Inserting a stage deck

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 or color selected in the 3D Options

Trim Height

Sets the height of the trim around the stage

Trim Color/Texture

Displays the texture or color selected in the 3D Options

Border Color/Texture

For the Border structure type, displays the texture 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 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

Leg Total

For structure types with legs, displays the number of legs

Additions

(rectangular shape) 

For the Legs-Basic and Legs-Braced structure types, select to add casters, blocks, or none

Wheel Color/Texture

Displays the texture or color selected in the 3D Options

Railing 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

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. 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 railing

Add’l L/R Uprights

(rectangular shape)

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

Add’l Radii Uprights

(round shape)

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

Add’l Arc Uprights

(round shape)

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

Profile

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

Color/Texture

Displays the texture or color selected in the 3D 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 select Custom Texture and then click the current custom texture to open the Resource Selector; double-click a resource to select it. 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

Classes

Opens the Classes dialog box, to specify class naming for the various portions of the stage deck. This allows portions of the stage deck to be set to visible, grayed, or invisible.

Use the standard class, select a class from the list of classes present in the drawing, or create a new class. Select <Stage Deck Class> to place the stage deck element in the same class as the stage deck.

Class Prefix: Specifies an optional default root class naming standard for all stage deck parts; click Assign Default Classes With Prefix to begin all stage deck class names with the prefix, so that they are sorted together.

Assign Default Classes With Prefix: Sets the class names for all stage deck elements to the standard, using the Class Prefix if there is one.

Stage deck elements: For each portion of the stage deck, including the loci that represent the stage deck legs in the Deck Only Structure, specifies the class name standard; the class names shown here are applied to the elements.

Update

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