Entertainment Lighting and Event Planning's oldest and most technically advanced CAD developer, Design & Drafting, has released LD Assistant 08.5 with sACN support. This allows consoles that support ACN to connect with LD Assistant over a local network. One such console is Electronic Theatre Controls that support ETC's Net3™. "I believe that you will see GrandMa, Strand, Pathway, CK, and other manufacturers moving to the ACN protocol. With the ease of use that ACN brings to the table, it just makes sense," says Florin Nitu, Programmer and VP of Design & Drafting.

Included in the release is an enhanced JANDS VISTA & VISTA PC connection using Art-Net. This connection allows user to connect and operate both VISTA PC and LD Assistant 08.5 on the same computer, without needing ANY dongles.

Other new features include Save Views in any of the three Simulators for quick return, named views support, more moving light profiles, gobos, textures and movies. LD Assistant 08.5 receives and transmits sACN, Art-Net and Pathport using Ethernet, ENTTEC and LD Net using USB. As always, this is a free update to all LD Assistant Ac 08 & PL 08 users. LD Assistant users, click on your built-in Online Content to learn how to receive your free update.

With LD Assistant 08.5 you can
1) Connect lighting consoles to the CAD program using sACN, Art-Net and Pathport over a local network
2) Connect up to sixty-four universes using Art-Net without any dongles
3) Walk through event designs in Real-Time with audio, video and lighting all playing simultaneously
4) Create industry standard lighting, sound and event plots
5) Open and save Real DWG file
6) Remote viewing of live events from different locations
7) Have multiple independent users walking through a simulation

Because we are Autodesk Partners using the AutoCAD Real DWG file format, you'll never again have to tear your hair out trying to open a DWG file.

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