Built on Vectorworks Spotlight, ConnectCAD streamlines your
AV design with easy-to-read schematics, rack layouts, live error-checking, and
detailed reports.
Join Matt Artigues, Vectorworks entertainment industry
specialist, on March 26 to discover the answers to ConnectCAD’s most frequently
asked questions. You’ll also learn how ConnectCAD’s customizable
templates, hybrid 2D/3D environment, and ability to create a custom device
library make collaboration seamless and ensure precision at every stage of your
project.
Entertainment
Entertainment
59m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about ConnectCAD, Vectorworks’ audio-visual design
software, and how it can elevate your AV design workflows.
Understand how to customize ConnectCAD
devices and equipment, build new devices using the database, and leverage
adapters for streamlined design flexibility.
Explore advanced
connection workflows, including multi-mode Connect tool usage, managing
connections between layers, and using tools like Reshape and ReRoute to refine
circuit layouts efficiently.
Discover a
practical workflow for using simple Spotlight cables to assign circuits,
estimate lengths, and manage paths without requiring a full cable path model.
Join landscape industry expert Marketa Hermova for an enlightening webinar on estimating embodied carbon and utilizing tools that empower you to make impactful design choices regarding material and product specifications. This session will also showcase how you can actively tackle a landscape project's carbon footprint through workflows highlighted in a project case study.
To receive 1 APLD CEU, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Landscapes
Landscapes
1h
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Get an overview of Vectorworks Embodied Carbon Calculator
(VECC), a pre-formatted worksheet that allows you to estimate the project's
embodied carbon.
Explore the data difference in Vectorworks Landmark and
learn about a custom record format for tracking a material's attributes,
properties, and embodied carbon.
Gain knowledge of the existing workflows and the embodied
carbon assessment for a project in its early or advanced development stage.
Concrete is a rather ubiquitous, tested, proven, and versatile building material. It has been used for literally thousands of years to create long-lasting man-made structures of all types, including buildings. Architects in the past few centuries have found it to be an appealing choice to express dynamic and vibrant designs in ways that other materials could not. The ability to structurally reinforce concrete and form it into custom, free-flowing shapes can give it an organic quality that is different from most other materials. This can produce more design freedom and the ability to incorporate unique and custom features into a buildings as a part of the basic construction process.
Buildings
Buildings
49m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Explore the historical and contemporary evolution of concrete and its use in key building material.
Investigate the design issues related to using concrete as a durable, long-lasting primary building material.
Assess design strategies related to creating buildings that can be innovative in shape and form and meet structural and fire codes.
Identify the role that design software and building information modeling can play in achieving exceptional concrete building designs.
Join lighting designer Joshua
Benghiat as he takes you behind the scenes of the Broadway production of Our Town at the Barrymore
Theatre, directed by Kenny Leon and lit by Allen Lee Hughes.
Benghiat, associate lighting
designer for the production, will share his process for designing and executing
a complex lighting plan, balancing the team’s artistic vision with technical
precision. Learn how he tackled unique design challenges — such as hanging
lanterns, unconventional audience seating, and limited fixture placement —
while leveraging digital tools like Vectorworks and BeamViz for visualization
and pre-planning.
This session will highlight the
role of 3D modeling, visualization, and data visualization in streamlining the
lighting workflow, offering valuable insights for designers at all levels.
Entertainment
Entertainment
45m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Understand the design challenges and
problem-solving strategies in developing a Broadway lighting plot.
Explore how digital tools like Vectorworks,
BeamViz, and 3D visualization enhance pre-planning and collaboration.
Gain insights into executing and adjusting a
lighting design from concept through tech rehearsals.
Take a tour through the world of AI-powered landscape design.
This webinar is your passport to understanding how
artificial intelligence is transforming the built environment. From Generative
AI applications optimizing design and analysis workflows to robots monitoring
wetland restoration and dry stacking stone walls, you’ll witness compelling
case studies of how AI can be a collaborator — not just a tool — in the design and
planning process.
To receive 1 LA CES PDH and 1 APLD CEU, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Landscapes
Landscapes
50m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Gain a reasonable understanding of the field and applications of artificial intelligence and their context in the built environment.
Examine case studies of AI integration in landscape and urban design.
Learn mental
models for human-AI partnership in the design process.
Great interior design isn’t just about creativity – it’s about how effectively you present and communicate your vision to clients and stakeholders. In this webinar, discover how you can create professional, visually compelling presentations.
We’ll explore best practices for developing cohesive color palettes, integrating them into your designs, and leveraging advanced rendering techniques for realistic, high-impact visuals. Through a collaborative demonstration, you’ll see how to streamline your workflow, enhance your design presentations, and avoid common pitfalls.
