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HalDavis

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  1. I'm using the student version, and I'm stuck with 2016 on my homework machine, but 2017 in the classroom. My projects have been gearing toward setting up theatre seating as well as the truss\lighting and stage set. I was having a problem getting the stagger to work properly. It was always offsetting from the outside tables to the edge, and when I realized what was happening, I made a few adjustments. The spacing between the tables is calculated edge to edge (specified by the distance in the original dialog), while the distance between seats is calculated from the center of one chair at a table to the corresponding center of a chair at the next nearest table, or from far leg at floor to top of chair back to the adjacent chair. I was able to measure the distances, and they are the same. The stagger works, but it's not perfect. Remember that you'll get your original spacing along the outside of your framing area. I put 5feet distance at the start, and there was 5 extra feet all the way around. Here's where things get bushy. I need to be able to expand one row either direction. I went ahead and added a square 1.5 times the size of the row to one side and blended it with the original shape. This put in another table but didn't make any adjustments to balance or center anything. I repeated it for every row, and the adjustment is a bit random, but it will expand the number of tables. The only recourse I had was to extend some rows left and right by .75 the distance of a table, and at least .5 the distance down (To the edge of the next table), which did adjust the positioning slightly, but at random, and in many cases extended the way I wanted. Studying the whole interface further, I find several SECTION identifiers that might be of use. Most tutorials focus on using a single seating section and then cutting holes in it to make aisles. When you have multiple sections, you should be able to overlap them and combine the shapes the same way you cut holes. This means you can set one or two rows, then combine them, copy\paste and combine them. The seats *should combine their numbers, then select the whole object and number everything as you see fit. I haven't tried adding so many sections together, but so far, I've tested adding shapes together to adjust the mapping. Combining shapes of the mappings should work in a similar fashion. Also, if you have several sections of seating, or rows or whatever, you are almost always better off separating them in your drawing. You can then output their locations in different colors\styles for easier use by Concierge or Ushers. I've tried this logic. I ran it by a performing arts group, and they liked it. The idea that early buys can get better seats, season ticket holders can get a great view, and VIPs or larger donors get a special seat was perfect for their purpose. I hope some of this is helpful.
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