Built on Vectorworks Fundamentals, Vectorworks Design Suite has all the design and BIM capabilities of Architect, Landmark, and Spotlight in order to provide you with the best tools for the design and presentation of your creative ideas and with the most cost-effective way to get the entire suite of Vectorworks technology in one, easy-to-use software interface.
Whether your specialty is architecture, landscape, or entertainment design, Vectorworks Designer software enables you to draft, model, and present in a single, intuitive interface. Enhance your workflow and enable great design to materialize from inspiration, exploration, and discovery with Vectorworks Design Suite - the ultimate solution for the design professional who needs it all.
If your hands are full with cross-disciplinary projects, you need a product suite that can do anything. With cutting-edge technology to create detailed BIM models, expansive sites, and memorable live events, Design Suite has everything you need to design without limits.
Pay less for more: Design Suite is the most cost-effective way to purchase multiple Vectorworks products, so you won’t have to sacrifice the tools you need.
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The versatility to support your project at every stage — easily transition from massing models to BIM models to construction documents. Our design-centric BIM workflow brings everything together and increases your efficiency. |
With intelligent objects, powerful databases, and flexible documentation features, Landmark streamlines 2D and 3D landscape workflows. It’s the only comprehensive BIM software made specifically for landscape architects and designers. |
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The professional design platform that sets the standard for the entertainment industry. Choose from a huge library of lighting, audio, video, scenic, and rigging manufacturer content to create light plots and automate paperwork to meet tight deadlines. |
Freely sketch, model, and document your design ideas with precision drafting capabilities and the most flexible 3D modeling engine available, powered by SIEMENS Parasolid. You’re not limited by presets and strict parameters — you have the flexibility you need to design anything you can imagine. |
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Vectorworks Service Select is a maintenance agreement that provides customers with several added benefits, including immediate upgrade of new product releases, the best pricing, priority technical support, VIP access to downloads, and an always-growing library of on-demand learning tutorials. You’ll also have the premier level of storage with Vectorworks Cloud Services at 20 GB (over the standard 2 GB).
Vectorworks Service Select is the best way to get the most out of your Vectorworks software with the lowest available price.
BENEFITS |
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Access to maintenance releases |
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One-year basic technical support |
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Cloud Services Storage |
20 gb |
2gb |
Priority technical support |
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Upgrade to new releases at no additional charge |
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On-demand licensing |
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Unlimited access to on-demand training portal |
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Access to new libraries, textures, and more |
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Classroom and online training discount |
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Vectorworks Service Select subscribers get exclusive cloud benefits like expanded, 20 GB storage, automatically-generated drawing sheet PDFs, and useful file histories that make it even easier to design anytime, anywhere.
Vectorworks Design Suite includes 12 months FREE technical support directly from Vectorworks. Vectorworks Technical Support is available to all registered users by fax, by e-mail and by phone from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm EST.
Download your full installation of Vectorworks Trials and Updates.
The Vectorworks Viewer is a FREE value-added benefit to Vectorworks users. The Viewer enables those who do not own the program to look at and print projects created in Vectorworks. And, it allows on-line collaboration between designers and clients during the creative process.
Which version of Vectorworks is right for you?
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2D & 3D |
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Architectural Design |
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Lighting Design |
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Landscape Design |
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Advanced Rendering |
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Manufacturer's system requirements are generally the bare minimum that you need to run the software and insufficient for effective and productive operation of the product.
Our suggested "real world" mid-range desktop system key specifications to properly run Vectorworks are as follows:
Novedge, in partnership with High Speed Computing, can also provide the perfect hardware for your design needs, pre-installed with your software, at a very competitive price. Contact us to discuss custom-configured workstations and laptops.
Suggested Workstation
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CPU: Intel Core i7 |
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It's difficult to rate this software objectively, as I have grown with it over the course of many years. I first began using it when it was just MiniCad 2.5 and upgraded every two or three years since. As a lighting design professional and university educator, I have never found a package more useful for entertainment industries. Nemetschek's thoughtful development of industry specific design software has been spot(light) on.
It's definitely expensive, but It's the industry standard for a reason. It's rock solid and can be used for very simple diagrams to very complicated set & lighting designs.
I recently received my copy of Vectorworks Designer 2010. It contains Vectorworks: fundamentals, architect, renderworks, landmark, spotlight, and machine design.
I've been using this software since it was mini-cad, sometime around 1997 or so. Before VW, I used auto cad, sketchup, and chief architect.
