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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