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WYSIWYG Release 19 Release Notes Thank you for installing the latest Release of wysiwyg. These release notes provide the most up-to-date information about new features, known issues, documentation, and library changes.

To Help You Get Started with wysiwyg To help you get started using wysiwyg, a number of sample files and various documentation sources are available for your use. Documentation Sources Documentation sources are available in several locations for your convenience:

! from the wysiwyg CD Install panel during installation (by clicking the appropriate button)

! from the Start>Programs> wysiwyg shortcut menu (once wysiwyg has been installed)

! from the CAST Web site: http://www.cast-soft.com/cast/software/support.jsp?PID=5022

Sources include:

! Reference Guide ! Quick Start Guide ! Quick Start Tutorial ! Release Notes

Sample Files Sample wysiwyg files are provided with the installation for you to use as examples or references. There are sample AutoCAD files, report heading files, as well as several files from various disciplines. These files can be found in the \Samples folder where you installed wysiwyg (for example, C:\Program Files\WYSIWYG\Samples). Template Files Sample template files are provided with the installation for you to use as desired. There are several basic templates such as plot, studio, and theatre files. These files can be found in the \Templates folder where you installed wysiwyg (for example, C:\Program Files\WYSIWYG\Templates).

wysiwyg and Vivien wysiwyg is fully compatible with CAST Software’s award-winning event design software program, Vivien. You can create your shows in wysiwyg and then open the files in Vivien if you want to make use of its automated Wizards for adding event items, such as seating areas, tables, and chairs.

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What’s New in wysiwyg Release 19 is primarily a library release and, as such, includes many new or updated library files. For details, see Library Additions and Library Modifications. This release also includes the following new features:

! SketchUp import feature Import 3D files created in the modeling tool, SketchUp, a program that enables you to create realistic 3D models of many different types of objects and then save the files with an .skp extension. You can now import these SketchUp files into WYSIWYG in much the same way as you import DWG/DXF files.

! Texture library object feature Just as you can customize objects like risers and surfaces by applying textures to them, you can now apply textures to library objects. You can choose from the 1000s of textures in the wysiwyg texture library or apply a custom texture that you have created and saved as a graphic file on your computer (i.e., a .bmp or .jpg file).

Microsoft Windows Vista While we have not fully tested this operating system with wysiwyg, to date we have not identified any major issues when running wysiwyg on this platform.

In-Place Update The In-Place update available with Release 19 will update only Release 17 or 18 of wysiwyg to the current wysiwyg release (R19). This update is available on the CAST Web site (http://www.cast-soft.com/cast/software/downloads.jsp?PID=5021).

Library Additions The following additions were made to the Library for this release. Additions to Automated Fixtures Manufacturer Fixture ADB Warp/M 12-30deg Warp/M 22-50deg Cameleon Lyre 2500 City Theatrical Source 4 Yoke Clay Paky Alpha Spot 1200 Alpha Spot 1200 HPE Alpha Wash 1200 Coemar iWash LED iWash Halo High End Studio Command 1200 Studio Command 700

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Manufacturer Fixture High End Studio Command H JB Lighting VaryColor P6 VaryLED 384 Martin Mac 700 Wash Mac 250 Wash PRG AutoPAR Robe ColorWash 250 AT ColorWash 575 AT ColorWash 1200E AT Vari-Lite VL500 VL500D VL500A VL50080V Zap Technologies Biglight 4.5K

Additions to Conventional Fixtures Manufacturer Fixture ADB ADB Warp 12/30 ADB Warp 22/50 Ayrton ModuLED RGB Anolis Arcline 12 Arcline 18 Arcline 24 Arcline 36 Arcline Optic 12 Arcline Optic 18 Arcline Optic 24 Arcline Optic 36 Cameleon TP 6 Coemar ParLite LED Electro Controls Electro Controls 7361A/20 ETC Source 4 14 deg Lens Source 4 70 deg Lens Source 4 90 deg Lens Source 4 750W 14 deg Lens Source 4 750W 70 deg Lens Source 4 750W 90 deg Lens Source 4 HID 14 deg Lens Source 4 HID 70 deg Lens Source 4 HID 90 deg Lens Source 4 EDLT lens – 26,36,50 deg Source 4 750W EDLT lens – 26,36,50 deg Source 4 HID EDLT lens – 26,36,50 deg EuroLite Eurolite LED Par 64 Eurolite LED Par 64 Short Eurolite LED Par 56 Eurolite LED Par 36 Generic GX9.5 Bulb Socket GU9.5 Bulb Socket JB Systems JBS LED Tube 1m LDR Inno A1000 1 cell Inno A1000 2 cell Inno A1000 3 cell Inno A1000 4 cell

