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You can use Vivien–Virtual Event Designer to increase your planning efficiency. Vivien is the sales,
planning, design, and production tool designed for the meeting and special events industry. LDs can
use it for creating quick concepts to demonstrate their ideas. As
wysiwyg deals with the stage,
Vivien deals with the venue. Both
wysiwyg and Vivien:
• Feature simplified CAD tools to plot or lay out floor spaces or lighting plans
• Deliver photorealistic renderings of these drawings
• Contain 1000s of library objects designed for the industry
• Share the same reliable, robust base code
• Deliver eye-popping visuals
• Provide wizards for common tasks
Vivien file version compatibility
Due the differing release schedules of Vivien and
wysiwyg, Vivien 2.0 is only directly compatible
with
wysiwyg R22. Therefore, a Vivien 2.0 file will open in R24, but files drawn in R24 for use in
Vivien 2.0 must be saved as a Vivien 2.0 file (File > Save As). It is highly recommended that
wysiwyg
users save their work as an R24 file first and then save them in the Vivien 2.0 format for transfer.
Hard drive compatibility
Due to restrictions in file name length, you cannot install wysiwyg on a FAT32-formatted hard drive.
Instead, you must install the product on an NTFS-formatted hard drive. For details, see
http://www.cast-soft.com/cast/software/downloads.jsp?PID=5021&DID=4077
.
Video card compatibility
To display our beam simulation in the Shaded views, the video card requirements have changed as of
Release 22. Our simulation feature takes advantage of advanced graphical technologies available only
in OpenGL 2.0. As a result, your computer must have a video card that supports OpenGL 2.0 to run
this latest version of
wysiwyg with its enhanced features. If you do not have this type of card, a
warning will appear and the Enhanced Simulation option will not be available.
New features in wysiwyg R24
In addition to numerous library updates, Release 24 includes the following new features:
Improved visualization in Shaded view
Release 24 marks the third phase of the visualization project started in R22. It includes the following
enhancements:
• New LED Simulation Subsystem: R24 will feature a brand new method of simulating LED
light sources in Shaded views that works “behind-the-scenes” to more-efficiently (and
correctly) simulate LED fixtures and LED walls. With previous versions of
wysiwyg, inserting
a large number of LED fixtures in your file caused serious performance issues. With R24,
however, you will be able to use as many of these fixtures as you need without worrying
about performance—at least until you reach your video card limits! To take advantage of this
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