Draw A Shell - Martin Audio MLA MINI Advanced User's Manual

MLA MINI
DISPLAY 2.2

DRAW A SHELL

Note that the window opens as a floating window and can be enlarged or maximised as any
standard Windows application, this is obviously worth doing if you are working on a notebook
PC or Tablet PC. As you can see, most of the controls are greyed out and remain so until you
have drawn the venue slice. To do this click on the Shell icon and move your mouse over to the
drawing grid. A starting node is added at the zero point on the x axis but at 1.8 metres on the y
axis to represent the back of a stage that is 1.8 metres high (this can be edited once you have
completed the drawing). Next move the mouse in an anticlockwise direction moving the mouse
to the approximate position of each node and click to add the node. You MUST draw the shell
anticlockwise, the optimisation will be completely wrong if the venue is drawn clockwise. When
you arrive at the final node double click which will complete the drawing.
Note that you do not need to spend time or effort positioning the nodes in exactly the right
position as it is extremely quick and easy to edit the precise node coordinates to match your
measurements.
You will now see that a number of additional buttons are active and these can be used to perfect
the venue drawing.
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