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Manufacturer Fixture LDR Inno A1000 4 cell stacked Rima A70 Rima A150 Rima A500F Rima A500 1 cell Rima A500 2 cell Rima A500 3 cell Rima A500 4 cell Inno S1000 1 cell Inno S1000 2 ell Inno S1000 3 cell Inno S1000 4 cell Inno S1000 4 cell stacked Rima S70 Rima S150 Rima S500F Rima S500 1 Rima S500 2 cell Rima S500 3 cell Rima S500 4 cell Scena 500 Scena 1000 Scena 3000 Aria f1000 plus Nota f1200 plus Nota f1200 plus P.O. Soffio f 70 Soffio f 150 Soffio f 150 P.O. Suono f250 msd Suono f250 msd P.O Suono f650 plus Tempo f650 plus Tono f2000 plus Aria pc1000 plus Nota pc1200 plus Suono pc650 plus Tempo pc650 plus Tono pc2000 plus Nota 8/22 Nota 18/36 Soffio 10/28 70W Soffio 10/28 150W Soffio 20/40 70W Soffio 20/40 150W Suono 10/28 Suono 20/40 Suono d10/28 250W Suono d20/40 250W Tono 8/22 Tono 18/36 Martin Stage Cyclo Pulsar Light ChromaBank IP 1200 ChromaBank IP 600 ChromaBank Mk 2 ChromaBatten 17

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Manufacturer Fixture Pulsar Light ChromaBatten 50 ChromaBatten 100 600mm ChromaBatten 100 1200mm ChromaBatten 200 ChromaBatten 300 ChromaFlood 100 ChromaFlood 200 ChromaPar36 ChromaStrip 2 300 ChromaStrip 2 600 ChromaStrip 2 900 ChromaStrip 2 1200 ChromaStrip X3 300 ChromaStrip X3 600 ChromaStrip X3 900 ChromaStrip X3 1200 Selecon Pacific Zoom 45-75 deg Showtec LED Par 64 LED Par 64 Short LED Par 56 LED Par 36 Sunstrip Active Starville Starville LED Par 64 Starville LED Par 64 Short Starville LED Par 56 Starville LED Par 36 Thomas PixelLine 110 Xilver Xolar

Additions to Accessories Manufacturer Item ADB Warp Scroller 16 Brightline Color frames added to fluorescent fixtures CCT 185 x 190mm Barndoor De Sisti Color frames added to fluorescent fixtures Generic Color frames added to fluorescent fixtures LDR Barn Doors, Color Frames Ocean Optics SeaChanger Videssence Color frames added to fluorescent fixtures

Additions to Control Devices Manufacturer Model Type of Device Avolights Avolights DMX Interface Console Chameleon Chameleon Motion Control Console ETC Eos 4k Console Eos 8k Console Congo Jr. Console Fisher Technical Services Axis Motion Control Console 3D Motion Control Console DMX Motion Control Console Show Control Motion Control Console Lehigh Rendition Console

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Manufacturer Model Type of Device Luminex ETH-DMX256 Console

Additions to Truss Manufacturer Truss Type Name ATC Ladder SB18-2 500 Ladder SB18-2 1000 Ladder SB18-2 1500 Ladder SB18-2 2000 Ladder SB18-2 2500 Ladder SB18-2 3000 Ladder SBE18-2 120H Ladder SBE18-2 120V Ladder SBE18-2 135H Ladder SBE18-2 135V Ladder SBE18-2 45H Ladder SBE18-2 45V Ladder SBE18-2 60H Ladder SBE18-2 60V Ladder SBE18-2 90H Ladder SBE18-2 90V Ladder SBE18-2 TH Ladder SBE18-2 TV Ladder SBE18-2 XH Ladder SBE18-2 XV Ladder SB18-2 BPL Ladder SB18-2 WPL Triangular SB18-3 500 Triangular SB18-3 100 Triangular SB18-3 1500 Triangular SB18-3 2000 Triangular SB18-3 2500 Triangular SB18-3 3000 Triangular SBE18-3 120 Triangular SBE18-3 135 Triangular SBE18-3 45 Triangular SBE18-3 60 Triangular SBE18-3 90 Triangular SBE18-3 90A-UL Triangular SBE18-3 90A-UR Triangular SBE18-3 END-U Triangular SBE18-3 TA-U Triangular SBE18-3 TH Triangular SBE18-3 TV1-U Triangular SBE18-3 TV2-U Triangular SBE18-3 X Triangular SBE18-3 XA-U Triangular SB18-3 BPL Triangular SB18-3 WPL Box SB18-4 500 Box SB18-4 100

