Creating an instrument summary

Summary Defaults for

Select whether to specify the default settings for the summary when inserting it with the Instrument Summary tool (select Instruments) or from a hanging position (select Positions).

This option is not available from the Object Info palette after the summary has been placed.

Build List

Opens the Build Summary List dialog box, for specifying the components to include in the summary

Width

Sets the total width of the summary

Column Offset

Sets the distance between columns

Instruments

Hide Unused Types

When selected, excludes lighting device symbols which are not currently used in the drawing (these lighting devices use a blue font in the Build Summary List dialog box), and only displays symbols which are used by a lighting device

Show Symbols

Includes a thumbnail graphic of each lighting device symbol in the key

Auto Rotate

Orients symbols automatically to minimize the amount of space required

Scale

Scales symbols by the specified proportion; this allows the instrument summary to be placed on a sheet layer without displaying the symbols at 1:1 scale

Show Wattages

Appends “@ [wattage]” to the instrument type.

A blank wattage or a wattage of 0 does not display.

Show Weights

Displays the unit's weight, as set in the default parameters of the symbol (in the Light Info Record)

Show Lamp Types

Displays the lamp type (lamp specification or ANSI code), as set in the default parameters of the symbol (in the Light Info Record)

Show Counts

Displays a count value for each instrument type

Compare to Inventory

Compares and displays the counts against the total number of units of each type as calculated in the inventory (see Lighting inventory setup)

Left Margin

Sets the maximum distance to the left of the summary insertion point for the symbols to display, in page units

Item Spacing

Specifies the vertical distance between lighting device graphics, in page units. Additional distance is automatically added if the symbol is larger than the spacing.

Text Distance

Sets the distance between the summary insertion point and the text origin, in page units

Text Width

Sets the maximum width of text before it wraps, in page units

Headers

Section Align

Aligns the list header to the left or center

Size/Style

Specifies the text formatting for the header

Color Summary

Show Swatch

When a color summary is included, adds a color swatch for each color used in the drawing

Border

Style

Select the style of border for the summary, or whether to omit the border

Separation

For the double border style, sets the distance between the lines

Padding

The distance, in page units, between the bounding box of the summary and the border

Title

Show Title

Displays a title for the instrument summary

Text

Specify the title text to display

Position

Select where to locate the summary title with respect to the border

Font/Size/Style

Specifies the text formatting for the title

Available Components

Swaps the display of available components among used lighting devices, unused lighting devices, and other summary items

Used Instrument Symbols

Lists all symbols that are currently in use by a lighting device

Unused Instrument Symbols

Lists all the symbols in the file that are currently not in use by a lighting device (unused symbols display in blue so they can be distinguished from the used symbols in the Component List)

Other Elements

Lists summary and display elements which can be added to customize the summary; certain items require the specification of additional customization options after adding them to the Component List.

Column break: Begins a new column in the summary.

Column Headers: Adds a “Symbol and Description” header to each column.

Begin subtotal: Indicates the start of a subtotal count section.

End subtotal: Indicates the end of a subtotal count section; the subtotal value is placed at this location.

If a subtotal cannot be calculated, nothing is displayed in the summary.

Header: Adds a section header.

Divider: Places a horizontal separator across the column; separator does not extend into the border padding area.

Full divider: Places a horizontal separator across the column; separator extends to the border.

Note: Adds text that is aligned with the symbol text.

Typical symbol: Places a selected symbol that is normally the reference symbol used for label legends.

Color summary: Adds a summary of all the gel colors used, with color, gel size, and counts (select Show Swatch in the Instrument Summary Settings dialog box or Object Info palette to include a color swatch).

Circuit summary: Adds a summary of the circuits in use (usually only included with hanging position summaries).

Position Height: Displays the position height value, when the instrument summary is filtered by position. (When not filtered by position, or when position heights vary, the height value displays “Varies.”)

Available Components list

Lists the items that can be added to the instrument summary; the available items depend on the selection in Available Components. Sort the symbols in ascending or descending order by clicking in the first column header.

Display Components

For symbols which consist of nested symbols, adds the nested symbols to the list

>

Adds one or more selected items from the Available Components list to the Component List. The items are added to the row above the selected row, or to the end of the list if nothing is selected.

Alternatively, double-click to add the item.

>>

Adds all the items displayed in the Available Components list to the Component List.

<

Removes one or more selected items from the Component List

<<

Removes all the items from the Component List 

Component List

Lists all the components, in order, to include in the instrument summary. Change the order by clicking in the first column and dragging to the desired location; sort in ascending or descending order by clicking in the first column header. Click on the No Rotation column of a selected symbol to prevent the symbol from automatically rotating in the summary thumbnail display.

Sort Symbols

Click to sort all the components, including “other elements,” in alphabetical order

Options

For “other elements,” opens a dialog box with special formatting options

Header

Enter the circuit summary header text

Count By

Select whether to count the circuits by channel, dimmer, or circuit number

Twofer By

Select the method for counting two-fered circuits as one circuit.

None: Counts all circuits, including ganged circuits

Explicit: Counts only two-fer circuits that were created by the Ganging tool

Anywhere: Counts any two-fered circuits, including those created by the Ganging tool and any set of two or more lights that are on the same circuit

Amperage Ratings

Specify the amperage ratings for the lighting devices, separating multiple values with a semi-colon (for example, 20;50 indicates 20A and 50A). Amperage rating is determined by a combination of a device’s wattage and voltage.

Some examples include:

With a voltage of 120V and a lighting device with a 5000W rating, the lighting device would go into the 50A circuit.

With a voltage of 120V and a lighting device with a 500W rating, the lighting device would go into the 20A circuit.

With a voltage of 120V and three 1000W lighting devices two-fered together, the lighting devices would go into the 50A circuit with two 50A two-fers.

Voltage

Specify the circuit voltage

Device Types

Select the types of devices to count in the circuit summary; typically two or more summaries are included, combining selected device types and specific power requirements so that you know the amperage required per circuit for various device types

Active Filters

Displays the status of any summary filtering in effect

Filters

Opens the Summary Filters dialog box, to specify filtering of the summary items by hanging position, layer, class, or custom criteria

Refresh

When lighting devices in the drawing, hanging positions, inventory counts, or other factors have changed, updates the instrument summary with the latest data