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Plan mode

Plan mode reads the rig the way a lighting plan does: top, front, left and right views on a metric grid, with fixture symbols, truss and the selected fixture's universe, address, position and rotation. These pages cover drawing it, checking it, and the things that are easy to get wrong in a 2D view.

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Plan mode — read the rig as a 2D drawing Top, front, left and right views on a metric grid, with fixture symbols, truss and the selected fixture's universe, DMX address, position and rotation in a prop

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From a lighting plan to a browser preview: what has to survive the trip? 2 Sep 2026 An MVR import is not successful because a file opened. Fixture identity, patch, transforms, layers, geometry and intent all have to survive before a lighting pl
Plan mode: see where your fixtures point to — the fixture-forward-marker 18 Aug 2026 A plan that shows only position tells you half of what a rig does. Here is why every fixture in plan mode now draws its own aim, how the direction is derived fr

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03 Build the rig
05 Layers, positions, groups
07 Check the plan
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