Show Graph and Timeline

CueForge offers two read-only observability windows for understanding what the show is doing: the Show Graph and the Timeline. Neither can control the show — they only show you what the engine sees.

Show Graph

Window → Show Graph opens the read-only observability window (“Runtime observability” / “Show structure”).

Views

The View menu switches between:

• Design — the show’s structural view: cues, groups, and how they nest.
• Live Trace — what the engine has actually executed: which cues fired, in what order, with timing.
• Follow Live — keeps the view pinned to current engine activity.

What operators use it for

• Confirming during rehearsal that the engine saw the show the way you intended — group completion order, auto-continue chains, call and stop behaviour.
• Tracing what happened after a confusing moment: Live Trace shows the sequence of engine events, which is often the fastest way to answer “why did that cue fire?”.
• Verifying structure on shows built by someone else.

Note: The Show Graph never controls the show. There are no GO, STOP, or edit actions in this window; it cannot change engine state.

The Show Graph window in Design structure view, with the cue graph canvas and layer filters.

Timeline

Window → Timeline opens “CueForge — Timeline”: a timecode ruler that follows engine show time. It is a zoomable view of the show’s timing, useful for rehearsing and for checking that timed elements land where they should.

• Zoom and snap controls refine the view (S toggles snap, Cmd +/- zooms, Cmd+0 fits the whole show, ← / → pan, Home / End jump to the ends).
• Time display selection matches the main window’s display modes.
• I toggles the inspector.

The Timeline window with the timecode ruler following engine show time.