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xLights is a sequencer for Lights. xLights has usb and E1.31 drivers. You can create sequences in this object oriented program. You can create playlists, schedule them, test your hardware, convert between different sequencers.
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Bolt models together #2339

Closed itsfja closed 2 weeks ago

itsfja commented 3 years ago

Frequently, models are composed of several basic models. An example would be the Boscoyo 180 Mini tree and star.

This is perfectly simple to model using New Tree, and New Star.

I would wish to request that having built these two (perhaps more) models, and aligned them, that they then be selectable (Shift left mouse) and "bolted together" creating a ?custom?/?Super? Model, that can be manipulated as a single item, rather than forget to use cut and paste, followed by one to many redo's with attendant frustration.

keithsw1111 commented 3 years ago

I understand the desire for this but it wont be trivial to implement. Have you tried locking models to minimise the accidental moving of them.

itsfja commented 3 years ago

Keith, I suspected it would be more than tricky to create a composite class. I'm afraid, the cock ups tend to be poorly executed deliberate acts.

Would it be slightly simpler to enable the automagical creation of a custom model from a collection of primitive models perhaps?

Regards, Francis

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I understand the desire for this but it wont be trivial to implement. Have you tried locking models to minimise the accidental moving of them.

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keithsw1111 commented 3 years ago

Merging into a custom model is a pretty poor option. Custom models have resolution issues that make them really unsuitable.

cybercop23 commented 7 months ago

There have been a couple of the same requests.