Martin Professional Maxxyz, User Manual

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Manipulating Fixtures 49
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The Maxxyz console allows you to very rapidly adjust the pan and tilt attributes of your selected
fixtures using a feature called “Fast Focus.” Using the visualizer, you can simply click on the
desired focus position of your fixtures and they will move to that point.
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To access this feature,
press on the “Focus Beam” button in the visualizer toolbar.
Clicking on this button will bring up the following pop-up window:
In order to use the Fast Focus feature, the “Focus” button at the top of this window must be
selected. Any fixtures selected in the programmer can now be moved to any position in the
visualizer by moving the cursor to the desired position and clicking there. You may find it useful to
be in the “Top” view when using this feature.
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As with the Fast Focus feature, you can also use the visualizer to “fan” a group of fixtures and
have their focus evenly distributed over a line or around a circle. As with Fast Focus, you may
find it useful to be in the “Top” view when using this feature.
To Create a Position Fan
For the first examples, we will use the Mac 500’s in the Maxxyz Demo.scn file.
1 Select the Mac 500’s and bring them to full.
2 Open the “Focus/Fan window.
3 Click on the “Fan (Sel)” button. This will cause the fixtures to be fanned by their selection order
(in this case, fixtures 31 through 42).
4 Confirm that “Side to Side” is selected.
5 Double click and hold the left trackball button at the desired starting point of your fan. For this
example, select the downstage right corner of the stage. The Mac 500’s will all jump to your start
point.
6. Note that the accuracy of this feature is entirely dependent upon the accuracy of the visualization
file created with Martin Show Designer.