Edit The Shell - Martin Audio MLA User Manual

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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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The first button is the shell entry that you have already used. If you have completely messed up the venue drawing you can click
on this and start again, the initial drawing will be completely replaced.
The next button enables you to move any of the nodes. Click on the button and move your cursor over to the drawing. You will
find that the cursor changes to a cross over the drawing area and when you hover over one of the nodes the circle around the
node number will turn green. Click on the node that you need to move and drag and drop it to its new position.
The next button gives you the opportunity to add nodes if you missed any out in your initial pass. Click on the button and move
your cursor over the drawing, as you move over the dashed lines between nodes you will see a small green circle appear. When
you have the circle in the desired position single-click and a new node is added and the numbering shifts to accommodate the
new node. If necessary you can use the move node button to reposition the new node however there is a much quicker way to
precisely position the nodes as we will mention shortly.
If it's not entirely obvious the red Θ button is for removing unwanted nodes than can easily appear if you accidentally clicked
whilst drawing the slice. As with the 'move' button, click on the Delete button then move your cursor over the offending node
and left click to consign it to history.
The View buttons help to maximise the drawing, to either the width of the slice, the height, or to fit the drawing into the extents
of the available window. There are also two check boxes, the first by default makes the horizontal and vertical scales equal so
you get a good proportional view of the venue shape hover if you have a situation where this makes it difficult to place the array
for example a very long venue with a low ceiling, uncheck this box and the vertical and horizontal scales will maximise to the
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