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.
Video
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.
This file introduces the power of Showcase to achieve real-time previsualization directly inside Vectorworks Spotlight, allowing you to test run the show, experiment, and edit to your satisfaction.
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.
Video
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.
Video
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.
Welcome to the how to create GDTF lighting device learning path.
This 6 chapter series introduces you to the process of creating GDTF lighting devices.
Each chapter covers a key step in the process and the relavent page of the GDTF builder.
Video
Entertainment
50m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Understand what resoruces are required to create a GDTF lighting device.
Learn how to model a light.
Define the spectral and photometric behavior for emitters and filters.
Configure gobo, color, and effect wheels.
Understand how to configure DMX mapping and attribute control.
Set up control macros and understand how to use the Summary page and builder error messages to test your fixture.
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.
Video
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.
Real-time previsualization is available directly inside Vectorworks to bring you intuitive, live control of lighting fixtures and the ability to test run your show without leaving the application. Explore countless lighting and scenic possibilities and then experiment, edit, and adjust to your satisfaction based on your previsualization.
Video
Entertainment
6m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about Showcase, the new real-time previsualization mode, released with Vectorworks Spotlight 2025.
Show, ghost, hide, or isolate specific objects with individual visibility control. Navigate to specific parts of your model by isolating objects and create custom drawings or viewports to clearly communicate your design intent. Apply object visibility directly within your design layer or save it to viewports and data visualizations. Find fast, flexible workflows, while also working harmoniously with Class and Layer visibilities.
Video
All Industries
3m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new Object Level Visibility feature, released with Vectorworks 2025.
Vectorworks Spotlight 2025 includes several user interface and workflow efficiency improvements. From Truss insertion and alignment improvements, to impproved light fixture snapping, automatic numbering, schematic view creation, and more.
Video
Entertainment
4m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about additional improvements released with Vectorworks Spotlight 2025.
Keep your files up to date with GDTF Mapping, giving you accurate fixture information to avoid errors. Map GDTF files to fixtures with direct access to GDTF-Share to download and import the files in one action from within Vectorworks. Automatically update all GDTF profiles with one command and store assigned GDTFs within their lighting devices.
Video
Entertainment
2m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new GDTF File Mapping feature, released with Vectorworks Spotlight 2025.
