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Floriaan
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It feels like only the first phase of the cabling function has been implemented. It feels very unfinished. But at the other hand I feel it might be better to wait a little bit. As this seems like a perfect task for AI to perform. 

With so many known factors in a plot it must be relatively easy for an AI to calculate the shortest or most elegant way to get your stuff connected.

Known factors:

- position of the light

- type of power and data connectors on each light

- power factor on each light

- number of dmx parameters on each light

- truss/pipe height

- truss/pipe length

Unknown factors:

- Location of power city/dim city

- Location of data distribution

- available cable lengths

These last things need to be added to a pot before you can let the computer do the math.

Now we also need a more clear way of labeling the bundles of cable. Maybe it would be easier to color code them. In any case adding a new label for every time a cable makes a corner makes it very cluttered.

Floriaan Ganzevoort
Lighting Designer - Theatermachine
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