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EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES VECTORWORKS 2016 2016 1 Cover: Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc. Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann. EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES IT’S ALL ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE Designers respond to the world differently. So do we. That’s why Vectorworks® software is a response to the way you design. It feels like you think, supporting the creative process instead of replacing it, and enabling great design to materialize from inspiration, exploration, and discovery. Creative design is in our DNA, so we place a heavy emphasis on the freedom of artistic expression through the development and documentation of each project. Intuitive programming and workflow features make our products a natural extension of the design process, providing the tools to take you from concept to unmatched experience seamlessly. Start your workflow transformation with Vectorworks Spotlight, the industry-leading design software in the entertainment business. From the beginning, Vectorworks Spotlight has provided 2D drafting and 3D modeling, realistic rendering, and integrated database worksheets. Today, we continue to empower lighting, scenic, and event designers to work the way you want, and facilitate improvisation and creativity. There’s so much more to explore. Take a look and see what you can do with Vectorworks Spotlight. VECTORWORKS 2016 EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES Exploration is essential for the evolution of design. Vectorworks Spotlight allows you to bring your design ideas into the virtual world to investigate and discover. With Spotlight, you have an intuitive, flexible suite of resources that encourages you to create and explore any form. Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc. Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann. 3 EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES VECTORWORKS 2016 STELLAR LIGHTING Experience Spotlight’s renowned lighting design capabilities. Quickly create light plots, automate paperwork, and visualize your design in rendered 3D views. For highend previsualization, use our simple export command to take your lighting plot and model information directly to ESP Vision to cue and program your show. Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc. Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann. 4 EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES VECTORWORKS 2016 CREATIVE MODELING SOLUTIONS SUBDIVISION SURFACES Easily create multi-dimensional scenery and forced perspective by pushing, pulling, and molding your model with subdivision modeling. This technique, based on Pixar Animation Studios’ OpenSubdiv library, gives designers the ability to transform rigid lines and primitive shapes likes spheres and cubes into smooth, malleable surfaces, opening new workflow avenues across the entertainment industry and giving you the ability to create any form imaginable. Courtesy of Jim Woodward, Exhibit Logic, LLC FREE-FORM MANIPULATION With our intuitive interface, you can design from any 3D view using modes in modeling tools that automatically infer working planes as you move your cursor, and enjoy the superior quality that enables you to manipulate your model with ease. More accurate object information and better snapping make drawing in 3D easy. The SmartCursor™ helps by showing hints, like the angle from the previous segment, as you draw, and our patent-pending X-ray Select technology lets you see through models to select, move, and modify hidden objects with precision and ease. Plus, an advanced suite of solids and NURBS surface tools lets you create any shape and easily explore organic geometry. Push, pull, blend, twist, sculpt, deform, bulge, taper, or punch holes. Courtesy of Steve Shelley 5 EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES VECTORWORKS 2016 INNOVATIVE GRAPHICAL SCRIPTING Graphical scripting will play a significant role in the workflows of the future. These tools, when built into an intelligent information modeling application, present designers with unlimited opportunities to generate, define, build, and explore form