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What others are saying
When I started using Vectorworks some 16 years ago I was fortunate to come across the Field Template SoftSymbol range not long after. They are the absolute benchmark for high quality, detailed and most of all clearly drawn symbols. They are the first ones I reach for when starting a new design and as a side by side comparison with the stock supplied VW symbols…well there is no comparison.
Max Conwell
Lighting Designer, Naked Eye Lighting Ltd., www.nakedeyelighting.com
Some [lighting designers] have always drawn their own symbols. If that’s the path you choose, that’s fine. For everyone else, there’s Steve Shelley and his SoftSymbols™. The range of products covered is remarkable. The price, given the amount of work that must be involved, remarkably low. Which is perhaps why they’re so widely used, particularly by lighting designers and their associates in America - a country that really does care about beautiful light plots. If you do too, check them out: this is a working classic, still in use daily...
Rob Halliday
Lighting Designer and Author for Light and Sound International, February 2020
What makes SoftSymbols so useful is that they are thoroughly researched, well made and above all, stick to some rigorous drafting standards that are maintained across the whole catalog.
Mark Doubleday
Lighting Designer, UK
Soft Symbols are my Vectorworks symbol library of choice, and have been since my tenure as Hubbard Street’s Lighting Director. Steve has created a product that is incredibly thorough, thoughtful, and well-organized. It looks great at any scale, is appropriate for every type of lighting gig, and could only have come from someone with his level of experience and attention to detail. It is an invaluable resource to me and will continue to be my go to library for the foreseeable future.
Matt Miller, Freelance Lighting Designer/Director
Chicago, IL
SoftSymbols are the symbol library of choice for the Lincoln Center Festival, and for all my other professional activities. They are cleanly built, graphically sophisticated, and the libraries are by far the most complete. There’s no other choice as far as I’m concerned.
Aaron Copp, Lighting Coordinator, Lincoln Center Festival, and freelance lighting designer
New York, NY
I did the Lab Rep Plot revisions with SoftSymbols. LOVE IT! So does the crew and the union House Elec. We also think the twenty-or-so production teams coming into the Lab this spring (who’ll receive print copies of this drawing) will love it too. I cannot tell you how happy I am to have SoftSymbols™ - I trust my layouts again, since your symbols are the same size as the objects they represent (DUH!), and my drawings look more like my drawings again. Woo hoo!
Martha Mountain, Freelance Lighting Designer
Washington DC

Altman Lighting 3.6 Pack

The Altman Lighting 3.6 Pack is an upgrade for the multiple Altman product lines, adding another 23% more symbols to the library.

New gear

First, the entire Phoenix product line, including tungsten, CDM, LED-RGBA, LED-RGBW, and LED-3K-6K fixtures. Next, the entire Spectra product line, including all LED variations of the Spectra 50, Spectra 100, Spectra 200, Spectra Cube, and Spectra Strips. Finally, all the LED variations of the entire Outdoor Spectra product line.

The Altman Lighting 3.6 Object Library

Strand 3.7 Pack Also Includes

SoftMap™: A pdf map matching each object library. The pdf can be printed out to provide a hard-copy reference for all the symbols, regardless of printer.

SoftData™: The latest information, extracted directly from the symbols, and triple-checked using the SoftGauntlet® System. The data is translated into metric units as well—all symbols and resources can convert to metric scale, utilizing Sam Jones' free Autoplot for Spotlight macros.

LED Designation: All LED symbols use the SoftSymbols™ BlackDot® USITT designation to identify the number of LED color circuits.

Expanded Graphic Choices: All instruments (including HID’s) have two choices of degree designation; either old-school slashes or alphanumeric text in the lens.

Altman Lighting 3.6 Pack
Legacy for Vw2008-Vw2010

$30 Mac or PC
(4.1MB) 12.4MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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Altman Lighting 3.6 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2011-Vw2015

$30 Mac or PC
(4.1MB) 11.8MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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Altman Lighting 3.6 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2016

$30 Mac or PC
(11.1MB) 26.7MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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Altman Lighting 3.6 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2017

$30 Mac or PC
(9MB) 18.2MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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Altman 150, UV-250, Shakespeare, and 700 series of blacklights

Altman CDM 3.5” ellipsoidal, MR16, Par, and Fresnel fixtures series

Altman CDM Shakespeare and CDM Star Par fixture series

Altman 1KL and 3.5” ellipsoidals product lines

Altman 360Q ellipsoidal series [with slashes or numbers in the lenses]

Altman 4.5” and Shakespeare fixture series [with slashes in the lenses]

Altman Shakespeare fixture series [with numbers in the lenses], and Followspots

Altman Canto lighting fixtures, as well as HMI, Location, and Studio Fresnels

Altman Theatrical Fresnels and MR16 lighting fixtures

Altman Open Face fixtures, along with 600w and 1000w Outdoor Par 64 lighting fixtures

Altman Outdoor Par and ellipsoidal CDM lighting fixtures & Altman Par 38 and Par 46 product lines

Altman Par 56 and Par 64 lighting fixtures [with slashes or numbers in the lenses]

Altman Star Pars [with slashes or numbers in the lenses] & Altman Phoenix Tungsten Ellipsoidals [with slashes in the lenses]

Altman Phoenix Tungsten Ellipsoidals [with numbers in the lenses] & Altman Phoenix CDM Ellipsoidals [with slashes in the lenses]

Altman Phoenix CDM Ellipsoidals [with numbers in the lenses] & Altman Phoenix LED RGBA Ellipsoidals

Altman Phoenix LED RGBW Ellipsoidals & Altman Phoenix LED 3K-6K Ellipsoidals

Altman Scoops, Spectra 50 and Spectra 100 fixtures

Altman Spectra Outdoor, Spectra 200, Spectra Cube, and Spectra PAR

Altman Spectra Strip LED fixtures