DMX transforms

Use DMX transforms to scale, rotate, and move selected items in the scene. Scaling and movement are independent from the object’s rotation. Scaling does not apply to lighting devices.

To transform objects in DMX mode:

Select one or more lighting devices or objects.

To transform multiple selections at once, you can group them in a layer; see Organizing the scene contents. When a layer is transformed, all items contained in that layer are transformed accordingly. A transformed lighting device's pan and tilt are relative to the transformed position.

To significantly improve performance for DMX transforms, disable shadows from the Basic: Graphics tab or Advanced: Graphics tab. If shadows are needed, set Dynamic Shadows to None from the Advanced: Graphics tab; shadows will be disabled only for transformed objects.

In the Properties palette, select DMX for the Xform Mode.

Scale, move, and/or rotate the selected objects using the DMX XForm parameters.

Click to show/hide parameters.Click to show/hide parameters.

Parameter

Description

XForm Mode

Select DMX to enable DMX transforms

DMX XForm

Expand the DMX XForm heading to access the parameters

XForm Universe

Enter the universe

XForm Channel

Enter the DMX address

XForm Delta X/ XForm Delta Y/ XForm Delta Z

Enter the XForm Delta values (in inches) to specify the direction and magnitude of movement. The movement is not affected by the item’s rotation. The direction is relative to the item’s local coordinate space.

Delta X controls the range of lateral movement.

Delta Y controls the range of upward/downward movement.

Delta Z controls the range of forward/backward movement.

The Position X/Y/Z values in the Properties palette determine the selected items’ starting position.

Set the DMX profile for the desired movement.

50% indicates the center of the range of movement.

Channel	Coarse/Fine	Purpose	%: Function
1	Coarse	XForm Delta X	0 – 100: X axis movement
2	Fine	XForm Delta X	0 – 100: X axis movement
3	Coarse	XForm Delta Y	0 – 100: Y axis movement
4	Fine	XForm Delta Y	0 – 100: Y axis movement
5	Coarse	XForm Delta Z	0 – 100: Z axis movement
6	Fine	XForm Delta Z	0 – 100: Z axis movement

XForm Rotation Axis

Select the rotation axis, or select None.

Set the DMX profile for rotation.

Rotation occurs around the local origin, not the world origin.

Channel	Coarse/Fine	Purpose	%: Function
7	Coarse	XForm Rotation (Index)	0 – 100: Rotation
8	Fine	XForm Rotation (Index)	0 – 100: Rotation
7	Coarse	XForm Rotation (Continuous)	0 – 0: No rotation 48 – 1: Clockwise rotation 49 – 51: No rotation 52 – 99: Counter-clockwise rotation 100 – 100: No rotation
8	Fine	XForm Rotation (Continuous)
9		XForm Rotation Control	0 – 20: Index rotation 21 – 40: Continuous rotation 41 – 100: Reserved

There are three “dead zones” where no rotation occurs in the Continuous Rotation channel: 0%, 49–51%, and 100%. The rotation is clockwise at 48–1% (where the effect increases as DMX value decreases) and counter-clockwise at 52–99%.

XForm Rotation Delta

Sets the maximum angle of index rotation

XForm Rotation Rpm

Set the maximum speed of continuous rotation

XForm Scale X/ XForm Scale Y/ XForm Scale Z

Enter scale factors for each axis to scale the selected object along that axis. Scaling is not affected by the object’s rotation.

Set the DMX profile for scaling.

Channel	Coarse/Fine	Purpose	%: Function
10	Coarse	XForm Scale X	0 – 100
11	Fine	XForm Scale X	0 – 100
12	Coarse	XForm Scale Y	0 – 100
13	Fine	XForm Scale Y	0 – 100
14	Coarse	XForm Scale Z	0 – 100
15	Fine	XForm Scale Z	0 – 100

PSN transforms

Preferences

Modifying scene objects and fixtures

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