and function throughout the design process. Built directly into Vectorworks Spotlight, Marionette is the first and only cross-platform graphical scripting tool for the AEC, entertainment, and landscape design industries. This Python®-based scripting tool operates within the Vectorworks platform, delivering a robust and scalable way to program well beyond the confines of traditional design software. When you use Marionette, you can create visual scripts that take advantage of the superior 2D interface and robust 3D modeling capabilities that Vectorworks software offers. Usher in a new world of discovery: systemize random effects to create elaborate, constructible, scenic backgrounds; generate organic shapes from truss; explore solutions to complex design challenges; and much more. Courtesy of Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc. 6 VECTORWORKS 2016 ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOW Vectorworks Spotlight gives you more resources than ever to streamline and optimize your workflows, freeing you to achieve greater creative heights in your designs. With project sharing capabilities, access to reliable cloudbased storage solutions, improved communication and visualization tools, and a responsive, industry-leading development team, you’ll design smarter than ever before. Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc. Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann. 7 ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOW VECTORWORKS 2016 EFFECTIVE PROJECT COMMUNICATION Spotlight’s collaborative tools allow you to focus on your individual strengths by giving all contributors the ability to work concurrently on the same design. Whether you work in 2D, 3D, or a combination thereof, Spotlight’s Project Sharing capabilities enhance your team’s ability to work cohesively and produce incredible results across the design process. EXTENSIVE AUTOMATED PAPERWORK AND DATABASE SUPPORT Stop manually counting items in your drawings. Automatic data tracking does the tedious work for you. Builtin paperwork functions help you to quickly generate customized reports like schedules, inventory or rental lists, and channel and dimmer hookups, as well as magic sheets, color cut lists, and instrument summaries. Take advantage of the two-way link between database worksheets and objects, and gain the power to change object parameters directly from the worksheet. The application goes further than automated schedules and materials take-offs. It provides a user-defined, quick, and accurate way to assign custom data to any object and create unique reports. Courtesy of PEDG LLC 8 ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOW DAY SKY DROP BOUNCE BACK WALL 27'-9" BLACK SCRIM 26'-3" STARDROP #6 ELECTRIC to Venue Deck +33'-1" 24'-9" 21'-0" 23'-0" #4 LEGS TELEPHONE POLE #5 ELECTRIC to Venue Deck +27'-4" 19'-11" 20'-3" 23'-5" #4 HEADER 18'-5" 2016 KEY 25'-7" USL HOUSE EAVE 17'-0" +28'-5" US BRIDGE #4 ELECTRIC 13'-11" #3 PORTAL 15'-8" STATE FAIR SIGN 13'-1" +27'-0" #3 ELECTRIC 12'-5" #2 PORTAL 7'-1" MS BRIDGE #2 ELECTRIC 5'-9" 9'-3" DS BRIDGE 4'-9" 10'-9" +26'-0" DSR HOUSE EAVE 3'-9" +23'-6" #1 ELECTRIC 2'-1" TRIM HEIGHT DESCRIPTION SMOKE POCKET SHOW PORTAL LINE SET SCHEDULE 0'-0" 0'-5" SHADED BOXES INDICATE ELECTRIC POSITIONS & ELECTRIFIED HANGING PIECES DISTANCE US FROM 0'-0" SCHOENFELD THEATRE NYC ALL OVERHEAD TRIMS FROM BOTTOM PIPE/TRUSS CHORD TO SHOW DECK REFER TO MOST CURRENT SCENIC DRAWING FOR EXACT LINE SET POSITIONS & NUMBERING ALLOW +/- 3'-0" TRIM FLEXABILITY FOR FINAL TRIM. FINAL TRIM TO BE SET BY LD DURING FOCUS VECTORWORKS ETC SOURCE 4 10° 750w SEAMLESS INTEROPERABILITY ETC SOURCE 4 14° 750w ETC SOURCE 4 19° 750w ETC SOURCE 4 26° 750w ETC SOURCE 4 36° 750w ETC SOURCE 4 50° 750w ETC SOURCE 4 PAR NSP 750w AC LIGHTING COLOR FORCE RGBA WITH 60° 'BORDER' SPREAD LENS 48 CHANNEL MODE SEE UNIT CALL-OUT FOR SIZE TYPE CT AUTOYOKE ETC SOURCE 4 10° 750w w/AUTO IRIS, AUTOFOCUS & 7.5" SCROLLER 50'-0" Get on the cutting edge of collaborative digital practices and share your information fluidly with Vectorworks software’s numerous file translators. Exchange lighting data with ESP Vision, Lightwright®, grandMA, and connectCAD. Import concept models from SketchUp®, and access thousands of models from the Trimble® 3D Warehouse and many other content sources that support OBJ, STL, 3DS, SKP, and more. Import, export, or directly reference AutoCAD® 2016 (and earlier) files. Publish drawing sets as multiple page PDFs, DWFs, or DXF/DWGs. Export 3D models to 3D PDF, IFC, DXF, C4D, Rhinoceros, Google Earth®, and Vectorworks Nomad.