Deck Shape

Creates a rectangular or round stage

Height

Specifies the overall stage height

Depth/Width (rectangular shape)

Specifies the dimensions of a rectangular stage deck

Radius/Diameter/Sweep Angle (round shape)

Specifies the size of a round stage deck

Top Surface Area

Displays the calculated surface area of the stage

Structure

Select the type of stage construction, from simple to complex

Deck Details

Hide Deck

For the Legs-Braced structure types, hides the deck and shows the braced leg supports only

Top Thickness

Sets the thickness of the deck.

The thickness of the deck cannot be set for Border and Simple stage deck structures.

Top Color/Texture

Displays the texture (Renderworks required) or color selected in the 3D Options

Trim Height

Sets the height of the trim around the stage

Trim Color/Texture

Displays the texture (Renderworks required) or color selected in the 3D Options

Border Color/Texture

For the Border structure type, displays the texture (Renderworks required) or color selected in the 3D Options

Leg/Structure Details

Diameter

For structure types with legs, sets the diameter of the leg supports

Profile

For structure types with legs, select a round, square, or octagonal shape for the legs

Color/Texture

Displays the texture (Renderworks required) or color selected in the 3D Options

Reference Spacing

For Legs-Basic and Legs-Braced, sets an approximate spacing value for the legs; the exact spacing is determined automatically by evenly dividing the length of the deck

Total Legs

For structure types with legs, displays the number of legs

Add Casters

For the Legs-Basic and Legs-Braced (rectangular shape only) structure types, adds casters to the legs to create a rolling platform

Wheel Color/Texture

Displays the texture (Renderworks required) or color selected in the 3D Options

Rail Details

All railing bars are automatically evenly spaced

Front/Back/Left/Right (rectangular shape)

Select the type of railing to add to each side of the stage deck, or select None for no railing

Start Radius/ End Radius/ Arc (round shape)

For round deck shapes, select the type of railing to add to each side of the stage deck, or select None for no railing. Rounds decks are limited to Straight, Toe, or Straight + Toe railing types.

Height

Sets the height of the top of the railing

Add’l Horiz. Bars

(Straight and Straight + Toe)

Specifies the number of additional horizontal bars to add to the railing

Add’l F/B Uprights (rectangular shape)

For rectangular deck shapes, adds additional vertical bars to the front and back rails

Add’l L/R Uprights (rectangular shape)

For rectangular deck shapes, adds additional vertical bars to the left and right rails

Add’l Radii Uprights (round shape)

For round deck shapes, adds additional vertical bars to the start and end radius rails

Add’l Arc Uprights (round shape)

For round deck shapes, adds additional vertical bars to the arc rails

Profile

Select a round, square, or octagonal shape for the railings

Color/Texture

Displays the texture (Renderworks required) or color selected in the 3D Options

Class Stage Deck Parts

When first selected, automatically creates classes for the different parts of the stage deck, for appearance and visibility control. This allows portions of the stage deck to be set to visible, grayed, or invisible. Once the classes have been created, this check box toggles whether class visibility changes apply to the selected stage deck object.

Parts Classes Prefix

When stage deck parts are classed, creates a prefix for the class names so that they are sorted together

Purpose/ Set Cart ID

Enter information about the stage which can be placed on the drawing with Text Options (does not affect the stage appearance)

Note

Adds a note, which can be placed on the drawing with the Text Options

3D Options

Specifies the appearance of applicable deck elements in 3D views. The 3D Options dialog box opens.

For each available portion of the stage, either select the color from the Color list, or, when Renderworks is installed, select Custom Texture and then select the texture from the Texture list. The Object Info palette displays the color or texture selections in the relevant section.

The appearance of Simple stage decks is set from the Attributes palette.

Text Options

Opens the Text Options dialog box, to enable the display and format the text of labels

Default Text Positions

Restores text labels to their default positions

Update

Updates the object when changes have been made to the Object Info palette parameters