Managing loads

Tool

Tool set

Manage Loads

Rigging/Braceworks

The Manage Loads tool allows you to attach, reposition, and remove loads from rigging objects and hanging positions in the model and in schematic views. In the model, the tool can also be activated by selecting Manage Loads from a rigging object/hanging position’s context menu.

Managing loads with the tool is not affected by the auto-positioning options on the Spotlight preferences: Loads and Rigging pane; whether auto-positioning is enabled or disabled, the Manage Loads tool can still be used to attach and reposition loads.

If the option to Orient loads with rigging objects when snapping in 3D is enabled on the Loads and Rigging pane, lighting devices and other load objects that support 3D rotation automatically assume the orientation of the rigging/hanging object when they are attached or repositioned in 3D views. This option does not apply in Top/Plan view, where the Manage Loads tool attaches and repositions loads at a fixed orientation.

When a single load is attached or repositioned, valid rigging/hanging objects are highlighted for precise placement. When multiple loads are attached or repositioned, valid rigging/hanging objects are highlighted, and the loads are moved to the closest point in 3D on the highlighted object.

When repositioning a load on a truss line, the tool’s Reposition mode enables sophisticated truss snapping. This allows you to precisely set the load’s hanging point on the top, bottom, or side of the truss. Using the tool for repositioning is more precise than Attaching existing loads by dragging.

Mode	Description
Attach	Attaches selected load objects to the selected rigging/hanging object, creating an association
Remove	Removes selected load objects from their associated rigging/hanging object, breaking the association
Reposition	Displays control points on all of the load objects attached to a selecting rigging/hanging object, for repositioning the loads. To display control points on schematic loads, select the schematic load or its associated schematic rigging object.

There are several ways to attach lighting devices and other loads to a rigging object. Loads can be automatically attached when they are inserted and when they are moved in the drawing. For details, see Concept: Attaching loads to rigging objects. In addition, various commands allow you to attach, reposition, and remove loads from rigging objects in the model and in schematic views.

Action	Method	Description
Attaching loads
Insert a load on a rigging object	Symbol insertion	Attaching new loads and Adding lighting devices
Move a load to a rigging object	Click-drag operation	Attaching existing loads by dragging
Attach one or more loads to a rigging/hanging object	Manage Loads tool Load object context menu command	Attaching existing loads with the Manage Loads tool
Repositioning attached loads
Move a load’s hanging point in the model and schematic view	Manage Loads tool (model only) Hanging point control point	Repositioning loads with the Manage Loads tool Moving schematic loads by control points
Move a load’s offset position in the schematic view	Object position control point (schematic only)	Moving schematic loads by control points
Move an offset load onto the schematic rigging object	Drop-down context menu command (schematic only)	Moving an offset load onto the schematic rigging object
Move all offset loads onto the schematic rigging object	Rigging object context menu command (schematic only)	Moving all offset loads onto the schematic rigging object
Removing loads
Remove a load from the rigging/hanging object	Manage Loads tool	Removing loads with the Manage Loads tool
Remove a load from the schematic view	Drop-down context menu command (schematic only)	Removing loads in the schematic view

Concept: Rigging objects

Concept: Schematic views

Concept: Attaching loads to rigging objects

Repositioning loads

Removing loads

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