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Select Fixtures

To operate fixtures and change the values of attributes (for example dimmer, pan, tilt, or zoom), it is necessary to select fixtures first.

To select fixtures, use one of the following ways:

• Type the fixture ID in the command line, using the numeric keys.
• Tap at the fixture in a fixture sheet.
• Draw a lasso around a fixture in the 3D window.
• Tap at a group containing fixtures.
• Tap at a preset containing fixture information.

To create groups or presets, use one of the three first listed methods in the bullet list above.

Examples

To recreate the examples, the following should be prepared:

• The grandMA3 demo show file is open. To load the grandMA3 demo show file, see Show File Handling topic.
• A fixture sheet window is open.
• The following fixture types are patched:
  • Ayrton Alienpix - RS Ex 16 Bit
  • Quantity: 3
  • FID: 301 - 303 

To select fixture 1 through 5, press the following hardkeys on the console or use the command section menu  :

 Fixture 1 Thru 5 Please

This command is visible in the command line input:

Fixture 1 through 5 is selected. The five selected fixtures are displayed in a yellow font in the Fixture Sheet window.

To deselect fixtures in one command, type:

Fixtures 1 to 5 are selected, Fixtures 6 to 8 are deselected, Fixtures 9 and 10 are selected.

To make the same selection of fixtures as shown in the example above using a different syntax, type:

 To select fixtures in two commands, type:

To select the fixtures 9 and 10 in the example above,  + or Thru can be used.

Recursive Selection of Fixtures

Some fixtures have multiple sub-fixtures. The following examples are showing how to select fixtures and its sub-fixtures in different orders and hierarchies using an additional dot (.).

To select fixture 301, type:

Only the main fixture is selected.

• For a fast selection of all sub-fixtures , a dot (.) can be added to the selection syntax of the main fixture.

To select fixture 301 and all its sub-fixtures, type:

 To select the main fixtures and all sub-fixtures of fixtures 301 thru 303, type:

• The dot selects the sub-fixtures downwards from the specified level. Therefore, for example it is also possible to select only the pixels of an AlienPix.

To select all pixels of an AlienPix, type:

To select pixels of an AlienPix in particular, type:

General Fixture Selection

To select all fixtures and sub-fixtues, type:

To select all parents of all fixtures, type:

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