phattony Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I am trying to get my college to get a design program to do lighting plans on but the only programs that I know is Visuliser and WYSIWYG. is there any other programs and what one is best for new students. TTFN :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin24 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I am trying to get my college to get a design program to do lighting plans on but the only programs that I know is Visuliser and WYSIWYG. is there any other programs and what one is best for new students. Have a look at Wysiwyg LEARN Its designed for Schools usage as is the pricing structure, if you want more info on this please email me off forum. Kind RegardsAndy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Whilst any program is usable, there is a reason why WYSIWYG is the first program to pop up in people minds (and google). It is the bees knees. WYSIWYG is more than a CAD application though - it is more of a complete solution than a 'computer aided design' package. For many people WYSIWYG is probably overspecced and does far too much.... but gosh is it nice when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Hook Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Have you checked out 'Capture'? A more affordable tool which offers most of the features of WYSIWYG. You can get a free demo from www.capturesweden.com (there's a cheap educational site licence available to!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 WYSIWYG seems to work for my students both past and present - certainly on a PC platform. It also seems to work for scenic design students too.VectorWorks has a constituency in the Mac world, but I know little about this.I'm sure if you searched this site for "CAD", "WYSIWYG" or "VectorWorks" there would be a great deal of information. KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agermich Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Hi there I use Vectorworks which you can buy with a dedicated lighting design plugin called Spotlight. Check out http://www.nemetschek.net/spotlight/ I find the software pretty easy to use for plans as it has detailed hybrid 2d/3d symbols for most modern fixtures (although no old strand patt. models ;) ). The 3d tools and rendering are great and I find them very easy to use. It can do good static visualisations although I don't think that it will do moving lights (I've not really explored this). We use it at uni and I brought myself a student liscence version with all the plugin packs (spotlight, architect, designer, landmark, renderworks etc.) for about £170 I think. Hope this helps Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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