ETC Element Classic, User Manual

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Managing Show Files 147
Partial Show File Channel Merge
When Merge Channels is selected, channels from cues, submasters, groups, and other channel
targets will be added to any existing channel targets of that same type.
With Merge Channels not selected, those channels will override any existing channels in the
channel targets of the same type.
Example:
In a show file 1, group 1 has channels 1 through 5. In show file 2, group 1 had
channels 6 through 10. With Merge Channels and Groups selected for the
merge, show file 2's group 1 will merge with show file 1's group 1. Group 1
will then have channels 1 through 10. If Merge Channels was not selected,
group 1 would just have channels 6 through 10.
Note:
It is important to remember that if the same channels exist in both show files,
the data merging in will override the existing data for those channels.
Note:
Scenic Element and Scenic Element Movable Channels with nested items in an
Augment3d model will import without their model items if the Augment3d model is
not also merged.
Printing a Show File
Eos provides you with the ability to save a show file or aspects from a show file to a PDF file for
printing. Eos has three locations to save the PDF files including the Show File Archive, the File
Server (if connected), or a USB device (if connected). Saving the PDF file to a USB (F:) device,
allows you to then print the PDF from a personal computer. Printing directly from Eos is not
supported.
In Setup, you can select the page orientation and paper size for these PDF files, see PDF
Settings (on page 217) for more information.
To save a PDF of an Eos Family show file, navigate within the browser to Print.
This will open the printing screen in the CIA. From this screen you can choose which aspects of
the show file you want to save to PDF. By default all aspects are selected (gray) and will be
saved. To withhold any show aspects from printing, simply deselect them in the CIA by
touching the respective button. Deselected show aspects will appear in black.