Specifications

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A typical stage Width is usually around 40’ in width so let’s enter that as our width.
Hiding the stage from the SPL calculations is optional but locking the stage once it has
been properly defined is a very good idea to prevent accidental changes to it. If all of
the surfaces that you have created are locked, you can now freely rotate the model
without any fear of accidentally dragging surfaces out of position or changing their
dimensions.
Adding Sides
5.7
Let’s begin again with a new model so that we can create something more similar to
an arena type design.
Create a new Resolution file and the default layout will be presented.
1. Select the surface in the Venue View, or go to Venue in the Project Explorer pane
and expand it to show the surface that is visible. It will be default labeled as “new
surface”. Before going further, let’s give the surface a proper name. We are going
to call it North Main.
 X, Y, Z origin of the surface - Since we are going to leave our position at the
origin of the software, we will leave X and Y as it is but we are going to set
the Z origin to 5.5’ representing a standing audience in this model.
 Length and Width - to keep things simple, let’s work in full numbers. Set
the length of the surface to 200’ and the width of the surface to 100’
 Our main surface is finished so let’s use the Locked feature so the surface
cannot be accidentally adjusted.