I have found that if I open the label PDF in Acrobat Reader and make sure the print settings are correct from the Finale docs I have no issues getting the to print perfectly.  I’ve used probably 8 different printers over the last few years, some mine, some other peoples and it’s worked.

Hi,   I have always had issues getting the labels correctly aligned. Each printer seems to be an individual. At some point I gave up and started to print the labels on A4 sized sticker and just cut them out using a sharp surgeon knife. Very laborious indeed. I have considered bying a good quality thermal label printer to do the job but I kinda like the colors in the labels. Makes easier to spot errors. Please share any good products/practises that you have with labels and label printers. Thanks.

Hi Mum Pyrotechniks,   maybe the Show -Show Settings – Show – Show Pin counts (or Pin warning dots ) may help you !   Regards Dirk

Cue Limit Indicator   It would be really helpful to be able to set a cue limit that is either manually entered or based on guns per rack at each pos. I script 2 decently sized shows and lose track of how many cues I have at each position, especially when getting close to done. If there was a way to have some kind of indicator to let me know a position is getting to the limit I set so I don’t have to go into each pos to see how full it is would be a huge help!   If there is already something out there for this. Someone please let me know.

That explains it.  I did address this particular show manually.  Thanks for the help.

Hello, all! My name is Jason. I am just getting into pyromusicals for my personal family shows. I am looking forward to learning so much more about the world of pyrotechnics!

Hey Pyro_8630000, welcome to the Finale 3D forum! Be sure to head over to your My Profile page and update your display name and profile picture.   Finale 3D sorts rail and pin (i.e. module and cue) addresses as text because some firing systems use addresses that contain letters. To fix the issue you’re having, all you need to do is add a leading 0 to your single digit rail and pin numbers. For example, 01 instead of 1, 02 instead of 2, etc.   This is not a recent change; Finale 3D has always worked this way. If you open a previous show and it sorts correctly, it will be because it has the leading 0s. The fact that you bumped into this issue makes me think you’re addressing your show manually. If instead you address your show by going to Addressing > Address show, you will get leading 0s automatically.

Hello,   I am using the Lite version and have been for a few years.  This year I am noticing that the wiring script report doesn’t come up with the rail and cue numbers in order like it has in the past.  Now it shows all the cues in the order.  1,10,11,12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and then goes into 2, 20 and so on.  Looks like it is putting them in order with all the cues that start with 1 and then all that start with 2 and so on.  It is also doing the same with the rail numbers.  It starts at rail 1 and then 10 is next before showing rail 2.  Has anyone else run into this issue?  In the past is has always shown up in order from 1-32 for cues and 1 to however many rails there is in the show.  Thank you.    

Pyro_53580000 asked how to create a Jellyfish pattern shell — sharing the answer here so everyone can benefit. If you have another way of creating this kind of effect, reply and show us what you can do!   Example VDL for a Jellyfish pattern shell: 5″ Blue Peony Top Half w/ Sparse Bright Red Gold Palm Bottom Half w/ Silver Ring       If you want a very tight cluster of stars for the “tentacles”, more like the stem of a mushroom, then you can use the VDL term Ear instead of Bottom Half. Just keep in mind, if you go this route, you’ll have to change the ‘pitch’ of the Ear break to 90° in the effect editor to get the right alignment.   Example VDL for a Mushroom pattern shell: 5″ Blue Peony Top Half w/ Sparse Bright Red Gold Palm Ear w/ Silver Ring (with effect editor ‘pitch’ adjustment)       Tip: If you want to be able to easily make changes to the effect later, such as changing the size, color, or anything else, it will be easier if you stick with a “pure VDL” effect instead of using the effect editor. Once an effect is customized in the effect editor, the only way to make other changes are to go back into the effect editor.

Expected behaviour.  the “sequence gap” is based on 1st effect time.  Since the group you have is longer than your sequence interval the overlap happened.  You’ll have to manually position that final effect