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USING BEAMWARE 2
One of the new features included in Beamware 2 is the ability to view the horizontal coverage of Iconyx arrays. Previous
versions of Beamware were able to only display the vertical coverage. The horizontal coverage display enable you to
quicky determine if a single Iconyx array will provide adequate horizontal coverage or whether more that one array will be
needed.
To open Beamware 2, click on the RHBeamware 2 Icon the installer placed on your desktop. This will start Beamware 2.
This will open the screen shown below.
Usually, the first step in using Beamware 2 is to select and add a floor plan. A quick way to do this is to go to the Project
pull down menu and select
Layout Presets
. Then choose one of the example floor plans.
You can also create your own floor plan and import it into the Project. All that is required is an outline drawing saved as a
bmp, gif or jpg file. The file can be created in any drawing program that allows you to make a 2-D outline drawing and save
it as a bitmap. AutoCad, CorelDraw, EASE and Adobe Illustrator are just a few of the program that can be used. Another
way, if you have a scanner, is to sketch the outline on paper and then scan/save it as a bmp, gif or jpg.
To Import the drawing into the project go to the
Project
pull down menu and select
Import Layout Bitmap
. This will open an
import screen that allows you to browse to the floor plan file you created and import it into the Project.
For our purposes we’ll use a floor plan of the Basilica room from EASE.
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