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Who is involved in the development and maintenance of the General Device Type Format?

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Who is involved in the development and maintenance of the General Device Type Format?

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How do I get involved or learn more?

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Where can I find more information on the technical specifications of GDTF?

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Do I have to use Vectorworks, MA Lighting, and Robe products exclusively to benefit from this file format?

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Is GDTF reviewed by the ESTA Technical Standards Program and approved as an ANSI standard?

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How do I know if a product I use supports GDTF?

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If a manufacturer hasn't provided GDTF data for fixtures, can I manually create GDTF files for those fixtures?

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Do symbol libraries in Vectorworks Spotlight and Vision support GDTF?

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What consoles support the GDTF format?

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What Robe fixtures is GDTF provided for?

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I notice Vectorworks has an import/export MVR command. What is MVR?

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How do I export GDTF files from Vectorworks, and how do I open them in my control console?

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Will GDTF continue to be developed? On what schedule do you expect to produce updates?

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Which manufacturers support MVR files?

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Where can I get information on how to support MVR files in my application?

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What is GDTF and why was it created?