User manual NEMETSCHEK VECTORWORKS SPOTLIGHT 2011 GETTING STARTED GUIDE

[. . . ] 2011 Getting Started Guide The contents of this printed guide and accompanying exercise CD were originally created for Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, faxing, emailing, posting online or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. Vectorworks is a registered trademark of Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. , in the United States and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. [. . . ] Remember once you have created your label legends, add them to your Default. sta document. Label Legends will automatically size themselves appropriately for the instruments to which they are assigned. Focus Point Objects Focus Point objects serve several purposes: · They allow the designer to verify the instrument throw and beam angle. · They graphically illustrate where instruments will be focused. · They indicate where the light will fall in visualization renderings. In 3D views instruments assigned to Focus Points aim at the Focus Point, allowing designers to see focus issues and make appropriate adjustments prior to installation. The 2D portion of the symbol can be "focused" or not, manually and independent of the 3D portion of the symbol, even as they occupy the same space. This allows for technical accuracy and graphic clarity. 56 Go to the Spotlight tool set and select the Focus Point tool. There is a drop­down menu of choices for the graphic attributes of the Focus Point object. Below the dividing line there are additional choices available from the default | Vectorworks Spotlight 2011 Getting Started Guide content. Users can add their own content or modify the defaults once imported into an active document. You can also choose to show or hide the Focus Point object in the Tool preferences. For the purposes of this exercise, in the Focus Point tool preferences select Show Focus Point Name and choose Standard 2D from the drop­down menu. In your Application Preferences>Display Tab, set Display light objects and Display 3D loci to Only in wireframe. Class the Focus Point objects in the Focus Points Objects class, with no graphic attributes. InthesampleTheatreProjectfilethereare fiveareasusedtocreateasimple downstage wash, an area at the top of the platform, and two areas to focus light on the rear wall. Duplicate Array as needed and rename the new objects in the OIP. Lighting Positions Next, you will need some electrics. Go to the Resource browser, use the drop­down menutoaccesstheLightingPositionsfile we already added as a favorite, and select the 50' pipe symbol. Right­click (control­ click on a Mac) and select Import from the contextual menu. Revert back to the active document in the Resource Browser by clicking the Home icon, and then double­ click on the 50' pipe to select it. Go to the Spotlight tool set and choose the Light Position Obj tool. Vectorworks Spotlight 2011 Getting Started Guide | 57 Align the insertion point with the midpoint of the DS edge of the stage, press the "T" key, and position. Off­stage add two 20' Vertical Lighting positions on one side. Functionally, one will be side light focused on the area on top of the platform and one will be a front of house box boom side lighting position with instruments focused on the downstage wash. . Once populated with lights, these positions will be duplicated with the Mirror tool. Creating Lighting Positions The Vectorworks libraries are great resources, but they cannot anticipate everything any designer will ever need. [. . . ] There is enough information included here for a designer or a technician to document an entertainment project. This guide should also get a team off the ground when collaborating on a project. As you create new things or confront new challenges, new resources will be required. Explore the links that follow, the Vectorworks community is diverse and we all have a lot to learn from one another. Additional Resources Nemetschek Vectorworks Nemetschek Vectorworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vectorworks. net Vectorworks on Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www. facebook. com/Vectorworks Training Gregg Hillmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]