Presentation-ready event visuals from Vectorworks Spotlight views.
Entertainment design software for stage lighting, scenery, event layouts, previsualization, and production documentation.
Entertainment design software for stage lighting, scenery, event layouts, previsualization, and production documentation.
Vectorworks Spotlight brings lighting devices, truss, scenic elements, video surfaces, seating, and venue geometry into one event-design model. Its saved views, sheet layer viewports, and Showcase previsualization views give lighting designers, scenic designers, and event teams a useful starting image once the intended stage picture is clear. RENDERCAD can develop that clean view into a presentation still for a treatment, client review, sponsor pitch, venue proposal, or production look book. A front-of-house camera is useful for explaining the complete stage composition; an audience-side angle can show sightlines and atmosphere; and a close view can focus on an entry feature, scenic reveal, branded LED wall, or table setting. Give RENDERCAD the established geometry and a focused visual brief, such as a restrained theatre look, concert energy, polished corporate event, exhibition environment, or dusk festival scene. It can explore mood, material character, haze, venue context, and finish, but it should not be used to validate rigging, fixture choices, patching, cue behavior, dimensions, or production paperwork. Spotlight remains the source of truth for those design and show-control decisions.
In Spotlight, complete the information that must remain reliable: the venue footprint, stage and scenic geometry, truss layout, fixture positions, screen placement, seating, and audience sightlines. Build the composition from a saved view, camera view, sheet layer viewport, or Showcase frame. Showcase is useful when a lighting look or video content is part of the intended image; capture a moment where the stage silhouette and key scenic elements remain readable. Hide selections, palettes, temporary guides, and annotation that do not belong in the presentation. Export or capture the view and upload it to RENDERCAD with one visual direction and any non-negotiable cues, such as preserving the proscenium, keeping a screen location visible, or maintaining the main scenic massing. Review the result for a clear stage layout and accurate treatment of branding before using it in a deck or review. Return to Spotlight to revise the model, render views, lighting plots, fixture data, rigging documentation, and DMX-driven previsualization.
Modeled by CADSharp in Onshape. Rendered with RENDERCAD.
Add | Change | or Remove referenced objects with the stroke of a brush.
RENDERCAD uses a maintained selection of image-generation models for different rendering tasks. Results can vary by model and input, so compare generated output with the source design before relying on geometry, materials, or dimensions.
| Feature | RENDERCAD | Vectorworks Spotlight |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | Generative AI | Vectorworks modeling and Spotlight entertainment-design tools, with rendering and Showcase previsualization workflows |
| Output | Images + Video | Lighting plots, scenic build drawings, worksheets, saved views, rendered viewports, Showcase snapshots, and previsualization outputs |
| Resolution | HD / 4K | Image and viewport output depend on the chosen sheet layer, export settings, render style, and scene configuration |
| Image Speed | Image renders complete in 60 seconds. | Rendering time depends on scene geometry, fixture and lighting effects, render style, output settings, and available hardware |
| Video Speed | Videos complete in 2-5 minutes. | Showcase interaction and animation playback depend on scene complexity, fixture data, media, render settings, and hardware |
| Scene Set Up | No separate local scene | Create or import venue geometry, then add scenic elements, truss and rigging, lighting devices, screens, cameras, textures, event layouts, and render or Showcase settings |
| Input | Screen Snip | Vectorworks files containing 2D and 3D event designs, venue geometry, symbols, lighting-device data, rigging objects, textures, screens, cameras, and worksheets |
| Hardware | Cloud GPU | Desktop software for supported Windows and macOS systems, with related cloud and mobile workflows available depending on configuration |
| Install | None | Installed as Vectorworks Spotlight desktop software; rendering and previsualization capabilities depend on the product configuration |
| Cost | from $9/mo | Available through Vectorworks licensing options; included services and capabilities depend on the selected configuration |
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Skip a separate local scene build. Pick a condition, material, and background while RENDERCAD handles the image-generation step. Image renders complete in 60 seconds.
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Use the browser workflow directly, capture a selected view with the desktop app, or start from the browser extension.
Get StartedCommon solutions for Vectorworks Spotlight users
You can layer a material reference, a lighting reference, and a background reference together. Each guides a different aspect of the final render.
Upload a clear image or use a current capture tool, describe carbon fiber, and add an authorized material reference when a specific visual direction matters. Image renders complete in 60 seconds.
Add phrases like "Light from left," "Backlit," or "Top down lighting" to your custom prompt in RENDERCAD.
Yes. Choose the Dolly In or Dolly Out camera preset in the Video panel, then review the clip for product and geometry fidelity.
Submit a clear viewport screenshot to the web workflow instead of running a local scene render. The generation request runs in the cloud while your source application remains separate.
Open the current desktop app or browser extension, select the viewport region, and send the captured image into the screenshot-based workflow. Availability and device requirements are documented on the current download pages.
Upload your image or snip your wireframe view. In RENDERCAD, prompt "Technical Illustration" or "Blueprint style."
It supports fast visual feedback from a clear viewport capture. Image renders complete in 60 seconds.
The current desktop app or browser extension can capture a selected viewport region and send that screenshot into the image workflow. The web upload path remains available without a CAD plugin.
Choose a background or describe the intended environment and lighting. Generated reflections and illumination are visual interpretations, not a scene-based light simulation.
4K is an optional output-resolution step. It increases pixel dimensions but does not restore missing source detail or guarantee print suitability.
It guides the video toward a looping transition. Review continuity after export because the first and last frames may still need editing.