of it doesn't automatically scroll to the selected
fixtures.
The left side have different icons that changes the way the view works.
The 5 icons with numbers are 5 different views called Fixture Layout Views. Here you can arrange the fixture icons
the way you like it. They can contain all or some of the fixtures. But each fixture can only be once in each of the 5
layout views.
The icon that is highlighted in the figure above is the one we saw in the previous chapter. This is called the Fixture
Symbol View, here you can see all the fixtures added to the show. They are automatically organized by the fixture
type.
The last icon is the Fixture Sheet View. Here you can see all the fixtures added to your show. They are organized by
fixture ID. it also displays all the different attributes and their values.
Fixture Layout views
Let's try to arrange our fixtures in the first fixture layout view and let's arrange them as they are in our plot.
Press
Clear
this makes sure you haven't selected any of the fixtures (we are going to have a closer look at what this
means in the next chapter).
Press
Fixture 1 Thru 1 2 Store
left screen.
Now tap somewhere in the center of the screen.
This adds the 12 fixture symbols in this first layout view.
They are all in one line and you might not see them all.
The title bar now got 3 new buttons on the right side. The title bar now looks like this:
Figure 2: Fixture Layout View - title bar.
The 3 icons are Edit Layout (the pen), Zoom to Fit (the magnifying glass with 2 arrows) and Lock Layout (the pad
lock).
Tap the Zoom to Fit. Now you can see all the fixtures.
To arrange them you need to tap the Edit Layout icon. Now you'll see a grid in the view. and if you still have all the
fixtures selected then you can press and hold the screen while you move your finger to move the position of the
fixtures. If you press, hold and move outside the fixture symbol then you are drawing a lasso frame. If you lasso some
fixtures then they'll be selected. You'll only move the selected fixtures. You can also change what fixtures you have
selected by tapping them.
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and then tap the number one symbol (the left most) in the title bar on the
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