Artist Help:Installing Fixtures
Before installing Fixtures, you should read Special Considerations of Fixture Groups to find the best way to arrange your fixtures to take advantage of Artist's automatic features and to facilitate efficient navigation.
To Install Fixtures
Select Wizards/Fixture Wizard from the main menu bar.
Before the wizard is started it requests a Profile file. Select from the dialog the Profile file that contains your Fixture type. Usually, this will be the SHOWCAD.TEM file which contains all the currently known fixtures.
See also Installing Pixel Arrays.
The Wizard has the following steps,
| Define Group | Enter a name and image for the fixture group. |
| Choose Profile | Select the profile to spawn the fixture from. |
| Addressing | Specify the number of fixtures and their DMX address. |
| Confirmation | Confirm the entered details. |
You will now see that your new fixtures appear in both the Fixture view and the Navigator Fixture tree. Notice that the address of the second fixture follows on from the last channel of the previous fixture. If the addresses you entered conflict with another fixture, another available address is given.
Adding Fixtures to a Group
You can add more fixtures to a group at a later date by selecting Add Fixtures from the Main menu when looking at the Fixture view or by right-clicking in the Fixture view. The steps are,
| Fixture Group | displays the fixture group to which the fixtures will be added. |
| Choose a Fixture to clone | Select the fixture within the group to use as the template for the new fixtures. |
| Addressing | Specify the number of fixtures and their addresses. |
| Confirmation | Confirm the entered details. |
More Details
You can resolve conflicts and find missing fixtures using the Snagging Tools.
Your fixtures are now ready to control, see Fixture Control Panel
After installing fixtures you may choose to edit individual fixture templates. See Editing Fixtures.