Creating A Complex 3D Patch Using The Patch Editor

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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.

 

1.

Start MADRIX and go to Preferences > Patch Editor or press F3.

2.

Create a new, empty patch. To do so, click New on the toolbar and confirm the next dialog.

3.

Now change the size of the patch. Click Matrix Size and set the values to:

Size X: 20
Size Y: 20
Size Z: 10

Confirm with OK

In this way, we have changed the patch size to 20 pixels in X and Y with 10 levels in Z.

4.

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.

5.

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.

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

 

Congratulations! You have created a more complex 3D patch including different fixtures.

 

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