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Manufacturer Truss Type Name ATC Box SB18-4 1500 Box SB18-4 2000 Box SB18-4 2500 Box SB18-4 3000 Box SBE18-4 120 Box SBE18-4 135 Box SBE18-4 45 Box SBE18-4 60 Box SBE18-4 90 Box SBE18-4 90A Box SBE18-4 T Box SBE18-4 TA Box SBE18-4 X Box SBE18-4 XA Box SB18-4 BPL Box SB18-4 WPL Ladder SB29-2 500 Ladder SB29-2 1000 Ladder SB29-2 1500 Ladder SB29-2 2000 Ladder SB29-2 2500 Ladder SB29-2 3000 Ladder SB29-2 4000 Ladder SBE29-2 120H Ladder SBE29-2 120V Ladder SBE29-2 135H Ladder SBE29-2 135V Ladder SBE29-2 45H Ladder SBE29-2 45V Ladder SBE29-2 60H Ladder SBE29-2 60V Ladder SBE29-2 90H Ladder SBE29-2 90V Ladder SBE29-2 TH Ladder SBE29-2 TV Ladder SBE29-2 XH Ladder SBE29-2 XV Ladder SB29-2 BPL Ladder SB29-2 WPL Triangular SB29-3 500 Triangular SB29-3 1000 Triangular SB29-3 1500 Triangular SB29-3 2000 Triangular SB29-3 2500 Triangular SB29-3 3000 Triangular SB29-3 4000 Triangular SBE29-3 120 Triangular SBE29-3 135 Triangular SBE29-3 45 Triangular SBE29-3 60 Triangular SBE29-3 90

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Manufacturer Truss Type Name ATC Triangular SBE29-3 90AA-DL Triangular SBE29-3 90AA-DR Triangular SBE29-3 90AA-UL Triangular SBE29-3 90AA-UR Triangular SBE29-3 90A-DL Triangular SBE29-3 90A-DR Triangular SBE29-3 90A-UL Triangular SBE29-3 90A-UR Triangular SBE29-3 END-D Triangular SBE29-3 END-U Triangular SBE29-3 TAA-D Triangular SBE29-3 TAA-U Triangular SBE29-3 TA-D Triangular SBE29-3 TA-U Triangular SBE29-3 TH Triangular SBE29-3 TV1-D Triangular SBE29-3 TV1-U Triangular SBE29-3 TV2-D Triangular SBE29-3 X Triangular SBE29-3 XA-D Triangular SBE29-3 XA-U Triangular SBE29-3 XAA-D Triangular SBE29-3 C-90 Triangular SBE29-3 C-90A-DL Triangular SBE29-3 C-90A-DR Triangular SBE29-3 C-END-D Triangular SBE29-3 C-TA Triangular SBE29-3 C-X Triangular SBE29-3 C-XA Triangular SB29-3 BPL Triangular SB29-3 WPL Triangular SB29-3 C-APL Box SBE29-4C 90 Box SBE29-4C 90A Box SBE29-4C T Box SBE29-4C TA Box SBE29-4C X Box SBE29-4C XA Box SBE29-4X T Box SBE29-4X TA Box SBE29-4X TAA-XA Box SBE29-4X X Box SB29PT-4 500 Box SB29PT-4 1000 Box SB29PT-4 1500 Box SB29PT-4 2000 Box SB29PT-4 2500 Box SB29PT-4 3000 Box SB29PT-4 4000 Box SB29PT-4 TB Box SB29PT-4 TT1

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Manufacturer Truss Type Name ATC Box SB29PT-4 TT2 Box SBE29PT-4 C2 Box SBE29PT-4 C3 Box SBE29PT-4 C4 Box SBE29PT-4 C5 Box SBE29PT-4 C6 Box SB29P-4 S4-29 Box SB29PT-4 BPL Box SB29PT-4 WPL Box SB35PT-4 390 Box SB35PT-4 500 Box SB35PT-4 666 Box SB35PT-4 1000 Box SB35PT-4 1243 Box SB35PT-4 1500 Box SB35PT-4 1820 Box SB35PT-4 2000 Box SB35PT-4 2400 Box SB35PT-4 2500 Box SB35PT-4 3000 Box SB35PT-4 3600 Box SB35PT-4 4000 Box SB35PT-4 4800 Box SBE35PT-4 C2 Box SBE35PT-4 C3 Box SBE35PT-4 C4 Box SBE35PT-4 C5 Box SBE35PT-4 C6 Box SB35PT-4 BPL/M Box SB35PT-4 TB Box SB35PT-4 TT1 Box SB35PT-4 TT2 Box SB35PT-4 WPL Box SB35PT-4 S4/35 Box SB35PT-4 S4/35 Box SB50PT-4 TB-OL Box SB50PT-4 TB Box SB50PT-4 TT1 Box SB50PT-4 TT2 Box SBE50PT-4 S4-50 Box SB62P-4 1000 Box SB62P-4 1200 Box SB62P-4 1500 Box SB62P-4 1626 Box SB62P-4 1800 Box SB62P-4 2000 Box SB62P-4 2400 Box SB62P-4 2500 Box SB62P-4 3000 Box SB62P-4 3600 Box SB62P-4 4000

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Manufacturer Truss Type Name ATC Box SB62P-4 4800 Box SBE62P-4 c2 Box SBE62P-4 c3 Box SBE62P-4 c4 Box SBE62P-4 c5 Box SBE62P-4 c6 Box SBE62P-4 S4/35 Box SB92P-4-570 760 Box SB92P-4-570 1200 Box SB92P-4-570 2400 Box SB92P-4-570 3600 Box SB92P-4-570 4800 Box SBE92P-4 C2 Box SBE92P-4 C3 Box SBE92P-4 C4 Box SBE92P-4 S4/50 Box SBE92P/62P-4 C4 Prolyte Box H40v R1000 24 Box H40V R1500 32 Box H40V R2000 32 Box H40V C4 PYR Box H40V C3 PYR Tom Cat Box Swing Wing 30x30 96-1/8" Box Swing Wing 30x30 126-1/8" Total Fab Box 26x30" 7'9" pre-rig double parUpright Triangular 6'4" Triangle Truss Varitruss Box Flexible Lighting Truss

