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Streamline AV Design with ConnectCAD

Beginner
59m

Streamline AV Design with ConnectCAD

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Built on Vectorworks Spotlight, ConnectCAD streamlines your AV design with easy-to-read schematics, rack layouts, live error-checking, and detailed reports.

Join Matt Artigues, Vectorworks entertainment industry specialist, on March 26 to discover the answers to ConnectCAD’s most frequently asked questions. You’ll also learn how ConnectCAD’s customizable templates, hybrid 2D/3D environment, and ability to create a custom device library make collaboration seamless and ensure precision at every stage of your project.

Entertainment
Entertainment
59m
Beginner

Learning Objectives

  1. Learn about ConnectCAD, Vectorworks’ audio-visual design software, and how it can elevate your AV design workflows.
  2. Understand how to customize ConnectCAD devices and equipment, build new devices using the database, and leverage adapters for streamlined design flexibility.
  3. Explore advanced connection workflows, including multi-mode Connect tool usage, managing connections between layers, and using tools like Reshape and ReRoute to refine circuit layouts efficiently.
  4. Discover a practical workflow for using simple Spotlight cables to assign circuits, estimate lengths, and manage paths without requiring a full cable path model.

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Developing Light Plots for Broadway

Intermediate
45m

Developing Light Plots for Broadway

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Join lighting designer Joshua Benghiat as he takes you behind the scenes of the Broadway production of Our Town at the Barrymore Theatre, directed by Kenny Leon and lit by Allen Lee Hughes.

Benghiat, associate lighting designer for the production, will share his process for designing and executing a complex lighting plan, balancing the team’s artistic vision with technical precision. Learn how he tackled unique design challenges — such as hanging lanterns, unconventional audience seating, and limited fixture placement — while leveraging digital tools like Vectorworks and BeamViz for visualization and pre-planning.

This session will highlight the role of 3D modeling, visualization, and data visualization in streamlining the lighting workflow, offering valuable insights for designers at all levels.

Entertainment
Entertainment
45m
Intermediate

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the design challenges and problem-solving strategies in developing a Broadway lighting plot.
  2. Explore how digital tools like Vectorworks, BeamViz, and 3D visualization enhance pre-planning and collaboration.
  3. Gain insights into executing and adjusting a lighting design from concept through tech rehearsals.

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A Sublime Application of MVR

Intermediate
15m

A Sublime Application of MVR

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Unlock the full potential of MVR (My Virtual Rig).

Join A.J. Pen, CEO and designer at Penlight, and witness a real-world application of the designer’s use of MVR files for Sublime’s 2024 summer tour — from collaborating on festival stages to exporting to MA3 using MVR.

Pen will also provide tips for drafting in Vectorworks, sharing how a more refined process can lead to a more successful MVR export.

Entertainment
Entertainment
15m
Intermediate

Learning Objectives

  1. Gain insights into the challenges and outcomes of working with MVR files across different festival stage production teams during the Sublime tour.
  2. Learn practical drafting techniques in Vectorworks that lead to a smoother and more effective MVR export process.
  3. Learn how to use the MA3 Viz Key for efficient offline workflows with MA3, enhancing production design capabilities.

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Elevate Your Experience: What’s New in Vectorworks 2025

Beginner
1h 6m

Elevate Your Experience: What’s New in Vectorworks 2025

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Explore the latest updates in Vectorworks 2025 designed to boost design efficiency, streamline 3D modelling, and enhance collaboration presented by Jonathan Reeves, an architect, author, and Vectorworks expert. Through real-world project examples, you'll discover how these new features can transform your workflow. Key highlights include Object Visibility, Two Point Perspective, Revit & DWG Collaboration, Room Finishes, and AI Visualisation updates. Reeves will also dive into exciting enhancements in Vectorworks Cloud and much more. Plus, he’ll share extra tips and tricks.

All Industries
All Industries
1h 6m
Beginner

Learning Objectives

  1. Object Visibility
  2. Two Point Perspective
  3. On-Screen View Control
  4. Revit and DWG Collaboration
  5. Room Finishes
  6. Survey Points
  7. Cloud Updates & New Features
  8. AI Visualizer Updates

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Illuminating Women in Entertainment Lighting

Beginner
59m

Illuminating Women in Entertainment Lighting

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Join us for a data-driven exploration of how female lighting professionals fare in theater, concerts, film, broadcast, or any other discipline in the traditionally male-dominated industry.

In this webinar, Amy D Lux, founder and principal designer at LoboLux Design, Women in Lighting and Design board member, will navigate data across various facets of the lighting field. Drawing on statistics from the past decade and her own experiences, the talented designer will illuminate the similarities and differences facing men and women in the industry.

Entertainment
Entertainment
59m
Beginner

Learning Objectives

  1. Analyze gender representation in multiple lighting disciplines.
  2. Understand market and regulatory differences for lighting designers in the industry.
  3. Explore strategies for enhancing diversity within the lighting industry.

