STB-VWVectorworks Plugins

STB VW Tools

Custom Vectorworks plugins and scripts.

AboutSTB VW Tools

About STB VW Tools

STB stands for Sebastiaan ten Broek. My journey with Vectorworks started back in 2012, working in the Dutch event industry as a Technical Planner and Stage Designer. Like many of you, I spent hours on repetitive drafting tasks, so I started writing small scripts as a hobby just to make my own work a little easier.

Aside from design work, I train beginning and advanced users in Vectorworks. I often got the same question from my students: 'Is there a tool to easily draw event fencing?' There wasn't one, so I decided to build it.

What started as a personal collection of 'hobby scripts' has now grown into STB VW Tools. I decided to polish up my own Vectorworks tools, starting with that requested Symbol Line, and share them with the community. My goal is simple: I build the tools I use myself, in the hope that they save you as much time as they save me.

PDOK map geometry imported into Vectorworks around the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort

Import PDOK Geodata for Vectorworks

Imports Dutch maps, cadastral boundaries, buildings, and terrain as correctly positioned Vectorworks geometry.

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Symbol Line

This tool places symbols with two defined points along a drawn line, creating a linked chain of repeated symbols.

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Pretty Patchlist settings

Pretty Patchlist

Creates formatted DMX patch list worksheets from the Lighting Devices in your drawing, grouped by fixture or by universe.

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Available and Upcoming Tools

Import PDOK Geodata for Vectorworks is coming soon. Symbol Line and Pretty Patchlist are available now.

Plate C-01○ Coming soon

Import PDOK Geodata for Vectorworks

Imports Dutch maps, cadastral boundaries, buildings, and terrain as correctly positioned Vectorworks geometry.

Plate C-02● Live

Symbol Line

Places symbols, each with two points, along a drawn line — creating a daisy chain of symbols on a line. The plugin that started it all.

Plate C-03● Live

Pretty Patchlist

Creates formatted DMX patch list worksheets from the Lighting Devices in your drawing, grouped by fixture or by universe.