Project Sections¶

A quick description of each section¶

driver: The output driver: converts to a hardware, software or simulator output.
drivers: Used if there’s more than one Driver. If the drivers Section is non-empty, the driver Section becomes a template for drivers.
layout: Lays the lights out geometrically.
animation: Animates the lights over time.
controls: Classes that use external input to control parts of the Project.

aliases: A dictionary of aliases that are expanded in typename fields to save repetition in Project files.
colors: A dictionary of named Colors. Colors can be named in many ways - see the section on Color Fields later.
numbers: Selects between plain old Python lists and faster, more powerful numpy lists.
path: path is added to the PYTHONPATH to allow loading of local Python libraries.
palettes: A dictionary of named Palettes. A Palette is a list of colors, together with instructions on how to lay them out and interpolate between them.
run: Controls how the topmost Animation is executed - how fast it runs, for how long or for how many times, and more.
shape: The shape of the layout - length for strips, [width, height] for matrices and [x, y, z] for cubes.

shape: [64, 8]
animation: $bpa.strip.ColorPattern