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We are designers of software that’s made to carry your design vision further. We think like you, imagine like you, and strive to create that next big thing like you. Design is at the core of our business. It’s what moves us forward every day. Harness the Power of AI in VectorworksNovember 19th, 2024 by Vectorworks
By Alex Altieri  The Vectorworks AI Visualizer. Image courtesy of Vectorworks, Inc. And if you haven’t heard the news, Vectorworks software now contains an AI feature of its own called the AI Visualizer. The AI Visualizer: Your Creative Companion in Vectorworks In Vectorworks, the AI Visualizer is more than just an image generator; it’s a creative partner that ignites your design vision and streamlines aspects of the design process. Remember the power of a quick napkin sketch to sell a design concept? The AI Visualizer captures that same magic in the digital age, transforming rough ideas into stunning visuals that ignite client conversations and help propel your projects forward. There are three major benefits you can find by using the AI Visualizer: rapidly exploring design ideas, gaining inspiration, and impactfully communicating design intent. Let’s look closer at each. Experience a New World of Design with Vectorworks 2025October 1st, 2024 by Dr. Biplab Sarkar
The world of design is evolving, and so are the tools that empower these creative professionals. As the design industry grows more dynamic, so does Vectorworks. We’re always committed to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, ensuring that our software meets and exceeds the ever-growing demands of designers worldwide. Vectorworks 2025 is officially here, bringing a whole new world of groundbreaking features that redefine 3D interactivity and visualization, transforming how designers visualize their models, design intent, and data in their working environment. At the core of this new product line are the visualization-related changes including the Onscreen View Control feature, which offers instant access to all model views with simple click-dragging functionality, allowing users to orbit models seamlessly. The Two-Point Perspective tool elevates visual compositions by enabling traditional architectural and professional photography perspectives with a single click.
One-click navigation gives you easy, instant access to all views of your model with Onscreen View Control. Revolutionizing Design with Vectorworks 2024 Update 4April 1st, 2024 by Vectorworks
By Martyn Horne, Director of Product Marketing, Vectorworks  Martyn Horne At Vectorworks, innovation isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a commitment woven into our company culture. With the recent release of Vectorworks 2024 Update 4, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in design software yet again. This update isn’t just about incremental improvements; it’s about introducing groundbreaking features and integrations that will redefine how designers work. AI Visualizer: Unleashing Creativity with AI At the heart of Update 4 lies the AI Visualizer, a game-changing tool that seamlessly integrates AI into the Vectorworks ecosystem. Powered by Stable Diffusion, this feature empowers designers to harness the limitless potential of AI directly within the Vectorworks interface, but powered through Vectorworks Cloud Services. Imagine generating illustrative concepts and refined images from simple text prompts — that’s the power of the AI Visualizer. By revolutionizing the ideation process, this tool enables designers to delve deeper into their concepts, win more projects, and deliver unparalleled creativity.  Vectorworks’ AI Visualizer allows you to ideate illustrative concepts at any design stage. Image courtesy of Vectorworks, Inc. Read the rest of Revolutionizing Design with Vectorworks 2024 Update 4 2023 Vectorworks Design Scholarship: Meet the WinnersJanuary 1st, 2024 by Vectorworks
By Product Marketing Manager – Architecture Luc Lefebvre, OAQ, LEED, AP
With over 1,000 submissions, this year’s winners came from all corners of the globe, such as Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We brought in the best of the best and had an expert panel of international judges evaluate all submissions who looked at design, technology, originality, presentation, and writing. Congratulations to this year’s winners in the architecture and interior design industries: Architecture Winners:
Read the rest of 2023 Vectorworks Design Scholarship: Meet the Winners The Data Difference | The Power of Data VisualizationOctober 27th, 2023 by Vectorworks
 Carter Hartong BY: Carter Hartong Data visualization in Vectorworks is a game changer for your BIM workflows, and while this tactic may initially seem intimidating, getting started is easier than you think. You, too, can learn how to implement it and transform how you approach design decisions in your BIM process. WHAT’S DATA VISUALIZATION? Data visualization turns data into knowledge, helping you make more informed decisions faster. It puts the data embedded in your objects into a visual, graphical context, applying it directly through your models and drawings. Just as your models help you conceptualize your project’s layout and design, data visualization lets you picture your “non-design” elements. This is just one of the capabilities in Vectorworks that add up to the data difference, and it’s a key factor in supercharging your workflow.  Image: courtesy of Vectorworks, Inc. Read the rest of The Data Difference | The Power of Data Visualization Experience a New Level of Design Freedom with Vectorworks 2024September 21st, 2023 by Dr. Biplab Sarkar
In the world of design, time is of the essence. Every second counts to create stunning and innovative projects that leave a lasting impression. Because of this, designers need efficient, well-equipped tools to help them bring their visions to life faster than ever before. At Vectorworks, we understand this concept and have molded this necessity into our latest software release. Vectorworks 2024 takes an integrated approach to align with your natural design process. New features and enhancements were carefully structured to increase your productivity and empower you with comprehensive solutions for faster workflows from start to finish. So, what can you expect? Vectorworks 2024 has feature-focused improvements for everyone. Designers will experience an updated and modernized user interface, so now designing and working in the software is more efficient and easier to customize to your liking. Specifically, the reorganized View and Mode bars make accessing a wide range of tools and shortcuts easy. The ability to customize these bars means you can organize your workspace to suit your needs so you can save more time and simplify your design process.  Image courtesy of Vectorworks, Inc. Read the rest of Experience a New Level of Design Freedom with Vectorworks 2024 Designing for the Future: Tackling Today’s Challenges with VectorworksApril 20th, 2023 by Vectorworks
