Owners Manual
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Notice that the Options window also allows you to change the height of the measuring plane (the
Ear
Height
), the
Scale Level Views
and the
Color Legend
. Until you are more familiar with the program
we suggest you accept the default settings. There are times, however, when you will want to change
the height of the measuring plane. It is set to 3.94 feet (1.2 meters) which is fine for a seated audi-
ence, but not for a standing audience. Many experienced users also like to use the
Fixed Range
option under
Scale Level Views
; setting the
Round Up
to 5 and the
Show Range
to 20. This places
the SPL line in the graph nearer to the center of the graph than the
Automatically
setting which
places the SPL line near the bottom of the graph.
3. Your next step will probably be to use the
Title, Author
and
Comments
text boxes at the top of the
screen to insert the project’s name, to identify yourself as the user and to add any comments you
may want to make.
4. You should know the physical dimensions of the area(s) you want to cover, so the next logical
step is to complete the
Audience Area
section on the right side of the screen.
To simplify this step, BeamWare provides five templates, the Standard one used as the default start-
ing point and four others; Small Arena, Large Arena, Open Air and Theater. These templates are
available under the
Edit
pull down menu by clicking on
Venue Presets
. You should become familiar
with these templates, so we suggest you try each one of them and then choose the one that comes
closest to matching your project. Note how the number of areas and the sizes of the Audience Areas
change.
Once you have selected the template, alter the Audience Area size(s) and location(s) to match your
project’s dimensions. Notice that you can also add or delete up to a maximum of 3 Audience Areas
by using the
Number
field and associated drop down arrow.
The
Start
field establishes the beginning point of the Audience Area relative to the “0” point of the
graph. The Start point is usually the first row of seating.
Height 1
is the height of the front of the
Audience Area. It usually is “0” for the front of the first floor area.
Length
is the physical length of the
Audience Area from the front edge to the rear edge.
Height 2
is the elevation (height) of the rear of
the Audience Area above the “0” plane.
