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Adding a second venue

Add another room, check the fit and choose Own layout to move scenery there while keeping the original venue’s positions.

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A production can hold several venues, each with its own stage dimensions, seating banks and lighting positions. Add another venue when you need to compare rooms or prepare the show for a transfer.

Add the venue

  1. Open the production and choose the venue switcher at the top of the drawing board.
  2. Select Add venue and pick a preset closest to the new room. Every dimension opens for editing, so set the true proscenium width, stage depth and wing sizes rather than settling for the nearest preset. The preset arrives in its natural form, a playhouse behind an arch or a studio end-on, and the form can be changed beneath it if the new room seats its audience differently. See Choosing a stage form.
  3. Give the venue its real name. Names matter on paperwork: a crew fitting up in a strange building should never have to ask which room the plan means.
  4. Save. The production now holds two venues and one set of pieces, and the venue switcher moves between them.
The venue switcher open, listing two venues, with the second one selected
The switcher lists every venue the production holds, and the check beside a name is the room the drawing board is currently showing.

Fit the set into the new room

  1. Switch to the new venue. It uses the shared scenery layout initially, so you can compare the same positions in the new room.
  2. Read the fit check. It flags scenery extending beyond the playing area. Review the plan and model to decide what needs to move.
  3. In the venue panel, find Layout and choose Own layout before moving scenery. This gives the selected venue its own positions. Changes made in a shared layout also affect the other venues using that shared layout.
  4. Move the pieces that need different positions. The original venue keeps its layout. Check every set in the running order, since each may need different adjustments.
  5. Review the lighting positions and hanging heights for this room. Each venue has its own rig positions, while the fixtures and lighting looks are shared.

An own layout changes where pieces stand. The pieces themselves are still shared: changing a flat’s width or height changes that piece in every venue, and the inventory still counts it once.

A free account includes two venues per production. Add more venues with a Production Pass or Pro.

Select the venue you need before exporting. The model, stage maps and shift plots use that venue’s scenery positions, and the drawn sheets state the venue name.