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When an output is selected by clicking on the box next to its name a pop up window will
appear asking you to select a few options. The output resolution previously set up in the
Slots tab is copied by default into the size values. This is the horizontal width and height,
in layout grid points that the display is expected to fill. The display type can be changed to
Monitor, Projector, Router, or None, depending on what is connected to the output. Once
correctly set the OK should be clicked.
The output then appears on the layout with its center at point 0,0.
The user can now move the output in a number of ways.
Below is an example where two displays, of different spatial sizes
have been placed onto a layout. The quickest way is to place the
mouse pointer over the output and hold the left button down. The
output can then be dragged across the layout and dropped
anywhere the user wants. It is limited to the area bounded by the
white lines which are at 8191 grid points from the origin.
For more accurate positioning the user may enter accurate numbers
into the
Layout Centre
of the
Output Properties
field. For fine
tuning the arrows provide a nudge facility for actual alignment.
The outputs can also be rotated on the Layout by entering a rotation
angle, sliding the bar or nudging.
The Positioning mode is set to physical when the operator is moving
outputs physically however at final tuning when the monitor wall
may be fixed and an image is being shown where an alignment is
required then moving to Image mode inverts the nudge buttons to
provide a “same direction” of nudge to image shift.
Remember to press Take to send all these settings to the unit.
Below is an example where Layout 2 has been set up with three monitors rotated by 60
degrees anti clockwise and mounted with their centres horizontally aligned. The fourth
output is associated with this layout as outputs are in pairs, it is not used however and so
is labelled Spare and set to None for display type
