Good representation of beam width in 3D?

[Patrick Randall]

I am new to all this and am guessing that 8 Chauvet SlimPAR RGBA LEDs, equally spaced along a 20ft truss 10ft in front of the stage and 14ft above the stage floor will give a fairly even coverage. The 3D rendering however, shows 8 distinct pools of light - the beam angle for these is 14deg.
Can someone with more experience advise if I'm going in the right direction or should I consider more "flood" like fixtures? (If so, suggestions welcome!)
I have only about an $800 budget for these fixtures.
Thanks in anticipation
Patrick

[zkflow]

3D simulation its that... SIMULATION!!! Dispertion in real life is totally differente!! more if you use fog or something like this. If you what a real-world demo... go to a music-store... actually the Chauvet's SlimPAR series are VERY powerful!

[Patrick Randall]

ZK, OK - tks for the info. Actually, yesterday saw me wobbling about up the top of a 25ft ladder with a Slimpar56 in hands and that gave quite a decent patch of light. I think the SlimPar 64s are a little tighter beam but I'm going with eight of them for starters. Worst case I can add some on the ends.
Appreciate the guidance.
I like the idea of that haze (it's a contemporary church) - can you recommend a good unit btw?

[zkflow]

Actually for church you can try some DIY frost filters, or some music-stores sell it... for more dispersion... fog or haze is not recomended for churchs... they don't like it... its mor for OPEN AIR Events... or big stages...

3DVIEW is a good friend when you need to program something but you don't have the lights or to review your show in the road!