+1

I agree!
Could you please also consider an option to put the annotations upstage of the fixtures upstage of the plaster line and downstage for the fixtures downstage of the plaster line. The plaster line being determined by the Z=0 coordinate.
Or just behind the fixtures instead of in front of the lens.
This adds to the confusion that was described in the previous post, as in many plots the convention is that the channel and patch are on the cable end of a fixture and color gels in front (closest to the lens). My solutions makes for tidier plots (as is the suggestion in the other post by the way!)

We are constantly on a slow path to allow more plot customisations. So far Capture uses USITT's standard for information, but we will likely look into choice for this at some point too.

It is perfect news that you want to make the plot annotations a bit more customizable.
I am wondering if we understand the USITT recommendations differently. Although they suggest multiple placements of the annotations, it seems that channel, circuit and patch information is never shown at the side of the lens of the fixture. It would (and does often in Capture) clash with the gel and focus information.

https://stagelightingprim...nes+plot+annotations

(Page 7)

If you follow this, fixtures that are focused towards downstage end up with the channel, circuit and patch annotations upstage of the fixture. That should be the default in my opinion. From that starting point I would still like to be able to customize a bit further. It would be great if we could do that for a sensible group of fixtures as well as on a fixture by fixture basis.

Lastly I hope for a good solution for vertically mounted fixtures on the plot (such as ladders and booms)

Hello All,

Follow this topic,

I perfectly understand the goal of use the USITT standard for plot but, that make me some interrogations.

With no offense, USITT is a standard I can read on the doc, has no evolution since 2006 (18 years ago )

Maybe it should be time for us to evolve on a more accurate or customisable direction ?

In adavance, thank you to consider as a reflexion, not a critical.

Perhaps the standard is complete and unimprovable! 😉

On a serious note we would like to contribute to plots having a uniform look, so we're not very likely to let you go all crazy with colours and fonts. Having said that we do want to improve customisability. Let's see what the future brings.

This is the closest topic I can find to my query...

What are you finding as the best way to "de-clutter" a plot when you are trying to build a legible cable plan?  I am finding that when I add a bunch of jumpers (i.e.: a video wall or a tower of fixtures, where I need to manage the number of cables being sent to a job to make that feature work IRL) the annotations get all jumbled together because of the proximity of either the cables or fixtures added to the plot.

Thanks in advance.

Here's a quick screenshot of what I mean -