Hey Drew,   Thanks for the quick reply. Currently I am running the Hobbyist version. The sheet I am printing is for product loading purposes.  So instead of exporting csv then opening excel and moving things around, I will look at the other reports. it would be nice to be able to preview the report before saving. Then I could see if what I’m seeing is what I want to save. I’m sure the more I use it I’ll become familiar with what it does. thanks again, Scott.

You’re using Hobbyist – great!   In that case, here are the steps to restrict modules to either Consumer or Pro 1.4, or anything else that you like!   1) Go to ‘Addressing > Address show’ and take a look at the first constraint in section 3, “Each module is restricted to a single…”. After ‘Position’, open the drop-down list in the next field to see the choices available, as shown in the screenshot below. Your objective by reviewing the choices is to figure out which one makes the most sense based on your effect definitions and script. For example, suppose that in the Effects window, you unhide the “Category” columns and entered “Consumer” and “Pro 1.4” as appropriate for each of your effects. Then in that case, Category would be the perfect option to choose to constrain modules. However, if you’re already using Category for something else, then you will want to choose Subtype, Custom Part Field, Custom Script Field, or something else. The bottom line is, somewhere you have to tell Finale 3D which items are Consumer, and which items are 1.4 Pro, and this list shows you all available options. Once you’ve taken note of the options, and assuming you haven’t already filled in which items are Consumer versus Pro 1.4, click Cancel in the ‘Address Show’ dialog. Or, if you have already filled in which kind of item is which somewhere, then jump to step 3.   2) Based on the option you chose in step 1, go to that column in the Effects (or maybe Script) window and fill in either “Consumer” or “Pro 1.4” for each of your items.   3) Go back to ‘Addressing > Address show’, choose the option that corresponds to column that you used in step 2. For example, suppose that you filled in the ‘Category’ column in the Effects window. In that case, you would select ‘Category’ in the ‘Address Show’ dialog, and the expression would read: “Each module is restricted to a single section and Position and Category”. Exactly what you want! Finally, click ‘Enter’ to address the show. After addressing, you should find that no modules have both Consumer and Pro 1.4 items.    

Hi Scott, two answers:   1) If you have the Pro version of Finale 3D, then YES, you can make countless customizations to reports including rearranging the column order. To learn how, check out the Reports, Labels, and Diagrams Videos in the Help Center video gallery.   2) The “Cue Sheet” report is intended for use by a pin board operator during the shooting of a show, that’s why the Pin column is first. If you’re doing a show with PD, then you most like don’t need Cue Sheet. What you probably want is ‘File > Reports > Basic reports > Wiring Script’.

  Pyrorororo wrote: needs more ways to view effect time, really disliking how FF +ms looks   Hey Pyrorororo, thanks for the feedback. What are you disliking about the Effect Time format? What would you like to see?   For example, if you don’t like seeing the millisecond remainders, you can avoid scripting between frames by going to ‘Show > Show settings > Set timeline snap-to resolution…’. For events that are already in your show between frames, you can nudge them to the nearest frame by going to ‘Script > Align > Align effect times to frame rate…’. Does this help?         Looping in our engineer who’s currently working on timeline/timecode, Will.

needs more ways to view effect time, really disliking how FF +ms looks

  DrewFinale wrote: Hi DB, in the interest of simplicity, the Lite version of Finale 3D doesn’t include module constraints in the addressing dialog. But if you’re running Hobbyist or Pro, you can definitely address your show using the algorithm and assign your standard 1.4 to different modules than your 1.4 Pro. Are you running Hobbyist or Pro? I’m using the Hobbyist version.  

Hello Drew,   I am creating a report for a show using PD. I created a cue sheet and is there a way to change the order of the first two columns?  When it exports pin is first then rail.  We read off the addresses as rail then pin, or Mod then addr.  So mod 10 pin 5 we would say 105.   Thanks, Scott

no, I hadn’t found those yet, so thank you for the advice. I’ll watch those to try and avoid asking questions you’ve already answered!  Appreciate the help. If I run into effects I can’t replicate, I’ll post here, unless you suggest a different medium. thanks!

Brett, have you checked out the video gallery in the Finale 3D Help Center? There you’ll find a playlist titled ‘Creating and Editing Effects’ with 25 videos. I’m absolutely not saying more videos aren’t needed, but if you’re only looking on YouTube, then you’re missing a lot of good content. I’ve moved away from YouTube somewhat because I’ve found other tools that make publishing videos much quicker. I’m also focused on our Help Center continuing to grown as the one-stop-shop for searchable Finale 3D support content including documentation, videos, and forum posts.

thanks, Drew – that’s super helpful. Looking forward to learning more tips and tricks.  You should consider a more advanced cake building class or set of tutorials that can be built up into a you tube playlist!