User Manual

Laserworld Showeditor 2015
Version 2015/1.0 2015 Page 45
Fig. 32: Figure
Editor: Drawing
features
The right column of the Figure Editor window provides the option for color selection
for the drawing tools: A color circle / color wheel and a color cube are available, as
well as a palette with 20 preset bright laser colors (can be changed and
customized).
The main control button set for handling the different windows is situated right below
the color selection options.
Besides that, the main Laser On/Off control as well as the laser simulator and the
blackout button are situated just below the window selection.
The lowest block of buttons has one for a complete reset of the settings and another
one for assigning figures to keys.
The window below this button set is very important: It shows the active folder-path on
the hard disc. As every show and every figure set always relate to a certain, physical
folder on the hard disc, this folder can and must be selected here. By selecting
different folders, different figure sets and shows can be made accessible.
A second window opens together with the Figure Editor: This is the Figure Table – the
overview table that holds all figures that are available in this very show folder (shows
all *.heb files that reside in a physical folder on the hard disc).
Create and Edit Figures 6.1.
To create a new figure, the New Figure button is the first thing
to click. (see Fig. 32). If this step is skipped it might happen
that an already existing figure is modified accidently.
When “New Figure” was clicked, the buttons description will
change its color to grey (inactive), so it can be determined
that the button has been clicked.
“New Figure” is preparing all conditions to draw a new figure.
The figure 0 is selected from the figure table and the
following values are set:
- Number of frames are set to zero
- Number of points are set to zero
- The current effect settings are preserved
If an already existing figure shall be edited, select the very figure with a left mouse
click on its icon in the figure table. The selected figure is indicated by a red square
around its icon (see for example Fig.17) and it is shown in the drawing area.
The name of the figure is displayed at the top of the Figure Table. If present, its key
assignment is shown, too.
The name and the assignment of a figure is as well displayed in a hover-window, if
the mouse cursor is placed on an icon for some seconds.