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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

SoftSymbols™ 3.9 Object Libraries

In the fall of 2017, Field Template™ announced the release of SoftSymbol 3.9 Packs for Ayrton, Clay Paky, ETC, High End, Martin, Morpheus, Robe, and Vari*Lite. In February 2018 updated 3.9 libraries were released for Arri, GLP, Portman, PRG, and Showline as well. In April 2019, Chauvet Professional was added as a 3.9 Pack too. In addition to that, though - all of the 3.9 libraries were converted to Vectorworks 2018 and Vectorworks 2019 as well.

Arri 3.9; All permutations of the SkyPanel product line, in various orientations; the entire L-Series product line; the complete M-Series fixture series; the latest True Blue Daylight fixture line, the True Blue Tungsten fixture line, and the most popular High Speed and Theatrical Ballasts.

Chauvet Professional 3.9: The complete current product lines; The full MK1, MK2, and MK3 moving light fixtures; the complete complement of Rogue moving light fixtures; the full array of LEDs for Ellipsoidals, Fresnels, House Lights, and PAR product lines; the complete collection of Atmospherics, Batten & Cyc Lights, COLORado, COLORdash, Pixel Mapping, Strobes, Blinders, and Wireless fixtures.

Clay Paky 3.9: The K-EYE K10 and K-EYE K20 HCR fixtures; the Sharpy Wash 330 PC and SuperSharpy 2 fixtures; the Scenius Profile, Spot, and Unico fixtures; and assorted fixtures including the Axcor Profile 900, Mythos 2, Shar-bar, and the Spheriscan.

GLP 3.9: All variations of the impression product line, including the Spot One, Wash One, and the S350. Other movers include the GT-1 and the VolksLicht series. Additional gear includes the x4 Bar 10 and 20, the Force 120 Fan, the JDC1 Strobe, and the X4 Atom series. All movers come with two 3D mounting choices - hanging on a batten, or sitting on the deck.

Martin 3.9: The MAC Quantum, Quantum Wash, and Axion Hybrid movers. The entire RUSH fixture product line, Exterior Wash product line, strobes, foggers, and hazers.

Morpheus 3.9: The CP7-IP LED Blinder, the PanaBeam XR2 and XR2+, the PacificFaders; the M Fader, S Fader, XL Fader, WeatherfFader; ACL Beams, UV Beam, and StrobeBeams.

Portman 3.9: A new addition to SoftSymbols, this library provides several Top and Front Views of the P1 Retro Lamp and P2 Hexaline, including fixtures utilizing the Distance Module - this allows every other P2 Hexaline fixtures to elevate and interlock, providing a "honeycomb" look.

PRG 3.9: An upgrade to SoftSymbols, this library now includes the components of the Ground Control System: The GC Bad Boy, the GC Best Boy, the GC Long Throw, the Truss Box, and the GC Controller.

Showline 3.9: The Hydrus 350, SL Beam, and SL Wash movers - with 3D components hanging from lighting positions, or sitting on the deck. The complete selection of Washlights, including all current SL Strips and SL Bar fixtures. The PAR 150 and 155 Zooms, along with the Nitros, and the SL ParBlazer 100 UV.

Vari*Lite 3.9: The complete VL-4000 BeamWash fixtures, the VLX and VLZ movers, and the VL-6000 mover.

Peering into the Future!

We've only just begun! There's lots more coming down the pike! Stay tuned for more from the Mouse of Shelley!