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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

High End Lighting 4.1 Pack

The High End Lighting 4.1 Pack has expanded to over 230 resources, reflecting today's current High End product line. The library is constructed so that new and active lighting devices appear at the top of the Resource Manager, while the Legacy product lines shift lower in the document.

The High End Lighting 4.1 Object Library includes the trio of new Halcyon moving lights: The Halcyon Gold, Halcyon Titanium, and Halcyone Platinum, all equipped with either High Fidelity or Ultra-bright light sources. The package also includes the SolaPix 19 XT, who joins the rest of the SolaPix family. The new Talen product line of "snap-together" lighting fixtures includes a single unit, a hinged unit, and an anitomically correct cut-out unit for 2D clarity. And the Ministar and Hyperstar moving light fixtures join the Lonestar. And all of these new arrivals join the diverse collection of existing High End resources:

Control: Starts with the Hog 4-18, Hedge Hog 4X, Mini Wing, the DP8000 and HPU Processors, joined by all the Widgets, right up through the Hedge Hog 4, Master Wing 4, Rack Hog 4, Hog, Road Hog, and Full Boar 4 Consoles.

LED Effects: The HQ-100 Hazer and the FQ-100 Fogger join the Uno, Quad, and Hex LED devices.

LED Movers: The Lonestar, Relevé, and Turboray fixtures join the Cyber LED, and the rest of the LED High End moving light fixtures families:

SolaFrame: The SolaFrame 1000 and SolaFrame 3000 fixtures team up with the SolaFrame 750, 1500, 2000, and SolaFrame Theatre moving light fixtures.

SolaHybeam: This product line includes the SolaHybeam 1000, the SolaHybeam 2000, and the SolaHybeam 3000 moving light fixtures.

SolaPix: This group includes the SolaPix 7, 19, and 37 fixtures, as well as the ShowPix series of moving light fixtures.

SolaSpot: This family includes the SolaSpot 3000, 2000, and 1000 moving light fixtures, along with the SolaSpot Pro CMY mover.

SolaWash: This product line includes the SolaWash 1000, along with the SolaWash 2000-3200 Kelvin, the SolaWash 2000-6500 Kelvin, and the SolaWash 2000-7400 Kelvin movers.

All of these fixtures join the Legacy fixtures, including the Barco and Digital Light projectors, LED effect fixtures, the Cyberlight, intellaspot and X Spot fixtures; not to mention the Studio, Technospot, and TechnoArc lighting fixtures.

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 High End Lighting 4.1 Pack Illustrated! (click on a link to view the graphics):

 

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.

High End Lighting 4.1 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2017
$30 Mac or PC
(24.8MB) 51.4MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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High End Lighting 4.1 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2018-Vw2020
$30 Mac or PC
(24.9MB) 52.3MG
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High End Lighting 4.1 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2021
$30 Mac or PC
(25MB) 29.6MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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High End Lighting 4.1 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2022
$30 Mac or PC
(25.9MB) 31.7MG
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High End Lighting 4.1 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2023
$30 Mac or PC
(21.1MB) 31.6MG
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High End Lighting 4.1 Pack
Enhanced for Vw2024-Vw2025
$30 Mac or PC
(25.7MB) 31.5MG
(includes pdfs of symbols and data)
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High End Hog 4-18, Hog 4, Road Hog 4 and 4-21; Full Boar, Hedge Hog 4 & 4X, Hoglet 4; Master Wings & Mini Wings; Processors

High End Control Widgets; the AF-1000 Dataflash, F-100 and FQ-100 foggers; the HQ-100 Hazer; the Halcyon Gold, Titanium, and Platinum movers

High End SolaFrame series; the SolaSpot series

High End SolaHyBeam series; the SolaPix & the SolaWash fixtures

High End SolaWash fixtures; the Talen fixture; the Cyber LED mover; the Ministar, Hyperstar, and Lonestar movers; the Relevé & Turboray movers

High End Halcyon Gold, Titanium, and Platinum movers; the SolaFrame series (all with 3D floor components}

High End SolaFrame and SolaSpot series; the High End SolaHyBeam series (all with 3D floor components}

High End SolaPix and SolaWash series (all with 3D floor components}

High End Talen fixture; the Cyber LED, Ministar, Hyperstar, and Lonestar movers; the Relevé and Turboray movers (all with 3D floor components}

High End C-16, ColorPro, EC-1, EC-2 and Ecodome architectural fixtures; the ES-1 series

High End TechnoPro & TechnoRay fixtures; Digital light DML-1000 fixture; the Barco FLM-R22 fixture; the DL.1 thru DLV projectors; the Catalyst system

High End early SolaSpot & SolaFrame fixtures; the Uno, Quad, & Hex fixtures; SolaWash, StudioPix, & trackspot Bolt fixtures

High End Cyberlight, Intellabeam, Technobeam, & Trackspot fixtures; Studio Beam, Studio Color, and Studio Spot product lines

High End Studio Command, Studio Spot, & X Spot fixtures; intellaspot, Technospot and TechnoArc fixtures

High End early Color Command & ColorMerge devices; Showgun and Showbeam fixtures; SolaSpot & SolaFrame fixtures; [all with 3D floor components]

High End Uno, Quad, & Hex fixtures; SolaWash, StudioPix, & trackspot Bolt fixtures; Studio Beam, Studio Color, Studio Spot, and Studio Command product lines [all with 3D floor components]

High End Studio Spot and X Spot series; intellaspot, Technospot and TechnoArc fixtures; Showgun & Showbeam fixtures [all with 3D floor components]