Vectorworks® Spotlight

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Realize Your Most Inspired Visions

Vectorworks Spotlight

Making Change Easy

Change is good. And with Vectorworks Spotlight 2010,

we’re making change easy. We’ve been polishing the gold

standard in entertainment design software, so you can

shine even brighter. Use the streamlined 3D environment

to accurately visualize and change your design. Use the

spectacular new event-planning suite to do the grunt work

for you. Use the innovative entertainment design features

to make your work a stand out. And, do it all at speeds

faster than previous versions. Shine on.

Flexible: Enjoy the Freedom to Design the Way You Want

With Vectorworks Spotlight you’re not limited to a certain workflow, so you have the freedom to work on any size project or in 2D or 3D. Design whatever you can dream up. The possibilities are wide open.

Stellar Lighting Experience Vectorworks’ renowned lighting design capabilities. Quickly create light plots, automate paper-work, and visualize your design in rendered 3D views. For high-end lighting simulation, move your Spotlight designs to ESP Vision.

Enticing Exhibits, Productions, and EventsMake it an affair 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-plan-ning suite, you can create the room, stage, steps, lectern, video screens, and seating. Plus, you can create standard views to show the client, and generate reports for the total number of tables and chairs in your room.

1 Flexible Enjoy the Freedom to Design the Way You Want

2 Versatile Create, Model, and Present with One Application3

3 Intuitive Work the Way You Think

4 Smart Make a Good Investment in Yourself

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Efficient Workgroup CapabilitiesBreak up complex projects. Vectorworks Spotlight’s workgroup referencing provides a flexible way to split even the most complicated project into manageable pieces.

Easy-to-share DrawingsShare with your team members and clients. Easily import drawings as DXF/DWG and PDFs. Easily export Spotlight design files as DXF/DWG and PDFs.

Google FriendlyImport concept models from SketchUp® and access thousands of models from Google’s 3DWarehouse.

Vectorworks Spotlight 2010:

“The new event-planning suite of commands is a brilliantly thought out workflow, making it

incredibly easy for someone to draw up an event—not

just in plan, but in 3D at the same time. If the rendered shots sell a job to a client,

then it’s paid for itself from day one.”

Peter Neufeld Limelight Lighting Design Pty Ltd.

Endless Digital ImagesCommunicate your work in a clearer, more compelling way with digital imagery. Import scans, digital photos, or web images. Import or export a wide array of image files, including Illustrator® EPSF and native Photoshop® PSD files. Even export your design for marketing materials or your company’s website.

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Cutting-edge 3DSee it in 3D. Vectorworks Spotlight supports standard 3D file formats, including 3DS, SAT, and IGES. So, you can import third-party models into Spotlight or export 3D Spotlight designs to other 3D applications.

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“Having a smooth workflow and being able to work

efficiently with everyone involved is essential for success onevery

project—and that’s where Vectorworks comes in.”

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Versatile: Create, Model, and Present with One Application

Vectorworks Spotlight marries precision 2D drafting and flexible 3D modeling with advanced lighting, visualization, and production tools. Easily draft light plots, create stun-ning set designs, and lay out your exhibits and events while simultane-ously automating paperwork and visualizing design concepts in 3D. Create, model, and present easily and precisely with one application. Vectorworks Spotlight can do it all.

Your Ideas, PolishedSketch out ideas in 2D, explore them in 3D with freeform shapes, and refine them with intelligent objects.

Superior in PresentationsDefine and communicate your sig-nature look with our advanced, high-end technology that’s famous for helping our users achieve beautiful, graphically rich presentations. Tap into our large libraries of entourage and unlimited palettes of colors. Your style is not limited by “cookie-cutter” looks. Add gradients, image fills, stipples, and hatching. Easily import digital images and graphics. Use our exclusive sketch rendering technology to change hard-lined drawings into soft, hand-sketched illustrations. Unique page layout capabilities make it simple to arrange presentation boards.

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RenderworksPlug in Renderworks™ to create photorealistic renderings or choose an artistic rendering option to make your scenes look hand drawn. Renderworks is seamlessly integrated—you won’t waste time importing and exporting the model as the design changes.

Enhanced Layouts, Plans, and PlotsEasily create precision drawings. In addition to a suite of precision 2D drafting tools, you can access extensive libraries of furniture, sce-nic elements, architectural objects, audio objects, video objects, and lighting instruments and accessories

from leading manufacturers—just drag and drop into your projects. When finished, batch print drawing sets or export them as multi-page PDFs at full or reduced sizes.

