Enhancement request AC spiral mega tree preset

[Mangrove]

I'd like to BEG the developers of xLights to consider making an AC spiral mega tree a preset. In Vixen 2.1 there's a person who developed a plug in for the preview that did a great job for this task.

In the preview screen to create a spiral mega tree you entered the following:
1. Number of lines to base
2. Number of lines in group
3. Number of Channels per line group
4. Number of rotations

With these inputs, the preview drew an AC spiral mega tree in a matter of seconds and it was perfect every time.

I'm not a developer (I'm just a DAU) so I'm not sure the effort involved in developing this functionality. I'm happy to show any of the developers exactly what I'm talking about.

I will always have a number of AC elements in my display and a spiral mega tree is one of the features I don't plan to eliminate any time soon. I know there's plenty of other folks in the same boat as me. I've seen many ways to make an AC spiral mega tree work, but frankly the methods I've seen make this task way too difficult for the average user like me. I also understand xLights is aimed more at pixels but there's plenty of AC functionality as well.

Again, I'm begging for developer help to make this functionality a reality.

A BIG thank you to the developers for all you do to make xLights the great software it is; we really appreciate your time and effort!

Thank you for your consideration.

[Gilrock]

I'm sure Dan can crank that out in about an hour.

[kevinp]

There was a file for a "custom model for a 16 channel AC Spiral tree" shared in the Official FB group on April 24th.  Not sure if that would help you out or not?  It's not a preset within xLights, but you could utilize the file to add the models for your set up.

[Mangrove]

I have the custom model posted by Julie on April 24th. That's the best one to date. Thanks Julie

I'm hoping Dan can crank it out in short order. I know there are lots of people in the same boat as me. I'm hoping the developers Dan and Gil have mercy on me and create this preset. If they decide to tackle it, I'm sure it'll be much better than the functionality I've used in the past.

Thanks again for the consideration.

 

[Mangrove]

2016.23! AC Spiral Mega Trees!!!! Thank you to the development team; especially Dan for writing the new functionality. Thank you to Julie for posting a custom spiral tree model that inspired this enhancement.   

I'm sure this will make many an AC mega tree user very happy. This makes drawing and sequencing spiral mega trees a snap.

Thanks again to listening to user enhancement requests. We really appreciate the effort of everyone involved to make xLights the premier sequencer available.  Well done!