I use Vectorworks, Lightwright, WYSIWYG, Sketchup and MS Office to cover all of my design and presentation bases, what you want to do, depends entirely on what you need to achieve. The forums at vectorworks are kept busy with a good etiquette and knowledge being passed about. Do remember to send him some money as he puts these guides up with the expectation on the user to donate a suitable amount. Re vectorworks training resources, do a google search for Kent Goetz of Cornell university ans his online guides. Needless to say, this will undoubtably be fixed in the future.Ĭapture and its various options might also be an option re cost?
Pros: all kept in one package and you can ise lightwright and all the aspects of doing decent 2DĬons: only works one way- you can change symbols in vwx but you can bring changes from vision into vwx. The theory being that you create your drawing in vectorworks- 3D layout etc, then using the vision symbols in vwx, export it all to the vision progam etc. Vision is still a 3rd party product, is a separate purchase and again a subscription model. Vectorworks has purchased ESP vision and now has a visualiser aspect to it. If you are looking at the client presentation combined with paperwork and preplotting, then WYG is the best way. You need to look at where your business model is taking you? If it is straight clean lighting plans with a paperwork ability, then vectorworks makes sense. Both are now subscription models with approx costs of £2k a year etc What is it you wish to achieve? Handy to have both licenses and use them for the right gigs. I have never bothered with WYG.I am not in the rock n roll or corporate side of things as the general principle of renders and preplotting is that it will take the same length of time to do as the actual gig itself!
Obviously the more experience the better. You can create the 3d aspect quickly enough but the final render and client presentation is a good deal away if you are looking for a quick sales pitch. Tying in paperwork packages such as lightwright and/or Moving Light Assistant, you can create excellent 2D plans with a host of plugging up/focus/dimmmer/DMX information smartly enough. Vectorworks has a pretty decent cad engine and I find it great for cad and the spotlight package. You will not be running a quick this is the final product look in renderworks without a large amount of work.
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I am a long way off showing anything to a client as renderworks element of the software is quite clunky. I am vectorworks user and can draw compentely (to a point) in 3D with renders. There are areas where vwx triumphs over wysiwyg and vice versa.īoth programs have their strengths but the end use by yourself should be dictated by the needs of your jobs and the clients requirements. Given all this, is VW really that amazing and I should invest time and a little money to see for myself?Īs the saying goes, it all depends on what you want to do! Is it worth downloading a 30 day Vectorworks trial, trying it out on a project which would mean a hell of a lot of extra time spent learning it (or even paying a mate who knows it to sit by me for a day), or should I just stick with what I know? One of the big pluses for Wyg is that I can easily rent a studio should I ever need to use 'Wyg Perform' to pre cue a show. In general I create lighting plots on top of an imported CAD or Sketchup file and don't have a real need to work with my clients in specific software.
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Rendering with VW or Wyg Design is a plus but I don't currently need to show my clients renderings, although that may change in the future (especially if I gain those capabilities). I do find Wyg lacking in some stuff and I really hate the way they wont allow you to make your own intelligent fixtures or edit the current library. I'm under the impression that Vectorworks is a lot better then Wyg for creating plots and general lighting documentation which is what I really want out of the software. The price of Wyg Design is pretty similar to Vectorworks.
Hi, I've got a Wysiwyg Report licence and I'm thinking of shelling out on Wysiwyg 'Design' as I would like to view my designs in 3D.
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