By Richard Cadena
The truck wasn’t even totally unloaded before I came to the stark realization that we weren’t going to have enough cable for this gig. The location of the switches from which we were to get power was not at all according to the plan, and the drawing wasn’t even orientated correctly with the building. To top it all off, the scale I used to calculate the cable run was very different than that in the drawing. What now? Alarm bells started going off in my head. Only then did I realize that the bell was actually my alarm clock going off and this was all just a bad dream.
That’s what happens when you spend too much time worrying about your show prep – your nightmares go from “I forgot to study my midterm exams” to “We’re totally screwed on this show.”
Of course, I know all your shows are flawless ad always come off without a hitch. But if you have any doubts about your show planning (especially cable runs and gear), if you spend a lot of time looking at plans, figuring out cable runs, putting together lists of cables with different connectors, breakouts, adaptors, and distribution equipment, then you will be interested in what’s been developing at Vectorworks over the last few years.
Read the full review on page 64 of Lighting & Sound America