* AS INCLUDE R132 IN FRAME HOLDER AS VARI*LITE VL1000 AS 45'-0" USL HOUSE EAVE VARI*LITE 3500Q PROFILE 1200w WASH VARI*LITE 3500Q WASH WITH TOPHAT 1200w DSR HOUSE EAVE 40'-0" STAR DROP NIGHT TRIM: 32'-0" 4 AUDIO DELAY TRUSS 6 BOUNCE TRANSLUCENCY DAY SKY DROP 35'-0" FOH TRUSS MS BRIDGE MINI 10 WORK LIGHT CONTROL CONSOLE CHANNEL No. BLACK SCRIM US BRIDGE TEMPLATE IRIS 2 #1 BOOM SR #3 PORTAL UNIT No. 25'-0" WYBRON RAM IT COLOR SCROLLER SHADED UNIT NO SHOW USAGE #2 PORTAL 1 20'-0" DONALD HOLDER LIGHTING DESIGN, INC 17 West 20th Street 6th Floor NYC, NY 10011 (212) 691-6694 phone (212) 645-4989 fax #4 LADDER SR #3 LADDER SR #2 LADDER SR 15'-0" HF Meyer UPM-1 #1 LADDER SR NEAR BOX BOOM SR SCENIC CLEAR 12' SCENIC CLEAR BALCONY RAIL L.D. 445 This drawing and all related paperwork, design concepts, and the resultant lighting design are the property of Donald Holder. Any attempt to use, reproduce, or otherwise alter these materials without the consent of Donald Holder is expressly forbidden. S AS BUILT ISSUE 02/19/14 R REVISION ISSUE 01/21/14 Q REVISION ISSUE 01/15/14 P FOCUS DAY 3 REVISIONS 01/02/14 O FOCUS DAY 1 REVISIONS 12/29/13 N REVISED CHANNELING 12/23/13 M REVISED BRIDGE PLACEMENT 12/13/13 REV REVISION DATE Meyer UPM-1 PRODUCED BY JEFFREY RICHARDS, STACY MINDICH HF #2 PORTAL MOUNT SR TREE DIRECTED BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARTLETT SHER SCENERY DESIGNED BY . . . . . . . MICHAEL YEARGAN COSTUMES BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CATHERINE ZUBER . LIGHTING BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DONALD HOLDER PAY PHONE SIMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLEX DESIGNS #1 PORTAL MOUNT SR PROSC BOOM SR 10'-0" 13'-6" SHOW PORTAL MOUNT SR 14'-0" THIS DRAWING REPRESENTS VISUAL CONCEPTS AND CONTRUCTION SUGGESTIONS ONLY. IT DOES NOT REPLACE THE KNOWLEDGE AND ADVICE OF A LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. THE DESIGNER IS UNQUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE STRUCTURAL APPROPRIATENESS OF THIS DESIGN AND WILL NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPROPER ENGINEERING OR USE. AS SHOW PORTAL Vectorworks Nomad is an exclusive benefit for Vectorworks Service Select members. Learn more at vectorworks.net/ service-select. FAR BOX BOOM SR 500w CONSOLE CONTROL MOVING LIGHT FIXTURE CONTOL No. 101 1 #4 HEADER DS BRIDGE 2 1 300w STAGE MANAGEMENT CONTROL WK 5 STATE FAIR SIGN 3 MINI 10 WORK LIGHT WK 30'-0" AUDIO TRUSS AS 5'-0" PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR . . . . . . . . NEIL MAZZELLA PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN . . . . . JAMES MALONEY S R Q P N G F E D C B A #2 BOOM SR H AA GROUNDROW #2 J GROUNDROW #1 K SCENIC GROUNDROW M L logo TELEPHONE POLE O 0'-4 1/2" SHOW DECK SCHOENFELD THEATRE NYC, NY VENUE DECK SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0" 13 FEB 2014 DRAWN BY: MPJ 55'-0" 50'-0" 45'-0" 40'-0" 35'-0" 30'-0" 25'-0" 20'-0" 15'-0" 10'-0" 5'-0" SMOKE POCKET 5'-0" 10'-0" 15'-0" 20'-0" 25'-0" DRAWING No. EXCEPT WHERE NOTED DATE: REVISION : AS BUILT Delivering accurate information efficiently while remaining true to a designer’s vision is the pivotal point of any artistic enterprise. As with all design tools, the fundamental purpose of software is to support and strengthen inspiration. With Spotlight, you can move easily between tasks from design concepts to construction documentation and every phase in between. Create, model, present, and develop your designs easily and precisely with one application. The program boasts a comprehensive set of design development tools to support your entire practice. 