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Reference Guide Lighting Design Software Manage, Design and Simulate Reference Guide Product Release 18.0 November 2006 © Cast Group of Companies Inc., 2002-2006. All rights reserved. WYSIWYG, Cast Software, WYSIWYG Report, WYSIWYG Perform, WYSIWYG Design and Autofocus are trademarks of the Cast Group of Companies Incorporated. All other trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. November 2006 Summary of changes Summary of changes The following table summarizes the changes included in the Release 18 WYSIWYG Reference Guide, November 2006. Change location Description of change Chapter 3, pages 29 Removed Windows ME as valid operating system and 30 Chapter 3, page 33 Updated the WYSIWYG installation procedure Chapter 3, pages Updated section on installing WYSIWYG Network 36—39 Chapter 4, page 61 Updated Draw toolbar Chapter 4, page 64 Updated Tools toolbar Chapter 5, page 79 Updated list of files you can open with WYSIWYG Chapter 6, pages 113 Updated section on opening DWG/DXF files and 114 Chapter 6, pages 115 Updated section on merging DWG/DXF files and 116 Chapter 6, pages Updated section on exporting DWG/DXF files 118—120 Chapter 6, page 136 Updated section on drawing spheres Chapter 6, pages Updated section on Light Emission tab 151—153 Chapter 6, page 153 Added section on new Quick Light Emission Tool Chapter 6, pages 154 Added section on new Sidedness tab and 155 Chapter 6, page 175 Added procedure on new Grid Array feature Chapter 6, pages 186 Added procedures on new Distribute and Array and 187 Fixtures feature Chapter 6, pages Added section on new Light Emitting Surface Wizard 216—220 Chapter 8, pages Updated section on Rendering to include new UI and 264—273 references to the new Background Rendering Manager Chapter 8, pages Added section on the new Background Rendering 275—283 Manager Chapter 10, pages 355 Added section on new DMX Camera feature and 356 WYSIWYG Reference Guide v Summary of changes Release 18.0 vi November 2006 Contents Contents 1 Introduction 9 About this manual . 11 Troubleshooting . 12 Welcome to WYSIWYG. 14 2 The WYSIWYG suite of software products 15 WYSIWYG Report . 17 WYSIWYG Design . 18 WYSIWYG Perform . 20 WYSIWYG Perform - Console Edition . 22 WYSIWYG Learn . 24 WYSIWYG Network . 26 WYSILink . 27 3 Installation, configuration, activation, and registration 29 Installation. 31 Configuration, activation, and registration . 40 Upgrades . 44 Subscriptions . 45 Passwords . 47 4 WYSIWYG user interface 49 Navigation and screen set-up . 51 Shortcut bars . 55 Toolbars. 59 Status bar . 66 Wireframe views . 68 Shaded views . 73 5 Managing your WYSIWYG document 77 File menu . 79 Options menu . 85 WYSIWYG Viewer . 100 6 CAD mode 101 Layout tabs . 103 The CAD environment . 104 The Library Browser . 122 Drawing objects . 126 Editing objects . 145 CAD tools. 167 Hang structures . 177 Hanging and focusing fixtures. 185 Color, gobos, and accessories. 210 Light Emitting Surface Wizard. 216 The Flight Case . 223 Rendering . 226 7 Data mode 227 Layout tabs . 229 WYSIWYG Reference Guide vii Contents Release 18.0 Spreadsheets . 230 Patch . 237 Errors . 245 8 Design mode 249 Layout tabs . 251 Design tools . 252 Concepts . 258 Palettes . 260 Creating looks . 261 Rendering . 264 Background Rendering Manager . 275 9 Presentation mode 285 Layout tabs . 287 Reports . 288 New Plots. 294 Layouts . 310 Images . 333 Worksheets . 334 Pipe tapes . 335 10 Live mode 337 Layout tabs . 339 Connecting to consoles . 340 AutoPatch . 347 Visualization . 349 Autofocus. 352 Rendering . 354 DMX Camera . 355 11 WYSILink - Link mode 357 Layout tabs . ..