USER MANUAL

HOW TO CREATE A 3D STAGE

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 SUMMARY

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Open the 3d window .............................................................................................................................................................. 3

3D window overview .............................................................................................................................................................. 4

The main menu bar .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Moving into the 3D space ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Starting with a new indoor stage ......................................................................................................................................... 6

Modify the room size .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Apply textures or colors on walls........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Stretch a texture ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Remove a texture ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Insert 3D objects in the stage ............................................................................................................................................. 10

Object’s Menu ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Insert a simple object ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Objects selection ................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Objects multiple selection .................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Customize objects ................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Resize an object ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Rotate an object ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Move an object ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Positioning assistant ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Apply color and texture to objects ................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Delete objects .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Duplicate objects.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Cancel actions ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Groups objects ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Selectable / Not selectable objects ................................................................................................................................................................ 23
Lightable / Not lightable objects ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25

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INTRODUCTION

This chapter describes how to easily use the 3D application to create and manage your virtual stage.
You will learn how to manage your 3D stage, and how to place 3D objects.

OPEN THE 3D WINDOW

From the lighting control softwares, you must press the 3D button which is located on the main tool bar as following:

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3D WINDOW OVERVIEW

Main Menu Ambient light-

bar ning
dimmer

Define the environ-

ment. Choose be-
tween indoor or
outdoor. Then select
the unit system that
you prefer to work
with.

THE MAIN MENU BAR

Files Patch 3D Lock Objects Environ- Show/Hide Screen Ambient

Settings Menu content ment arrows shot Lightning

Add Camera Help 3D always Fixtures Show/Hide Show Camera

objects +capture Manuals on top content Cam control beams animation

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MOVING INTO THE 3D SPACE

Hold a right-click and Show you the camera

move the mouse any- position. You can use
where in the view and this control to move the
see how the camera is camera following the X
moving. (red), Y (green) and Z
(blue) axes.

Move the camera into

an horizontal (left/right)
or vertical (up/down)
translation. You can use
the keyboard’s arrows.

Zoom in an out of the

current view. You can
also use the mouse
wheel.

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STARTING WITH A NEW INDOOR STAGE

1 – Press the “File” menu.

It will open the sub menu

2 – Press the “New stage”

3 – Define the environ-

ment. Choose between
indoor or outdoor. Then
select the unit system
that you prefer to work
with.

NOTE: With an indoor stage, the room is composed of 4 walls, floor and roof. With an oudoor stage, there is no room,
just the ground and a night sky.

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Here is our new empty indoor stage:

Environment menu

Sub Menu toolbar: Will show you specific commands available for current selected objects.
Here we can see commands relative to the environment customization

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 MODIFY THE ROOM SIZE

1- Press “Environment”
menu
menu

2- Modify the room’s

dimensions here

APPLY TEXTURES OR COLORS ON WALLS

The ‘’+’’ button adds texture from

anywhere on hardrives

1- Press
2 - Pull the left “Environment” menu.
textures’s panel.

3 - Drag and drop the tex-

ture over the given wall
number.

4 - Press the “Paint”

button to define a
color to the wall
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STRETCH A TEXTURE

Scroll to stretch

Or

Enter it manually

REMOVE A TEXTURE

Click the Red Cross to

remove the texture

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INSERT 3D OBJECTS IN THE STAGE

OBJECT’S MENU

Click the “Objects” menu

will open the submenu

List of objects
Add trusses Import objects currently in-
cluded in the
Add simple stage
object

INSERT A SIMPLE OBJECT

1- Click the simple object menu 2- Pick an object

3- Validate

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OBJECTS SELECTION

Left click on the

object

OR

Draw a
selection’s zone
over it
with the mouse
Selected ob-
jects are shown
in green color
with the 3D
axes

OBJECTS MULTIPLE SEL ECTION

Hold CTRL + left

click on each
object

OR

Draw a
selection’s zone
over them
with the mouse

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CUSTOMIZE OBJECTS

For each object modifications it is possible to enter manually a value in the field or use + and – buttons for modify the
values.
The different axis can also be selected and moved with the mouse.

Enter the value manually

Select and move the axis

Can modify the values accurately

Can modify value with higher number tity ( for example 90° per clic for ro-
tation)

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RESIZE AN OBJECT

1: Click on the object

to select it.

