A section is both buyer navigation geometry and an authoring surface. After drawing its outline, the Designer can deterministically plan rows inside it for a target capacity.
Plan one section
Draw and name the section
Trace the physical boundary, assign its stable technical label and buyer display label, then connect it to a zone when appropriate.
Set its focal context
Use the chart/zone focal for curved rows that face the performance area, or choose horizontal orientation for straight plan-style rows.
Enter the target capacity
Choose seat spacing, row gap, edge inset, and numbering direction. Physical measurements use the chart’s calibrated scale when available.
Review diagnostics
Confirm planned capacity equals target capacity, inspect row count and curvature, and resolve any containment or maximum-capacity failure.
Apply once
The generated rows become ordinary editable chart objects in one history operation.
Planner inputs
| Input | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Target capacity | Exact number of generated seats |
| Seat spacing | Distance between centers in one row |
| Row gap | Distance between row tracks |
| Edge inset | Clearance from the section outline |
Orientation focal-tangent |
Rows follow the focal geometry where possible |
Orientation horizontal |
Rows use a fixed horizontal axis |
Numbering ltr |
Each row numbers left to right |
Numbering rtl |
Each row numbers right to left |
Numbering serpentine |
Alternates direction by row |
Concave or multipart section geometry can produce several safe row segments without drawing seats through an aisle, opening, or outside the section.
Batch planning
Select several sections to plan them together. Each section keeps its own target capacity, and the batch applies only when every preview is valid and the summed planned capacity equals the summed target.
Use batch mode for repeated stadium blocks or balcony regions that share spacing and numbering rules. Review each physical section, not only the aggregate.
Refill an existing section
Refill rebuilds the generated rows while attempting to carry intentional seat metadata to the new plan.
The preview reports:
- how many settings can be carried;
- which categories, accessibility values, display names, and seat-view photos will move;
- which prior seats cannot be mapped; and
- the reason each setting would be dropped.
Repeat, mirror and split
Select a section and open Repeat and split in its panel. There are four actions. Each one opens a preview first: nothing changes until you press Apply, Cancel leaves the chart as it was, and one Undo takes the whole result back. How repeat and split work in the same place shows the four side by side.
Circular copies
Use it for stands around a stage or pitch: draw one stand, then copy it round.
Open Circular copies
Choose the total number of sections, including the one you drew, and how far round they go: a full circle, three quarters, half or a quarter.
Set direction, spacing and names
Pick clockwise or counter-clockwise, the minimum clear aisle between copies, and a label prefix and start number for the new sections.
Check the preview, then Apply
The preview lists the new sections and their seat counts.
Copies turn around the zone’s focal point, otherwise the floor’s. Set a focal point first; without one the preview can’t be made. Keep Repeat seats and contents on to copy the rows, tables, booths and standing areas too. Apply stays off while copies overlap an existing section or each other, or while the aisle between them is narrower than the minimum you set.
Mirrored copy
Use it for the opposite stand: one flipped copy of the section, with everything inside it.
Open Mirrored copy
Choose left ↔ right or top ↔ bottom.
Choose what to mirror around
The zone’s focal point if the section has one, otherwise the floor’s. You can pick either one directly.
Check where the copy lands, then Apply
The new section gets the next unused name, so it never clashes with an existing one.
Like circular copies, a mirror needs a focal point on the zone or floor.
Divide with aisles
Use it to split one large outline into several sections with walkways between them, before any seats go in.
Open Divide with aisles
Choose how to divide: around the focal point, left to right, or top to bottom.
Set the count and the aisle
Choose the number of sections (2 to 60), the clear aisle width in metres, and a label prefix and start number.
Check the preview, then Apply
The original outline is replaced by the new sections.
Curve rows to fit
Use it to bend the rows already in a section so they face the focal point or follow the section’s curved edge. It shows only when the section has rows.
Open Curve rows to fit
Fit against the floor focal point or the section outline, and set the strength.
Check which rows move
The preview lists each row, how far it moves, and any row that is kept as drawn.
Apply
Seat names, categories and seat settings are kept.
Rows you drew as a custom path are not changed.
Published safe mode
Published booking identities are protected. Safe mode blocks destructive changes such as deleting published seats, changing technical labels, shrinking GA identity, or changing a published booking mode unless the host grants an explicit supported exception.
Additive draft geometry is safer than replacing published identities. If a live event needs a new chart revision, use the supported event refresh flow and verify that held/booked labels remain present.
Review checklist
- Section boundary matches the real sellable region.
- Zone and focal point are explicit where used.
- Target capacity is physically plausible.
- Preview capacity exactly matches target.
- No row crosses an aisle, opening, or section edge.
- Row/seat numbering is readable and globally unique.
- Batch mode passes per-section as well as aggregate review.
- Refill carry-over and every dropped setting are approved.
- Published identity protections remain intact.
- Buyer 2D/3D preview and accessibility semantics pass.
Continue with reference plan import, charts and objects, or publishing and versioning.