Get up to speed on the GDTF Builder. In this 3-part series you will explore the common parts of the GDTF Builder that are used when creating any type of GDTF.
Switching to Vectorworks unlocks new design powers — from visualization to documentation!
Join Tom Wagman, senior set designer, and Dawn Snyder, director of education at IATSE Local 800, for a webinar showcasing Vectorworks' power. Discover how Wagman's set design workflow has improved since switching from SketchUp.
Wagman now performs most of his set design process directly in Vectorworks,
enhancing his creative capabilities, streamlining his workflow, and empowering
his design process.
Learn about the basics of scenic design as Jim Woodward and Joshua Schulman showcase how to create a stage design for an award show from start to finish. This video will showcase how Vectorworks Spotlight helps you to easily design venues and stages using free form modeling and parametric tools – making it the ultimate scenic design software.
Join Vickie Claiborne, lighting and digital media designer, programmer, and author of Media Servers for Lighting Programmers, for a webinar on the Vectorworks to Universal Scene Description (USD) workflow.
In this presentation, you’ll learn a streamlined process for exporting a 3D object as a USD file from Vectorworks and seamlessly importing it into another program.
Additionally, you’ll gain insights into the efficient workflow and enhancing your ability to create dynamic and responsive 3D experiences.
This class offers an in-depth exploration of Vectorworks Spotlight rigging tools, catering not only to riggers but also to technical directors (TDs), lighting designers (LDs), sound engineers, video designers, and scenic designers—essentially anyone involved in managing flown elements. The class is structured in two main parts to provide a holistic understanding and practical application of these tools.
Not all performances you light will take place on a festival mainstage or a large theatre.
Senior lighting designer Anne Dresbach at VDA, for example, helped put on Theremin Vignettes and Not Eye, Us in spaces that were more rehearsal hall than your typical theatre.
Join Dresbach
on June 26 to learn how the designer uses Vectorworks Spotlight to light memorable
performances — regardless of venue.
Vectorworks has joined forces with L-Acoustics to offer a direct export to Soundvision, giving you a new way to seamlessly perform your sound design.
Maxime Démurger, L-Acoustics’ application design engineer, will discuss the exciting perspective of this new partnership and how it fosters creativity by eliminating time-consuming tasks. Then, audio engineer John Landsman will dive into the specifics of easily exporting your Vectorworks drawing to Soundvision for a comprehensive sound design.
Watch now to unlock the full potential of your creative vision.
Cable planning is a key part of any integrated system design. You need to be able to communicate with a variety of project partners where your cables and supporting infrastructure has to be installed. In this guide, we'll take a look at how the cable planning process works using ConnectCAD.
Vectorworks has joined forces with L-Acoustics to offer you a direct export to Soundvision. This premier acoustical analysis software allows you to plan and visualize how your audio equipment will perform and interact in your production’s venue.
Panel diagrams are the backbone of seamless installations for system integrators and audiovisual installers; with ConnectCAD's Panel Builder workflow, you can streamline the creation of panel diagrams, enabling precise documentation of cable connections and equipment layouts. This workflow ensures accuracy during installation and facilitates efficient troubleshooting and maintenance post-deployment.
From large-scale AV installations to intricate system integrations, ConnectCAD's Panel Builder workflow elevates the efficiency and precision of panel diagram creation —enhancing the overall success of your projects.
Dive into the essential foundations of creating a robust template file and its real-life implementation with this webinar.
Along with Mauro Pujia, lighting designer, YOK Studios, you’ll explore the intricacies of organizing design layers, classes, and views for live event design. Additionally, you’ll learn how graphic legends, worksheets, and other tools boost efficiency.
With
purpose-built tools, you’ll be able to create organized template files that
maximize your day-to-day design execution.
Join Ben Elmore, Freeman project manager, for a webinar on how you can calculate with confidence using Braceworks, Vectorworks’ entertainment rigging analysis module.
Elmore will lead an in-depth comparison of calculation methods in Braceworks vs more traditional methods.
Layout rooms and rack planning updates in Vectorworks 2024 open new planning and design possibilities for your A/V workflows.
This webinar, hosted by Jesse Cogdell, European entertainment product specialist, will explore how your new workflow will function, and how you can leverage the latest features in ConnectCAD in Vectorworks 2024.
With nearly a decade of experience in production and 15 years in IT and networking, Geoff Franklin brings a unique blend of skills to his work for Church of the Highlands. In this webinar, discover how Franklin uses structured Vectorworks Spotlight files to create memorable moments that enrich the worship experience.
With TV and film credits including Arrested Development, X-Men: First Class, and Field of Dreams, it’s safe to say that Dawn Snyder, the Art Director’s Guild IASTE 800 director of education, has a wealth of information to share.
Join Snyder, and set designers Arthur Chadwick, Kyle Courter, Marco Miehe, Shelley Wallace, and Tom Wagman for a comprehensive conversation about how Vectorworks Spotlight is used in TV and film art departments to bring productions from script to screen.
Projectors in Vision will now function with the familiar lighting algorithm found in Spotlight, allowing them to cast realistic shadows. You'll be able to control color temperature, check projector positioning, focus, and keystoning in advance, enabling a more accurate previsualization workflow when combining lighting and media projectors.
Gone are the days of relying on third-party applications and printed paperwork to view project data. With the new Share Reports command, you'll be able to upload design data to Vectorworks Cloud Services as a configurable worksheet so it can be viewed in a web browser on any device to effortlessly keep your project partners and install team up to date.
Design faster with the new unified 3D Rack workflow. In the latest version, you'll be able to quickly design and edit equipment racks in 3D, which will automatically create the required 2D objects. You'll lessen your workload while still creating the views you need all through a more user-friendly interface.
Track your equipment more efficiently in Vectorworks with new Equipment Lists, a unified equipment and inventory tracking process. You'll be able to consolidate all Spotlight objects in a file into concise or highly detailed reports. You'll also be able to add virtual parts and non-drawn items to your report. You'll get precise and accurate reports of necessary equipment that can be easily distributed to clients and vendors alike.