Creating a Wall Using Orchestration Studio

Accessing Orchestration Studio

To open Orchestration Studio:

1. Click "Walls" in the left sidebar to see your list of Walls.
2. Click "Create new Wall".

Orchestration Studio Overview

Orchestration Studio has five main areas:

1. Studio Toolbar: Provides general editing controls, including undo, redo, zoom, keyboard shortcuts, and save.
2. Artboard: The space where you design the Wall layout.
3. Artboard Toolbar: Provides tools for configuring the artboard and selecting device types.
4. Artboard Properties panel: Displays artboard settings when Artboard Setup is selected. When you select another Artboard Toolbar option, such as Canvases, this area displays the corresponding device selection options.
5. Device Properties panel: Appears when you select a device and provides its position, dimensions, orientation, and assignment controls.

Studio Toolbar

Use the Studio Toolbar for common editing and navigation actions, including:

• Undo and redo
• Pan and zoom
• Zoom to fit
• Save
• Help and keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

To view the available keyboard shortcuts at any time, select the ? icon in the Studio Toolbar or press Shift + ?.

Creating A Wall

Creating a Wall consists of four main steps:

1. Set up the artboard.
2. Add and position device placeholders.
3. Assign devices to the placeholders.
4. Save the Wall.

1. Setting up the artboard

When you create a new Wall, the Artboard Properties panel will be open by default. If it is not open, click "Artboard Setup" in the Artboard Toolbar.

Configure the following settings:

1. Name the Wall. Choose a name that makes the Wall easy for others in your organization to identify. Including its physical location can be helpful. For example, a Wall installed behind a reception desk could be named Behind-Reception-Desk.
2. Select the measurement unit. Inches are selected by default. You can also use millimeters (mm) or centimeters (cm).

3. Configure the boundary. The boundary represents the dimensions of the complete physical installation.
   
   To enable it:

   1. Turn on the Boundary toggle.
   2. Enter the total width of the installation.
   3. Enter the total height of the installation.

   NOTE: The boundary is optional. If the Wall is already physically installed, we recommend using a boundary to ensure all devices are placed within the bounds. If the Wall has not yet been installed, you can create the layout without one.

    

4. Optional: Configure layout guides. Enable the grid, snap-to-grid, guides, or rulers as needed.

2. Add and position device placeholders

Device positions are defined by X and Y coordinates: X represents horizontal position. Y represents vertical position. The X and Y values identify the location of the device's upper-left corner, regardless of its orientation. Device width affects horizontal positioning along the X-axis. Device height affects vertical positioning along the Y-axis. For example, if a reference device begins at X = 0 and is 19.72 inches wide, a second device installed 2 inches to its right begins at X = 21.72.

Add the first device

The first device acts as the reference point for positioning the remaining devices.

You can use any device as the reference, but using the topmost, leftmost device usually makes the layout easier to calculate. The below examples show which device would be considered the topmost, leftmost device.

To add the first device:

1. In the Artboard Toolbar, select a device category, such as "All Devices" or "Canvases", to open the Device Selection panel.
2. Click a device to add it to the artboard. You can also drag the device onto the artboard.
3. Select the device on the artboard to open the Device Properties panel.
4. Set both its X and Y coordinates to 0.

Add additional devices

Use the reference device to calculate the position of each additional device so that the Orchestration Studio layout matches the physical installation.

To position another device:

1. Open the Device Selection panel and add the device to the artboard. By default, a newly added device is placed 2 inches to the right of the first device at the same Y coordinate.
2. Select the reference device and note its X, Y, Width, and Height values in the Device Properties panel.
3. Position the new device on the Y-axis. 
4. Position the new device on the X-axis.

Calculating the Y-coordinate of an additional device

The Y value represents the position of the device's top edge. Use the vertical distance between the top of the reference device and the top of the new device:

• If both devices are level at the top, use the same Y value.
• If the new device begins below the reference device, add the vertical offset to the reference device's Y value.
• If the new device begins above the reference device, subtract the vertical offset from the reference device's Y value.

In general: New Y = Reference Y ± vertical offset

For example, if the reference device has a Y value of 0:

• A device aligned with its top also has a Y value of 0.
• A device installed 2 inches lower has a Y value of 2.
• A device installed 2 inches higher has a Y value of -2.

Calculating the X-coordinate of an additional device

The X value represents the position of the device's left edge. For a device installed to the right of the reference device, calculate its X value using: New X = Reference X + Reference Width + horizontal gap

For example, if the reference device:

• Begins at X = 0
• Is 24.6 inches wide
• Has a 2-inch gap before the next device

the next device begins at X = 26.6.

3. Assign devices

To assign a device:

1. Select a device placeholder on the artboard.
2. In the Device Properties panel, select Assign Device.
3. Find the physical device you want to use.
4. Select the device from the list to assign it to the placeholder.

Repeat these steps for each placeholder in the Wall.

4. Save the Wall

When the Wall is complete, select the Save icon in the upper-right corner of Orchestration Studio.

You can also save using [CTRL] + [S] (or [CMD] + [S] on Mac).