Protect Effects

[danj]

I am using Jim Nealand's method of developing sequences--autogenerating random effects, choosing the effects I like and protecting them.  Do I need to protect the "blank" cells that follow an effect to keep them from changing?  thanks in advance!!

[jnealand]

If it is blank there is nothing to protect, but remember that a blank does not stop the previous effect.  An effect will keep going until something changes it thru multiple timing marks to the end of the sequence.

[maffeirw]

I believe you are stating that you want to maintain an effect through subsequent blank time intervals. If this is the case and you want a given effect to continue through x number of blank cells following it, you have to protect those blank cells along with the initial effect or the blanks will be overwritten with random effects. 

[danj]

This is precisely what I intend to accomplish--to keep the effect at cell "x" thru multiple subsequent cells.  Wasn't sure if protecting a blank cell even made any sense....  Thanks for the replies.

[sean]

When we auto generate , a blank is fair territory. Btw, on your first auto generate, we fill every non- protected cell. In other words there will be no blanks. You must have edited the cell to make it blank. Cool, just protect them.

[danj]

Thanks to everyone for the quick responses!!  I really appreciate the info.

[JonB256]

It had never occurred to me to "protect" a blank cell from Random Effects, but it does work and I will use it!!!

[jnealand]

It had never occurred to me to "protect" a blank cell from Random Effects, but it does work and I will use it!!!

+1

I usually start with a limited version of a whole house model as my first display element.  I do not add any other display elements to the grid until I am happy with the first element.