@Rex
Thanks for you comment Rex,
You are correct, as I see it, this is the front end of the development process for gathering and building the DB.
The data GDTF has, can now be used by a user interface that turns this data into a DMX project file.
The first thing you ask a client, in designing a business application is, "What do you want the reports to look like?"
Once you know that, you can develop all the tables, records and routines to give them those reports.
I learned that from 30 years of application programming.
To sell more, lighting manufactures need to find more users who need there products.
Unfortunately, the people who need these products the most, are performers and musicians, not lighting directors.
I'll bet Garth Brooks could design one hell of a light show, if the process wasn't so darn complicated!
He has his own Recording Business because he knows what music fans like, even if they are listing to another singer. Smart...
I wish there was a design program, where the user could drag and drop the fixtures on a blank stage, then add a motion for that fixture on a time line, just like you edit video.
Save it. Run it and sent it to the console. Done.
Your Thoughts?
Jim L., Producer
Masterworks Studio