Best way to do an instrument schedule for a black box theatre?

[SourceFour]

What is the best way to do up an instrument schedule for a space with only a grid? The pipes DS to US are labeled as letters and the pipes SL to SR are labeled as numbers.

 

[mozsey]

What is the best way to do up an instrument schedule for a space with only a grid? The pipes DS to US are labeled as letters and the pipes SL to SR are labeled as numbers.

Quadrants. "S4 at D4/D5" meaning in between intersections D4 and D5. That's how I would do it at least, out of ease. I'm sure some of the pros have a better way of doing it though.

 

[derekleffew]

... The pipes DS to US are labeled as letters and the pipes SL to SR are labeled as numbers.

You've answered your own question.
Pipe #1-Unit#1 is the furthest luminaire stage left in that location.
Pipe A-Unit#1 is the furthest instrument downstage in that location.
If a fixture falls on an intersection (which it won't as it MUST hang on one pipe or the other) pick either one.
If it's in the round and there is no "downstage" or SR/SL, number and letter from the control booth's perspective (or the tech table's vantage point) at the bottom of the drawing.

Sample: InstrumentSched.pdf ; http://pma.cornell.edu/schwartz-center/plans/BlackBox/lights/Plot.pdf ; http://pma.cornell.edu/departments/tfd/schwartz-center/plans/BlackBox/lights/Channel_Hookup.pdf .
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[SourceFour]

You've answered your own question.
Pipe #1-Unit#1 is the furthest luminaire stage left in that location.
Pipe A-Unit#1 is the furthest instrument downstage in that location.
If a fixture falls on an intersection (which it won't as it MUST hang on one pipe or the other) pick either one.
If it's in the round and there is no "downstage" or SR/SL, number and letter from the control booth's perspective (or the tech table's vantage point) at the bottom of the drawing.

Sample: InstrumentSched.pdf .
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Thank you for that example.

 

[kicknargel]

I have also found that in that kind of space I rely less on an instrument schedule and more on the plot.

 

[gafftapegreenia]

AND if the designer has never designed in the space before, you will probably end up moving half of the lights at focus anyway.

"Can you move that unit 6" DSL?" To " I need that entire system rehung on THAT pipe over there"

 

[Les]

AND if the designer has never designed in the space before, you will probably end up moving half of the lights at focus anyway.

"Can you move that unit 6" DSL?" To " I need that entire system rehung on THAT pipe over there"

AMEN to that! I've found myself in that position before -- and studio theatre in-the-round can be interesting. "Replace all those 50-degree ellipsoidals with 6" fresnels".

 

[gafftapegreenia]

AMEN to that! I've found myself in that position before -- and studio theatre in-the-round can be interesting. "Replace all those 50-degree ellipsoidals with 6" fresnels".

"What? There aren't any more 6" Fresnels? Oh, well heres six different frosts that I want in each of those 50s"

But honestly, I prefer that to designers who make me hang systems they never even use.