Weight Gallery is a PC application to aid theatre technicians while hanging units on stage or in the weight gallery. This version, specific to the theatre department at SUNY Fredonia, includes a list of all possible electrics that can be hung on a line set. From here, the user can add the unit and see how many 1″ or 2″ bricks they should use to properly counter the weight. It also keeps a list of what is on the line set and how many bricks should be on it in total.
The program was part of an extra credit assignment in my VisualBasic II course. After much time off from school (and much interest from the head of the department), I decided it was time to port the application to C++ (using Qt) for use on PCs, Linux, and Mac OSX (seeing as the entire theatre department runs on Apple products).
Just a couple weeks ago, I started porting the project to Android. While writing this application, I am simultaneously learning Java and Android development. Fortunately enough for me, Java is very, very similar to C++ and it’s been a breeze so far. After about three weeks of off-and-on programming, I’ve finally made a nice, working version of Weight Gallery Mobile. The application doesn’t save or load yet, but the calculations work and, as of now, it is completely error-proof. Go ahead and try to make the program crash, this is the third time I’ve written this application. I know everything that could/will possibly go wrong with the operation of it.
Screenshots:
As you can see, the maximum number of items allowed on a lineset is 60.
Stay tuned for more information!
Download it here. <- Click that! 🙂
Zach Daily 