Hang Cards

[venuetech]

While MS Word and Excel can and do work fine, if you can beg, borrow, or steal a copy of FileMaker Pro,

FileMaker pro is a database program
"Access" is Microsoft's database program
OpenOffice has "Base"
LightWright is a specialized database

Any database program will be a bit more flexible than a spreadsheet
FileMaker is a great program but costly. You may already have Access as it comes with some versions of MS Office

 

[chausman]

Oh, and I'll just mention this. If you are looking at FileMaker Pro or Bento, Bento (while still a great app) doesn't handle printing very well. FileMaker does.


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[dhoptech]

SteveB,

Do you do this in the same file as you have your plot? Or a second file that you copy and past the fixtures into and then flip the electric in?

 

[SteveB]

SteveB,

Or a second file that you copy and past the fixtures into and then flip the electric in?

This.

I have not as yet gotten conversant with Viewports in VW, which I "think" could do the hang sheet I need on the same drawing, just a different layer. I'm just not clear as to how one view is right read - Unit One, and then left read - Unit One in a different view. As well and since I've been using this method since before Viewports, I simply did a separate drawing that has a great deal of info that is only important to the hang. It's generally simple to copy-past a positions worth of fixtures, then flip vertical, flip horizontal, then align as needed, then class out non-needed info such as color, channel, etc...