Rotation

Specifies the number of degrees to rotate the object (0.00 is horizontal)

Text Style

Select a text style from a library or the current file. To use the style defined for the object’s class, select <Class Text Style>. To format the text using options on the Text menu, select <Un-Styled>. See Using Text Styles and Formatting Text.

Seat Spacing

Specifies the distance between seats

Row Spacing

Specifies the distance between rows of seats

Use Absolute Seat Spacing

When selected, adheres strictly to the value of the Seat Spacing parameter; when deselected, Seat Spacing is used as a minimum guideline to space the seats evenly within the boundary

Allow Seat Past Boundary

Select to allow part of the seat symbols to extend beyond the boundary

Section Name

Assigns a section name for use in the Seating Count worksheet

Concentric

Select to draw a concentric seating arrangement

Offset Alternate Rows

Offsets alternating rows (starting with the second row), so that the seats are staggered by a half seat width, or chairs and tables are spaced to prevent overlapping

Offset 1st Row

Specifies an offset distance for the first row of seats

Use Center of Row as Origin

When selected, seats are placed starting at the center of the first row; when deselected, seats are placed starting at the first vertex of the bounding shape

Use Symbol Center for Insertion

When selected, the center of the seat is the used as the insertion point; when deselected, the insertion point is centered between the two back legs of the chair

Focal Pt X/Y

Indicates the coordinates of the seating look-to point

Focus Front

Click to snap the seating layout’s focal point to the front.

Because flexible seating areas can have multiple potential fronts, repeated clicks toggle the focal point around the seating area, to each possible front. The focal point snaps to the midpoint of each path segment that defines the seating area.

Draw Boundary Line

Select to display the object used as the basis for the seating layout; deselect to hide the object and show the seats only

Draw Layout Lines Only

Select to display the seating locations without showing the actual seat symbols

Base Z Height

Specifies the initial elevation of the first row of seating

Rise per Row

Specifies the elevation increase for each row of seating (seating layout slope)

Display Seating Section Name

Displays the name of the seating section on the drawing, as set in Section Name

Display Seating Count

Displays the number of seats in the section on the drawing, separated by table and chair counts

Show Seat Number

Displays a seat number on each symbol; a table-and-chair symbol receives a single number

Starting Number

Displays and sets the starting number for the first seating symbol in the section

Increment

Specifies the seating number increment value

Use an increment value of 2 to number a section with all even or odd seat numbers.

Seating Count

Select a method for limiting the number of seats permitted in a seating area, or leave the option Unlimited. If a limitation method is chosen, specify maximum values for the Seats per Row and Rows per Section.

●    Limit the Number of Seats creates no more than the maximum number of seats per row and rows per section specified, fit within the seating area boundaries.

●    Notify When Count is Exceeded creates seats to fill the seating area but provides red warning text over the seating area when the seats per row and/or rows per section maximum values are exceeded.

●    Specify the Number of Seats creates exactly the number of seats per row and rows per section specified. All rows are of uniform length; the seating area path is used only to determine an origin and rotation for the seating plan, not to shape or limit the seating area.

Select Symbol

Opens the Choose a Symbol dialog box, to replace the current seating symbol. Select the desired seating symbol from a library or the current file and then click OK. When the Vectorworks Spotlight product is installed, the default content for event design seating is available.

Classes

Opens the Classes dialog box, to specify class naming for the various seating layout labels and numbers. This allows the section name, seating count, and seat number to be set to visible, grayed, or invisible.

Use the suggested standard class, select a class from the list of classes present in the drawing, or create a new class. Select <Seating Layout Class> to place the seating layout label in the same class as the seating layout.

●    Class Prefix: Specifies an optional default root class naming standard for all seating layout labels; click Use Standard Classes to begin seating layout label class names with the prefix, so that they are sorted together.

●    Use Standard Classes: Sets the class names for all seating layout labels to the default suggested standard names, using the Class Prefix if there is one.

●    Seating layout labels: For each seating layout label, specifies the class name standard; the class names shown here are applied to the labels.

Chair Symbol

Displays the seating symbol name used to create the seating layout

Chair Count

Displays the number of seats used in the layout

Table Symbol

Displays the table symbol name used to create the seating layout

Table Count

Displays the number of tables used in the layout

Symbol Name

Displays the chair or table and chair symbol used to create the seating layout

Vertex Parameters

Edits the seating layout path vertices; see Editing Vertex-Based Objects