[SML] SketchUp?

[Kristi R-C]

You need an .edu email and they will give you a license for a period of time. The tutorials at great and I highly recommend Kevin Lee Allen's book. 

Kristi R-C

> On Jan 17, 2018, at 6:08 PM, Jacob Blumberg via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> I don’t know about price for LABs, but as a student I tried to get vector works and they wanted to charge me $1,500/yr for a license, and sketch up wanted. $85 one time fee. If someone wants to point me in the way of vector works free for student I would be much abliged.
> 
>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 6:50 PM SAMUEL JONES via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>> 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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