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.
Vectorworks & Bluebeam - Integration Using the Bluebeam Connection
This tutorial guides you through integrating Vectorworks with Bluebeam Cloud, enabling real-time collaboration on documents across all project phases. You'll learn how to create and manage Bluebeam sessions directly from Vectorworks, publish document sets to review, review and markup documents in real-time, and download markups back into Vectorworks. This video also covers converting markups into BCF issues for streamlined issue management, providing a seamless workflow for designers and collaborators.
All Industries
All Industries
5m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Understand the integration between Vectorworks and Bluebeam Cloud. Learners will be able to explain how to connect Vectorworks projects to Bluebeam Cloud, including signing into a Bluebeam account, creating review sessions, and inviting collaborators.
Apply collaboration tools in Bluebeam Cloud. Learners will be able to use Bluebeam Cloud tools to add markups, comments, and manage permissions in real-time collaboration sessions, ensuring efficient communication and organization.
Utilize markup and issue management features. Learners will be able to download markups from Bluebeam Cloud into Vectorworks, manage them as collaboration objects, and convert them into BCF issues for streamlined BIM collaboration workflows.
In Vectorworks 2025, users can configure multi-circuit cabling with new settings, including circuit numbering and naming. The twofer configuration allows for easy selection and assignment to connectors. Fixtures are positioned on a truss for better visibility, and a pass-through capability enables daisy chaining lights. The system supports various numbering schemes and displays cable run IDs, ensuring flexibility and clarity in connections.
Entertainment
Entertainment
7m
Advanced
Learning Objectives
Configure and manage multi-circuit cabling preferences: Participants will be able to set up and utilize cable preferences for multi-circuit cabling, including assigning cable IDs to twofers and customizing numbering schemes for efficient circuiting and cable management.
This Tips & Tricks video will demonstrate how to attach custom records to a lighting symbol and access it along side the other lighting parameters in the Object Info Palette
Entertainment
Entertainment
7m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Learn how to connect custom records to the lighting device parameters list
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.
Refine and customize your AI-generated images with advanced tools: inpainting for precise edits, image style transfer for custom colors and materials, and enhanced detail creation for professional-quality results. Streamlined workflows make creating textures, fills, and props effortless, while adjustable aspect ratios and selection-aware buttons save time and simplify integration into Vectorworks.
All Industries
All Industries
3m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
By the end of this video, viewers will be able to apply the advanced features of the Vectorworks AI Visualizer, including Style Transfer, Inpainting, and detail enhancement, to streamline their design workflow and create high-quality, presentation-ready visuals.
Discover the Nomad iOS app, featuring a sleek and intuitive interface. Access, review, and markup Vectorworks documents for collaboration on the go. Take advantage of Apple’s lidar-based Reality Capture for precise object scanning. Harness the convenient guest mode to easily share documents with your external collaborators or simply try out its capabilities.
All Industries
All Industries
5m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the latest updates to the Vectorworks iOS Nomad app, release with Vectorworks 2025 Update 4.
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.
Showcase is previz directly inside of Vectorworks and uses some new record formats in Vectorworks. A record format allows you to add data to drawing objects. Showcase uses the data inside the record format in conjunction with the DMX coming to it from a lighting board to manipulate drawing objects in exciting ways.
Entertainment
Entertainment
30m
Advanced
Learning Objectives
Explore how to configure Glow, DMX Transforms, and Local Video Mapping.
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.
