Free Form Fixtures allow for LED tape and other non-linear fixtures to be Pixel mapped.
Freeform Fixture Properties
Free Form Fixtures are set through the layout of a fixture profile.
A Freeform Fixture profile has only four parameters:
Element Size
Sets the size of an emitting element. Size is a reference to the diameter of the circular element.
Element Spacing
The distance between elements. Distance is measured from the centre of one element to the centre of the next.
Encoding
Sets the number of DMX channels for each element (the bit depth). An 8-bit element is controlled from a single DMX channel, 16-bit elements use two DMX channels.
The most common 16-bit control method is big-endian, where the 1st channel is fine control and the 2nd is course control.
The alternative method of 16-bit little-endian is also available. This sets the 1st channel as course control and the 2nd channel as fine control.
Colour Space
Sets the colour scheme used for the fixture. The Colour Space must match that of the fixture.
Number of Cells
The number of cells of a Free Form fixture is not set by the profile. Instead, each fixture can have a different number of cells as is common with LED tape.
To set the number of cells of a Free Form fixture add it to the map and select it.
| Note: Free Form fixtures can not exceed 512 control channels |
Free Form Fixture Properties
Selecting a Free Form fixture in the pixel map will show it’s properties in the right side pane.
Selected Fixture
The fixture number of selected fixture(s)
Label
A note that appears in list view and .csv export of the fixture
Profile
Sets which fixture profile is used for that fixture.
Freeform element count
Sets the number elements in the freeform fixture.
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