Entertainment and Lighting Design with Vectorworks Spotlight, First Edition $75

This book, written by award-winning scenic and lighting designer Kevin Lee Allen, explores the use of the Vectorworks Spotlight with Renderworks program for use in the entertainment industries. While the methods and techniques described are applicable to film, television, concerts, exhibits, and themed architecture or interiors, this tutorial focuses on a project that creates lights and a set for the stage, the root of entertainment design.

From one step beyond traditional pencil thumbnails, this guide outlines a process of design development and collaboration with other designers and technical staff. The text is tutorial-based and directs the user to create two projects, each supported by a series of simple exercises. The first project is the creation of a simple 3D form, and the second project entails the creation of a scenic and lighting design for a theoretical production of Romeo & Juliet.

Recommendations and Tips:

• This tutorial is intended for use with Vectorworks 2012 software and is most applicable for Vectorworks Spotlight and Designer users.
• This hard-copy workbook includes a companion CD with exercise files that demonstrate the steps described in the tutorial.
• This book assumes basic working knowledge of computers and Vectorworks software. New users may find the Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual helpful as an introduction to the program.
• Design and construction theory are outside the parameters of this tutorial.

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3D Modeling in Vectorworks, Fourth Edition $75

3D Modeling in Vectorworks by expert Vectorworks trainer Jonathan Pickup is an essential guide for anyone interested in learning to create free-form models with Vectorworks software. By taking complicated examples and breaking them down into manageable steps, this tutorial will help the reader build a foundation of skills for creating 3D forms through the use of extrudes, sweeps, solids, NURBS, loft surfaces, and 3D primitives.

Recommendations and Tips:

• This tutorial can be used with any Vectorworks 2012 product. Measurements for the exercises are shown in both metric and imperial.
• This hard-copy workbook comes with a companion CD that contains exercise files, and the entire manual in PDF.
• View the PDF using Adobe® Acrobat Reader 10 or higher.
• The PDF contains embedded tutorial movies that demonstrate the steps of each exercise.

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Light Plot Deconstructed, Third Edition $40

Light Plot Deconstructed by veteran scenic and lighting designer Gregg Hillmar provides a short, accessible, and easy-to-follow guide to Vectorworks Spotlight software. Intended as a companion handbook rather than a step-by-step tutorial, this book explains the approach Gregg uses to create light plots.

This third edition of Light Plot Deconstructed includes updated menu commands, illustrations, and tool references for use with the 2011 version of Vectorworks Spotlight. The manual provides detailed information needed for the creation of light plots, including instrumentation, viewports, paperwork, and the exchange of data with Lightwright, making it an essential resource for every lighting designer.

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Remarkable Renderworks $75

Remarkable Renderworks™ is a must-have tutorial for anyone wanting to become proficient in using Renderworks, the essential rendering tool designed to work seamlessly with Vectorworks® software. This workbook uses an exercise-based format to cover the basic tools and techniques that will put you well on your way to creating impressive renderings of your projects. Written by respected architect and long-time Vectorworks user Daniel Jansenson, the manual is intended for the Renderworks user who already has some experience with the fundamentals of Vectorworks software.

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Residential Garden Design with Vectorworks Landmark, Fourth Edition $75

This tutorial covers the workflow for residential garden designers using Vectorworks Landmark software. Author Tamsin Slatter, the leading Vectorworks Landmark expert in the U.K., guides the reader through a landscape design project from start to completion.

Beginning with a site survey, Tamsin details the workflow of drawing up measurements taken on site, or importing information from a surveyor. She then explains how to draft a design and formalize it using the software's hard landscaping and planting tools and new interactive Push/Pull 3D modeling capabilities. Finally, she demonstrates how to produce hard landscaping and planting schedules and present the design in both 2D and 3D perspective views. The new Renderworks Styles feature is employed to quickly provide customized rendered images from the 3D models.

