CHAPTER 26HANGING AND FOCUSING
HANGING THE LIGHTS is done to specifications laid down by a designer, who should provide a light plot. Most of the time this is a scale representation of the theatre and its lighting positions, showing the lighting equipment types in their proper locations. Occasionally, plots are more like a schematic drawing, and are not to scale. Computer-Aided Design (CAD) plots are used almost exclusively. CAD programs came into their own early on in lighting design because they are really good at keeping track of all the numbers used for dimmers, channels, circuits, gel colors, and the like. It is also much easier to add and delete lights on the computer and then print out a new plot than it is to do any sort of hand drafting. ...
