Default Fixture Orientation

[Steve Nield]

Attached is a screen grab of 5 Ayrton Dream Panel twins in a side hang orientation.  Is there a way to set the default fixture tilt so that the panels  facing forward ? 

[klinzey]

You can't do it with a specific fixture, it is a global setting.

In the Spotlight Preferences dialog, adjust the Default focus tilt angle. From the screenshot it looks like it's set to 30 deg now.

[scottmoore]

This may not help you but is still a pretty cool hack. Set a focus point that is perhaps 20’ high and set it 1,000’ downstage its so. Call it “audience”, “straight out”,  “house” or something suitable. Then you can select all of those fixtures and focus them to that point. With something like Magic Panels, there will be some pan as well which may not be the look you want but it’s still pretty cool. 
 

Two additional notes:

1- I would make the geometry for this focus point much larger so you don’t get really confused when you perform a “select all” function. 
 

2- you can duplicate this focus and send one duplicate way higher to create a quick arial focus and one duplicate way lower to create a “straight apron” focus. Both of these can be very useful for concert lighting and makes for a very expedient process. Keep those three focuses in your template file. 

[Steve Nield]

4 hours ago, klinzey said:

You can't do it with a specific fixture, it is a global setting.

In the Spotlight Preferences dialog, adjust the Default focus tilt angle. From the screenshot it looks like it's set to 30 deg now.

Perfect , Thank you.