Automated PaperworkStop counting items in your drawings. Automatic data tracking does the tedious work for you. Built-in paperwork functions allow you to quickly generate customized reports like schedules, inventory/rental lists, and channel and dimmer hookups, as well as magic sheets, color cut lists, and hanging cards. A change to one automatically updates the others, since the reports and drawings are linked.

Intuitive: Work the Way You Think

Out of the box, and out of the gate. Vectorworks Spotlight was designed to think like you do, so you’re up and running right away.

Easy-to-use Interface and Drafting ToolsDo what you like to do best— design. You won’t waste time getting up to speed because Vectorworks Spotlight’s simple, customizable interface and what-you-see-is-what-you-get display make it easier to learn and use than standard CAD applications. No matter what you’re switching from, Vectorworks Spotlight’s interface will be familiar. Vectorworks’ SmartCursor™ technology replaces manual drafting tools, so even inexperienced CAD users can make the switch easily.

Tailored for Your SuccessWork in tandem with the application. Vectorworks Spotlight is intuitive. In addition to designing with lines, arcs, and circles, you can draft productive-ly with intelligent object tools tailored for lighting and scenic construction. Everything is easy to edit and automatically displays in both 2D and 3D views. So, creating 3D mod-els of your 2D drawings is a snap.

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“In a word, Vectorworks is intuitive; it’s a brilliantprogram. Basic tools are readily available for the

novice user to pick up. Yet it hasa ton of other tools that allow expert users to get what they need out of the program, too.”

Damon Drescher Angel City Designs

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Smart: Make a Good Investment in Yourself

Affordable, customer focused, and proven worldwide—Vectorworks Spotlight is a smart investment in you.

AffordableImprove your business with this great value. In one package, you get state-of-the-art tools and tech-nology and the ability to work from conception to completion. You also get free software updates and affordable upgrades. With free technical support and reasonable training options, you get value far beyond your initial savings. We never force subscriptions, so you can upgrade when and how you choose. As your business grows, we can add extra seats at a discounted price. We offer a lot of great value—and no hidden fees.

Customer FocusedRelax. We’re here for you every step of the way. Your relationship with us doesn’t end when you install the software. That’s just the beginning. We provide many channels for you to get the informa-tion you need. If you’d like training, take advantage of our multiple offerings: onsite, online, or in the classroom. If a technical issue stumps you, contact our technical support team for help. You can also tap into our Vectorworks community with over 450,000 enthusiastic users worldwide. On the local level, reach out to Vectorworks user groups. E-mail listservs provide assistance around the clock. Or, you can use a service directory and job board to find help.

Vectorworks users often find them-selves in Internet-based dialogues with our engineers and managers. We take pride in cultivating lasting relationships with our users, and we translate their feedback into positive product developments. With your input, we can continue to develop software that exceeds your expectations. After all, your success is our success.

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“Everyone I know in the industry uses Vectorworks

Spotlight. It really is the industry standard for concert touring.”

Butch Allen

Vectorworks is produced by Nemetschek North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nemetschek AG, which is the world’s leading IT company for the design, construction, and management of buildings and real estate. Nemetschek software solutions are used by design professionals in 142 countries and translated into eight languages.

With Vectorworks Spotlight 2010, the tradition continues.

Vectorworks SpotlightRealize Your Most Inspired Visions.

Proven Worldwide Be part of a long tradition of excel-lence. Vectorworks was founded over 20 years ago, and now counts more than 450,000 professional de-signers worldwide. We listen to our customers and use their feedback to create a product that continually exceeds their expectations, deliver-ing superior design flexibility and world-class graphics.

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Nemetschek North America, Inc. 7150 Riverwood Drive, Columbia, MD 21046-1295 USA www.vectorworks.net | T 410-290-5114 | F 410-290-8050©2009 Nemetschek North America, Inc. Vectorworks is a registered trademark of Nemetschek North America, Inc. Renderworks is a trademark of Nemetschek North America, Inc.

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System Recommendations Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later QuickTime Intel Core 2GHz or better DVD-ROM drive (dual layer) Screen resolution 1024 x 768 (XGA) Display color depth 15 bit or higher

Windows XP SP 3 Windows Vista SP 2 QuickTime 7.5 to 7.6 (higher versions not recommended) DVD-ROM drive (dual layer) Screen resolution 1024 x 768 (XGA) Display color depth 15 bit or higher

Vectorworks RAM 1GB minimum, 2GB recommended Hard drive space 10GB free

Vectorworks plus Renderworks RAM 2GB minimum, 4GB recommended Hard drive space 10GB free

Vectorworks Designer RAM 1GB minimum, 2GB recommended Hard drive space 10GB free

Vectorworks Designer plus Renderworks RAM 2GB minimum, 4GB recommended Hard drive space 10GB free

See www.vectorworks.net/system-recommendations.php for updated information.