Author Topic: Sub-Models and Lines  (Read 1238 times)

Offline bwinter

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Sub-Models and Lines
« on: November 15, 2016, 11:08:22 PM »
I'm noticing that within the sub-models, you can add multiple lines (to differentiate various sub-lines within the sub-model).

In the sequencing tab, you can add effects to each sub-model independently (as is the intent of sub-models).  However, you can't expand the sub-model to have sequencing-access to the lines within the sub-model.

How are these lines intended to be used within the sub-model?

Offline dkulp

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Re: Sub-Models and Lines
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2016, 05:36:18 AM »
Those are really for setting up a grid for the submodel.   xLights renders to 2 dimensional grids.   Each "line" in the submodel panel corresponds to a row for the grid.   If you only have one line defined, your grid will only have a single row (and pretty much act like a single strand).   Effects that have directionality or positioning in them will render very differently.
Daniel Kulp
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