575w WITH R3409 COLOR CORRECT 3 OF 3 CENTERLINE SECTION 36 X 24 Courtesy of Donald Holder Lighting Design, Inc. 9 ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOW VECTORWORKS 2016 RENDERWORKS Powered by MAXON’s CINEMA 4D® render engine, Renderworks® is an industry-leading rendering application that produces amazing, high-quality renderings directly inside your Vectorworks design files. With new full-screen preview, as well as auto-start and quick-cancel features, our latest release streamlines the production of clear and accurate renderings. Available as an add-on to the Vectorworks line of software products, Renderworks makes it simple to achieve breathtaking results with a simple drag and drop. Improved camera features allow you to manipulate the depth of field, apply vibrant back lighting, alter exposure, and generate panoramic images, creating striking visualizations and dynamic animations. Courtesy of Michael Helms Further improvements that add new dimensions to your designs include: • Caustics Capabilities — Refracts light through translucent surfaces like crystal and water • Ambient Occlusion — Adds depth to your designs with more realistic shadowing • New Grass Shader — Makes it simple to render realistic scenes with grass, carpeting, or hair No matter what your visualization needs are, Renderworks gives you the power to deliver. Courtesy of Kevin Lee Allen Visit vectorworks.net/renderworks to learn more. 10 VECTORWORKS 2016 CAPTURE YOUR INSPIRATION Vectorworks Spotlight allows you to channel your inspiration beyond exploration and into unmatched designs. You’ll keep your creative edge with the support from the industry’s most powerful partner in the journey from simple sketch to final experience. Lighting design by Donald Holder Lighting Design, Inc. Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus, featuring Kelli O’Hara. 11 CAPTURE YOUR INSPIRATION VECTORWORKS 2016 POINT CLOUD SUPPORT Field surveys and other manual methods used to capture existing spaces can now be replaced with Point Cloud Support. Using your preferred 3D scanning device, you can scan a physical location and import a 3D point cloud object to Vectorworks Spotlight using PTS, E57, LAS, and XYZ file formats. Capture a perfect, full-color representation of any space to manipulate and measure it. Lighting design by PEDG LLC. Photo courtesy of Meteor Tower. 12 VECTORWORKS 2016 DEVELOP YOUR DESIGN The transition from virtual to actual presents distinct challenges. Vectorworks Spotlight offers first-class tools and customizable workflows to go beyond exploration and into development. The pragmatic issues of materiality, fabrication details, structure, and constructability come into play as your concepts mature into concrete solutions. Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc. Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann. 13 DEVELOP YOUR DESIGN VECTORWORKS 2016 TAILORED FOR YOUR SUCCESS Work in tandem with the application. Spotlight is designed to work the way you think. In addition to designing with lines, arcs, and circles, you can design with lighting devices, stage platforms, video screens, speakers, soft goods, trusses, focus points, walls, doors, windows, roofs, and slabs. The building and entertainment objects are easy to edit and display in both 2D and 3D views. SUPERIOR 2D DOCUMENTATION Produce high-quality documentation with ease. In addition to a suite of precision drafting tools, Spotlight gives you access to extensive libraries of lighting instruments, accessories, scenic elements, architectural objects, audio objects, video objects, machine parts, and furniture from leading manufacturers. Just drag and drop them into your projects. Courtesy of Norman Heke and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ENTICING EXHIBITS, PRODUCTIONS, AND EVENTS Make it an event to remember. Easily import venues from facilities managers and hospitality staff, or build them using Spotlight’s easy-to-use tools and pre-drawn resources. With the cutting-edge event-planning suite, you can quickly create rooms, stages, steps, lecterns, video screens, and seating. Plus, you can produce standard views to show to your client and generate reports for the total number of tables and chairs in your room. Courtesy of Workshop e 14 DEVELOP YOUR DESIGN VECTORWORKS DYNAMIC LIGHTING DEVICES HORIZONTAL SECTIONS FROM THE CLIP CUBE Streamline the virtual-to-built process with object improvements, including the ability to automate how your lighting devices respond to changing focus points in the design, placement of curved trusses by diameter, and improved control over the threshold and slope settings in your photometric objects. Explore your design floor by floor, space by space, and section by section with horizontal sections from the clip cube. Use this command to isolate horizontal segments of your models to create conceptual, diagrammatic views, giving clients a deeper understanding of your design throughout the development process. 