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Reference Guide Lighting Design Software Manage, Design and Simulate Reference Guide Product Release 19.0 March 2007 © Cast Group of Companies Inc., 2002-2007. 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. March 2007 Summary of changes Summary of changes The following table summarizes the changes included in the Release 19 WYSIWYG Reference Guide, March 2007. Change location Description of change Chapter 6, pages 111— Added content on new SketchUp feature 117 Chapter 6, pages 130— Added procedure on applying textures to library 131 objects Chapter 6, pages 166— Added procedure on installing the WYSIWYG Texture 167 Pack Chapter 6, page 195 Added note about End Point snap and distributing fixtures between two points WYSIWYG Reference Guide v Summary of changes Release 19.0 vi March 2007 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 Memberships . 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 . 128 Drawing objects . 133 Editing objects . 152 CAD tools . 176 Hang structures . 186 Hanging and focusing fixtures. 194 Color, gobos, and accessories. 219 Light Emitting Surface Wizard. 225 The Flight Case . 232 Rendering . 235 7 Data mode 237 Layout tabs . 239 WYSIWYG Reference Guide vii Contents Release 19.0 Spreadsheets . 240 Patch . 247 Errors . 255 8 Design mode 259 Layout tabs . 261 Design tools . 262 Concepts . 268 Palettes . 270 Creating looks . 271 Rendering . 274 Background Rendering Manager . 285 9 Presentation mode 295 Layout tabs . 297 Reports . 298 New Plots. 304 Layouts . 320 Images . 343 Worksheets . 344 Pipe tapes . 345 10 Live mode 347 Layout tabs . 349 Connecting to consoles . 350 AutoPatch . 357 Visualization . 359 Autofocus. 362 Rendering . 364 DMX Camera . 365 11 WYSILink - Link mode 367 Layout tabs . 369 Setting up WYSILink . 370 WYSILink mode . 371 ETCLink functions . 376 A Using the SuperPro Monitoring Tool 383.