Lesson 16 Tut3: Difference between revisions

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Overview

In this lesson you will learn something about the Softpult plugin. This tool allows you to create panels simulating a pult according to your own design ideas.

Lecture 16: Softpult

The Softpult (Softdesk) tool can be enabled via the plugin manager, see Einsteiger:Lesson6/en. Afterwards you can find a new menu entry "Softdesk" within the plugins menu. When you open this plugin an administration GUI appears at first:

Datei:DMXC3L16 SoftDesk plugin.JPG

Here you can create, delete, edit, copy, import and export your instancies of softdesks. At runtime you can activate several instancies of softpults in parallel (but you don't have several banks within a softpult available).

When you select the design mode (edit mode) you can add your favorite elements from the set of sliders, buttons, rotary faders or XYpads. There are also graphical design elements such as labels, separators and group boxes available. Try it, also the design grid mode!

Here you can see one possible result:

Datei:DMXC3L16 SoftDesk.JPG

You can customize the elements in design mode by using the property context menu. The following figure shows the property box for a button (right mouse click in design mode). For example you can modify the button name, colors and the toggle mode property.

Datei:DMXC3L16 CommandboxProperties.JPG

The softpult windows are integrated into the panel system, see Einsteiger:Lesson2/en. That means you can have attached panels or flying windows.

In the next step you have to connect your softdesk with your project, i.e. you have to assign functions to your softpult resp. control elements.

This has to be performed with the input assignment panel. On left hand side you find the controls, on right hand side the DMXControl explorer is shown. Simply drag and drop the control elements to certain properties, attributes or elements to make a connection.

Datei:DMXC3L16 SoftDeskInputAssignment.JPG

topics to be added (by beta testers)

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Excercise

Create two softpults, one consisting of buttons only, the other one should contain all types of control elements
Control colors with your button softpult
connect the XYpad with your moving light and test the function

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 ==Overview==
-In this lesson you will learn something about the Softpult. This tool allows you to create pult-like GUIs according to your own design ideas
+In this lesson you will learn something about the Softpult plugin. This tool allows you to create panels simulating a pult according to your own design ideas.
 ==Lecture 16: Softpult ==
-The Softpult (Softdesk) tool can be enabled via the plugin manager, see lesson 6. Afterwards you can find the menu entry "Softdesk" within the plugins menu. When you open this plugin an administration GUI appears at first:
+The Softpult (Softdesk) tool can be enabled via the plugin manager, see [[Einsteiger:Lesson6/en]]. Afterwards you can find a new menu entry "Softdesk" within the plugins menu. When you open this plugin an administration GUI appears at first:
 [[Datei:DMXC3L16 SoftDesk plugin.JPG]]
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 Here you can create, delete, edit, copy, import and export your instancies of softdesks. At runtime you can activate several instancies of softpults in parallel (but you don't have several banks within a softpult available).
-When you select the Design mode (edit mode) you add your favorite elements from the set of slider, buttons, rotary fader or XYpad. There are also graphical design elements such as labels, separators and group boxes. Try it!
+When you select the design mode (edit mode) you can add your favorite elements from the set of sliders, buttons, rotary faders or XYpads. There are also graphical design elements such as labels, separators and group boxes available. Try it, also the design grid mode!
 Here you can see one possible result:
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 [[Datei:DMXC3L16 SoftDesk.JPG]]
-You can customize the elements in design mode by using the property context menu. The following figure shows the property box for a button. For example you can modify the button name, colors and the toggle mode property.
+You can customize the elements in design mode by using the property context menu. The following figure shows the property box for a button (right mouse click in design mode). For example you can modify the button name, colors and the toggle mode property.
 [[Datei:DMXC3L16 CommandboxProperties.JPG]]
-Your softpult windows are integrated into the panel system, see lecture 2. That means you can have attached panels or flying windows.
+The softpult windows are integrated into the panel system, see [[Einsteiger:Lesson2/en]]. That means you can have attached panels or flying windows.
 In the next step you have to connect your softdesk with your project, i.e. you have to assign functions to your softpult resp. control elements.
-This will be performed with the input assignment panel. On left hand side you find the controls, on right hand side the DMXControl explorer is shown. Simply drag and drop the control elements to certain properties, attributes or elements to make a connection.
+This has to be performed with the input assignment panel. On left hand side you find the controls, on right hand side the DMXControl explorer is shown. Simply drag and drop the control elements to certain properties, attributes or elements to make a connection.
 [[Datei:DMXC3L16 SoftDeskInputAssignment.JPG]]