Seating layouts

A seating layout is a floor plan associated with each cinema screen. A screen's seating layout determines:

• how many seats are available in each price category
• the seats' relative sizes and positions
• the types of seats available (single or multi-seat)
• seat and row numbers
• seat and row priority

Each screen must have at least one layout (the default layout). A screen can have several layouts; in this case you can specify which seating layout to use when you schedule a session at the screen.

Seating layouts allow you to use a screen in various seating configurations, and it may be appropriate to create a screen with multiple seating layouts in order to:

• play standard and 3D films at the same screen; using a standard layout for standard sessions, and using a layout that includes only seats in the central columns for 3D sessions
• renovate a theatre; using different layouts to plan sessions for the old and new seating configurations

See also:

• Configuring a seating layout
• Seating layout: Row numbers