Designer has a number of alternative fixture selection methods on the layout plan view to allow for easier selection, as well as altering the current selection. To see the selection method options, right-click in the space on the plan view (not a fixture) and you will see the following context menu: The four selection methods are as follows: Normal selection is the default selection method. Clicking a fixture or dragging aRead more
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Melawati Mall in Taman Melawati, Kuala Lumpur had its façade transformed with an LED media wall that spans three sides of the huge building. Architects HL Design came up with the concept, and Nagieb Azhar of Lightwave Lighting Design refined it to a stylised design of spaced vertical columns of light across three of the mall’s exterior walls to maximiseRead more
The duplication wizard is a great time-saver for many simple fixture duplication functions, but it has a lot more to offer. So, in this Tips & Tricks, we will be covering the more esoteric features of the duplication wizard. Firstly, we’ll cover the Circle duplication method. This can be useful to create symmetrical circles orRead more
Fixture templates are designed to fulfil a certain niche where you have a repeating cluster of fixtures that are shaped and patched in a similar way. These are usually created out of individual fixtures, or strings of fixtures, but to enable simple replication and retention, these can be added into a template to be usedRead more
The Patch Navigator is a useful and powerful tool during commissioning if you need to find or identify a fixture. Let’s imagine an occurrence where you, as the technician, are looking to find and select different instances of a fixture that you have patched. In the view above, you can see that thereRead more
When working with fixtures in the layout, there are many keyboard modifiers that have been added to make your life easier. Here’s just a few of our favourites. For the full list, take a look in Help. For starters, a useful tool to re-centre the whole layout and zoom-to-fit the entire layout is activated byRead more
This tips and tricks guide will cover the gradient tools, including the randomiser, and the gradient stop tools. First things first; enabling them! Next to the gradient bar, you will see a button with three dots “…” This is used throughout Designer to indicate that there are more features tied to this that have beenRead more
The Walk, by artist Titia Ex, is a spectacular showcase lighting piece. It was created in collaboration with Philips Lighting and the Light Art Centre in Eindhoven, Netherlands, for the light event GLOW in 2013. It was also shown at London’s Kinetica Art Fair’s feature exhibition. It is currently being displayed at EVO-LUMEN; an exhibition about theRead more
Come and visit us at LuxLive 2016 at ExCel in London today and tomorrow, 23rd/24th November! Pharos is at at Stand C23, within the Lightspace dot London area. Members of our Sales and Support teams will be on hand to offer demonstrations of Designer 2.2, the latest release of our Designer software, and to talk aboutRead more
