Setting cue times

Is there a way to set the time for a single cue so that updates take that time by default. In particular, suppose I write a cue and then set a time for the overall cue by typing "Cue 1 Time 4". Later I decide to add another fixture to the cue. That fixture is assigned the default cue time which is set in preferences rather than the time I assigned the cue, so the cue ends up with split timing. Is it possible, once I have assigned a time to a cue, to use that time instead of the global default?

On a related note: (this is probably an enhancement request) Suppose I have already set the cue time to 4 secs. One fixture has a time of 20 sec. Now my time is "4s, 20s" where 4 is the time for everything except the one fixture. I would like to change the cue time to 5 secs without changing the one fixture that I have set to 20s. In other words, "Cue 1 Time 5" sets the global default time for all fixtures in the cue that have not been explicitly set to something else. How would I do this?

As long as I'm asking for the stars, suppose I have 20 fixtures set to the 20 sec time in a cue with a time of 4 sec, how about a way to change the 20s without changing the cue global time.
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    There isn't any preference for "merge timing" or "update timing" but what you can do is mask in the timing when you have the fixture in the programmer. For example. If you want to throw a desk channel into a cue you could put the desk channel at the right intensity and type into the command line "[intensity] [time] and then the fade time of the cue you will be merging into. Not what you are looking for but a quick way to set fixture parameter timings.

    For your second request there currently isn't any way to change all but one fixtures timing without putting lots of work into the command line. As of our current feature set it would probably be easiest to open the cue in a cue editor and do a select all minus the one fixture you don't want to change and then change the timing.

    I am not sure what exactly you meant by your last request. Perhaps you can clarify.
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    There isn't any preference for "merge timing" or "update timing" but what you can do is mask in the timing when you have the fixture in the programmer. For example. If you want to throw a desk channel into a cue you could put the desk channel at the right intensity and type into the command line "[intensity] [time] and then the fade time of the cue you will be merging into. Not what you are looking for but a quick way to set fixture parameter timings.

    For your second request there currently isn't any way to change all but one fixtures timing without putting lots of work into the command line. As of our current feature set it would probably be easiest to open the cue in a cue editor and do a select all minus the one fixture you don't want to change and then change the timing.

    I am not sure what exactly you meant by your last request. Perhaps you can clarify.
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