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Open the export
Vectorworks Spotlight CSV, MVR, or any spreadsheet fixture list.
Truss Tape Plus
Hang off the marks.
Forty feet on the plot. Forty feet on the paper.
Turn a lighting plot into a full-size paper truss tape — built for 1:1 with per-printer calibration and an on-tape check that it’s to scale. Stick it on the truss. Hang the fixtures.
Runs right on your laptop or tablet, with no internet needed.
macOS now · Windows now · Android now
The problem
Every mark, right where it belongs.
Plots live on screens. Truss lives in the air. Somewhere between them, marks get guessed, argued over, and redone.
Marks you can trust mid-span
Tape measures and “about here” don’t survive a busy hang with three crews on the floor.
Plot ≠ paper
Screenshots and scribbled sticks don’t scale. You need continuous tape that matches the plot.
Labels that stay put
Channel, fixture, and position notes go right on the truss, where the crew needs them.
The gap
Tape tools that print a hang usually need a Vectorworks seat. Label tools don’t print a continuous truss tape. Web tools need a login and a network at the loading dock.
Truss Tape Plus is the hang tool in between — tapes and labels from the same export, on your laptop, calibrated to your printer.
Why scale matters
Why scale matters
A 1% feed error is about five inches over forty feet. That’s enough to put every fixture past the midpoint in the wrong place.
Truss Tape Plus treats the printer as an instrument. Print a short strip, measure it, apply the factor — recorded per printer and per roll of stock. Every tape carries an on-tape verification ruler so the crew can check it against a steel tape before anything goes up.
Built for 1:1 with per-printer calibration and an on-tape verification ruler.
How it works
Plot to paper in one pass
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Preview the hang
Warnings when one name is really several bars, or the data can’t make one honest tape.
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Calibrate once
Print a short strip, measure it, apply the factor. Per printer and per roll of stock.
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Print, gaff, hang
One position, one tape. Stick it along the truss. Hang off the marks.
Fixture stickers, cable flags, loom labels, and sheet stock from the same file — with an alignment test page for part-used sheets.
Why crews trust the tape
Built for 1:1
Per-printer measured feed calibration, plus an on-tape verification ruler you can check with a steel tape.
No cloud / no internet required
Runs right on your laptop. Plug your printer in by USB or connect it over your network.
No Vectorworks license required
Standalone desktop app. macOS now. Windows now. No VW serial tied to your seat.
How you compare
Built for the hang — not another paperwork suite
Capability next to tools shops already know. Standalone local app with measured calibration and an on-tape ruler — no Vectorworks seat. We don’t replace Lightwright.
No Vectorworks license required
Measured calibration + on-tape ruler
Local app · no cloud needed
| Capability | Truss Tape Plus | Lightning Tapes | Lightwright | paperwork.show |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truss / pipe tapes (continuous roll) | Yes | Yes | — | Yes |
| Fixture / cable / position labels | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Both tapes + labels in one local app | Yes | No | No | Browser |
| Runs without a Vectorworks license | Yes | No | Yes | Partial* |
| Per-printer measured feed calibration | Yes | Manual | — | Manual |
| On-tape verification ruler | Yes | On the marks | — | — |
| No cloud / no internet required | Yes | No | No | No |
| Curved truss | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Mobile crew viewer | Yes+ | No | — | Browser |
| Finds the truss line from your fixtures | Yes | Typed in | — | Typed in |
| Sheet alignment test page | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Tuned for both common printer resolutions | Yes | No | — | — |
| Calibration per roll / stock | Yes | No | — | — |
| Source file and print date on every tape | Yes | No | — | — |
| MVR import | Yes | No | Yes | — |
| Reads Vectorworks exports | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Browser |
| macOS | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Browser |
| iPad | Yes | No | Unknown | Browser |
| Android tablet | Yes | No | Unknown | Browser |
| iPhone for Hang list and label printing | Yes | No | Unknown | Browser |
| Android phone for Hang list and label printing | Yes | No | Unknown | Browser |
| Companion paperwork sheets | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Patch and power check | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Can print to multiple printers at the same time | Yes | No | No | No |
| Offer a 30-day trial (no credit card required) | Yes | No | Yes | — |
Yes = verified does. Yes+ = hang list and fixture-label printing on phone. No = verified absent. — = unknown.
Information as of 09/16/2026.
* paperwork.show: Partial — labels / CSV / patch without Vectorworks; continuous truss tapes need their plugin.
* Vectorworks export = worksheet CSV. MVR is a file format (not a vendor) — see MVR import row.
Built for 1:1 with per-printer calibration and an on-tape verification ruler.
Runs right on your laptop. Plug your printer in by USB or connect it over your network.
Founding price $179 through June 1, 2027 · then $249/yr · 30-day trial, no credit card
No Vectorworks license needed.
Built for the people who hang the rig
“I need forty feet of truss hung correctly before lunch, with three people I met this morning.”
“Show me it’s faster — and that it still works when I have no signal.”
Prep, label, send it out — tapes and labels from the same file.
Theatre · touring · festival · corporate LX
Works with the printers you already have
Works with the printers crews already use: Zebra desktop label printers, Brother QL label printers (QL-1100 over USB; QL-820NWB and QL-1110NWB over Ethernet), and any laser printer with Avery sheets. For hang tapes, we recommend the Epson TM-T20IV or TM-T20III Ethernet model. Truss Tape Plus helps you calibrate on day one and keep it honest as you print.
See supported printersFounding price
Become a founder
- Founding
- $179 through June 1, 2027
- Then
- $249/yr
- Trial
- 30-day trial, no credit card
- Platform
- macOS now. Windows now. Android now.
Move your license between computers in the app.
Founding price $179 through June 1, 2027 · then $249/yr · 30-day trial, no credit card
No Vectorworks license needed.
Questions crews ask
Do I need Vectorworks?
No. CSV, MVR, or spreadsheet export.
Print anywhere?
Yes. Print with no internet at all, and connect your printer by USB or over your local network.
Mac, Windows, and Android?
macOS now. Windows now. Android now.
Do you sell the printer?
We focus on the software, so you can use the printer you already have. Works with Zebra desktop label printers, Brother QL (QL-1100 over USB; QL-820NWB and QL-1110NWB over Ethernet), laser printers with Avery sheets, and Epson TM-T20IV or TM-T20III Ethernet models for hang tapes.
What holds the tape up?
Gaff tape. Use standard 80 mm receipt rolls on the TM-T20IV / TM-T20III Ethernet model.
What is founding pricing?
Founding price $179 through June 1, 2027 · then $249/yr · 30-day trial, no credit card