Exporting MVR

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Exporting MVR

MVR Export is only accessible from the File menu of the Wireframe tab in CAD mode. Everything that is currently visible and only what is currently visible in the Wireframe tab will export. If something does not need to be exported, hide the Layer that the object is on (ensure there are no objects on that Layer that are required for export) either by disabling its visibility or by activating a Scene to which that Layer does not belong.

MVR Exporting Conditions

When you export to an MVR file in WYSIWYG, the following conditions apply:

• DMX universes: WYSIWYG converts DMX universe names to numbers when exporting MVR files containing patched Fixtures because MVR files only accept numbers as DMX universe names. The order in which universes appear listed in the Patch Shortcuts is the order in which they will export.

Any Motion Control universes that are interspersed with DMX universes in the Patch shortcuts list will be ignored, and the "Next" DMX universe in the list will get the next number in the sequence. In addition, DMX universes whose names happen to be numbers will have no bearing on their export order: for example, if universes "3", "1", and "4" appear listed in this order ("from the top of the list"), universe "3" will be exported as first (1), "1" will be exported as second (2), and "4" as third (3).

The following table illustrates the above condition:

Tip: You can reorder the shortcuts manually by holding down the ALT key and clicking-and-dragging or use the Manage Shortcuts dialog box,  which opens when you right-click the Shortcut Bar.

• Layers: Layers export to <Layer> Nodes. Layers containing Focus Positions to which exported Fixtures were assigned will always export regardless of visibility state.

• Fixtures: All Fixtures except those in the Flight Case export to <Fixture> Nodes complete with all attributes supported by MVR.
• Focus Positions: Focus Positions export to <FocusPoint> Nodes, complete with their names.
• Focus Lines and Focus Arcs: Focus Lines and Focus Arc will not export because MVR makes no provision for such objects. However, the points along each Focus Line/Arc will export as individual Focus Points, allowing fixtures to maintain their focus.  
• Hang Structures: All Hang Structures (i.e. drawn Pipes, drawn Curved Pipes, and anything inserted from the Truss Library) along with their Position names export to <Truss> Nodes, as 3D meshes like all other 3D entities in the file.
• Objects: All objects that are not Fixtures, Hang Structures, or Video Screens export to <SceneObject> Nodes. The export includes Color, Library Texture, or its assigned Image Source. Material properties of objects do not export.

• Screens and LED Walls: Screens and LED Walls export to <VideoScreen> Nodes complete with the Image from an Image Source assigned to them. When a Video Source is assigned, and no Placeholder is assigned to that Video Source, a random frame from the video will be exported; since it is possible for such a frame to be black and/or completely meaningless, using a Placeholder is recommended. (A Placeholder image could be crafted to identify, for example, the video feed that's supposed to display on this screen.)

Note: When exporting Screen objects which have their Only Display Image/Video on Front Face option enabled (this option is enabled by default), an additional black-colored surface of the same size as the Screen is exported 5 mm behind the Screen. (Other software may not have such an option, and even if it does, MVR cannot be used to enforce it; the additional surface ensures that the image applied to the Screen is only visible as in WYSIWYG itself, that is, only from the front.)   

• Groups:
• Fixture Groups will not export to MVR since MVR does not make provisions for such Groups.
• Groups of objects export to <GroupObject> Nodes.
• Much like in WYSIWYG, Groups (of objects) in MVR files belong to Layers.
• Unlike in WYSIWYG, where objects within a Group may belong to any Layers, grouped objects in an MVR file must belong to the same Layer as their Group. For this reason, when a Group is exported to MVR, all its component objects are placed onto its Layer until the export completes. (This is not a permanent change: once the export has completed, the objects go back to their original Layers.)
• Flight Case:
• Fixtures, Hang Structures, and Focus Positions located in the Flight Case will not export because they do not have location data. This includes Focus Positions assigned to Fixtures that are hung: if a Focus Position is in the Flight Case, it has no location; therefore any Fixture assigned to it has no "target" at which to aim.

To export to MVR

1. In CAD mode (only), from the File menu, choose Export > MVR Export.

Result: The Export Summary window appears allowing you to review how many entities of each type will export. Check the numbers and if they are incorrect based on your knowledge of the file, close this window to cancel the export.

2. Click OK.

Result: The MVR Export window appears.

2. In the MVR Export window, navigate to the location where you want to save the exported MVR file.
3. In the File name box, type the name of the exported MVR file.
4. From the Save as type drop-down list, choose the MVR file type.
5. Click Save.

Result: The MVR file containing the entities in your WYSIWYG plot is saved in the selected location.