Vectorworks for Lighting Designers: Crafting Effective Light Plots

Vectorworks has been used by Broadway lighting designers for decades. Its tools and functionality make Spotlight the industry standard. In this 3-hour live online class, we’ll cover the basics of creating a light plot. During the design process, we’ll use Vectorworks Spotlight’s tools to correctly insert and focus lighting devices, allowing us to see an accurate representation of beams and angles. Putting on our electrician's hat, we’ll add channel and DMX addressing. By the end of the class, you will have a full set of production documents, including light plots and sections, equipment counts, instrument schedules and hookups, and even rendered images.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Insert and focus theatrical lights accurately in 3D space.

• Input and display lighting data, both on the plot and through instrument schedules.

• Create rendered images of lighting looks.