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 This tutorial shows you how to create a 3D Patch with different fixtures. 
  
Date: 09/2014 
MADRIX Version: 3.3 (Created with) 
Note: It is useful to read the tutorial »Creating A Patch With Different Fixtures beforehand.  
We want create a patch with one Eurolite - LSD soft display, several of the Litecraft - PowerBars, and several of the Ehrgeiz - FS-60 fixtures. 
  
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 Start MADRIX and go to Preferences > Patch Editor or press F3.  
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Create a new, empty patch. To do so, click New on the toolbar and confirm the next dialog.  
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Now change the size of the patch. Click Matrix Size and set the values to:  
  
Confirm with OK 
In this way, we have changed the patch size to 20 pixels in X and Y with 10 levels in Z.  
   
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 Right now, you can see only one Z-Level. If you want to navigate through the layers, you have to change the index number of the First Z control.  
  
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In the following steps, we want to patch some fixtures. We will start with adding several Litecraft - PowerBars. 
Click Add and change the settings as shown in the following picture: 
  
Confirm with Add 
Click Close in order to close the Add Fixtures window. You should see 2 PowerBar fixtures in the middle of the first row of your patch. If you navigate through the Z-Levels, you can see that on each of the 10 levels these 2 fixtures are placed in the middle of the first row.  
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Click Add again. Now, we want to add the Eurolite - LSD DVI fixture. Please change the settings as shown in the following picture: 
   
Click Add 
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We will continue to add fixtures. In this step, we will add several Ehrgeiz - FS-60. Change the settings as shown in the following picture: 
  
Click Add 
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 In this step, we are going to add the last fixtures of this tutorial. We want to patch Ehrgeiz - FS-60 fixtures again. But this time, we want to place only 2 in the middle of Z-Level 10. Change the settings as shown in the following picture: 
  
Click Add and Close  
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Close the Patch window and the Preview in MADRIX should now look like this: 
  
If you do not see a 3D view in MADRIX, perform a click with the right mouse button on the Preview and change the mode to 3D Mode 
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Congratulations! You have created a more complex 3D patch including different fixtures. 
  
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