Lighting reports
Reports turns your rig into paperwork: fixture lists, patch sheets, power per circuit, truss loads and plot sheets of the stage, ready to print or send as PDF and CSV. Every report is built from the show as it is now, so it changes as you patch.
Open Reports
- In the Lighting window toolbar, choose Reports.
- Or choose File > Reports and pick a report, which opens on it.
The Reports window is a dock of three panels: Sheets, Page and Inspector. While it is in front, the menu bar on macOS has a Reports menu too.
Reports
The Reports list in the Sheets panel holds:
| Report | What it lists |
|---|---|
| Fixture list | Every fixture of the patch. |
| Fixture report | Each fixture with its type, patch, mode, optics, place, weight and rating. |
| Patch sheet | The patch: each fixture with its universe and address. |
| Weight and power per circuit | What each circuit carries. |
| Truss load | The load on each truss. See Trusses. |
Pick one to see it in the Page panel, then choose Export PDF… or Export CSV…. Until there is something to list it reads "Nothing to list yet".
Plot sheets
A sheet is a page of paper you lay out yourself. Add plot sheets adds a ready set: the plan and the front with their keys, the perspective and the side, and the fixture table. Add sheet adds an empty one; right-click a sheet for Rename, Duplicate and Delete Sheet.
Put items on a sheet:
| Item | What it is |
|---|---|
| View | A drawing of the stage: Plan view, Front view, Section view or Perspective, with its scale, for example "Scale: 1:50". |
| Table | One of the reports. |
| Title block | The show's Title and Subtitle. |
| Text | Your own words. |
| Symbol key | What each fixture symbol on the sheet's views stands for. Needs a view on the sheet. |
| Layer key | The layers on the sheet's views. Needs a view on the sheet. |
The Inspector sets the sheet's Paper (A4, A3, A2, A1, A0, Letter or Tabloid), Orientation (Portrait or Landscape), and for a view its Grid reference, Unit names and Fit. Until you open a sheet it reads "Open a sheet to see its settings".
Export PDF… writes This sheet or All sheets as a PDF.
Windows and macOS
The Reports window, its reports, sheets and exports are on both, with the same words. On Windows it opens from the Lighting window's command bar.
Related
Lights on the Stage
The rig in 3D and as a plan: aim heads with a click, house lights and beams, Visualise, trusses with their load, and real projectors armed from Cliqer. Stage is in Beta.
Transitions
How Preview and Program work, and every way to take a source live in Studio: Cut, Quick Play, numbered transitions, the T-bar, stingers, overlays and Fade to Black.