• grandMA3 User Manual
    • Introduction
      • About the manual
      • Symbols used in the manual
      • System requirements grandMA3 onPC
      • Installation of grandMA3 onPC
    • Device Overview
      • grandMA3 console
      • grandMA3 replay unit
      • grandMA3 processing units
      • grandMA3 onPC command wing
      • Keys
        • Keys Overview
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    • System Overview
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    • First Steps
      • Unpack the device
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      • Add windows
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      • DMX port configuration
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        • Art-Net menu
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      • Create User
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    • Patch and Fixture Setup
      • What are fixtures
      • Add fixtures to the show
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      • Remove fixtures from the show
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      • 3D Window
      • Camera Pool
      • Stages
      • Classes and Layers
      • Attribute definitions
        • Activation group
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    • Operate Fixtures
      • What is the programmer
      • Fixture sheet
      • Using the color picker
      • Align
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      • Group masters
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    • Worlds and Filters
      • At filter
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    • Cues and Sequences
      • What is tracking
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      • Assign object to an executor
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      • Create sinus dimmer phaser
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    • System Information
      • Date and time
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    • Update the Software
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    • Fixture Types
      • Import fixture types
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        • Insert models
        • Link models to geometries
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      • Export fixture types
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Pool Windows

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Most of the show data in grandMA3 is organized in pools - these pools are a part of a Data Pool. So in essence everything except the patch and fixture setup is stored inside a Data Pool. This makes it easy to have several shows with the same fixture setup but with different pools of data.

Pools contain a lot of different data. For instance, the Groups pool has information about selections of fixtures. The Views pool contains information about the arrangement of windows on a screen.

Pools are made like any other window - read more in the Add Windows topic. Pool arrangement and resizing are just like any other window - read more in the Rearrange topic.

This is an example of the Groups pool:

Groups pool

Each pool has a title field. In the example above it is the first blue square with the MA logo, the pool icon (if available), and the Groups text.

Tapping the logo opens the settings - read more about the common window settings in the Window Settings topic. For details about pool or preset specific settings read the relevant topics.

Some pools have specific use. This and the following subtopics describe the general concepts. Read the specific topics to learn the details for each type of pool.

 

Pool Object

All other fields except the title field contain a Pool Object. If something is stored in the pool object, then it has a lighter gray color (default color) and there is a label (see the example pool above). It can also contain pool specific information like a master level.

The number in the upper left corner of each pool object is the unique pool identifier. It can be used when the object is called. For instance, using Group 1 in the command line is the first object in the groups pool. The label, or name, of the pool object, can also be used to call the group. For example Group "All QWO" calls (all) the groups with that name. Asterisk can be used as a joker sign when using object names. Typing Group "All*" calls all the group objects where the name starts with All.

 

Working with or using pool objects can be done in many ways. The examples in the subtopics use the command line, but many of the operations could also be performed using the keys, screens, or any combination thereof.

 

Some pools have a Selected pool object. It is visualized with a yellow frame around the selected pool object.

World 1 is selected

A different pool object can usually be selected by tapping the object in the pool or using the Select keyword.

 

Swipey Commands

Each pool object can open a set of Swipey Commands. They give quick access to some common operations with the pool object.

This is how to open the swipey commands:

  1. Tap and hold the pool object.
  2. Move the finger/cursor outside the pool object while keep pressing the screen.
The open Swipey Commands
  1. Keep the screen pressed and move the finger/cursor to the desired command.
  2. Release the screen.
 

These are the available commands with the swipeys:

  • Assign:
    This adds "Assign" and the pool objects type and number in the command line. Waiting for more user input.
  • Edit:
    This opens the relevant pool object editor.
  • Store:
    This executes "Store" plus the pool object type and number. This is useful for storing new pool objects - for instance, groups.
  • Label:
    This executes "Label" plus the pool object type and number.
  • Delete:
    This executes "Delete" plus the pool object type and number - Result is deleting the pool object.
  • Move:
    This adds "Move" plus the pool objects type and number in the command line. Waiting for the user to tap the new location.
  • Copy:
    This adds "Copy" plus the pool objects type and number in the command line. Waiting for the user to tap the new location.

 




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