jry106 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Does anyone know any good LX design software for mac? (10.4) :D Moved to lighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 To do plans or to do renders? For the former I can think of 3 programs off the top of my head - Vectorworks, Maclux Pro and Cadintosh (you'll need to import your own symbols here). For the latter I hear you can do all sorts of exciting stuff with Vectorworks 12 and it's new rendering tools, much better than previous versions of Vectorworks. I've not tried it yet but the demo video I have looks very good! Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24seven Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 I would vote vector works thats what I use and its great no probs as yet . Mark W-E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 I use Power Cad for general 2D stuff, it is very simple but does the job quite happily and produces pretty plans relatively quickly. I am considering purchasing Vectorworks 12 (spotlight) however if a job that I may be doing. It is a far more comprehensive product but I think I would probably need to pay to do some training on it to get at its full potential. Do note that if going down the Vectorworks route you probably would want to ensure that you bought Vectorworks Spotlight as this has been fine tuned for the theatre/entertainment market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jry106 Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eamon Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 I am going to echoe the choices layed out up above. I use a mac for all my design work. My fav progam is Maclux pro only because it is very quick & intuititve. I use vectorworks for all the cadding/thinking re scaling etc. I keep meaning to swap over to vectorworks fully. It can interface with excel/lightwright, you can position a lantern exactly where you want it/rendering etc.Vectorwrks is available in a student version if that helps. I think that you can get maclux in the same guise but not sure. I have heard powercadd is very good but never used it first hand. Mac lux --- very easy to start off. you can do basic rendering using raytrace. vectorwrks --- A bit more complicated but very powerful in the long termpowercadd --- I nay have a clue but hear it is very good. Maclux & Powercadd are mac only. vectorworks can operate on dual platform hope that helps eamon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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