Vivien - Virtual Event Designer
Easy to use, Vivien is based on familiar Windows functionality, with the same drag and drop, cut, copy and paste functions as programs like Microsoft Word.
Watch your profits soar! This intuitive program lets you quickly produce a picture today of tomorrow’s event, generating stunning 3D images that will sell your ideas.
Click on any of the following features for more information.
- Working window Conceptualise your event quickly and precisely in the Vivien working window.
- 2D / 3D View Create accurate 2D floorplans with Vivien's Wizards and tools.
- Virtual View Instantly show your client the event from any angle and every vantage point in the Virtual View.
- Rendering Create a colourful, lifelike, 3D rendering to show your client. It's like snapping a photo of the event before it even happens!
Feature List
Vivien includes the following features. If you don't see what you're looking for, consult the user documentation or call Technical Support.
- Venues: Create from scratch or use Vivien's venue templates (room, theatre, and tents)
- Drawing tools: Use 2D and 3D tools to create virtually any object
- Views: See your drawing from any angle in 3D colour or outline format
- Seating Wizard: Add tables and chairs and quickly resize the seating area
- Projection Wizard: Add screens and projectors, calculate throw distance, and determine lens requirements
- Pipe and Drape Wizard: Drag and drop to create drapes, instantly add colour and texture
- Truss Wizard: Select from predefined types of truss or create your own in seconds
- Light Tool: Focus lights, add colour, and gobos
- Camera toolbar: View the room from any angle at the click of a button to test sightlines, set up renderings, etc.
- Library Browser: Choose from approx. 1000 3D objects to click and drop into your drawing
(chairs, tables, staging, décor, banquet, people, tents, AV, etc.) - Texture Pack: Choose from 1000s of textures to apply to almost every element in your drawing
- Materials: Instantly give almost all objects a veneer of wood, metal, glass, plastic, etc. in varying degrees of transparency and sheen
- Layouts: Create custom proposals containing 2D/3D/Virtual View images, renderings, spreadsheet details, company logos, etc
- Printing: Print layouts to .pdf format
- Event Resources: Track inventory and event resources dynamically in an Excel-type spreadsheet
- File output: Save layouts as .bmp/.jpg format, save drawings as .dxf/.dwg/.bmp/.jpg format, export and save Event Resources info to Excel
- File importing: Import existing floorplans (.bmp/.jpg), 2D/3D CAD drawings (.dwg/.dxf), and Google SketchUp files (.skp)
- File compatibility: Open Vivien files with wysiwyg (and vice versa)
