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EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES

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VECTORWORKS 2016

EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES

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VECTORWORKS 2016

2016

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 workow 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 workow 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.

Cover: Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc.

Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann.

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EXPLORE THE

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, exible suite of resources

that encourages you to create and explore any form.

POSSIBILITIES

Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc.

Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann.

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STELLAR LIGHTING

Experience Spotlight’s renowned lighting design

capabilities. Quickly create light plots, automate paperwork,

and visualize your design in rendered 3D views. For high-

end 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.

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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 workow avenues across the entertainment industry

and giving you the ability to create any form imaginable.

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 Jim Woodward, Exhibit Logic, LLC Courtesy of Steve Shelley

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INNOVATIVE GRAPHICAL SCRIPTING

Graphical scripting will play a signicant role in the workows

of the future. These tools, when built into an intelligent

information modeling application, present designers with

unlimited opportunities to generate, dene, build, and

explore form and function throughout the design process.

Built directly into Vectorworks Spotlight, Marionette is the

rst 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 connes 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.

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ENHANCE YOUR

Vectorworks Spotlight gives you more resources than

ever to streamline and optimize your workows, freeing

you to achieve greater creative heights in your designs.

With project sharing capabilities, access to reliable cloud-

based storage solutions, improved communication and

visualization tools, and a responsive, industry-leading

development team, you’ll design smarter than ever before.

WORKFLOW

Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc.

Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann.

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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. Built-

in 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-dened, quick, and accurate way to assign

custom data to any object and create unique reports.

ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOW

Courtesy of PEDG LLC

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SEAMLESS INTEROPERABILITY

Get on the cutting edge of collaborative digital practices and

share your information uidly with Vectorworks software’s

numerous le 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) les. 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.*

Vectorworks Nomad is an exclusive benet for Vectorworks

Service Select members. Learn more at vectorworks.net/

service-select.

SIMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS FOR

COMPLEX DESIGNS

Delivering accurate information efciently 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.

ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOW

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DRAWING No.

K E Y

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DIRECTED BY

SCENERY DESIGNED BY

BARTLETT SHER

MICHAEL YEARGAN

OF 3

DONALD HOLDER

LIGHTING DESIGN, INC

17 West 20th Street

6th Floor

NYC, NY 10011

(212) 691-6694 phone

(212) 645-4989 fax

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.

2UNIT No.

TEMPLATE

CENTERLINE SECTION

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.

36 X 24

1CONTROL CONSOLE

CHANNEL No.

101 MOVING LIGHT FIXTURE

CONTOL No.

WYBRON RAM IT

COLOR SCROLLER

IRIS

SCHOENFELD THEATRE

NYC, NY

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COSTUMES BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

LIGHTING BY DONALD HOLDER

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR NEIL MAZZELLA

. . . . . . . .

PRODUCED BY

JEFFREY RICHARDS, STACY MINDICH

CATHERINE ZUBER

SCALE:

DATE:

REVISION :

DRAWN BY: MPJ

EXCEPT WHERE NOTED

1/2" = 1'-0"

13 FEB 2014

AS BUILT 3

PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN JAMES MALONEY

. . . . .

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REVISION ISSUE

REVISION ISSUE

AS BUILT ISSUE 02/19/14

Courtesy of Donald Holder Lighting Design, Inc.

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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 les. 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 breath-

taking results with a simple drag and drop. Improved

camera features allow you to manipulate the depth of eld,

apply vibrant back lighting, alter exposure, and generate

panoramic images, creating striking visualizations and

dynamic animations.

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.

Visit vectorworks.net/renderworks to learn more.

ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOW

Courtesy of Michael Helms

Courtesy of Kevin Lee Allen

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CAPTURE YOUR

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 nal experience.

INSPIRATION

Lighting design by Donald Holder Lighting Design, Inc.

Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus, featuring Kelli O’Hara.

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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

le formats. Capture a perfect, full-color representation of

any space to manipulate and measure it.

CAPTURE YOUR INSPIRATION

Lighting design by PEDG LLC. Photo courtesy of Meteor Tower.

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DEVELOP

The transition from virtual to actual presents distinct

challenges. Vectorworks Spotlight offers rst-class tools

and customizable workows 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.

YOUR DESIGN

Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc.

Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann.

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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.

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

DEVELOP YOUR DESIGN

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 Norman Heke and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Courtesy of Workshop e

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DYNAMIC LIGHTING DEVICES

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.

HORIZONTAL SECTIONS FROM THE CLIP CUBE

Explore your design oor by oor, 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.

DEVELOP YOUR DESIGN

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 nal 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 ll your dened stage space.

Lighting design by PEDG LLC. Photo courtesy of Meteor Tower.

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TRANSFORM

The reason you design is to create experiences that shape

our world. No matter what type of design, you’re creating

experiences. From the rst icker of inspiration to the

nished product, Vectorworks Spotlight is there to help you

transform the world.

THE WORLD

Lighting design by Nick Whitehouse, Illuminate Entertainment Inc.

Photo courtesy of Ralph Larmann.

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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 cross-

platform 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 nding creative

solutions. We provide powerful tools to help designers

ABOUT

capture ideas, nurture innovation, communicate

effectively, and realize their vision.

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.

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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 les 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

SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS

* 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 uid 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.

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