Artist Help:Fixture Group Properties

This dialog has 3 tabs,

This tab contains general properties for the fixture in the group.

Group Details

Group name

enter the name of the fixture group

Mode

Normal	the active parameters of each fixture are displayed as square icons on the fixture grid
All Parameters	displays all the fixture parameters in a graphic list
Scaled	Scales the full fixture grid to fit in the client area

Hide Fixtures

check this to hide long lists of fixtures under the fixture group in the navigator. This can speed up the loading of the navigator.

Fixture Position Lock

check this to lock the positions of fixtures on the grid.

This tab is used to set up and define the fixture grid.

Grid Details
Snap Fixture to Grid	if checked, when moving fixtures on the grid the position will snap to the grid lines.
Show Fixture Name	if checked, the fixture names are displayed under the fixture icon.
Display Active Parameter	if checked, the fixture active parameter is displayed in the fixture icon.
Default Matrix	this defines the default matrix arrangement for use by chases or effects
View	By default a fixture group has a dedicated view of its own. You can, however, select a specific view (between 1 and 32) on which to display the fixtures. This means that more than one fixture group can share a view allowing them to be displayed simultaneously.
Horz	set the horizontal size in grid units of the fixture grid
Vert	set the vertical size in grid units of the fixture grid

This tab is used to setup and define the effect canvas. The effect canvas is only displayed when showing Pixel Array parameters.

Canvas settings
Effect	this sets the brightness off the masked effect canvas in order to see the whole effect.
Background	this sets the brightness of the Background image.
Padding	this displays padding between the pixel and the pixel border.
Border	this displays a fixture border.
Background Filename	this set the filename of the background image displayed in the effect canvas. This image is not output to the fixture but is used as a useful representation of the pixel locations.
Horz	this is the horizontal resolution of the effect graphics surface.
Vert	this is the vertical resolution of the effect graphics surface.
Rotate Snap Angle	this sets the rotational snap angle in degrees.
Positional Snap	this sets the positional snap of the fixture in fraction of canvas height and width.