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Vectorworks Spotlight and Production Assist: from plan to load calculation

10 days · 70 h · 4 to 8 trainees · on site

7 days of Vectorworks Spotlight, then 3 days of load calculation with Production Assist. From drawing to load calculation, in three modules you can take separately or one after the other depending on your level. A beginner follows them all in order; a professional starts directly with the module they need.

Course content

Each module can be taken on its own.

Module 1 “Fundamentals”

3 days · 21 h · no Vectorworks prerequisites

• Interface, navigation and workspace
• 2D drawing: drawing tools, precision and snapping
• 3D basics: creating and handling volumes
• Classes and layers to organise your file
• Symbols and Resource Manager
• Importing DWG, DXF and SKP files
• Your personal working template

Module 2 “Technical file”

4 days · 28 h · after module 1 or with the fundamentals mastered

• Event tools: staging decks, stairs, trusses, hoists and lifting towers
• Lighting: fixtures, GDTF, focus, DMX patch
• Audio and video: line array, LED screens
• Advanced worksheets to generate the project data
• Equipment legend and graphic legend
• Your title block from A to Z
• Sheet layers, viewports, dimensions and publishing the file

Module 3 “Load calculation”

3 days · 21 h · after modules 1 and 2, or on its own with a Spotlight file · same content as the Production Assist with Vectorworks Spotlight course

• Principle and benefits of load calculation built into the model
• The Production Assist palette in Vectorworks Spotlight
• Influence lines
• Scenarios: square rigging, freestanding structure, ground support, wind load
• Generating and reading an FEA report
• Writing a calculation request for an engineering office

Final approval of a suspension remains the responsibility of a certified engineering office. An advanced Production Assist module is in preparation: Layher structures, slings and bridles.

How to take this course

• Directly with me · in your company or remotely, in English or French