Additions to Gobos Manufacturer Name Coemar GO27 GO40 GO162 GO167 GO171

Additions to Colors Manufacturer Name CAST Cyan Full Cyan 5/6 Cyan 3/4 Cyan 2/3 Cyan 1/2 Cyan 1/3 Cyan 1/4 Cyan 1/6 Magenta Full Magenta 5/6 Magenta 3/4 Magenta 2/3 Magenta 1/2

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Manufacturer Name CAST Magenta 1/3 Magenta 1/4 Magenta 1/6 Yellow Full Yellow 5/6 Yellow 3/4 Yellow 2/3 Yellow 1/2 Yellow 1/3 Yellow 1/4 Yellow 1/6

Additions to Library Objects Category Name Tents 10ft x 20ft Diamond Tent 10ft x 20ft Diamond Tent with Walls 10ft x 20ft Diamond Tent with Windows 20ft x 20ft Square Tent 20ft x 20ft Square Tent with Walls 20ft x 20ft Square Tent with Windows 20ft x 20ft x 20ft Triangular Tent 20ft x 20ft x 20ft Triangular Tent with Walls 20ft x 20ft x 20ft Triangular Tent with Windows 30ft x 30ft Square Tent 30ft x 30ft Square Tent with Walls 30ft x 30ft Square Tent with Windows 35ft x 40ft Hexagonal Tent 35ft x 40ft Hexagonal Tent with Walls 35ft x 40ft Hexagonal Tent with Windows 50ft x 70ft Rectangular Tent 50ft x 70ft Rectangular Tent with Walls 50ft x 70ft Rectangular Tent with Windows Centerpieces Bouquet 1 Bouquet 2 Bouquet 3 Flower 1 Flower 2 Flower 3 Vase 1 Vase 2 Vase 3 Vase 4 Vase with Flower 1 Vase with Flower 2 Vase with Flower 3 Vase with Flower 4 Vase with Flower 5 Vase with Flower 6 Chairs Common Folding Chair Park Chair

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Category Name Staircases Staircase 2ft Staircase 3ft Plasma Screens 42 in Plasma Screen Plasma Screens 50 in Plasma Screen 60 in Plasma Screen 42 in Plasma Screen (without Base) 50 in Plasma Screen (without Base) 50 in Plasma Screen (without Base) 50 in Plasma Screen (without Base)

Library Modifications Modifications to Fixtures Manufacturer Fixture Comment All LED Fixtures More accurate Wattage listings Ayerton Eyecolor Corrected 8-Bit Pan Range Century Stand Turtle Base Hang structure added to hang lamp Mini-Turtle Base Hang structure added to hang lamp ChromaQ Color Block M9 Mode 9 only. Uses less file memory Color Block RGB Mode 6 and 7 only. Uses less file memory High End Studio Beam Improved Color Functions Martin Mac 300 Corrected Reversed Tilt Direction Pulsar ChromaCrab Added ChromaZone Patching ChromaDome Added ChromaZone Patching ChromaHeart Added ChromaZone Patching ChromaLight Added ChromaZone Patching ChromaScape Added ChromaZone Patching Robe ColorSpot 1200 AT Lens def changed to spot from flood Syncrolite SX3K Added Moving Head Tab to Fixture Properties SX7K Added Moving Head Tab to Fixture Properties SS7K Added Moving Head Tab to Fixture Properties SX3K-Q Added Moving Head Tab to Fixture Properties SXB-5/2 Added Moving Head Tab to Fixture Properties Thomas Pixel Line 1044 Added 55 channel mode And Rebuilt File Vari-Lite VL1000 series Eliminated External Dimmer wattage doubling

Modifications to Truss Manufacturer Name Type Comment ALC ALCS S-60-6W Corner Block Home direction fixed Applied TR 12x18 HD Box 10ft Section Home direction fixed Arcofab AFB-TRB-2020-060S Section home direction fixed AFB-TRB-2020-120S Section home direction fixed ATC SB50P-4-3000 Section home direction fixed SBE18-2-XV Corner Block home direction fixed SBE18-3-TV2U Corner Block home direction fixed SBK18-3-08000 Section home direction fixed Camco CAM LC-0MF-F Corner Block home direction fixed CAM SC-FFFF Corner Block home direction fixed Christie 34_16X16_TRUSS Section home direction fixed Christ_14_16x16 Section home direction fixed

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Manufacturer Name Type Comment Christie CL 20x20 45deg

