Creating a Google Map based Shoot Site

[EhrlichFire]

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Hello Drew,

While we were at Cobra-Con you showed me how to do this, but I am trying to recall how we set than up and edited the effects fallout distances and the position fallout distances. I am looking in Effects, Positions, and rack settings and I cannot find where I can get the site layout.

Can you walk me through this again?

Sorry for my poor memory.

 

Thanks

bryan

[DrewFinale]

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Hi Bryan, check out Site layout diagrams basic instructions.

 

Site layouts are only available in the Pro version of Finale 3D. You can have to sets of safety circles on a site layout — effect based safety circles and position based safety circles.

 

• The effect safety distances are entered in the Safety Distance Meters column of the effects window. The column is hidden by default so you’ll have to unhide it using the blue gear menu.

 

• The position safety distances are entered in the Safety Distance Meters column of the positions window.

 

• To view the site layout, go to the racks window and select All Positions from the drop-down list in the upper right. The Window settings option in the upper left corner of the racks window contains the options for how the circles are displayed.

[EhrlichFire]

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Hi Drew,

I just about have this completed. Thanks for the help. I do not understand how to set up the legend panel. I can create/edit the Information Box, but is there a way to add bullets under the Info box title?

[DrewFinale]

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Hi Bryan, site layout diagrams have an Information Panel (on the right side of the page) and a Legend (on the bottom of the page).

 

I’m not quite sure if you’re trying to edit the information panel or the legend.

 

The information panel (on the right side of the page) has fixed set of 4 text boxes that can be edits by clicking the Diagram side panel text option in the upper left corner when viewing the site layout in the racks window.

 

The legend (on the bottom of the page) is created dynamically based on the items you incorporate into the site layout. For example, if you add an audience icon, an audience item will be added to the legend. If you draw a pin, a legend item will be added for the pin, etc. The text that accompanies each legend item can be edited the same way as the information panel text, by clicking the Diagram side panel text option in the upper left corner of the racks window.

[EhrlichFire]

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OK, I understand the difference between the Legend and side panel. I was wondering if we could add sub-information panel data.

Ex: Info Panel says “Fallout Distances” and under that, I want to list the shell size and fallout distance for each. (i.e. 3″- 210 feet)

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Yes, you can have multiple lines in any of the 4 text boxes in the information panel. The user interface doesn’t make this obvious, but it works. All you need to do is go into Diagram side panel text dialog, select a text box, type the text you want on the first line, then press enter on your keyboard, then type what you want on the next line. Each time you press enter, a ¶ paragraph marker is added to indicate that your starting a new line. The text isn’t displayed on multiple lines when editing but it will appear on multiple lines in the PDF site layout.

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Thanks Drew,

That will make it look nice. Should have tried that.

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