Spot00067.pngInstrument Numbering

Instruments can be numbered automatically according to lighting position order, or manually according to specified settings.

Numbering Instruments by Lighting Position

Instruments can be numbered according to the lighting position automatic numbering parameters.

To automatically number the instruments on a lighting position:

  1. Select the lighting position.

  2. From the Object Info palette, specify the Starting Number, Increment, Numbering Direction, and, for multi-circuit instruments, the Multi-Circuit Numbering.

  3. Click Auto Number.

The instruments are automatically numbered. The Unit Number in the Object Info palette of a selected lighting instrument displays its number, which can be changed to override the automatic number.

To display the numbers on the drawing, specify a label legend that includes the Unit Number in the label. See Setting Up Instrument Label Legends.

To automatically number all instruments assigned to a lighting position:

Select Spotlight > Auto Number Positions to globally automatically number the lighting instruments in the drawing based on the settings in each lighting position.

If lighting positions are selected when the command is activated, only the instruments on the selected lighting positions are numbered.

Numbering Instruments Manually 

Instruments do not have to be numbered according to the lighting position’s automatic numbering feature. The Number Instruments command provides a method of numbering instruments by unit number and other parameters that automatically increment. In addition, the command can automatically increment several other instrument parameter fields.

Numbering Selected Instruments

To number selected instruments manually:

  1. Select the instruments to be numbered.

  2. Use the Find and Modify command to select instruments.

  3. Select Spotlight > Number Instruments.

  4. The Number Instruments dialog box opens.

  5. Click OK.

The selected instruments are numbered, and any fields automatically specified, in the selected direction. If a limit has been set, the Number Instruments dialog box reopens automatically when the limit is reached; modify the needed values and continue numbering.

Numbering Instruments by Clicking

To number instruments manually in the order they are selected:

  1. Select Spotlight > Number Instruments.

  2. Specify the field and numbering parameters as described in Numbering Selected Instruments.

  3. In the Primary direction list, select Manual (the manual direction is automatically set if no instruments were selected).

  4. Click OK, and click the instruments to be numbered one by one.

  5. Shift-click to number an instrument exactly the same as the previous instrument was numbered.

    If a limit has been set, an alert lists any parameters that exceed the set range when the limit is reached. The Number Instruments dialog box reopens automatically; modify the needed values and continue numbering.

  6. To stop numbering instruments, click in an empty area of the drawing.

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