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or new to interior design, this session will give you the tools and insights to take your presentations to the next level.
Buildings/Interiors
Buildings/Interiors
50m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Understand how to streamline color selection, modeling, and rendering.
Discover how to enhance design concepts and visualizations with cohesive color palettes.
Identify pitfalls such as unclear visuals and inconsistent color choices and explore solutions using modern technology.
Create and refine layouts, sheets, and renderings with advanced tools for professional-quality visuals.
Streamlining Your Annotation Process with Callouts, Data Tags and Note Tools
Join us for the session which will dive into available digital tools to assist you when creating and managing annotations in your landscape plans. Desired visual representation of your labeled plans can be achieved, all whilst mastering the alignment of your keynotes, tags and callouts. Open for all levels, the session will focus on some of the latest improvements that will help you to stay organized and save time when creating and customizing your landscape plans.
Landscapes
Landscapes
1h 2m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Learn how to automate the process with the use of data tags.
Gain an understanding of Callout and Note tools to ensure clarity and consistency in your designs.
Explore the callout database and note manager while utilizing their potential to produce customized text descriptions such as disclaimers or product specifications.
Unlock the full potential of MVR (My Virtual Rig).
Join A.J. Pen, CEO and designer at Penlight, and witness a
real-world application of the designer’s use of MVR files for Sublime’s 2024
summer tour — from collaborating on festival stages to exporting to MA3 using
MVR.
Pen will also provide tips for drafting in Vectorworks,
sharing how a more refined process can lead to a more successful MVR export.
Entertainment
Entertainment
15m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Gain insights into the challenges and outcomes
of working with MVR files across different festival stage production teams
during the Sublime tour.
Learn practical drafting techniques in
Vectorworks that lead to a smoother and more effective MVR export process.
Learn how to use the MA3 Viz Key for efficient
offline workflows with MA3, enhancing production design capabilities.
Join Mardi Dover, CPLD, MardiDover.com, to learn how you can
better navigate client challenges with confidence. You’ll gather practical strategies to
manage difficult situations, set clear expectations, and protect your landscape
design business’ reputation. You’ll also discover how proactive communication,
effective boundary-setting, and solid business practices can prevent scope
creep, budget overruns, and designer burnout.
Don’t miss this opportunity to
gain actionable insights.
To receive 1 LA CES PDH and 1 APLD CEU, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Landscapes
Landscapes
1h
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Describe the potential impacts of
failing to effectively navigate difficult situations.
List common challenges in a design
practice.
Identify strategies for managing
complex scenarios in client relationships.
Space objects are one of the most versatile and hardest
working of all the BIM features, serving the needs of every design phase of an
architectural project. Among their many capabilities, Space objects enable you
to plan a project in 2D or 3D, verify building code and zoning compliance,
report data about themselves and their contents, assemble room finish
information, and accurately visualize their data.
Join Vectorworks Architect product specialist Neil Barman in
this webinar as he examines real-use cases for architectural and interior
design workflows that leverage the power of spaces.
To receive 1 AIA LU, 1 CORE AIBC LU, and 1 CORE AAA LEARNING HOUR, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Buildings
Buildings
40m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Develop and fine-tune reusable resources to expedite project planning tasks.
Generate 2D space plans or 3D massing models for various project typologies.
Evaluate a project’s space plan regarding programmatic, building code, and zoning requirements.
Employ data visualization techniques to automatically color-code spaces according to their inherent or added information.
Thinking about a change in your landscape design workflows may feel
daunting — we understand. But you can take on the learning curve and succeed.
And when you do, you will gain many tangible benefits.
Join Eric Gilbey, landscape architect and product marketing manager, in
this webinar as he discusses techniques for learning new software and
approaching Vectorworks Landmark from your current workflow. He will
demonstrate basic techniques to help you get started in Vectorworks, provide
tips for working smarter, not harder, share designer-shared successes, and
equip you with support resources to improve your skills once you make your move
to Vectorworks Landmark.
Landscapes
Landscapes
38m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Acquire simple strategies when testing
Vectorworks features during your trial period.
Assess which Vectorworks Landmark features
yield significant learning and efficiency gains, improving your current design
workflow.
Gain familiarity navigating the user
interface to locate and deploy essential tools and commands for designing and
documenting your project in Vectorworks Landmark.
Access Vectorworks' instructional and
technical support resources, such as the Onboarding Paths, Vectorworks
University, and the Online Help System, to grow your knowledge and skills.
