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.
Text and Video
Entertainment
8h
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Understand and utilize truss, pipes, and ladders in your rigging designs.
Efficiently connect various loads to the rigging structure.
Integrate and configure hoists within your rigging system.
Design and implement bridles for complex rigging configurations.
Utilize worksheets and data for rigging management and documentation.
Incorporate Braceworks to perform accurate load calculations and analysis.
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.
Video
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.
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.
Video
Entertainment
32m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Discover
how to efficiently and effectively create light plots in Vectorworks Spotlight,
starting with little more than a PDF of the venue.
Learn
how to effectively light venues with minimal fixtures.
Observe
how Dresbach used Vectorworks Spotlight to light Theremin Vignettes and Not
Eye, Us in non-traditional settings.
Streamline Your Sound Design with Vectorworks & L-Acoustics
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.
Video
Entertainment
30m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Explore how L-Acoustics and Vectorworks’
integration fosters connectivity between audiences, artists, and creative
teams through real-world examples.
Discover tools and solutions that
simplify the creation process for show designers, allowing for greater
focus on artistic innovation.
Understand the importance of integrated
design technology in the entertainment industry and how a direct export to
Soundvision from Vectorworks Spotlight improves industry standards and
practices.
Learn practical steps and tips for
exporting Vectorworks drawings to Soundvision, including adjustments and
utilizing the L-Acoustics plugin for accurate sound design.
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.
Text
Entertainment
30m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Lean how to create a cable path system.
Explore different ways of adding cabling.
Understand how to create riser diagrams and other cable related documentation.
Combine the strength of Vectorworks with the speed of AI image generation powered by Stable Diffusion. Directly available within the Vectorworks interface, this experimental feature uses Vectorworks Cloud Services for a zero-install, uninterrupted workflow to quickly ideate illustrative concepts or create refined images using your Vectorworks models at any stage of design.
Video
All Industries
5m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Explore the new AI Visualizer released with Vectorworks 2024 Update 4.
Explore your designs with Vectorworks Odyssey, a virtual reality viewer app created for Meta Quest 2 headsets and beyond. Experience models in immersive VR with bird's-eye view and walkthrough modes. Gain better context for quick and thorough feedback, including cycling through design options with access to design layer visibilities.
Video
All Industries
3m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Explore the new Vectorworks Odyssey viewer for Meta Quest 2 headsets, released with Vectorworks 2024 Update 4.
In this course, we'll learn how to connect an external database to the records in our drawing. Using SQLite as a database source, we'll quickly fill our records with data without having to manually retype anything.
Video
All Industries
15m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Explore the Database commands and tools.
Connect an external SQL database to our existing records.
Transfer our data back and forth between our model and the external database.
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.
Video
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.
Enhance your workflow with a better way to create custom graphic legends. It’s now easier to align, scale, and alter the dimension of images as well as customize dynamic text. You’ll also be able to preview changes in sorting and class visibility.
Video
All Industries
3m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the improvements to Graphic Legends in Vectorworks 2024.
Experience more freedom when transforming your models. The new 3D Dragger will always appear in front of the selected objects for easy access, and contextual handles for translation, rotation, and scale provide comprehensive and intuitive ways to transform selected objects without disruptions. Additional modes like snap-free, planar, and auxiliary rotation options give you the control you need to make your modeling process smoother.
Video
All Industries
2m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new interactive 3D Dragger in Vectorworks 2024.
Experience better connectivity to external project data stored in Excel files. With the new Microsoft Excel referencing capabilities, you'll be able to create a new reference in Vectorworks, meaning you can opt for automatic updates to referenced files. Additionally, you can make changes in Vectorworks and push the data back to Excel.
Video
All Industries
2m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the Excel referencing capabilities in Vectorworks 2024.