LinkBar Corner Block home direction fixed

Eurotruss bd25-90DU_L. Corner Block home direction fixed bd25-X Corner Block home direction fixed bd25-XD Corner Block home direction fixed fd32-TD-V Corner Block home direction fixed fd33-TU_LS Corner Block home direction fixed fd33-X Corner Block home direction fixed fd33-XD Corner Block home direction fixed fd33-XDU Corner Block home direction fixed fd34-225 Corner Block home direction fixed fd34-275 Corner Block home direction fixed fd34-375 Corner Block home direction fixed FD43-X Corner Block home direction fixed General Floater Floor Base home direction fixed Varilite Floor Base home direction fixed Litec FX25X4NV Corner Block home direction fixed FX30X4NV Corner Block home direction fixed FX40X4NV Corner Block home direction fixed litec qx30L2090 Corner Block home direction fixed litec qx30L3 Corner Block home direction fixed litec qx30T3 Corner Block home direction fixed litec qx30X6 Corner Block home direction fixed QX25X5 Corner Block home direction fixed QX40X5 Corner Block home direction fixed LSD ATYPE02 Section home direction fixed ATYPE03 Section home direction fixed ATYPE04 Section home direction fixed ATYPE08 Section home direction fixed ATYPECUBE Corner Block home direction fixed ETYPE04 Section home direction fixed Milos ACB52 Corner Block home direction fixed ACC41 Corner Block home direction fixed ACC53 Corner Block home direction fixed ACC61 Corner Block home direction fixed ACK52 Corner Block home direction fixed ACL52 Corner Block home direction fixed ACM52 Corner Block home direction fixed ACM53 Corner Block home direction fixed ACM61 Corner Block home direction fixed ACV52 Corner Block home direction fixed ALV33 Corner Block home direction fixed ATC42 Corner Block home direction fixed ATC43 Corner Block home direction fixed ATC51 Corner Block home direction fixed HC35 Corner Block home direction fixed HC41 Corner Block home direction fixed QCM19 Corner Block home direction fixed QCM51 Corner Block home direction fixed VK41 Corner Block home direction fixed VL41 Corner Block home direction fixed Optikinetics 210-B4000 Section home direction fixed Prolyte PP 30dc014. Corner Block home direction fixed PP 30vc004 Corner Block home direction fixed PP 30vc005 Corner Block home direction fixed PP 30vl021 Corner Block home direction fixed

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Manufacturer Name Type Comment Prolyte PP H30V-R500-16 Curved Section home direction fixed PP S36RL060 Corner Block home direction fixed PP 40dc019 Corner Block home direction fixed PP 40vc016 Corner Block home direction fixed PP s52vl240 Curved Section home direction fixed PP s66vl100 Curved Section home direction fixed PP s66vl175 Curved Section home direction fixed PP s66vl200 Curved Section home direction fixed PP s66vl250 Curved Section home direction fixed PP s66vl300 Curved Section home direction fixed PP H30V-R100-4 Curved Section home direction fixed PP H30V-R125-4 Curved Section home direction fixed PP H30V-R300-8 Curved Section home direction fixed PP H40V-R2000-32 Curved Section home direction fixed PP X30V-R100-4 Curved Section home direction fixed PP X30V-R125-4 Curved Section home direction fixed Slick SLK LB10 Corner Block home direction fixed SLK LB10ATP Corner Block home direction fixed SLK LB10VU Corner Block home direction fixed SLK LB9VU Corner Block home direction fixed Solotech trc1645-d24 Curved Section home direction fixed trc2230-d30 Curved Section home direction fixed trc1645 d16 Curved Section Assembly alignment corrected trc1645 d32 Curved Section Assembly alignment corrected trc1645 d124 Curved Section Assembly alignment corrected trc2230 d30 Curved Section Assembly alignment corrected trc2260 d20 Curved Section Assembly alignment corrected trc2290 d15 Curved Section Assembly alignment corrected Thomas TM B0601 Corner Block home direction fixed TM B4507 Corner Block home direction fixed TM B0801 Corner Block home direction fixed TM B0802 Corner Block home direction fixed TM_12x12_118ii Section home direction fixed Tom Cat TC 1212 -35d8b Corner Block home direction fixed TC 2020 -10d4b Corner Block home direction fixed TC 2020 -30d8b Corner Block home direction fixed TC 20ST08P Corner Block home direction fixed Total tf_12x12_7f Section home direction fixed

Modifications to Console and Control Devices Manufacturer Console Comment SGM Regia 2048 Live Added 4 ports for a total of 8

Fixes The following issues have been fixed since Release 18:

1. Bug description: The Environmental Lighting feature of the Render Wizard does not take into effect the new start and end dates for North American Daylight Saving Time. Fix: This issue no longer occurs. The new start and end dates are now reflected correctly in the Environmental Lighting option of the Render Wizard. In addition,

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numerous updates and corrections have been made to wysiwyg’s city and time zone database. Certain time zones have been replaced for accuracy. Documents referencing such time zones will automatically have their time zone reset to the Default GMT time zone. Users should also note that the new time zones in wysiwyg Release 19 are not available in prior wysiwyg Releases and, therefore, will not be carried over to older Releases when saving the file as an older version.

