Creating seating sections
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Workspace: Tool set |
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Seating Section
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Design Suite, Architect: Furn/Fixtures Spotlight: Event |
Use the Seating Section tool to design seating sections in a variety of configurations. You can create features such as rises and custom numbering plans, edit individual seats as needed to create exactly the arrangement you need, and then output the data to editable reports included with Vectorworks. Use the Aisle tool (see Adding aisles to seating sections; Spotlight required) to insert aisles that interact with the seating section. Quick editing capabilities allow you to change specific elements of the plan without using the processor resources to redraw the entire seating section.
You can use a seating section style from the Vectorworks content or create a custom seating section style to quickly create multiple seating sections with the same settings; see Concept: Plug-in object styles.
To draw a seating section object, either use the tool or create a closed 2D shape and then select the Create Objects from Shapes command (see Creating objects from shapes). If this command is used, a default focus line is placed and can be moved manually to the desired location.
Use the Data Tag tool after creating a seating section to add a label; see Adding data tags and labels.
The Seating Section tool offers the following modes:
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Convert
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Converts an existing polyline, polygon, rectangle, circle, or arc to a seating section. The attributes of the original shape are applied to the seating section. |
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Oval
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Creates a round seating section |
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Rectangle
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Creates a rectangular seating section |
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Vertex
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Draws a seating section using the selected polyline creation options |
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Polyline creation options |
For Vertex mode, selects the method for drawing the object's path polyline; see Creating polylines |
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Style |
Opens the Resource Selector to select a resource for placement; double-click a resource to activate it |
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Automatic Numbering
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When toggled on, enables automatic numbering as objects are placed |
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Automatic Numbering Preferences
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Sets the automatic numbering preferences |
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Preferences
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Sets the default parameters that are used for each new seating section |
To create a seating section:
Click the tool and mode.
Do one of the following:
Click Style on the Tool bar to select a resource from the Resource Selector.
Click Preferences to open the Seating Section Preferences dialog box and specify the tool’s default parameters as described in Seating section settings.
The parameters can be edited later in the Object Info palette or in the Seating Section Settings dialog box.
Do one of the following:
If using Convert mode, move the mouse over a previously drawn shape until it is highlighted. Click to select it.
If using Rectangle, Oval, or Vertex mode, click to draw the bounding shape for the seating section.
The cursor changes to indicate placement of a focus line, and layout lines preview the seating angle for the focus line.
Click twice to place the seating section’s focus line. The first click controls the angle of straight seats or the radius of curved seats. The second click controls the focus point of the seats. When Display Focus Line is selected in the Object Info palette, the focus point end of the line is indicated by an arrow.
If the Angle of Seating is set by the style, the specified value sets the seating angle, and a focus line is automatically drawn in the middle of the seating section. To change the seating angle, edit the style settings described in Seating section settings: Angle pane.
Optionally, create a style resource from an unstyled object (see Custom plug-in object styles without catalog options).
To associate the seating section with an aisle object (Spotlight required), put the seating section and the aisle on the same layer or in the same group; see Adding aisles to seating sections. This association means that if one of the objects is resized, reshaped, or moved, the other object updates automatically. The association between objects lasts only as long as the seating section and aisle physically overlap.
