Creating Instrument Summaries
Creating Instrument Summaries
The Instrument Summary tool is in the Spotlight tool set.
Statistics on the instruments and accessories used in the light plot help with show organization. Instrument summaries can be created for the all instruments (see Creating an Instrument Summary), and/or for specific hanging positions (see Creating an Instrument Summary for a Hanging Position). The summary, which can be custom formatted, can show the symbol thumbnail and name, the number of each kind of instrument and accessory in use, display total counts, and add special elements like notes, column breaks, circuit summaries, typical label legend layout, and other items. Counting can be subtotaled to count instrument bodies and lenses. Symbols which have the same instrument type are counted together, allowing for alternate versions of a single type. The summary can compare its information to the current inventory so that the designer can determine how many instruments remain in the inventory, or whether more instruments have been specified than are currently present in the inventory.
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