Creating the Room for a Basic Event

The first step of basic event design is usually creating the event room. Based on a simple 2D shape, the room and floor slab are created automatically according to specified parameters.

To create the room:

1. Create a closed 2D object (such as a rectangle, polyline, or polygon) to represent the room. The dimensions of the object should match the interior dimensions of the room to be created.

2. With the 2D object selected, select Event Design > Create Room.

The Create Room dialog box opens. Specify the properties and attributes of the walls and the floor slab.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Walls	Specify the wall attributes
Height	Sets the wall height of the room’s walls
Class	To control appearance, select a class from the list of classes present in the drawing, or create a new class. Leave the walls in the None class to set the attributes from the dialog box.
Thickness	Sets the wall thickness
Fill Hatch	Sets a fill hatch for the walls from the file’s resources
Fill Color	Sets the fill color for the walls
Pen Color	Sets the pen color for the walls
Texture	Select the overall wall texture from a library or the current file
Floor	Specify the floor slab attributes
Class	To control appearance, select a class from the list of classes present in the drawing, or create a new class. Leave the floor in the None class to set the remaining attributes from the dialog box.
Fill Color	Sets the fill color for the floor
Pen Color	Sets the pen color for the floor
Texture	Select the floor texture from a library or the current file

3. Click OK. The room’s walls and floor slab are automatically created.

Wall and slab parameters can be edited in the Object Info palette; see Editing Walls and Creating Slabs.

When Moving Connected Walls with the Connected Walls mode of the Selection tool enabled, the adjoining walls and the slab change automatically to maintain the connection.

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Editing Walls

Creating Floors

Creating a Basic Stage

Creating Basic Stage Stairs

Creating a Lectern

Creating a Basic Video Screen

Creating a Basic Seating Layout

Creating Basic Event Views

Setting Class Properties

Concept: Resource Libraries

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