2. Bug description: The program crashes when you try opening a wysiwyg file but you are missing the library files for one of the fixtures in the file. Fix: This issue no longer occurs. Instead, the file now opens and an error message appears telling you that since the library files are missing, the fixture will not be displayed in the plot.

3. Bug description: The Light Emitting Surface Wizard does not reflect Metric values. When you change the default units of measurement to Metric, and then you open the Light Emitting Surface Wizard, the units would still be listed in Imperial units (although they are actually calculated in Metric units). Fix: This issue has been corrected. Now when you change the measurement units, the change is reflected in the LES Wizard.

4. Bug description: The Line Up Symbols feature does not work properly. In CAD mode, when you click Options > Show Options > Object Settings, and then you choose a new angle from the Line up symbols drop-down box, the symbols would remain at the same angle and the value in the box would revert to 180 degrees. Fix: This issue no longer occurs. Now when you choose a new angle, all fixtures in your drawing line up to the closest angle, based on where they are focused.

5. Bug description: In CAD mode, when you create a shortcut for a piece of truss or a custom color, and then you right-click on the shortcut and choose Properties, wysiwyg crashes. Fix: This issue no longer occurs. You can now access the Properties page for these shortcuts without causing the program to crash.

6. Bug description: When merging objects from one wysiwyg file into a new wysiwyg file, and choosing the Base Point with your mouse, the Merge function was placing objects at an incorrect location. Fix: This issue no longer occurs. The objects are now placed at the correct location.

7. Bug description: When processing your renderings, the Render Engine calculates the intensity of some of the fixtures in your plot incorrectly. Fix: This issue no longer occurs. The intensity of all fixtures is now calculated and displayed correctly in renderings.

8. Bug description: When a conventional fixture is dimmed, the color of its beam "drifts" from yellow-white to yellow-orange, an effect called amber drift. While wysiwyg renders amber drift for beams properly, it was rendering the amber drift for lenses at full intensity, which is incorrect. Fix: This issue no longer occurs. Amber drift is now rendered properly for both beams and lenses.

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Known Issues

Single-sided surfaces that have Light Emission enabled "glow" on both sides when rendered When you assign light emission to a single-sided surface, and then render it with Radiosity turned on, the surface appears to glow on both sides. Workaround: When using a light-emitting surface, create a second surface (with no light emission) of the same size and place it just behind the light-emitting surface, 1 or 2 millimeters away. This will mask the second light-emitting side in your rendering.

When wysiwyg R17 files containing certain types of truss are opened in wysiwyg R18 or later, all fixtures originally attached to the truss are no longer attached properly When you create a file in wysiwyg R17, attaching fixtures to any of the truss listed in the table below, and then you open the file in wysiwyg R18 or later, any fixtures originally attached to the truss are no longer attached properly. Note that this issue does not occur when you attach fixtures to any of these pieces of truss in wysiwyg R18 or later. Optikinetics 210-B4000 CLS 300mm Tri Curved Radius

5m CLS 300mm Tri Curved Radius 7.5m

Hoac 700 2000 2P Milos ALV33 - 3way - 90 Milos ATA42 - 4way Tee Apex Down

Milos ATA43 - 4way Tee Apex Down

Milos ATA51 - 5way Tee bd25-X

Camco L-Type 3-Way 0MF-F Cornerblock EZ AO3 C33 EZ AO3 C36 EZ AO3 C41 fd33-tu/ls fd33-x fd33-xd fd34-275 fd34-375 fd43-x FL 305m Curved Pag202 Floater FX25 X Corner, Vertical FX30 500mm FX30 135° Corner, Vertical FX40 X Corner, Vertical QX30 90° Corner 40dc005 40dc005 40vc002 40vc016 40vc022 H30V-R300-8 H30V-R500-16 Milos QCM19 - 2way - 45 Milos QTB4000 Milos QTV4000 ATC SB50P-4-3000 ATC SBK18-3-08000 Tom Cat 12in Curved Box 35ft,

8 Segment Tom Cat 20in Curved Box 10ft, 4 Segment

Tom Cat 20in Curved Box 30ft, 8 Segment

Tom Cat 20.5in Bolt 8ft "Studio" TF 12in Box 9ft

TF 20.5in Box 10ft Thomas GP Folding 6ft Thomas GP Folding 8ft Thomas GP Folding 4ft Thomas Supertruss 30.5cm 1m Thomas Supertruss 12in 1m TR 12x18 HD Box Trussing 10' Solotech trc2230-d30 Workaround: When you open the R17 file in wysiwyg R18 or later and discover that fixtures are attached improperly to the truss, you must delete the truss and fixtures and redraw/reattach them. You can use the same truss and fixtures in the R18 or later file without issue.