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Showcase: Discover Preproduction Efficiencies

Beginner
41m

Showcase: Discover Preproduction Efficiencies

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Did you know you can elevate your design and preproduction process with Vectorworks Spotlight?

A brand-new feature in Vectorworks Spotlight, Showcase, brings powerful tools like a DMX recorder with playback controls and a timeline that allows you to choose where in the DMX recording you want to go, expanding your options for documenting and presenting your entertainment designs. With Showcase, you can explore blocking and positioning concepts, experiment with live video feeds, and integrate dynamic elements directly within Vectorworks.

Join entertainment product specialist Jesse Cogdell for this webinar to see how Showcase can enhance your workflows. He’ll guide you through its key settings, demonstrate camera setups, explore video textures, and showcase DMX transforms — all through practical examples you can incorporate into your projects.

Entertainment
Entertainment
41m
Beginner

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand how to configure Showcase settings for performance and visual quality.
  2. Learn how Showcase can be added to existing workflows for presentation and documentation.
  3. Gain insight for movement and position planning in Showcase with DMX transforms.
  4. Witness video planning using Showcase.

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ConnectCAD Schematics and Rack Design in Vectorworks

Beginner
29m

ConnectCAD Schematics and Rack Design in Vectorworks

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Join Vectorworks solutions specialist Tom White as he explores the powerful features of ConnectCAD 2025! Learn how to create detailed 2D schematics and design intricate 3D racks with ease. Discover how ConnectCAD can automate your workflow, providing real-time feedback and instantly highlighting issues and inconsistencies.

Entertainment
Entertainment
29m
Beginner

Learning Objectives

  1. ConnectCAD 2025 features 
  2. Create detailed 2D schematics 
  3. Design 3D racks 
  4. Workflow automation 

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Captivating Client Presentations with Vectorworks

Beginner
1h 1m

Captivating Client Presentations with Vectorworks

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When you put on a live event, you’re helping tell a story.

But did you know you can also tell a story with your client presentations?

In this webinar, Corey Verdusco, chief “Cre8ive” director at Cre8ion Group, will guide you through best practices for delivering visually stunning and highly professional presentations using Vectorworks. With cutting-edge features like real-time rendering and seamless navigation, there’s always a new story to tell.

Entertainment
Entertainment
1h 1m
Beginner

Learning Objectives

  1. Discover how to utilize Shaded render mode in Vectorworks to present designs to clients in real time and make live design changes during meetings to address client feedback.
  2. Learn how to use saved views to navigate through different design elements smoothly during client presentations.
  3. Understand how to use template files to create consistent branding across your drawings, presentations, and more.

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Enhance Your Projects with VR - Vectorworks Odyssey Tool

Intermediate
46m

Enhance Your Projects with VR - Vectorworks Odyssey Tool

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Join Jazz Hutsby, lighting designer and technician, for an in depth walkthrough of our new Vectorworks Odyssey app for VR headset. He’ll showcase how the app works and give a glimpse of how Odyssey was used in Royal Conservatoire of Scotland production of Sweet Charity. 

Entertainment
Entertainment
46m
Intermediate

Learning Objectives

  1. How to add Vectorworks model to Odyssey app.
  2. Understand how to use and benefit from Vectorworks Odyssey.
  3. Sharing your model in Odyssey with anyone - regardless of whether they use Vectorworks.
  4. Discover a real life use of Odyssey app in Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Sweet Charity case study.

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All Industries

3D MODELING SHOWCASE IN VECTORWORKS FUNDAMENTALS

Beginner
40m

3D MODELING SHOWCASE IN VECTORWORKS FUNDAMENTALS

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Join us to see how four Vectorworks 3D modeling experts create their projects in Vectorworks Fundamentals. They’ll showcase some of the many versatile tools and workflows of the software to design and showcase their projects.

Come see the power of solid, subdivision, and NURBS modeling, surface arrays, rendering and lighting techniques, and much more.

All Industries
All Industries
40m
Beginner

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify the various 3D modeling technologies and techniques in Vectorworks Fundamentals.
  2. Recognize the extensive file import and export options available in Fundamentals including avenues to 3D printing and other fabrication.
  3. Discuss the process of modeling your work and creating its associated 2D drawings.
  4. Describe the range of rendering styles available to depict and present your project.

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Entertainment

Switching to Vectorworks for Set Design

Beginner
48m

Switching to Vectorworks for Set Design

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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.

Entertainment
Entertainment
48m
Beginner

Learning Objectives

  1. Discover all you can do by switching to Vectorworks from SketchUp.
  2. Get hands-on tips for creating high-quality renders directly within Vectorworks.
  3. See how to expedite your workflow using Vectorworks Resource Libraries.
  4. Learn how Vectorworks helps you easily generate plans and elevations from your 3D model.

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Entertainment

Vectorworks to Universal Scene Description

Intermediate
44m

Vectorworks to Universal Scene Description

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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.

Entertainment
Entertainment
44m
Intermediate

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the process of exporting 3D objects from Vectorworks as USD files.
  2. Master the techniques for importing USD files into other programs.
  3. Discover how to implement DMX control integration for 3D objects.

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