3 bis: You can also click

on the axis where you
want to resize. The Axis
comes in a yellow color.
Then grab the head of
the axis with the mouse
and stretch it.

3: : Enter the new XYZ val-

2: Click the ruler Check the option for ues to set the object to
icon to activate it. keep proportions the correct size.
XYZ fields came with while resizing
colors when it’s acti-
vated.

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ROTATE AN OBJECT

1: Click on the object

to select it.

2: Click the rotate

icon to activate it.
XYZ fields came
with colors when
it’s activated. 3 bis: You can also click
on the axis where you
want to rotate. The Axis
comes in a yellow color.
Then grab the head of the
axis with the mouse and
rotate it.

3: Enter the new XYZ val-

ues to set the object to the
correct orientation

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MOVE AN OBJECT

1: Click on the object

to select it.

2: Click the move

icon to activate it.
XYZ fields came with
3 bis: : You can also click
colors when it’s acti-
on the axis where you
vated.
want to move. The Axis
comes in a yellow color.
Then grab the head of the 3 ter You can also click on the axis origin.
axis with the mouse and The origin comes in a yellow ball. Then
move it. grab the origin with the mouse and move
on the 3 axes simultaneously.

3: Enter the new XYZ val-

ues to set the object to the
correct position

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POSITIONING ASSISTANT

When you have several objects that you want to arrange in line, circle or matrix then you can use the positioning assis-
tant to place them in a faster way.

1: Select the objects that you

want to place

2: Use the positioning assis-

tant tools

In line on
the Z axis
In a circle

In line on
the Y axis

In a matrix

In line on
the X axis

Adjust the space

between each object

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In the case of circular positioning, the 1st parameter corresponding to the radius to the circle.

The second parameter gives the angle amplitude (360 degrees by default).

Circle radius Circle amplitude

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In the case of a matrix positioning, we can change the distance's setting between each pixel in the two directions X
and Y as well as the number of objects per line and per column.
If your patch, or only a part, is configured as a matrix, you will find this matrix configuration in the 3D visualization.
With the matrix positioning tool then you can adjust the gap between the fixtures.

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APPLY COLOR AND TEXTURE TO OBJECTS

For any object you can apply a texture and change its color. You can also combine color and texture as shown in the
following example. We have use a steel texture and a pink color:

2: Pull the left tex- 1: Select the objects

tures’s panel to customize

3: Drag the texture to

the drop zone

4: Click the paint icon

to change the color.

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DELETE OBJECTS

1: Select the objects

to be deleted

2: Click on the delete

button

DUPLICATE OBJECTS

1: Select the objects

to be duplicated

2: Click on the dupli-

cate button

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CANCEL ACTIONS

Thats possible to go back if you did a bad manipulation with the cancel button or the shortcut Ctrl.Z

Click on the Cancel

button (Ctrl+z)

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GROUPS OBJECTS

It is possible to group objects together in q single objet to make easier the selection, the moving actions, the rotation
or resizing several objects included in a group.

1 Select the objects

to be grouped

2: Click on the Group

button

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SELECTABLE / NOT SEL ECTABLE OBJECTS

Once you have well placed objects on the stage, you may want to avoid the problem of some unexpected movements
who could broke your nice placement. So to ensure that your objects stay spotted you can decide to define them as
“Not Selectable”. There you will not be allow to select them anymore, so it becomes impossible to move or transform
them.

Here is how to define objects as NOT selectable:

1: Select the objects

to be not selectable

2: Uncheck the box

“Selection”

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Now, if for some reason you need to get your object back to “Selectable”, here is the way to do that:

1 – Press the “Objects” menu 2 – Open the stage’s objects

will open the sub menu content.

3 – Select the objects in the

list then check the option “Can
be selected”

NOTE – This list shows the ob-

jects currently include in the
stage.

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LIGHTABLE / NOT LIGHTABLE OBJECTS

The Lightable option define if the object will take and reflect the light beams or not. Here is how to define that option
for an object:

1: Select the objects

to be Lightable/Not
Lightable

2: Check or Uncheck
the box “Lightable”

You can also use the stage’s list of objects:

1 - Press the “Objects” menu.

It will open the sub menu
2 - Select the objects in the list
then check/uncheck the op-
tion “Light activated”

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