This fourth edition of the manual has been updated for use with Vectorworks Landmark 2012 software. With step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations throughout, it is the ideal reference to keep on hand following your initial Vectorworks Landmark training.

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Vectorworks Architect Tutorial Manual, Fourth Edition $75

The Vectorworks Architect Tutorial Manual by expert Vectorworks trainer Jonathan Pickup is a thorough, project-based training workbook. The tutorial walks the user through a residential renovation project and demonstrates the process of documenting the existing site, preparing and presenting proposed designs, and creating working drawings/construction documents. Although the example in the manual is a residential project, the principles learned can also be applied to commercial building design.

This fourth edition of the tutorial has been updated for use with Vectorworks Architect 2012 software. It includes a visualization chapter with the addition of massing models, an example using the new Heliodon Tool, and a solar animation exercise, as well as a greater focus on concept drawing and site analysis.

Recommendations and Tips:

• This tutorial is most effective if used in conjunction with Vectorworks Architect 2012.
• This manual builds on the Essentials Tutorial Manual, which takes you through the basic concepts of Vectorworks, such as 2D drafting, simple 3D modeling, and file organization. If you are unfamiliar with these concepts, we recommend you begin with the Essentials Manual.
• Measurements for the exercises are shown in both metric and imperial units.
• This hard-copy workbook comes with a companion CD that contains exercise files and the entire manual in PDF. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 10 or higher to view the PDF.
• The PDF contains embedded tutorial movies that demonstrate the steps of each exercise.

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Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual, Fourth Edition $75

The Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial manual by expert Vectorworks trainer Jonathan Pickup is a must-have workbook for anyone new to Vectorworks. The goals of this manual are to eliminate the mystery of computer aided design and to provide a basic understanding of how to use Vectorworks software.

Updated for the 2012 version of Vectorworks, this fourth edition of the tutorial has been structured to give the reader a clear understanding of the concepts behind each instruction. The book is designed to help the user build a foundation of essential Vectorworks knowledge, and it covers simple 2D drafting, 3D modeling, planar objects, and file organization. Notes and exercises throughout the tutorial provide additional guidance.

Recommendations and Tips:

• This tutorial can be used with any Vectorworks 2012 product.
• Measurements for the exercises are shown in both metric and imperial.
• This hard-copy workbook comes with a companion CD that contains exercise files, and the entire manual in PDF.
• View the PDF using Adobe® Acrobat Reader 10 or higher.
• The PDF contains embedded tutorial movies that demonstrate the steps of each exercise.

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Vectorworks Landmark Tutorial Manual, Second Edition $75

The Vectorworks Landmark Tutorial Manual is written by experienced Vectorworks user and author, Jonathan Pickup. The workbook is comprised of a series of projects to teach you basic Vectorworks Landmark concepts and techniques.

• The first project works through a quick domestic project where we have a sketch plan, and we want to add some plants and hard landscaping to the plan.
• The second project is similar to the first project, but we start with a blank file and work right though the design process—from importing the scanned image to putting the title block on the drawing.
• The third project is a small commercial project that needs planting quickly added to the developer’s site plan.
• The final project is a full domestic project for a client, the Smith Family, in which we plan a garden that includes planting, irrigation, hardscaping, and an outdoor structure. This project is in both 2D and 3D.

Recommendations & Tips:

• This tutorial is most effective if used in conjunction with Vectorworks Landmark 2010.
• This manual builds on the Essentials Tutorial Manual, which takes you through the basic concepts of Vectorworks, such as 2D drafting, simple 3D modeling, and file organization. If you are unfamiliar with these concepts, begin with the Essentials manual.
• Measurements for the exercises are shown in both metric and imperial.
• This hard-copy workbook comes with a companion CD that contains exercise files, and the entire manual in PDF.
• View the PDF using Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 or higher.
• The PDF contains embedded tutorial movies that demonstrate the steps of each exercise.

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