Every plot has a moment where somebody asks "what plugs in where". The Column PA icon settles it on paper: it shows where the system lives and how much stage it consumes.
Drag it onto the canvas, resize it, rename the label, and it lands in the exported PDF exactly where you left it.
Where it sits on the deck changes how the rest of the plot reads. Mains sit outside the downstage corners with subs on the deck or flown, positioned to keep the front row covered without firing into the vocal mics. Snap the icon to the grid and the distances stay believable on a printed page.
Say this part explicitly. Note whether the PA is house supplied or provided. Coverage arguments are much cheaper before the truck arrives.
Column PA is not an audio source, so it adds no rows to the input list. It is there to make the drawing accurate: it shows where the system lives and how much stage it consumes, and the channel count stays clean because nothing silent is padding it out.
Channel names travel with the plot. Export a scene file for an X32, M32, or Wing, or a channel name CSV for dLive, Avantis, SQ, DiGiCo, and Yamaha CL and QL. See the console guides.
More PA
14 icons share the PA section of the palette. These are the ones most often placed alongside Column PA.
Shows where the system lives and how much stage it consumes is only part of the picture. These icons come from Monitors, Stageboxes and Cases, Stairs, Risers, Trusses, the sections that most often appear on the same drawing.