In general I've found VW to be the most practical, full featured, and easy to use design software available. The price is also the most competitive in it's class.
I have had mixed feelings and mixed results about upgrading over the years, some upgrades seem to take lots of time to learn, with small results.
Other upgrades have yielded big results with little pain. 2010 has been huge results with almost no pain! I'll digress to the early days of mini-cad.
The first few upgrades came with nice, easy to follow manuals, and good tutorial cd's for a modest price. After a few upgrades, no more books! I complained and was told
that it was a decision aimed at saving trees, how could I argue with that? I have to admit that one aspect of VW software that has consistantly left me underwhelmed
has been the help files. In 12 odd years of using the software, I don't know that I've ever learned anything from the help files, or even found the right file for any issue.
However, that's the only part of VW that I haven't loved - they've more than made up for it in every other detail and about a year ago I solved the help thing.
A year or two ago I easily tripled my use and efficiency of VW by the addition of the manuals, podcasts, video files and personal help of Jonathan Pickup of Archoncad in New Zealand.
He offers invaluable advice and materials to maximize the value of the software, as well as being very pleasant to relate to. I basically use Jonathan's books instead of help files -
they sit next to my computer. Before I even installed 2010, I bought and watched everything he has produced about it and thus the transition was seamless.
2010 is really amazing! The features t...
I have used AutoCAD for over 10 years along with various other packages (Microstation and ArchiCAD just to name a few) and I must say that I was rather worried that I was too embedded into AutoCAD before purchasing Vectorworks DESIGNER. However, as soon as I got this package into my hands and installed it, I realized that it was beyond anything I have ever imagined. It's user-friendly, customizable, easy-to-use, and best of all, they don't force you to upgrade! It has flawless DXF/DWG translation so you can still use this package with others who use AutoCAD - this package will allow you to do so many more things than any other package will allow you to do. The 3D features and Rendering capabilities are incredible and just phenomenal. You must try it.
It's difficult to rate this software objectively, as I have grown with it over the course of many years. I first began using it when it was just MiniCad 2.5 and upgraded every two or three years since. As a lighting design professional and university educator, I have never found a package more useful for entertainment industries. Nemetschek's thoughtful development of industry specific design software has been spot(light) on.
It's definitely expensive, but It's the industry standard for a reason. It's rock solid and can be used for very simple diagrams to very complicated set & lighting designs.
I recently received my copy of Vectorworks Designer 2010. It contains Vectorworks: fundamentals, architect, renderworks, landmark, spotlight, and machine design.
I've been using this software since it was mini-cad, sometime around 1997 or so. Before VW, I used auto cad, sketchup, and chief architect.
In general I've found VW to be the most practical, full featured, and easy to use design software available. The price is also the most competitive in it's class.
I have had mixed feelings and mixed results about upgrading over the years, some upgrades seem to take lots of time to learn, with small results.
Other upgrades have yielded big results with little pain. 2010 has been huge results with almost no pain! I'll digress to the early days of mini-cad.
The first few upgrades came with nice, easy to follow manuals, and good tutorial cd's for a modest price. After a few upgrades, no more books! I complained and was told
that it was a decision aimed at saving trees, how could I argue with that? I have to admit that one aspect of VW software that has consistantly left me underwhelmed
has been the help files. In 12 odd years of using the software, I don't know that I've ever learned anything from the help files, or even found the right file for any issue.
However, that's the only part of VW that I haven't loved - they've more than made up for it in every other detail and about a year ago I solved the help thing.
A year or two ago I easily tripled my use and efficiency of VW by the addition of the manuals, podcasts, video files and personal help of Jonathan Pickup of Archoncad in New Zealand.
He offers invaluable advice and materials to maximize the value of the software, as well as being very pleasant to relate to. I basically use Jonathan's books instead of help files -
they sit next to my computer. Before I even installed 2010, I bought and watched everything he has produced about it and thus the transition was seamless.
2010 is really amazing! The features t...
I have used AutoCAD for over 10 years along with various other packages (Microstation and ArchiCAD just to name a few) and I must say that I was rather worried that I was too embedded into AutoCAD before purchasing Vectorworks DESIGNER. However, as soon as I got this package into my hands and installed it, I realized that it was beyond anything I have ever imagined. It's user-friendly, customizable, easy-to-use, and best of all, they don't force you to upgrade! It has flawless DXF/DWG translation so you can still use this package with others who use AutoCAD - this package will allow you to do so many more things than any other package will allow you to do. The 3D features and Rendering capabilities are incredible and just phenomenal. You must try it.
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