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
Learn about ConnectCAD, Vectorworks’ audio-visual design
software, and how it can elevate your AV design workflows.
Understand how to customize ConnectCAD
devices and equipment, build new devices using the database, and leverage
adapters for streamlined design flexibility.
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.
Discover a
practical workflow for using simple Spotlight cables to assign circuits,
estimate lengths, and manage paths without requiring a full cable path model.
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
Understand the design challenges and
problem-solving strategies in developing a Broadway lighting plot.
Explore how digital tools like Vectorworks,
BeamViz, and 3D visualization enhance pre-planning and collaboration.
Gain insights into executing and adjusting a
lighting design from concept through tech rehearsals.
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
Gain insights into the challenges and outcomes
of working with MVR files across different festival stage production teams
during the Sublime tour.
Learn practical drafting techniques in
Vectorworks that lead to a smoother and more effective MVR export process.
Learn how to use the MA3 Viz Key for efficient
offline workflows with MA3, enhancing production design capabilities.
Elevate Your Experience: What’s New in Vectorworks 2025
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.
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
Analyze gender representation in multiple
lighting disciplines.
Understand market and regulatory differences for
lighting designers in the industry.
Explore strategies for enhancing diversity
within the lighting industry.
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
Understand how to configure Showcase settings for
performance and visual quality.
Learn how Showcase can be added to existing workflows for
presentation and documentation.
Gain insight for movement and position planning in Showcase
with DMX transforms.
ConnectCAD Schematics and Rack Design in Vectorworks
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.
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
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.
Learn how to use saved views to navigate through
different design elements smoothly during client presentations.
Understand how to use template files to create
consistent branding across your drawings, presentations, and more.
Enhance Your Projects with VR - Vectorworks Odyssey Tool
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
How to add Vectorworks model to Odyssey app.
Understand how to use and benefit from Vectorworks Odyssey.
Sharing your model in Odyssey with anyone - regardless of whether they use Vectorworks.
Discover a real life use of Odyssey app in Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Sweet Charity case study.
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
Identify the various 3D modeling technologies and techniques in Vectorworks Fundamentals.
Recognize the extensive file import and export options available in Fundamentals including avenues to 3D printing and other fabrication.
Discuss the process of modeling your work and creating its associated 2D drawings.
Describe the range of rendering styles available to depict and present your project.
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
Discover all you can do by switching to Vectorworks from SketchUp.
Get hands-on tips for creating high-quality renders directly within Vectorworks.
See how to expedite your workflow using Vectorworks Resource Libraries.
Learn how Vectorworks helps you easily generate plans and elevations from your 3D model.
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
Understand the process of exporting 3D objects
from Vectorworks as USD files.
Master the techniques for importing USD files
into other programs.
Discover how to implement DMX control
integration for 3D objects.
