Questions this guide answers
Where should front of house go?
On the room's center line, about two-thirds of the way from the stage to the back wall, so the engineer hears what most of the audience hears. Place the FOH Table from the AV group and drag it: Smart Distances shows the gap to the stage while you drag.
How do I line the FOH table up with the stage?
Select the FOH table, then Shift-click the stage so the stage becomes the anchor, and press Align center in Properties. The desk moves onto the stage's center line and the stage stays put. Any object can be the anchor; the last one you Shift-click is the one that holds still.
How do I know how long the snake has to be?
Press M for Measure, then click the stage edge and the desk. The readout shows the straight run in feet and inches. The real snake follows the wall and climbs onto the stage, so add slack for the route and round up to the next stock length before you order it.
Transcript
Front of house where the mix sounds like the room.
The summit stage is built. Now the sound desk needs its spot.
Open AV, pick FOH Table, and drop it near the room's center line.
Drag the desk back until Smart Distances reads forty feet to the stage.
Shift-click the stage, then press Align center: the desk sits dead on the axis.
Press M, then click the stage edge and the desk: forty feet of snake run.
The engineer hears what the middle of the room hears.
Next: hang the LED wall high enough.