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iSquint LDI 2010 T-Shirt Phrase Contest
It has been a request by you guys for the longest time, an iSquint t-shirt. LDI 2010 will be the r Read more
Goodbye Nemetschek North American, Hello Nemetschek Vectorworks
“A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet.” I wish I could take credit for that line, Willy really had a way with words. The line holds true for the latest news from Nemetschek, the makers of Vectoworks. Nemetschek North America, Inc. has officially changed their name to Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.
What does [...]
Benghiat Lighting Introduces Source Four Savvy Section for Vectorworks
Joshua Benghiat has been hard at work again developing his latest Vectorworks Plugin, Source Four Savvy Section. You may remember Joshua’s other Vectorwork plugin, Beam Draw 3. With Source Four Savvy Section, Joshua has made it easy to tweak and adjust your lighting fixtures with in Vectorworks. You can adjust the light fixture to any [...]
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Vectorworks & Lightwright 5 Webinar Video Now Available
Back on May 18th, I wrote about a Vectorworks Spotlight and Lightwright webinar about how to exchange data between the two applications. The webinar happened back on May 25, yes, over a month away! Since I was at the Broadway Lighting Master Classes in New York, I was not able to get online [...]
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Landru Design Announces New Vectorwork Plug-in: Staging ToolSet
Landru Design out of Nashville, TN has just announced the release of their latest Vectorworks plug-in, Stageing ToolSet. The 3-piece collection of tools creates Hybrid (2D and 3D) models of stage sections and risers, irregularly-shaped stage pieces, and “stage-style” step units.
Model elements can be easily reconfigured through Vectorworks’® familiar Object Info Palette include dimensions (depth, [...]
Where is the Industry Heading: An Interview with Gregg Hillmar
This months column, Where is the Industry Heading is an interview with Gregg Hillmar. You may have heard my talking about Gregg recently with the release of his latest book, Light Plot Deconstructed, which is a tutorial guide for Vectorworks and developing a light plot with in the software. Gregg is also an accomplished lighting [...]
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New Vectorwork Spotlight Plugin – Beam Draw3
Joshua Benghiat Lighting Design announces the release of version 3 of the Beam DrawTM Plug-In package for VectorWorks SpotLight.®
Beam Draw is a lighting designer’s complete solution to pre-visualize how a light plot will focus. Beam Draw determines the position, field angle, and focus point for lighting instruments, allowing designers to walk into focus knowing they [...]
Light Plot Deconstructed Book Already in 2nd Edition
I just received a note that Gregg Hillmar’s book, Light Plot Deconstructed is going into it’s second edition! It was just announced yesterday, November 17 and released to the public.
This tutorial manual is based on Gregg Hillmar’s successful Vectorworks Spotlight demonstration and training courses. Mr . Hillmar provides a short, accessible, and easy to follow [...]
Field Template Releases SoftSymbols V3 For Vectoworks 2010
Seems like Steve Shelley has been quite the busy man lately. First he updates his book, A Practical Guide to Stage Light and releases his second edition. Now he releases his latest version of SoftSymbols Version 3 for uses with Vectoworks 2010.
SoftSymbols™ is a CAD-based theatrical lighting symbol package created in the VectorWorks® environment. Shelley [...]
Vectorworks 2010: First Service Pack Already Out
That’s right, just over a month after the release of Nemetschek’s latest version of Vectorworks, 2010, their first service pack (update) is available for download from their web site.
The update is for all English-language Vectorworks 2010 products which includes our industry favorite, Spotlight. Service Pack 1 mainly address and improves overall stability and performance, some [...]
Landru Design Releases New Vectorworks Plug-ins
While working in Vectorworks, do you have trouble rendering and display soft goods such as curtains or designing commonly used items? Landru Design, a lighting design firm out of Nashville TN has just releases two new Plug-ins for Vectorworks to help folks that use Vectorworks to design and develop 3D rendering of sets and lights.
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Review: Light Plot Deconstructed Book
Less then a month ago, we wrote about a new book on the market designed at understanding how a lighting plot is laid out called, Light Plot Deconstructed, By Gregg Hillmar.
The author and distributor, Nemetschek, (the makers of Vectoworks) was kind enough to send us an advanced copy to do a review for you, our [...]
New Book: Light Plot Deconstructed
Towards the end of 2008, we talked with lighting designer Gregg Hillmar about his latest book, Light Plot Deconstructed. Just in the past couple of months, the book has been finalized and sent off to the publisher.
Light Plot Deconstructedis the debut work of accomplished scenic and lighting designer, Gregg Hillmar. Mr. Hillmar has developed proven [...]
