Live Design International (LDI) 2024

TAUGHT IN SPANISH Clase en Español
En este seminario de 4 horas aprenderá técnicas para importar archivos DWG y PDF, overlays e implantaciones. En esta clase cubriremos temas como manejo de capas, y clases para programar Viewports, administración de listas de inventarios, “Data Visualization”, configuración de Titleblocks. Y finalizaremos con una presentación de AI y VR.
Público objetivo: diseñadores de iluminación, gerentes de producción, dibujantes.

Prerrequisitos: ESTA NO ES UNA CLASE PARA PRINCIPIANTES. Los participantes deben tener conocimientos básicos de Vectorworks o haber asistido a la Introducción a los conceptos básicos de Vectorworks.

También recomendamos tomar el seminario Getting Started y completar el curso de certificación básica en línea.

Debe traer su propio ordenador portátil. Los detalles de los requisitos del sistema se han actualizado en Vectorworks 2025 aquí: https://www.vectorworks.net/sysreq

This intensive, hands-on half-day course provides a solid introduction to Vectorworks for Entertainment Rigging. The Braceworks™ add-on module for Vectorworks Spotlight and Designer allows design, production, and rigging professionals to gauge the performance of temporary suspended structures under load. Learn how to model and present a design and conduct structural analyses on suspended system loads. Attendees will also explore how to create a 3D data model and generate rigging plans, documentation, and design presentations.

Target Audience: Live event design, production, and rigging professionals.

Prerequisites: THIS IS NOT A BEGINNER CLASS. Attendees must be comfortable drafting in a 3D environment and have a general understanding of entertainment rigging.

Must bring own laptop. System requirements have been updated to Vectorworks 2025 here: https://www.vectorworks.net/sysreq

Uh oh! Show starts in a few hours and the site you are working on has some brand-new fixtures that are not in the console! You search the fixture hub, but there isn’t a profile already made. Looks like you need to make a working profile on the console.
This 2-hour course will cover what to do in this situation.

Session outline:
• Online Fixture HUB
• Updating Console libraries
• Fixture builder Basic Tab
• Fixture Builder Advanced Entries
• Fixture Builder Functions
• Compound Fixture Types
• Importing/Exporting Fixtures via XML

Attendees with some basic knowledge of the Hog 4 console, and familiarity with fixture DMX charts will gain more from the session.

Online classes are available at: https://learningstage.etcconnect.com/
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Instructor:  Noah Allen, Product Support Specialist and Hog 4 Trainer, ETC Austin

This 2-hour course will discuss the plotting and Pixel Mapping features of the Hog 4 console. Attendees will make a plot on the console, draw fixtures and layers, and modify them.
Attendees with some basic knowledge of the Hog 4 console will gain more from the session.

Session outline
• Plot window
• Drawing and modifying fixtures on plots
• Drawing Pixel Maps on to plots
• Controlling Pixel Map layers
• Media Picker/Custom Content
• Working with multiple Pixel Map layers
• Tips and tricks
Online classes are available at: https://learningstage.etcconnect.com/
Check out the other Hog sessions offered at LDI 2024!

Instructor:  Noah Allen, Product Support Specialist and Hog 4 Trainer, ETC Austin

This session is aimed at programmers who have previously created Magic Sheets and seek to improve their method. We will explore advanced concepts, provide tips to improve your navigation and help you construct more complex Magic Sheets.

Refresh your Magic Sheet knowledge online at: https://learningstage.etcconnect.com/

Check out the other Eos family training sessions offered at LDI 2024!