2016 HOIST TOOLS For entertainment industry designers, the hoist tool gives you the ability to design and document overhead stage rigging equipment for greater levels of detail. STAGE IMPROVEMENTS Produce more accurate rental orders and make final stage assembly easier with Vectorworks Spotlight’s improved Create Stage command, which supports the placement of multiple, standard-sized stage deck and stage plug objects to fill your defined stage space. Lighting design by PEDG LLC. Photo courtesy of Meteor Tower. 15 VECTORWORKS 2016 TRANSFORM THE WORLD The reason you design is to create experiences that shape our world. No matter what type of design, you’re creating experiences. From the first flicker of inspiration to the finished product, Vectorworks Spotlight is there to help you transform the world. Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc. Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann. 16 VECTORWORKS 2016 ABOUT VECTORWORKS Vectorworks cares about design. Since 1985, we have served the architecture, landscape, and entertainment industries, drawing inspiration from the world around us and encouraging the more than half a million designers who use our software to create experiences that transform the world. Our commitment to develop the world’s best crossplatform CAD and BIM software has taught us a simple truth: great design begins with the inspiration of the designer. Vectorworks supports that inspiration by guiding the exploration of discovery and finding creative solutions. We provide powerful tools to help designers capture ideas, nurture innovation, effectively, and realize their vision. communicate We serve those who desire to create experiences that are memorable and build things that truly matter. We recognize that great design is about revealing opportunities that explore the unexpected while fully satisfying the demands of an increasingly complex world. We acknowledge the value of a designer’s dream and strive to facilitate the creation of something that’s truly appreciated and uniquely positioned to express the best in the built environment. 17 VECTORWORKS 2016 SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS Mac OS X 10.9 or later operating system Windows 7 SP 1 (64-bit) Windows 8 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 10 (64-bit) 64-bit Intel Core i5 (or AMD equivalent) or better RAM 4GB minimum, 8GB highly recommended 8GB — 16GB recommended for large files and complex renderings Graphics* A dedicated graphics card is highly recommended. Open GL 2.1 compatible graphics card VRAM: 1GB, 2GB-4GB (recommended) Screen Resolution 1440x900 minimum 1920x1080 or higher recommended * Like past releases, Vectorworks 2016 added improvements that place still higher demands on graphic hardware. The performance and quality of the graphics provided by the Vectorworks Graphics Module depend directly on the speed, memory, and supported extensions of the graphics card. These new features have the potential to provide a very fast and fluid experience if used on capable hardware, or a noticeably slower experience if used on older or incompatible hardware. Graphic cards should support at a minimum OpenGL version 2.1; cards not meeting this recommendation will have limited functionality and poor performance, particularly when rendering in OpenGL mode. In general, the more powerful your video card is, the better your Vectorworks experience will be. For the most current and updated technical information, please visit our Knowledgebase at kbase.vectorworks.net. See vectorworks.net/sysreq/ for updated information. 18 EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES VECTORWORKS 2016 Vectorworks, Inc. 7150 Riverwood Drive, Columbia, MD 21046-1295 USA vectorworks.net T 410.290.5114 ©2015 Vectorworks, Inc. All rights reserved. Vectorworks and Renderworks are registered trademarks of Vectorworks, Inc. 19