WYSIWYG is another beast unto itself...It is not directly compatible with
Vectorworks.
In the lighting world you're going to find people who love one and hate the other...I've yet to find someone who does well on both.
WYSIWYG is great to do visualization work in and works well with
ETC's Emphasis console but I'm not a big fan of how the drafting comes out.
Vectorworks does some **** fine drafting but its 3-D end is clunky in comparison.
Both are descended from Autocad (which is the program
TD's love). WYSIWYG works more closely with Autocad than Vectorworks does. (Vectorworks is more like a grandnephew of autocad while WYSIWYG is more of a son)
I'm a big Vectorworks guy...but that's just me.
Out of the (shameless plug)
poll thread I did just a few days ago (
Drafting Program) it seems like most of the people around here use Vectorworks (of those who voted not posted).
Here's my question to you...do you know anyone who knows either program or can help you?
If not make sure you buy the training cd's....
Also I'm not sure WYSIWYG has a student version...you'd have to look.