Set up your ground plan
Before you block anything, teach Proscene what your stage looks like. This page walks editors through the Stage Setup wizard and the set piece palette.
Open the Blocking tab
From your production, open Blocking. The first time an editor opens it on a production with no stage saved, Proscene sends you straight to Stage Setup. You can reopen it any time with the Stage Setup button in the blocking toolbar.
Pick a ground plan PDF (optional)
If you have a scale drawing of your venue, upload the PDF to the production's documents first, then choose it from the Ground Plan PDF dropdown. No drawing yet? Leave it on No ground plan and you get a clean canvas instead.
Enter your stage dimensions
Fill in Proscenium Width (ft) and Stage Depth (ft), then click Next: Calibrate. If you skipped the PDF, the button reads Save & Continue and there is nothing to calibrate; just save on the next screen.
Calibrate the scale
Click the Stage Right edge of the proscenium opening on your drawing, then the Stage Left edge. Proscene shows the scale it worked out in feet per pixel; click anywhere to reset the points and try again. If your PDF has several pages, pick the right page from the page row first.
Save the stage setup
Click Save Stage Setup. Proscene snapshots the calibrated page as the canvas background, so the plan loads fast on every device, and returns you to the blocking canvas.
Turn on the grid
Once the stage is calibrated, the canvas toolbar gains two toggles: SL/SR for stage left and right grid lines, and US/DS for upstage and downstage lines. Lines land every two feet with foot markings along the proscenium line, so a note like ten feet stage left means the same thing to everyone.
Build your set piece palette
Open the Set Pieces panel on the right of the canvas. Click Upload custom piece to add a PNG or JPEG of your own furniture (under 5 MB), or open the Basic shapes disclosure for built-ins: chairs, couches, tables, beds, a desk, stairs, a door, a window, a grand piano, a podium, and platforms. Click a piece to place it center stage, drag it into position, and drag the small corner handle to rotate it.