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George
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2019-10-15 20:08

    Hi

    As I move to try and use Capture for all our plot paperwork I've got stuck because sometimes you can't stop text from overlapping.

     

    See here, the 2 fixtures in the middle both have 2 x gel and 1 x gobo, but because capture displays this on 1 line there is no solution to make the text not overlap.

    It would help if capture could put each slot frame on a new line. Adjusting the text size in this case doesn't really help, because the text becomes unreadable before the overlap is gone.

    Could we maybe have a slot frames on new line feature? Or is there a solution I haven't found?

    Thanks
    G

    Vasilis Ziogas
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    Posts:652 Staff Member

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    2019-10-16 00:02
    Have you tried to flip the switch above a selected fixture in the plot view? This feature (switch) allows you to move objects/texts to a fake position for plot clarity. They do not get moved in other plot views or modes. After flipping the switch there is also an option in the navigator menu called "Clear Plot Adjustments" to return the object in its original position rather than dragging to a new position.
    Product Specialist
    Capture Visualisation AB

    George
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    Posts:3 New Member

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    2019-10-16 00:21
    Yes, I've already moved a lot of the plot around for clarity. But the whole point of a plot view is also to work from for rigging, and spacing out fixtures there would be very unhelpful. As would moving a fixture off the bar/pipe.

    It's great that we can move the "annotations" independently, but the slot frames stacking up like this can't be moved that way and really do make it unusable as soon as you've got fixtures with more than 1 or 2 items in them.

    Looks like it's a feature request to make it possible to have plot adjustments for some of the other annotations not just limited to fixture number, patch, circuit etc.

    Vasilis Ziogas
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    2019-10-21 08:55
    Thank you for your feedback and your thorough explanation. Indeed this is a feature request that we noted for future implementation.
    Product Specialist
    Capture Visualisation AB
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