Prlx Team- Prlx.Apps- Seater [Preview 26.6.3.01]

Why It Matters

These improvements move the Seater prototype closer to production-ready automated seating layouts for architects and venue planners, reducing manual placement and supporting complex geometries; fixing updater and offset accuracy will be critical for reliable real-world use.

Summary

Parallax product lead Aaron Morer demos updates to the Parallax Seater prototype, showing expanded seating layout options beyond concentric arcs to include straight rows, multiple loops, mirrored regions and voids. Users can now select regions and reference lines to orient seats, choose chord-based row division, apply custom offsets and aisle depths, and the updater will add or remove chairs when boundaries change. The demo highlights current limitations—orientation flips, occasional boundary overhangs with faster offset methods, and incomplete 'update all' functionality—but says most features work and non-destructive edits preserve seat associations. The team expects to refine cleanup math and straight-row behavior before showcasing at AIA next week.

Original Description

-Concentric Arcs and Chord Seating now working

-Updater now working

-Spacing/Layout refined

-Additional offset controls

-Additional Sketch boundary tolerance built in