Hi Barehm, doing some custom tuning in the effect editor can make the individual cake shot effect more realistic, but the effect editor absolutely isn’t required (in this case) and the cake as a whole actually can NOT be created or edited in the effect editor. Here’s the VDL for the effect in the Raccoon cake:   1.2″ 35m Slightly Small Dense Green Mine w/ Slightly Small Very Sparse Gold Glittering Above w/ Slightly Small Very Bright Very Sparse Blue Above   The text that follows in the Raccoon cake VDL (-65a0/65a50/-61a0…) is called the exact simulation syntax. This is generated as a fallback when you arrange individual cake shots on the timeline, select them, and go to ‘Effects > Combine as cake effect’ if the cake combiner can’t match the sequence of shots to one of the standard firing patterns. You can learn more about the exact syntax here: https://finale3d.com/documentation/exact-simulation-syntax/

thank you, Neal! That was very helpful. Perhaps this is one of those cakes you can only really build effectively in the Effect editor. Definitely an area of weakness on my part that I’ll have to keep working on.   -Brett

Check out part number PSC123 in the Wizard catalog and part number RA143039 in the Raccoon catalog. Both are similar effects (the Wizard one seems to match the product in question). PSC123 has been customized with the effect editor and RA143039 has not.     PSC123 from the Wizard catalog: 30mm 24 Shot (a) {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} Cake, 1 Row (-55a48/55a/-47a/47a/-39a/39a/-31a/31a/-23a/23a/-15a/15a/-15a/15a/-23a/23a/-31a/31a/-39a/39a47/-47a/47a/-55a/55a/CAK)   RA143039 from the Raccoon catalog: 1.2″ 52 Shot (a) 35.0 HTM Slightly Small Dense Green Mine w/ Slightly Small Very Sparse Gold Glittering Above w/ Slightly Small Very Bright Very Sparse Blue Above Cake, 1 Row (-65a0/65a50/-61a0/61a50/-57a0/57a50/-53a0/53a50/-48a0/48a50/-44a0/44a50/-40a0/40a50/-36a0/36a50/-32a0/32a50/-28a0/28a50/-23a0/23a50/-19a0/19a50/-15a0/15a50/-15a0/15a50/-19a0/19a50/-23a0/23a50/-28a0/28a50/-32a0/32a50/-36a0/36a50/-40a0/40a50/-44a0/44a50/-48a0/48a50/-53a0/53a50/-57a0/57a50/-61a0/61a50/-65a0/65a/CAK)

  I can’t seem to get VDL anywhere near this set of effects.  Any suggestions on how to get the combination of effects built into a cake?

Hi Dirk, yes I am also looking to recreate these platforms exactly on Finale 3D with the same angles, to print assembly plans, but I don’t know how to do it. THANKS

Hi Drew, Thanks so much, that’s exactly what I wanted to do! I had never seen that you could change the angles, yet it’s so simple…

Hi Madness Fireworks, check out: https://finale3d.com/groups/english/forum/topic/angle-conversion/   Let me know if that helps!

Hi,   i am not quite sure if i understand the question , but you can shot effects at that angel and you can create your own racks using th shwon angles !   Regrads Dirk

Hi, I would like to know if on Finale 3D there is a way to have the same angles as Europla? Because on the software they are not the same and it is complicated afterwards. Is there a way to easily change the angles and make them match?   THANKS  

Thank you, for your response, Yes I was looking to see if there was a setting to snap to the grid option.   It’s the OCD coming out when lining up racks.