Drag-and-drop, real-time, scale-correct orchestra layouts. Built for teachers, orchestra managers and anyone who shouldn't have to learn Vectorworks just to place a string section.
Not a generic seating diagram. A scale-correct planner with human-sized icons, adjustable spacing, real-world stage dimensions, and a calibration trick that turns any floorplan PDF into a workable canvas.
Import a venue PDF, click two points you know the distance between (e.g. "this wall to that wall is 12 metres"), and the entire drawing rescales to real-world dimensions. From that point on, every chair, stand, and player is at correct scale relative to the stage.
Violin, viola, cello, double bass, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keys — all rendered at their true on-stage footprint. A timpani isn't the same size as a violinist. A concert grand isn't the same as a chair.
Default spacing matches conservatory rule-of-thumb, but every value is editable per player or globally. Bow envelopes can be visualised to check no two strings collide.
Drop the venue's PDF floorplan in, calibrate the scale, and lay the orchestra over it. Print or export the combined layout. Visit a new venue? You have a workable plan before you arrive.
Hand a clean DXF to your production designer, drafting house, or technical director. Imports into Vectorworks (and every other CAD program) at 1:1 millimetres, with every instrument family on its own layer.
A3 landscape, black-and-white line art, no grid clutter, no selection chrome. Print to the production office wall or send to the venue tech crew. Custom title block with your school / org logo.
Plans follow you between school and home. Invite teammates per tier (Solo 1 · School/Studio 5 · Orchestra Manager 8 · Production House 20) to collaborate on the same layout in real time.
EasyOrchestra exists because "now you need to make a stage plan" is a sentence music teachers hear too often, with too little help.
No trial period. No card to try. Save / Export / Print / Cloud Sync / Team Seats need a subscription.
If you know your stage size, yes — drag a section, position it, save. If you're importing a PDF floorplan and calibrating, allow another 5 min. The 30-min free window is enough to lay out a real concert layout from scratch.
Standard orchestral library covers strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keys, and staging. We add new icons on request — drop us a line at [email protected] and we'll usually have it back to you within a week.
It's the industry-standard CAD interchange format. Imports natively into Vectorworks (File → Import → DXF/DWG, tick "Use units in file"), at 1:1 millimetres, with every instrument family on its own coloured layer. Every other CAD program also reads it.
Short answer: impossible. Long answer: .vwx is a proprietary binary format Nemetschek doesn't publish. No third-party tool in any language can write it. DXF is the universally-supported alternative and Vectorworks's DXF importer is one of the best in the industry — your file lands at correct scale every time.
Yes — the School / Studio tier gives 5 seats, Orchestra Manager gives 8, Production House gives 20. Music Tech Class tiers (for student-led use) are coming. See the pricing page for the full ladder.
EasyOrchestra is one of six. The Suite also has EasyInventory (set/props/costume manager), EasyScheduler (production schedules — in build), EasyStage (spike marks + choreography), EasyRisk (theatre-specific OHS), and EasySM (stage management portal). Plus the ESC Course — Teacher PD curriculum. See the Suite overview.
30 minutes free. No card. Sign up only if it saves you time on the next concert.
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