 Luc Lefebvre By Product Marketing Manager Luc Lefebvre, OAQ, LEED, AP The world we live in today is much different from even just a few years ago. From the evolving impacts of climate change to a global pandemic, everyone, including us in the AEC industry, must pivot, adapt and advance to meet and overcome the challenges our industry faces. It’s no longer an option to sit back and continue in the same way we have before. Our practices, workflows, and designs must place high importance on our planet and its inhabitants to ensure a successful future. Architects must stay ahead of technological advances to aid and overcome these rapidly evolving challenges. Design for our future must be a top priority. Combating Climate Change & Designing for the Future of our Planet The concepts of “sustainable design and construction” or “green building” are no longer novel. Still, since the beginning of the century, the AEC industry has had an increased and amplified awareness of our impact on the environment, and it has changed the landscape of our profession. The reality of the climate crisis forces architects to implement sustainable design practices and has become an essential piece of building construction. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and other advocacy groups have led the charge in changing policies and procedures and implementing set standards to combat the negative environmental impacts of building and construction and set us all up for future success. Resources and frameworks like the LEED, BREEAM, Greenstar, and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Framework for Design Excellence have sparked a powerful movement, leading the industry to adapt and develop design and construction methods that have now become industry standards. Read the rest of Designing for the Future: Tackling Today’s Challenges with Vectorworks Supercharge Your Workflow with Vectorworks 2023September 22nd, 2022 by Vectorworks
 Biplap Sarkar Biplab joined Vectorworks in 2000. He was made CTO in 2008 and has been CEO since 2016. In this position, his main responsibility is to provide strategic leadership by working with the Board of Directors and the Executive Management Team to establish long-range goals, strategies, plans, and policies for revenue growth and expansion of market share. As a part of setting these goals and enacting these strategies, Biplab seeks out technology and process innovations to ensure Vectorworks remains a best-in-class CAD and BIM solution for designers. Many consider time to be the most valuable resource we have. We at Vectorworks know that this notion rings especially true for today’s designers. How we work has dramatically evolved over the past several years, and designers must manage, prioritize, and effectively utilize their time to meet their clients’ high demands and deadlines while not sacrificing their work’s integrity and originality. We also know that designers deserve tools that enhance their creativity and make their jobs more straightforward and efficient instead of restricting them with tedious technological tasks. That’s what our team has strived to accomplish with the release of our latest version — software that accelerates processes and provides you with more time to do what’s most important — design. Read the rest of Supercharge Your Workflow with Vectorworks 2023 The Keys to Successful BIM Implementation, Collaboration, and Model ValidationAugust 11th, 2022 by Vectorworks
 Alex Altieri Building information modeling (BIM) has become commonplace in the AEC industry due to its many advantages over traditional CAD. BIM is all about data and turning modeled geometry into what many describe as a “single source of truth.” If you’re thinking about or are in the process of implementing BIM, there are a few key points that are important to consider: understanding the incentives, establishing goals and vision, having a plan of action, and evaluating and measuring progress. Each of these points help address common challenges associated with implementing BIM, including lack of time, commitment, or resources. Read the rest of The Keys to Successful BIM Implementation, Collaboration, and Model Validation Enhancing Sustainability Through Materials and BIMApril 21st, 2022 by Vectorworks
Sarah Barrett brings more than a decade of experience as an architect and graphic designer, as well as professional expertise in the field of parametric modeling, to her role as a Senior Architect Product Specialist at Vectorworks, Inc. In addition to serving as an architectural expert and BIM specialist for the company, Sarah helps create best practices for Marionette, the integrated algorithmic modeling tool in Vectorworks software. She also leads webinars and workshops on a variety of industry topics and develops materials to help customers improve their workflows and design processes. Sarah has an M.Arch. from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in architectural studies from Brown University. ‘Sustainable construction’ and ‘green building’ are concepts that have gone from novel to trendy to mainstream over the past few decades. These are both very broad concepts that encompass plenty of different strategies, methodologies, and approaches, and quite often have specific connotations for each individual designer, however, the commonality we all share is creating designs that lead to the health, safety, and welfare of our clients and ourselves. Sustainable construction and building practices, overall, seek to minimize negative impacts and cultivate long-term positive impacts on all project stakeholders, including occupants, surrounding communities, and developers. There are many methods designers can take to meet this end goal, however, here are a few ways to approach enhancing sustainability. Read the rest of Enhancing Sustainability Through Materials and BIM |
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Vectorworks has always been a strong supporter of the world’s next designers. So much so, we recently held our seventh 
By: Senior Architect Product Specialist Sarah Barrett, Assoc. AIA
