Your Show Control Is Our Passion
Welcome to ShowCAD Control Systems, specialising in show control systems for entertainment and architectural environments.
Control Solutions for a large range of applications:
Son et Lumiere
Autonomous systems allowing for interaction from remote locations. Museums, art installations, theme park attractions, exhibitions and historic buildings.
Architectural
Building facade, interior, environmental and street lighting are some of the areas we have experience with.
Nightlife
Lighting system range from single universe systems to multi-universe systems integrating video and effect lighting from a single point.
Our Flagship ShowCAD.Artist Software
Central to these systems is our flagship Artist show control software, developed on more than 30 years of experience in the industry.
DEVELOPMENT
Under continuous development for over 10 years, the most powerful lighting control software gets better and better.
Updates
Updates within major versions of Artist are available without charge, protecting your investment.
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World-Class Productivity
Programming with Artist3 is superfast, even with highly complex lighting and integrated systems.
Fast & Easy Work
Experienced system programmers revel with the Artist3 experience.
Create Results
Once configured, creating cues is extremely fast and efficient.
Testimonials
Some messages from a few of our valued customers:
ShowCAD is, without doubt, one of the most versatile, flexible and well-thought-out lighting and show controllers on the market today. Being PC/Mac based, it is in constant development, ready to meet the needs of the industry’s professionals, and emerging technologies. With flexible input and output options, a client’s ideas can be accommodated time and time again. It’s my choice when specifying any job. The guys at ShowCAD are always helpful and on the top of their game.
I have used the ShowCAD system for over 12 years now, and it has proved its mettle on every type of project I have thrown at it. It has been so robust and reliable, it has now become the de-facto standard for all Son et lumière being installed in
I choose your system every time because It’s the most capable controller that exists, and at a great price!
We choose ShowCAD because it is a brilliant lighting control system and offers fantastic integration and system control, including multiple display options.
For over 25 years, ShowCAD have been providing control solutions backed by top level support.
Latest Knowledgebase Updates
Data input with Advantech interfaces
Artist is designed to interface to any Advantech USB devices installed in the Advantech Device Manager. Installing Advantech Drivers Download the DAQNavi SDK from the Advantech support site. Also, download the driver for you specif interface. Ensure that the interface...
Auto boot Artist in Windows 10
To automatically launch Artist create or copy a shortcut to Artistcopy the shortcut to the clipboardtype 'run' and press 'Enter' on the start status bar.type 'shell:startup'paste from the clipboard to this location.
Controlling Artist through an Ethernet connection
Artist can be controlled with simple text message sent across Ethernet using a TCP/IP connection. Artist responds to the Text Commands as define in the help section Automation. Input Output Patch/Network Remotes - right click and select Properties Check Enable - note...
Wysiwyg
This is the procedure to set up Artist to talk to Wysiwyg. Wysiwyg provides visualisation of Artists DMX outputs. Copy Program Files/Artist3/ArtistWyg.msi to the Wysiwyg computer. This can be the same as the Artist computer or another LAN...
Auto Login
If you Windows computer has a password but you want the system to automatically log in with your password this is the procedure for you. Win+R to open the Run dialogtype 'netplwiz' followed by Enter to open the advance user account...
iPad and TouchOSC
TouchOSC is an iPad app that sends MIDI messages wrapped in OSC data packets over network connections. See the web site http://hexler.net/software/touchosc Visit the Apple app store and install the TouchOSC app on any iPad you wish to connect to...