We will take the 6 sidelights drawn here in true location and convert them to a ladder position. The ladder position will be presented on it’s own plate, as such it is drawn straight up/down on the page. The other common way of approaching this is ‘folding’ the position back on the page. This ladder is 3 rungs tall at 1’-9” spacing. The trim height is +18’-0” from the stage to the center of the bottom rung
- As usual, highlight the BeamViz objects you would like to convert and select the menu command BeamViz>Convert BeamViz to Instrument
- In the pop-up, ensure Create Vertical Position is checked.
- After clicking OK, you will be prompted to select the direction of your vertical position. The first click will initiate the process.
- The second click will point the arrow in the direction of the position. Because the ladder is running US/DS I will click above the ladder.
- The third click will set the direction in which the lights are drawn on the position. I want my DS most unit on the right-hand side on the page, so I will point the arrow towards the left.
- You will now see a preview of dashed boxes representing instruments drawn when you move your mouse around. Since the ladder trims at 18’ off of the deck, the lights will appear 18’ above the cursor. Hover the mouse underneath the position at your 0’-0“ height, and line up the boxes.
- Now click, you will be given the option to rotate the lights if you need to. Clicking again will draw the lights.
- The lights are now drawn on your ladder!