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Old January 17th, 2008, 12:42 AM
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Default Re: WYSIWYG Report

I have been doing all my plots in wyg for about the last 2 or 3 years... I like to think I know the program pretty well. First, what version? I only use wyg to do my plot first of all, I HATE wygs ppwk program, I export to lightwright for that one. First things first with wyg, change the symbols for all ETC fixtures. When you throw a fixture into the browser, right click on it and look at its properties. Then look at fixture properties. Here you can change the symbol and edit the layout. Change all s4's to the version 3 symbol then edit each layout to suit you. You will have to do this for every fixture. That will at least clean up that aspect of it. As far as the "pres" view, I used to never layouts, now thats all I use. What you want to do is go to the new plots tab, scale the plot to your liking, then import that new plot into a new layout. The layout is essentially like paper space where you can put multiple view of the same thing on one page.

The thing about wyg is it does take a lot of time to get everything into it, I always have to draft the set in in 3d, have a 3d theatre, and accurate positions. After that though, you can really fly getting the plot in. If you work in the same theatre often, its even faster because you already have your fixtures set up etc... It took some getting used to, and no wyg does not and will not make the cleanest looking plots ever because you can not edit the symbols, what you got is what you have to live with. Let me know specificly what you are having issues with, I might be able to help you.
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