After dropping down the file type on the save dialog it was easy to import.  I was able to import everything with all the values I needed for my availables, prices, and even some info I find useful that I put in some user fields.  Everything imported and it recognize all the column names.   I’m a happy camper again.

Using “Rack Type” to control what types of racks are used for what effects   This article indicates Rack Type is something available to hobbyists, but I don’t see that field when I’m adding racks to my show. I’m trying to add a slice holder and limit the cakes that are slices in my show for assignment into that rack.  Can you help clarify how this can be done without the rack type field in the rack itself?

76ProLinePeter – not sure if you’re looking for feedback on other cakes that need work, but I often was running into placeholder looking cakes in the spirit of 76 library.   Examples: 1) Cherry Bomber 2) Bling Bling 3) Spring Bouquet (GM693)   Is the goal to get these all built out more realistically?

Pyro-Lite that update should be all set. Thank you for bringing it to our attention!

Hi Pyro-Lite, welcome to the Finale 3D community forum and thanks for posting! 76ProLinePeter, welcome to you too and thanks for jumping in!   Pyro-Lite, I took a look at the two Spirit cakes you mentioned and you’re absolutely right, the stars have smoke but not color. The full VDL for each cake is below. The issue is just that there is no color specified. The fix is easy, the word “White” just needs to be added preceding the word “Strobing”. Peter should be able to get these fixed up in no time.   GM487 –>  2″ 37.00s 2.00 PFT 10 Shot Strobing Peony Cake (1 Row) MS480 –>  25mm 30.00s 1.40 PFT 16 Shot Strobing Cake (4 Rows)

For what it’s worth, I entirely missed this recommendation and did everything with CSV and it worked fine.  commas are appropriately escaped and recognized by finale3D in my testing.  Now I’m wondering what might hypothetically break! 🙂   -Brett

Hello Pyro-Lite! Thank you for bringing this to our attention! We will get that updated right away and get a few more improvements in place for our catalog.

Another senior moment I didn’t look at the dropdown.  😉 Never mind. 😊

I just created the report using the wiring script and it is perfect..  thank you for the update and support.

Barehm is right, crossettes are broken in the latest beta release. We are working to get them fixed as soon as possible.   To give everyone some insight, the main reason there are a few issues with effects is because the recent beta releases include the efforts of a multi-year project to improve effects. In other words, when you go from the April full release to any of the more recent beta releases, you’re seeing multiple years of development work, not just the few incremental changes that you would typically see from month to month.