First question - is the judging going to be in terms of 'How good is the drafting to communicate the design' or 'How good is the drafting in terms of how
clear it is to the electrician'.
My comments are based assuming it is for the electrician.
I don't see a 'Notes' section. For example :
- 'All fixtures spaced 1' - 6'' unless noted'
- 'Trim height measured from permanent deck'
- 'Provide X extra sheets of color '
Knowing where to hang something is vital. As someone said, just having a ruler
mark at the top and bottom makes it harder to hang the show. I would suggest either showing dimensions between each
unit ( that is different from the default) at the best solution. A second choice, would be to have ruler lines near each pipe. I do not see any notes of
trim height for pipes or borders. I see no notation of location of linesets. How far upstage from the
plaster line is the fourth
electric? What is the vertical
spacing on your booms? No indication that I could find. As Ken Billington says - if you don't care where the light is hung, you don't have to dimension it.
You need to note wattage someplace. Either as part of the notes, or in the legend. Otherwise how will I ( as an electrician) know how to lamp things.
Some of your fresnels seem to show what might be barn doors - or they could just be some lines you drew on the
plot. If they are barn doors, they should be noted on the legend.
There is a dashed square of the
ground plan. What is it? It does not seem to relate to anything in the section. Label it if it is important to the hang, remove it if it makes no difference.
I find the convention of all booms pointing the same way confusing. Glancing at the
plot, I would expect that the
boom Right is pointing offstage. Sure I know that does not make sense, but you are making me work.
I find showing all of the beams of light in the section confusing. Again, as an electrician, I don't care about that. I do what to see the sight lines, and dimensions - but all of the other lines just make it harder to see what is going on.
I can't read the
channel numbers on the fixtures you have drawn that
point SR/SL ( IE AP
Electric #2)
Why do some of your
boom in plan have
fixture numbers on them, and some not. IE 2
Boom L has the number '5' in it. You probably want to draw those fixtures with a cross hatch to note that they are special.
It is interesting to me that in some cases you
call out a brand name of
fixture, in others you simply say 6x9. You should be consistent.
How are you going to focus the lights on the
rake? You might want to draw in a bosun chair to make sure it gets included.
In general - this
plot is much better than many I have seen, aside from the lack of dimensions I could hang the show with minimal questions. Let us know how the Festival goes.