AutoCAD® 2004 Support and ACIS Solids Import/Export
Batch Print
Export Dimmer and Channel Information
Faster, More Robust 3D Modeling
Inventory Improvements
Multi-Circuit Instrument Tool
New ARRI® and Mole-Richardson® Libraries
New Artistic Rendering Effects and Support For QuickTime VR®
New Context-sensitive Online Help
Smaller Files Sizes and Faster Hidden Line Rendering
Viewports
Mac System Requirements
Windows System Requirements

Features (Detail)

AutoCAD® 2004 Support and ACIS Solids Import/Export
Support for Lightwright 4.0, AutoCAD 2004 compatibility, support for AutoCAD viewports and paperspace, batch DXF/DWG translation, DXF/DWG 3D Solids Support, Import/Export ACIS/SAT are just a few of the new and improved Import/Export options you'll find in SPOTLIGHT 11.

Batch Print
Forget about waiting at your desk to print a set of drawings. With the new Batch Print command, you can print a complete set of drawings without any interruptions. The new Batch Print command allows you to easily define a set of drawing sheets or saved views to print. You can choose to print sheets in either black and white or color. And, you can save Batch Print sets for easy retrieval.

Export Dimmer and Channel Information
Now you can export dimmer and channel information directly from SPOTLIGHT. Based on your input, SPOTLIGHT can create a USITT standard ASCII text patch that can be read by other lighting programs, as well as lighting consoles.

Faster, More Robust 3D Modeling
An enhanced 3D modeling kernel results in faster and more reliable solids modeling operations. Plus, you'll find new NURBS modeling tools that give you more control over complex 3D surfaces. And, a Volumetric Properties command that automatically calculates the volume, surface area, and center of mass of any 3D solid.

Inventory Improvements
Need to delete an item from inventory? Simply click the Delete button in the new Inventory Control dialog box.

Multi-Circuit Instrument Tool
It's a cinch to add a multi-circuit instrument to your design. Instead of manually inserting and aligning each cell, you can add a multi-circuit in one step. Lighting instruments can now be inserted as multi-circuit instruments that act as single group, but retain their individual parameters and labels.

New ARRI® and Mole-Richardson® Libraries
ARRI and Mole-Richardson have now been added to the instrument symbols library.

New Artistic Rendering Effects and Support For QuickTime VR®
New artistic rendering modes allow you to produce non-photorealistic effects that soften hard lines and mimic many hand-sketched styles, including cartoon, color wash, contour, tapered lines, hatch, ink print, lines and shadows, mosaic, oil painting, overlapping lines, soft lines, and stipple. Plus, both the Macintosh® and Windows® version of RenderWorks 11 support Apple's QuickTime Virtual Reality technology. QuickTime VR adds another dimension to your presentation capabilities by allowing you to create realistic 3D panoramas from your models that can be navigated without any special hardware or software. And, because QTVR is automatically web-enabled, you can easily post your QTVR scenes to your web site.

New Context-sensitive Online Help
Even the best CAD designers get stuck every now and then. With new context-sensitive help, you'll never have to stop and consult your manual again. Any question you may have can be easily answered from within VectorWorks' new help system. Loaded with detailed step-by-step instructions and comprehensive graphics, VectorWorks 11's help system is a faster and more convenient way to get answers to your questions.

Smaller Files Sizes and Faster Hidden Line Rendering
New image compression technology significantly decreases the file size of VectorWorks drawings that contain bitmap images. Now, files that contain bitmaps will open more quickly, save faster, take up less hard drive space, and are generally easier to work with. Plus, Rendering in VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT's Hidden Line modes can be up to 40% faster.

Viewports
Advanced page layout features make it easy to arrange multiple views of your design on a single drawing sheet. Each view of the design, or "viewport", can have its own scale, orientation, projection, and rendering option, as well as layer and class visibility settings-making it easy to create drawing sheets that are comprised of multiple views of your design. For added flexibility, viewports can be cropped by any shape and have the ability to be annotated separately, which makes creating detailed or enlarged plan views a very simple and straight-forward process.

Mac System Requirements
Mac OS 9.2.2 or later and CarbonLib 1.5 or later,
Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later,
PowerPC 604e or newer
CD-ROM drive
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 (XGA)
512MB RAM
110MB free hard drive space

Windows System Requirements
Windows 98 or later, Windows NT 4 or later,
Pentium or newer
CD-ROM drive
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 (XGA)
512MB RAM
110MB free hard drive space