[SML] SketchUp?

[SAMUEL JONES]

Full disclosure; I have a vested interest in Vectorworks.  That being said.  …

I’m under the impression that the school can get a really good deal on Vectorworks for their lab, and the students can get the program for free.  While it is possible to do light plots in almost any drawing program, and one can do paperwork in Excel or any database.  Why would you put up with the pain?  Vectorworks has the best collection of tools to deal with light plots.  It is used by the vast majority of lighting designers and production houses, so the students would be learning to use a tool that they can use when they leave school.  It would be good for students to be become facile with Lightwright for the same reasons, but the cost of Lightwright can be a problem.  A $25 dollar plug-in will allow students to export Vectorworks Spotlight files to a database or Excel.  Why do SketchUp?  It is possible to do scale drawings with SketchUp, but as has been pointed out, it can be very easy to screw it up.

HTH,
Sam

Samuel L. Jones
Developer of AutoPlot Tools for SpotLight
E-mail: sjones at autoplotvw.com
Skype: AutoPlotVW
(310) 993-4172 (cell)
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