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    Draw It Before You Dance It: xLights Layout and Your First Models(Post)

    This morning we drew the whole show on paper: pixels, power, controller, props, the works. This afternoon we draw it again, in the software that will run it. Welcome to xLights, and welcome to the lea

    The Whole Package: How a Light Show Actually Connects(Post)

    Welcome to Showtime Saturdays. Every Saturday we're building a light show in public. And we're starting where most beginners never get to start: with the whole map, before the deep-dives, before the s

    About Us(Page)

    It started with our own light show SFL Designs is what happens when a Christmas light hobby gets out of hand, in the best way. We run our own animated display (Sisk Family Light Shows) here in Saint...

    Tell xLights Where the Brain Lives: Controller Setup and Uploading Output(Post)

    This morning you picked pixels: shapes, spacings, and numbers for every prop. This afternoon those numbers meet the brain. Because here is the beginner trap nobody warns you about. You can build a per

    Groups: The Cheat Code Behind Whole-House Effects(Post)

    This morning we fed the far end of the run. Tonight we do the opposite kind of magic: instead of feeding every prop separately, we teach the whole house to answer to one name. That name is a group, an

    Picking Pixels Without a Headache(Post)

    Last Saturday we drew the whole show on paper. This morning we shop for the lights themselves, and we do it without the headache. Because the headache is real. Open any pixel page and you get a wall o

    Your First Layer Is Talking. Here's How to Read It.(Post)

    A bad first layer has ruined more perfectly good mornings than an empty coffee pot. The printer starts. The line drags around like a loose shoelace. One corner lifts. You stop the job, change six slic

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    Layer Direction Is a Design Decision(Post)

    A 3D printed part does not have one strength. It has two (a strong direction and a weak one), and every time you click “print,” you are choosing which one faces the load. Most people make that choice

    The Origin Is Not Decoration(Post)

    Every Fusion 360 design opens with something most beginners treat as set dressing: the origin, the fixed point where the three default planes (the flat reference surfaces named XY, XZ, and YZ) cross.

    Stop Drawing Blue Noodles: Sketch Constraints in Fusion 360(Post)

    If your Fusion 360 sketch wiggles when you drag it, Fusion is not broken. Your sketch is still negotiating the terms. Those blue lines are basically saying, “I know I am a rectangle, but nobody told m

    Design for the Printer You Own, Not the Render You Love(Post)

    A beautiful Fusion 360 model can still be a terrible print. The render does not care about gravity. The nozzle does. Design for manufacturing means the manufacturing method gets a vote while you are m

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    PRIVACY POLICY Your privacy is important to us. It is SFL Designs, LLCs' policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information we may...

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