BeamDesk: CAD for Lighting People

Most CAD products are designed to serve everyone…and don’t do so very well.

Enter BeamDesk, the one stop shop for Lighting Designers, Gaffers, Broadcast Techs, and Lighting Systems Integrators.

Early Access: July 15th, 2026

Going Live: August 1st, 2026

Three Steps

Venues, rooms, sets, and more. Import backgrounds from PDF and DXF files.

Hanging positions, fixtures, and annotations.

System risers, equipment racks, floor plan markups, and more.

We have your layers, snaps, lineweights, linetypes, and so much more!

Draft

Take your drawings and get them onto paper.

Multiple viewports, fast title blocks, and simple annotations make communication fast.

Plot

Paperwork

LDs love our fast Instrument Schedules, Channel Hookups, and Cut Lists.

Techs and Consultants love our custom tables & schedules, export as a PDF or put directly into your drawings. Update the table and all instances of the table update instantly.

Demo

This video was made using ALPHA v.0.218 and was shot on May 29th, 2026.

Pricing

Monthly - $9.99 per month

All features, billed monthly, cancel anytime.

Yearly - $99 per year

All features, billed yearly, save 2 months per year.

Team - Graduated Pricing

1-2 users | $99 per user per year

3-10 users | $79 per user per year

11-20 users | $69 per user per year

21-30 users | $59 per user per year

31+ users | $49 per user per year

Want Early Access?

Early Access Portal

Starting June 15th

$50 gets you instant Early Access + 1-year subscription starting Aug 1st.
$100 gets you instant Early Access + 2-year subscription starting Aug 1st.
Early Adopter Facebook & Discord communities to give feedback and talk directly with our team!

Creating real life projects in early access versions of BeamDesk isn’t without risk! We are still squashing bugs and improving how it works. Don’t cancel subscriptions to other products and blow a deadline. We want you to use BeamDesk but we also want to ensure you have a buffer while we get it together!

Your Questions, Answered

On your computer. We generate a file that you can put on a drive, cloud storage, or just abandon on the desktop. The choice is yours.
Yes! BeamDesk is a piece of software installed on your machine. It does need occasional internet access to check your license status.
We plan to launch the Early Access Beta on Kickstarter starting June 15th, 2026.

The full public launch is scheduled for August 1st, 2026.
Almost nothing! We just collect your basic info at payment and then tie a machine ID to your license code. Otherwise, we don’t collect info about you. No useage statistics. No automatic bug logs. We don’t track your online habits for marketing. For more info, read our full Privacy Policy, linked below.
Note: Paddle processes the license payment. Check out their terms and conditions for their policy.
For now: PC, Mac, and Linux
Eventually: add iPadOS, Android, and Web