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number directly will change the effect assigned to the cue along with all the parameters specified in the inventory
entry for that effect, such as Size, Sim Effect, Mfg, Price etc.
Custom Fields (1- 5)
There are five custom fields that can hold any text data that you chose to enter. When using ShowSim in
conjunction with other systems or databases, these fields can help support additional data fields that ShowSim
doesn t include.
Detail View
The detail view is a special sub-grid that can be expanded for each row in the script grid. The detail view grid
allows more complex arrangements of effects within a given cue. The detail view is toggled on and off by clicking
the small arrow button in the first column of each row in the cue list.
The diagram below shows the terminology of an actual display chain as it is referenced in the detail view
interface. ShowSim attempts to model this arrangement to allow scripting of cues that very closely match how
the show is actually setup in real life. Thus a cue fires a chain containing one or more buckets, each of which
can fire one or more effects.
Figure 4.4 Complex display chains that can be modeled in ShowSim.
For shows where each cue fires only one effect, then each chain would have only one bucket with one effect on
it. In reality there would really not be an actual chain, only a single effect with the e-match tied into either the
leader or the lift charge itself. The detail editor is not really necessary for setting up this kind of show, since most
methods of adding cues in ShowSim will automatically create one bucket with the effect placed on it.
The detail editor is necessary when you need to create chained effects, such as timer chains, fanned fronts or
finale chains. Many shows use timer chains in order to lower the cue count and thus save money. A single ematch fires a chain of effects that have delays tied into the chain to create a timed delay between each shot of the
chain. This kind of setup can be modeled and simulated quite accurately in ShowSim, giving you both a
simulation and printed reports that accurately describe the real show.
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