.. _venuedatabase: Venue Database =============== .. image:: _images/venue_database.jpg :alt: The Venue Database. The Venue Database is a shared library of venues drawn in System Optimiser. Instead of drawing a venue from scratch, check whether another user has already drawn it, download it into your project, and start designing straight away. When you have drawn a venue yourself, you can submit it so that others can use it too. An internet connection is required. **Opening the Venue Database** * From the :ref:`application menu`: **Files → Venue Database**. * From the :ref:`Layer Manager`: the last button (the cloud) on its top bar. Finding a Venue ----------------- The left side of the Venue Database lists every venue available. * **Search venues** - type part of a venue's name, one of its alternative names, or its city. * **Country** - show only the venues in one country. * **Venue type** - show only one type of venue: Arena, Theater, Open Air, Concert Hall, Stadium or Custom. * **Refresh** - reload the list from the database. Click a venue in the list to show its details on the right: * **Preview images** - use the arrows to step through them, and click an image to open it larger. The enlarged image can be zoomed and scrolled. * **General Information** - the venue's name, type and any alternative names. * **Location & Address** - country, city and address. * **Comments & Rigging** - general comments, the load-in address, load-in comments and rigging comments, where the author provided them. * **Timestamps** - when the venue was added and last edited. Downloading a Venue --------------------- Click **Download & Open Venue**. The venue's :ref:`layers` are added to the current project, in the same way as importing a Layer File in the :ref:`Layer Manager`, and the Venue Database closes. The layers are added to any layers already in the project - start a new project first if you want the downloaded venue on its own. If 'Annotate Copied Layer Names' is on in the :ref:`Preferences`, ' - Imported' is added to their names. .. note:: Venues in the database are drawn by System Optimiser users. Always check the geometry against drawings or measurements of the real venue before relying on it for a system design. Submitting a Venue -------------------- .. image:: _images/venue_submission.jpg :alt: Submitting a venue to the Venue Database. To share the venue in your current project, click **Submit current venue** at the bottom of the venue list. Every :ref:`layer` in the project is submitted, so remove anything that should not be shared first. Loudspeaker sources are never submitted. Fill in the form: * **Required:** Venue name, Country, City, Venue type, Address and a Contact email. The email is only used while your submission is being reviewed. * **Optional:** Alternative Names (other names the venue is known by, which can be searched), Comments, Load-in address, Load-in Comments, Rigging Comments, Author, and Preview images (select one or more image files). Confirm with the green :ref:`'tick'`, which is available once all the required fields are filled in. Submitted venues go to a review queue, and appear in the Venue Database once they have been approved.