• Project Name: Cable Planning

  • Location: Virtual

  • Units: Metric

  • Vectorworks Version: 2024


One of the classic show planning scenarios that is encountered daily in the event industry is providing the local lighting for a touring band. Typically, the bands rider will spec a 2 or 3 truss line system with lights and possibly a small floor packet.

This sample project is designed to show how the Spotlight cable tools suite can be used to plan the cabling and distribution for this sort of day-to-day job. Since this is a focused project, it doesn't include planning rigging or audio, beyond a basic truss count.

The sheet layers provide a sample of how the documentation for the on-site crew can be prepared and the saved views enable you to look at how the different elements of the file have been drawn and planned.


Cable Planning Project