The Braceworks^™ add-on for Vectorworks Spotlight and Designer provides design, production, and rigging professionals with an easy way to gauge the performance of temporary structures under load. This one-of-a-kind module ensures safety and compliance with engineering codes and standards, creating a completely integrated modeling, analysis, and documentation process in one interface.

Braceworks can analyze complete 3D structural systems and conduct static analyses, so you can make smart decisions. Braceworks allows you to generate certifiable documentation, within the same file containing your event design.

The Braceworks add-on module seamlessly integrates with Vectorworks Spotlight to help you gauge the viability of temporary entertainment structures under load. It analyzes complete 3D structural systems modeled in Spotlight. It supports point- and distributed-load types, straight and curved structural members, and multiple materials. The Finite Element Analysis (FEA) performs static analyses, with results displaying graphically on the model for easy reference. Detailed calculation reports can be created. Models can be exported in DSTV format for collaboration with structural engineers using other FEA software.