Editing Seating Sections

The seating section can be edited using familiar tools and modes as well as through the Object Info palette.

To change the boundary, use the Reshape tool (see Reshaping Objects) or right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on the seating section and select Edit Boundary from the context menu. The Edit Boundary command opens Object Editing Mode, where you can edit the boundary vertices directly and use other tools and commands including the Clip Tool, the Trim Tool, and the commands for Editing Object Surfaces.

The Object Info palette displays static data about the seating section, and provides options to redraw the entire seating section or to efficiently edit only specific elements of the seating section without using the computer resources necessary to redraw the entire section after every edit.

Parameter	Description
Seating Type	Static display of the selected seating type; this parameter can be changed by clicking Arrangement or Redraw Seating
Section Name	Specifies the section name
Display Section Info	Select for a static display of the number of chairs/tables, the maximum/minimum tables/chairs per row, the maximum number of rows, and the angle of the seating; if deselected, the data do not show
Re-Number Seating	Click to open the Seating Section Settings: Section Information Pane pane and edit the seat numbering and/or number direction; other panes of the dialog box are not available and the entire seating section is not redrawn.
Arrangement	Click to open the Seating Section Settings: Arrangement Pane pane and edit the seat arrangement and/or symbol; other panes of the dialog box are not available and the entire seating section is not redrawn
Redraw Seating	Click to open the fully functional Create Seating Section dialog box to edit and redraw the entire seating section (see Creating Seating Sections); the bounding box and focus point remain and the dialog box is automatically filled with the values currently used in the selected seating section
Edit Seating	Click for Custom Editing Individual Seats
Focus Seating	Click to set a new focus point for the seating section
Set Labels	Click to open the Set Labels dialog box and click in the Display column to select which information to display in the seating section label and set the text size and format; once the label is placed in the drawing, you can position it using the control point
Vertex parameters	Edits the vertices of the path object that the seating section is based upon; see Editing Vertex-Based Objects

Custom Editing Individual Seats

To make final custom edits to individual seats or sets of seats within the object, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on the seating section and select Edit or Edit Seating from the context menu, or double-click on the seating section object, or click Edit Seating in the Object Info palette. The Object Editing Mode opens, and you can make changes such as adding, deleting, or changing the angle of individual seats or changing the size of the floor. When you exit object editing mode, you are given the option to automatically reshape the bounding box to accommodate the edits.

Editing Seating Sections

Parameter

Description

Custom Editing Individual Seats

Custom Renumbering Selected Seats