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Remove parenthesis in offset option.

If I have a lot of fixtures, I may want to select 4th fixture, then every 4th+1 fixture. This is useful in instances where you are fanning an array or grid of fixtures and want to create interesting curvy looking beams using pan/tilt, but do not want to apply an effect.

For example, I want to take channels 1>8 & work on them in the order 1,5,2,6,3,7,4,8. I can get to (1,5) (2,6) (3,7) (4,8) using offset, but cannot then remove these parenthesis.

This is useful in instances where you are fanning an array or grid of fixtures and want to create interesting curvy looking beams using pan/tilt, but do not want to apply an effect.

Ben Garcia

  • Chris Stokes resolved this:here is a solution for this. It's actually a pretty easy way to accomplish what you want. It does require an extra command line step, but it will still be very very fast, especially if you are doing this on 36+ fixtures and not just your example of 8 you posted. Let me know how it works out for you. 

    Question: 1>8 & work on them in the order 1,5,2,6,3,7,4,8

    Solution:  

    1 thru 8 offset Chanel Per Group 2 Interleave = (1,5) (2,6) (3,7) (4,8)

    Record Group 999.

    Group 999 Offset Num Groups 8 = 1,5,2,6,3,7,4,8 

    *note Num Groups needs to equal total fixtures used in the original groups to get the parenthesis to go away.

    Record Group 1 Enter Enter 

    Group 999 = 1,5,2,6,3,7,4,8

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