Introduction to Vectorworks - Spotlight 2009Realize your most inspired visions with Vectorworks Spotlight. After all, you inspired its design. It's flexible, so you have the freedom to design the way you want. It's versatile, so you can create, model, and present easily and precisely with one application. It's intuitive, so it works the way you think. It’s a smart investment that’s affordable, customer-focused, and proven worldwide–so you can feel confident in your choice.
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.
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 stunning set designs, and lay out your exhibits and events while simultaneously automating paperwork and visualizing design concepts in 3D. Create, model, and present easily and precisely with one application. Vectorworks Spotlight can do it all.
Intuitive: Work the way you think
Do 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.
Smart: Make a good investment in yourself
Affordable, customer-focused, and proven worldwide—Vectorworks is a smart investment in you.
The big changes in
Vectorworks -Spotlight 2009, the
popular lighting product, include an updated and expanded fixture libraries, automatic Lightwright communication (without import/export of data), the create plot and model view feature integrates boom positions into the hybrid design enviroment, and more realistic texture mapping to make textures line up correctly around corners.
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Spotlight 2009What's New:
New Architectural and Landscape Light FixturesArchitectural and landscape electrical light fixtures: These two new 3D light fixture libraries now have many textured architectural and landscape lighting symbols.
New Australia & New Zealand Structural ShapesNew common Australia/New Zealand structural shapes.
New Metric Electrical Accurate LampsWe updated this library with additional lamps and a new set of European and UK lamps.
New Molding Profiles from Copper Beech MillworkPick from 1,200 molding profiles.
New Atlas Sound® Audio SymbolsAtlas Sound® audio symbols: We’ve added 33 symbols.
New Banquet FurnitureChoose from 15 new tables and 6 new chairs.
New Color Kinetics™ Lighting SymbolsWith LED fixtures, you’ll have fourteen new symbols.
New D&b audiotechnik® SymbolsChoose from 34 speaker symbols.
Updated Door HardwareWe added many additional, textured door hardware symbols.
New EAW Audio SymbolsIntroducing 107 new symbols.
Updated GradientsWe have added a greater variety of gradient choices to simulate wood flooring, plants, paints, metals, sky, ground, and water.
New James Thomas™ Lighting SymbolsPick from 12 new lighting symbols.
New James Thomas TrussesPick from 250 trusses.
New Meyer Sound Laboratories® Audio Symbols46 new symbols.
Updated Clay Paky Lighting SymbolsChoose from 12 new symbols.
Updated Coemar Lighting SymbolsWe’ve added 30 new symbols.
Updated High End Lighting SymbolsPick from eight new symbols.
Updated Martin® Lighting SymbolsNow use six new symbols.
Updated Selecon Lighting SymbolsPick from 26 new symbols.
Updated Vari-Lite® Lighting SymbolsChoose from seven new symbols.
There were news that upgrade information would be available today but I am still unable to locate the information from the official site.
