Data mode

DATA mode enables you to view and edit the data for all your fixtures and rigging points. DATA mode operates like many other spreadsheet programs, so many of the concepts will be familiar to those who have used a spreadsheet program.

In this section

Layout tabs

Spreadsheets

Patch

Errors

Layout tabs

Beneath the work area in each mode is a series of Layout tabs. These layouts provide various configurations of the views you are working with. To change layouts, click the tab that corresponds to the layout you wish to use.

The DATA mode contains the following layouts:

• Spreadsheet: The work area contains a spreadsheet of data currently in the show database.
• H Select: The work area is split horizontally, with a wireframe view above and a spreadsheet view below.
• V Select: The work area is split vertically, with a wireframe view on the left and a spreadsheet view on the right.
• Patch: The work area is split, with a wireframe view above and the patch window below.
• Errors: The work area contains a spreadsheet displaying fixtures with errors.

Note: The wireframe views in DATA mode are used for fixture and rigging point selection only. Any selections made in the spreadsheet are visible on the CAD drawing and vice versa. However, to make any drawing modifications, you must return to CAD mode.