Adding Screens

Screens are the core building blocks of your LED project. Each screen represents a physical LED wall made up of a grid of panels.

Creating a Screen

In the Screens sidebar panel, click the + button. You can create:

• Blank Screen — An empty grid that you configure from scratch
• From Template — Duplicate an existing screen's settings

Screen Settings

Name

Give each screen a descriptive name (e.g., "Main Wall", "Side Left", "Floor Screen"). This name appears in all views and export documents.

Grid Dimensions

Set how many panels wide and high your screen is using the grid controls. You can resize the grid in any direction using the directional buttons — adding or removing rows and columns from any edge.

Panel Type

Select a panel type from the equipment library. This sets the default pixel resolution, physical size, and power rating for all panels in the screen. You can search by brand name or model number.

When you change the panel type, all panels in the screen update to match the new specifications.

Processor Assignment

Assign the screen to one or more processors. This determines which processor(s) will drive the screen and affects string assignment calculations.

For large screens that exceed a single processor's capacity, you can assign multiple processors:

• Click + Split across additional processor to assign an additional processor
• Use the up/down arrows to reorder processors (order determines string sequencing)
• When two or more processors are assigned, a distribution mode toggle appears:
  • Fill — Packs strings into each canvas sequentially before moving to the next
  • Balance — Distributes strings evenly across all canvases

All processors assigned to a screen must use the same processor type. See Multi-Processor Screens for a complete guide including all three ways to split a screen across processors.

Screen Color

Each screen is assigned a color for visual identification across views. Click the color swatch to change it. Colors are used in the LED mapping view and other visualizations to distinguish between screens.

Half-Panel Edge Rows

If the selected panel type has half-size variants in the equipment library, a Half Panel Edges section appears in the screen settings. This lets you add a row or column of half-size panels at the edges of the screen:

• Row Edge — None / Top Row / Bottom Row — applies a half-height panel variant to that entire row
• Column Edge — None / Left Column / Right Column — applies a half-width panel variant to that entire column

Only one row edge (top or bottom) and one column edge (left or right) can be active at a time. Half-panel variants are automatically detected from the equipment library based on the screen's main panel type.

TIP

Half panels at edges have a reduced pixel count, which affects string calculations. The screen will display a note reminding you of this.

Duplicating Screens

Click the duplicate button on any screen to create a copy with identical settings — same grid size, panel type, wiring configuration, and power settings. The new screen gets a unique name and can be independently modified.

Linking to Surfaces

Each screen can be linked to a surface instance, which determines what video content appears on it. Use the surface link dropdown in the screen settings to connect a screen to a surface on a specific video source.

Deleting Screens

Click the trash icon to remove a screen. This also removes all associated panels and any string assignments for that screen.

Screen Order

Screens are listed in the sidebar in creation order. The order affects how they appear in export documents and the BOM.