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When you hang automated fixtures on moving hang structures, they do not focus properly When you hang an automated fixture on a moving hang structure (for example, a pipe or truss that is attached to a linear or rotational motion axis), and then you move the hang structure, the fixture's beam is not redirected to its original Focus Position. Instead, it maintains the same pan and tilt angle, thereby missing the focus position and hitting a different location in your drawing. Workaround: When working with automated fixtures on moving hang structures, do not use focus positions. Instead, focus the beams manually.

An error message appears when you open a wysiwyg R17 file and click one of its navigation shortcuts In wysiwyg R17 files, the following error message appears when you click on a navigation shortcut: "The navigation shortcut cannot be executed in the current product level(1).”

The Add/Remove Accessory menu is not available when you select a fixture that is attached to a moving hang structure When you hang a fixture on a pipe or truss that is attached to a movement axis, and then you right-click on the fixture to add an accessory to it, the Add/Remove Accessory menu item does not appear. Workaround: You can add accessories to the fixture by using its Properties page, and remove accessories by using DATA mode. Alternately, you can temporarily detach the hang structure from the movement axis, add/remove the accessories, and then reattach the hang structure to the axis.

Fixtures hung on rotated truss do not hang properly If you rotate a piece of truss while inserting it (right-click and select Truss Rotate Left or Truss Rotate Right), and then attach subsequent pieces of non-rotated truss to it, all fixtures that are hung from these subsequent pieces of truss point in odd directions, with some pointing up and some down.

For fixtures with multiple circuit types you cannot manually select which type to display in DATA mode Regardless of the number of circuit types associated with a particular fixture and the Regional Settings that you choose for your file, there is no way to select which circuit type to show in DATA mode; instead, the program will always show the first circuit type listed.

After saving your wysiwyg file directly to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, you may have trouble opening the file After saving your wysiwyg file directly to an NAS device, in some cases you cannot open the file.

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Workaround: Since networks can sometimes fail, it is always a good idea to work on files that are kept on your local hard drive rather than on a network computer/storage device. Before you begin working on the wysiwyg file, copy it to your local drive and open it from there; once you are finished working on it, save the file on your local hard drive and then move it back to your NAS device.

When you uninstall and reinstall the wysiwyg Server for Release 19 the network version of wysiwyg (Network, Learn, CSP, or AWT) does not function properly When you install wysiwyg Release 19 the program installs updated Sentinel Drivers that make it unnecessary to subsequently install the wysiwyg Server (for the network versions of wysiwyg). However, if you install wysiwyg Release 19 and the wysiwyg Server, and then subsequently uninstall and reinstall the wysiwyg Server, the program will not function properly. In this case, perform the following workaround:

1. Click Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs. 2. From the list of programs, click Remove beside the following programs, and then

follow the steps to remove them from your computer: a. all listed versions of the Sentinel Drivers b. the wysiwyg Server

3. Restart your computer. 4. When these programs are removed, reinstall the Sentinel Drivers by double-

clicking the file Sentinel.exe located in the following folder:

C:\Program Files\WYSIWYG\Bin\Sentinel where C: is the drive on which you installed wysiwyg.

Software utilities used for cleaning temporary files sometimes interfere with wysiwyg’s ability to save a file While working on a wysiwyg file, you discover that you cannot save it, even if you try to save it under a different file name. When trying to save the file, you might receive an error message saying there is not enough disk space available (even though the problem is unrelated to disk space). Eventually, you have to close the file, losing all renderings that you have saved internally and, potentially, all your work. Explanation: wysiwyg stores some internal file data as temp files in the Windows temp directory. If you delete these temp files while your wysiwyg file is open (either manually or automatically by running a temp directory cleaning program, such as Window Washer), this internal data will be lost and wysiwyg will be unable to save the file. Solution: While working in wysiwyg, you should not manually delete any of the files in the Windows temp directory, nor should you use an automated program, such as Window Washer, to do so. Workaround: If you receive a "cannot save" error, you can still save your drawing by copying the entire contents and pasting them into a blank wysiwyg document. Save the document with a new file name. Note that you will still lose files that are saved internally, such as any renderings or images stored with the original file (unless you had exported

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them from the PRES mode > Images tab). You will also lose all shortcuts created in the file (with the exception of patch universes and images), including library, navigation, view and render shortcuts, as well as custom reports, worksheet, layouts, new plots, keys, legends, palettes, concepts and looks. Patch universes are copied and pasted together with the fixtures in the file.

Transparent surfaces that touch non-transparent objects are not transparent in the rendered image To ensure that transparent surfaces touching non-transparent objects are completely invisible in renderings requires a slight workaround. When placing the transparent surface or object in your drawing, ensure that a miniscule space exists between it and any non-transparent objects in your drawing (this space can be as small as you like). For example, if you are placing a transparent surface on a floor, nudge the surface just above the floor. When you render the image, the surface will be invisible.

Lag in Shaded view when watching moving scenery When using moving fixtures (for example, the MAC 500) with the moving scenery feature, you may sometimes notice a lag in Shaded view if the beam simulation quality is set to Light Up. To avoid seeing this lag, set the beam simulation quality to Regular as it offers better visualization and performance.

