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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

German Light Products 4.0 Pack

Introducing the SoftSymbols™ German Light Products [GLP] 4.0 Pack, part of German Light Products GmbH.

The German Light Products 4.0 Pack is a complete upgrade of the entire GLP array of products, providing the most current inventory by adding over forty new resources.

The GLP Fusion product line provides the full array of IP65 fixtures, including the Exo movers, the FP7 PAR, the MBL wash lights, and the Fusion LED Sticks.

The GLP Static Fixtures include the addition of the KNV Dot, Line, Cube, and Arc fixtures, the JDC Line 500 and 1000 strobes, and the battery-powered Creative Light CL1 and CL1+ fixtures [with wireless DMX control.]

The GLP Movers new additions includes the Impression X5, the Highlander Wash, the Impression E350 and S350 fixtures, and the FR10 and X5 IP Bars.

The GLP Proven Performers: All of these new additions take thier place next to the existing stock of GLP resources; the Atom series, the X4 Bars, and the VolksLicht moving lights; the full complement of Impression X4, 90, 120, and 240 movers; and the Spot One and Wash One moving lights.

Tighten that Waistband: The new SoftTrim™ macros convert all applicable 3D components to Generic Solids, in order to reduce the overall size of every SoftSymbol resource in an effort to keep light plots compact.

3D components that hang, or sit on the floor: Symbol resources provide default 3D components that appear as fixtures hanging from a batten, or, with a FLR suffix - fixtures sitting on the stage.

The GLP 4.0 Pack Illustrated! click on a link to view the graphics):

The German Light Products 4.0 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' Autoplot for Spotlight macros.

 

German Light Products 4.0 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2017
$35 Mac or PC
(24.4MB) 51MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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German Light Products 4.0 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2018-Vw2020
$35 Mac or PC
(25.3MB) 51.3MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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German Light Products 4.0 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2021
$35 Mac or PC
(24.2MB) 29.4MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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German Light Products 4.0 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2022
$35 Mac or PC
(51.2MB) 76.2MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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German Light Products 4.0 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2023
$35 Mac or PC
(37.3MB) 48.9MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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German Light Products 4.0 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2024-Vw2025
$35 Mac or PC
(37.9MB) 48.6MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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GLP Fusion Exo movers, FPT PAR, MBL fixtures, Supernova, and Fusion Sticks [all IP65 rated!]

 

 

GLP GT-1, Highlander Wash, Impression E350 and S350 fixtures; Impression FR10 and X5 IP Bars, and Impression X4 and X5 movers.

 

GLP X4 Bar 10 and X4 Bar 20; GT-1, Highlander Wash, Impression E350 and S350 fixtures; Impression FR10 and X5 IP Bars, and Impression X4 movers; all with 3D components that sit on the deck.

 

GLP Impression X4 & X5 movers, and X4 Bar 10 & X4 Bar 20, with 3D components that sit on the deck; JDC1 Strobe and Force 120 Fan; Creative Light C1 & C1+; and JDC Line 500 and JDC LIne 1000.

 

GLP KNV Dot, Line, Cube, and Arc units; X4 Atom units & X4 Atom power supplies; Discontinued Impression X1, 90, and 120RZ movers.

 

GLP Discontinued Impression 240 movers; Impression Spot One & Wash One, VolksLicht, VolksLicht Zoom & VolksLicht Spot movers; Impression X1 & X90 movers, all with 3D components that sit on the deck.

 

GLP Discontinued Impression 90, 120, and 240 movers; Impression Spot One & Wash One movers; VolksLicht, VolksLicht Zoom, & VolksLicht Spot movers, with 3D components that sit on the deck.