Focusing static fixtures & drape anti-aliasing

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Version 3.3.2 PC nomad - offline w/ viz 
 I'm having a few issues with my A3d model. Firstly, when in the patch screen, I cannot focus static fixtures by clicking on the model. I made a video showing what's happening here: https://youtu.be/Ia-fLzmAfXE . I can't figure out if I'm doing something wrong, but I'm following the youtube guides provided by ETC. It worked in the past but it's not working this year and I don't know why. 
 Secondly, as seen in this video: https://youtu.be/XSAOeeRrXNg?si=bbjKB2qSc4BSj3JQ the main drape texture has some anti-aliasing issues and you can see right through it. This was the drape texture added via A3d, not vectorworks, though the model and fixtures were built w/ vwx and imported via .dae and .mvr imports. Is there a way to fix this? My computer has decent specs and up-to-date graphics drivers. 
 Thirdly, there's no gobo textures for Halycon, SolaFrame 1000's and several other ETC fixtures in their profiles. 
 5800x3d cpu 32GB DDR5 4060ti Graphics card 1440p monitor 
 Thanks!

eos moderator · Accepted Answer

Regarding your first issue: I don't think there were any changes in this part of the Eos software. Could it be that your A3d tab is set to be a Channel Display? Does it work again if you make it a Normal Display?

eos moderator · Answer

Thank you for your showfile. You are right, that's the problem. You have two possible ways forward: 
 
 Patch the library version of those fixtures to dummy channels and check what color, gobo and animation wheels are assigned there and then assign those manually to your patched channels as well. 
 Change the fixture type for your channels to use the library version. 
 
 Method 1 is less fragile but there might be other suprises hiding in those imported fixture profiles. Method 2 will result in working fixture profiles but if you're not careful this might have side effects in your cues, presets and pallets. 
 Either way, Preserve Native in patch is your friend, you probably want to enable it for when you make the changes. And of course save your showfile before you start.

Focusing static fixtures & drape anti-aliasing

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