MSD auto renumbering fixtures

Archive Martin ShowDesigner
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So what i am trying to achieve is, i have 2 or more fixtures that need to have the same ID number…eg. par cans that need to be patched together. I asked about this before and was told to just add a .1 to the end of the ID.
The reason for having the ID’s like this is that when i go to Paper, fixtures are numbered correctly

the problem i am having now is that when i close and reopen the drawing…MSD says that it found duplicate id 's and has renumbered them…hours of work down the tube…i’m pretty frustrated right now.
Another issue is that if i renumber a few fixtures with the same ID as in 4x par cans ID# 701…701.1…701.2…701.3., it renumbers on its own
Any ideas on how to solve this issue for me

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Two fixtures can’t have the same ID. So 4 XX Par on a bar for example will have I X.1, X.2, X.3, X.4

If you still have trouble, send me a link to the file and what fixtures to look at.

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the X.1, X.2 etc… ID’s is what ive been doing…but then Paper and show designer keep saying that there are duplicates and renumbers them.

Noob question…how to send you a link to the file ?

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you can use any cloud service like dropbox, Wetransfert, OneDrive etc…

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hi Paul…PM sent