Saving a file that contains custom library objects as a previous release of wysiwyg causes a crash when opening the file When you are working in a wysiwyg Release 19 file that contains custom library objects and you save the file as version Release 15 or earlier, the program crashes when you open the file in that previous release. To avoid this issue, you have two options: • Either remove the custom library objects before saving the file as a previous release,

or • when working with a file that has custom library objects in it, only save it as Release

16 or greater.

You cannot install wysiwyg on a FAT32-formatted hard drive Due to restrictions in file name length, you cannot install wysiwyg on a FAT32-formatted hard drive. Instead, you must install the product on an NTFS-formatted hard drive. For details, see http://www.cast-soft.com/cast/software/downloads.jsp?PID=5021&DID=4077.

wysiwyg Learn Clients freeze when an application on the machine that is running the Learn Server fully utilizes the CPU (when it stays at 100%) To avoid this problem, change the priority of the Sentinel Protection Server (spnsrvnt.exe) to High (for network dongle). In the Windows Task Manager, switch to the Processes tab, right-click on spnsrvnt.exe, select Set Priority, and then choose High as the new priority for this process."

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Performing the R19 in-place update while wysiwyg is running results in failed installation If you run the Release 19 in-place update while wysiwyg is running on your computer, wysiwyg will fail to install properly. This occurs because the Setup program does not recognize that wysiwyg is running, so the installation continues. However, near the end of the installation, an error message appears. If you then try to run wysiwyg, it crashes. To avoid this issue, always close wysiwyg before running any updates to the program.

wysiwyg does not detect the appropriate size of color frame for fixtures that have interchangeable lenses wysiwyg is not yet able to distinguish the lens from the body of certain fixtures that have interchangeable lenses, such as the ETC Source 4, the Altman Shakespeare, and so on. In some cases, therefore, it allows you to use the incorrect size of color frame for the current lens. For example, a Source 4 fixture with a 26° lens uses a 6.25-inch color frame, but wysiwyg also allows you to use both a 12-inch and a 14-inch frame (the frames used by 10° and 5° lenses respectively). To avoid this issue, ensure that you know the appropriate color frame for each lens that you are using. Select a color frame from the accessories tab of the library browser and insert it into the fixture(s). Then open the properties of the color frame and select a color to apply to that accessory.

Empty layers may not be removable You cannot delete layers in wysiwyg unless they are free of all objects. However, in some cases, you may not be able to delete some layers even if all objects have been removed in CAD mode. At all times, however, you can rename layers. These “non-removable” layers are not harmful and can be renamed and/or re-used.

Deleted Presentation items are still available in Layouts Removing a new plot, image, report, worksheet, key, legend, or spreadsheet from its respective shortcut bar using Undo does not remove it from the list of items available for insertion in Layouts. Such items are named “new view” in their respective list and can be added to the layout but may cause wysiwyg to crash.

Positional link not broken for grouped objects in a New Plots view Performing a Move or Rotate command on a set of grouped objects in a New Plots view does not properly break the positional link. If you try to restore the positional link for these objects, they will return to the position they were in immediately before the positional link was broken, not the position they are currently in CAD mode. They will move to the correct position if the objects in CAD mode are ungrouped and regrouped.

Positional link not broken for grouped hang structures in a New Plots view Performing a Move, Rotate, or Rotate Position command on a set of grouped hang structures (such as a truss) in a New Plots view does not properly break the positional link. If you Move or Rotate the hang structures in CAD mode, the hang structures in the New Plots view will change their position as well. They will not be moved if you ungroup

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the hang structures before moving or rotating them, then regroup them when the operation is finished.

Microsoft Excel versions supported wysiwyg supports the import of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets created using versions 4, 5, and 7. Excel 2000 and 2002 are not supported at this time.

Auto-saving is not functioning correctly The automatic saving of a recovery version of your wysiwyg file does not always work properly. For this reason, it is important that you save your file often while working in wysiwyg.

Problems connecting to WYG-it 2s Some users have experienced problems connecting to WYG-it 2s after uninstalling and installing the same or a different version of WYSIWYG. As a workaround to this problem, it is recommended that you follow the steps below when either installing a new version of wysiwyg (other than when using the In-Place update) or reinstalling the same version of wysiwyg:

1. Uninstall WYG-It 2 drivers. 2. Uninstall wysiwyg. 3. Remove any “WYSIWYGx” folders located in the \Program Files folder where you

originally uninstalled WYSIWYG. 4. Install different (or same) version of wysiwyg. 5. Install WYG-It 2 drivers.

Contacting Technical Support Please read the online documentation and visit the www.cast-soft.com Web site before contacting Technical Support. You can contact Technical Support at the following office locations. Note: For all Console Edition users, please contact your console manufacturer for first-line support on all related technical questions. Worldwide Cast Software Technical Support 35 Ripley Avenue, Unit 1 Toronto, ON M6S 3P2 Canada Phone: +1.877.989.2278 Fax: +1.416.597.9594 E-mail: techsupport@cast-soft.com Website: www.cast-soft.com

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