All,
I have been working on something off and on this morning and am trying to find the best way to accomplish the task of populating an auditorium section with chairs. So far, I have created the arc path of the section and then offset each row the specified distance. From there I place a copy of the chair at one end of every path and then use the PATH Array tool in AutoCAD LT 2013. While this works, it doesn't seem to be very efficient (can actually be a royal pain, if changes are required) and was wondering if there is a better way to accomplish this goal?
What I would like to do is to use the POLAR Array tool and just work from the first row. That way, I could maintain all the necessary associativity and edit the array as a whole. However, this tool doesn't appear to offer the option of changing the quantities on successive rows, which led me to the above approach.
Therefore, I am kind of stuck with a method that I am not super enthused with. If anyone has any thoughts on how I could use the tools differently, or has an exchange app that will accomplish what I am looking to do, that would be fantastic. Thanks in advance for any help and have a most blessed day!
Peace,
Pete