Hi Fogos Xingu Fireworks Group, welcome to the Finale 3D forum, thanks for posting! At this moment, it’s not really possible to limit the angles and effects on a position. I can add this to the feature request list. Right now, the filters in the Script window are probably the best way to help you keep track of the items in your show.

Looking at the photo of the cake on the PyroLand website, it’s doesn’t seem like the size (i.e., caliber) of the cake is 2″. But without measuring the ID of the tubes it’s difficult to say. If the size is correct, here’s an example VDL description:   2″ 0.00 PFT 25 Shot (a) Rising Skinny Very Long Silver Whistles Comet To Titanium Salute Cake, 5 Rows, Rows 1,2,3,4 (1.0/aaaaa/STR/4.0), Row 5 (1.0/aaaaa/STT)

Update: rising whistle sounds are fixed in the latest beta release (2023.06.28-02ea5cb9a)   Release Note 10. Effects: Fix bug causing ‘rising effects to shells’ to not play the rising effect sound. (So now, ‘rising whistle to blue peony’ will get the whistle sound like it should.)

Hi Mark, Brett is exactly right. You need Pro to adjust the built-in reports or to create your own custom reports. In Lite/Hobbyist, you can copy data from any table window and then paste into Excel.

Yes, you can edit the Cost and Price for any effect in any version of Finale 3D (Lite, Hobbyist or Pro).   The Price field, like many other fields in the Script window, is read-only and is linked to the effect definition in the Effects window. You can edit the price for your items in your My Effects collection, or, if you only want to adjust the price for the current show you can edit in the Per-show effects collection.   For details on all the Script window columns visit: https://finale3d.com/documentation/script-table-columns For details on all the Effects window columns visit: https://finale3d.com/documentation/effects-table-columns

Can I edit effect price in F3D Pro? I want to edit the cost column in the script window and make the cost reflect my invoice. it acts like its a locked column I can’t I simply fill it in and drag to duplicate? like excel.

Nice job. This is a great example of how sharing knowledge can help another user down the road.   Finale 3D isn’t really freezing in this case, but it certainly seems like it because the Google Maps window is being drawn off-screen. At some point, we’ll do a small project to make sure that windows are always positioned within the currently active screen(s).

Hi Drew, I would like to know if it’s possible to assign a X number of Effect to a position, i’ll elaborate, here in our company we work with a certain racks configs that are pre-assembled due to the high demand, for example we have  a rack that has 6 rows 5 tubes per row, 2 – 20º left, 1 straight and 2 20º right, \|// , and this rack comes already with a assembly pattern like: 1 row blue comet, 2 row red comet and so on… my point is, is there a way to limit a position to have the amount os effects and angles? like in  position 01 I have 2 of this racks so I’ll have 4 blue comets to the right 2 straights and 4 for the left, and once I reached that amount it get blocked from use? Thanks in advance.   PS. Sorry for any speling errors.

Thanks Brett, I thought so.

Hi Mark,   Customizable reports is limited to Pro. It looks like you can dump windows to CSV, XLSX, etc. in Lite, so that may be an option to make your own custom report.   -Brett