The CLC is a tool that I created which, hopefully, will help me find the best layout for the well. It is at a 3/16" = 1'-0" scale. Feedback from the last review assured me that I was headed in the right direction but the layout still needed some polishing.
The CLC has 4 "rings". These rings represent the courtroom Well. In total, the four rings have 108 points, or people. The minimum number of people in a district court well is 22 people. Obviously I have "over-calculated" the space requirements. This was done on purpose, lawyers take up the most space in the well because they can easily have a team of 20+ people; if both the prosecution and defendant have a 20 group team that is an extra 40 people (total of 62). This number can be higher depending on the complexity of the case, so the 108 is my buffer.
The smallest ring has a 14' diameter and features radial lines at 20 degree angles...this produces 18 lines (360 degrees in a circle). The 20 degree increments are the best increments that allow for even spacing (remember the point of the circle is equality) and adequate spacing in between each line or point (2.4'). This spacing is appropriate based upon the social distance research I conducted earlier. The idea is to have the most "important" people here (Jury, witness, lectern)
The second ring is 20' diameter and also has 18 radial points (or lines) at 20 degree increments (the spacing is still even and only increases to about 2.5') The idea is to have the second most important people here, Judge, clerk, bailiff.
The third circle has a 28' diameter. Since it is double the diameter of the first ring the radial lines decrease to 10 degree increments. This doubles the number of lines to 36 (18 x 2) and keeps the spacing at 2.4'. This is where all of the attorney space begins.
The fourth ring has a diameter of 36', the lines are also at 10 degree increments, slightly increasing the spacing to about 2.5' again. The attorney space would continue here.
The four well rings are on a slider, the slider can turn 360 degrees and allows the well to slide from perfectly center to to exactly off center and everywhere in between.
The bottom circle represents the audience (Gallery). It has radial lines in 10 degree increments; these lines would correspond to the Gallery layout.
The CLC:
Here is a video of the CLC
