Spot00013.pngInserting a video screen object 

Tool

Tool set

Video Screen

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Event Design

Video screen objects consist of a video screen and optional front or rear projector. The video screen and projector components can be independently placed on rigging objects (see Concept: Rigging objects).

If the screen and projector are both attached to rigging objects, only the attached video screen component is affected when its rigging object moves or rotates. If only the screen component is attached to a rigging object, the entire video screen object moves or rotates with the rigging object. If only the projector component is attached to a rigging object, only the projector moves or rotates with the rigging object.

The following modes are available:

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Mode

Description

Modes for the Symbol Insertion tool

See Narzędzie Wstaw symbol for parameter descriptions

Preferences

Sets the default properties for video screen objects

Place Screen

Places and rotates the screen and the projector at once; the projector’s location can be adjusted after placement

Place Screen and Projector

Places and rotates the screen and projector independent of each other

Screen Trim Height

Sets the Z value of the screen at insertion

Video_screen2.png 

To insert a video screen:

1.      Click the tool and the desired symbol insertion and alignment modes.

2.      Click the placement mode.

3.      Enter the Screen Trim Height value on the Tool bar.

4.      Insert the object in the drawing.

        In Place Screen mode, click to place the screen and projector, and click again to set the rotation.

        In Place Screen and Projector mode, click to place the screen, click again to set the screen rotation, and click again to place the projector. This is especially useful when placing video screens on rigging objects.

The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default properties.

The height of the video screen and associated projector(s) depends on several factors.

        The Z value determines the distance from the active layer plane to the bottom of the screen (including the border).

        When the screen includes legs, the legs are drawn on the active layer plane unless a Floor Height value has been specified. The Floor Height distance shifts the floor, and therefore the legs, by that amount from the layer plane.

        Projector stands are inserted relative to both the Vertical Shift and Floor Height values, allowing stands to be shifted up or down from the screen’s floor as set by the Floor Height value.

        In Top/Plan view, when one of the video screen components, either the screen or the projector, is placed on a rigging object, that component assumes the height of the rigging object and is associated with it. In a 3D view, the height is determined by the component’s insertion point on the rigging object. The Manage Loads tool allows precise repositioning of the video screen components; see Managing loads.

The video screen object’s parameters can be edited from the Object Info palette.

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Setting the image on the video screen

Formatting video screen object labels

Associating loads with rigging objects