Vectorworks Designer Reviews & Product Details

You can go from schematic design to construction documents with oone program. Because of the 3D modeling capabilities, anything you need for a complete Building model can be created from scratch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are some elements that architects use all the time that are still not automated, although you can still create them (like special moldings) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface is very clean, simple, and easy to navigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The learning curve to get use to the program is tough, but once you get use to the program it's fairly easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software is great, and has a tremendous potential in design aspect for his free modeling, but is lack in organitation and documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

His organitation and documentation process, is to arcaic and make lose time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great integration of 2 d and 3d. Wide variety of extremely useful Plug-In objects that make drawing and modeling quick, easy and versatile for design studies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The more recent version of their Resouce Browser is quite slow when trying to access items. I did not have this problem in v 2014 but it is very apparent in v2018. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a simpler version of Autocad, and easy to learn from Youtube. Straight forward program. If you know how to use Autocad, Vectorworks is a piece of cake. It's like PC vs. Mac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not all firms and architects use this program, therefore it's not easy to format or export/import files in from Autocad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is a pretty intuitive program. The first time I used Vectorworks, I had never heard of it before, but I had previous experience in Revit and Sketch up and was able to easily apply that knowledge to Vectorworks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Coming from a Revit / Sketch up background the editing capabilities seemed somewhat reduced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The capacity to integrate design features between architecture, landscape architecture. mechanical engineering and urban design, not to forget the rendering capabilities of rendtrworks. The capacity to share big information with my consultants is also very important Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a couple of things I dislike: when you upgrade from one version to the next, sometimes you loose information and programed preference or standards. That should not happen. The other thing is having to put so much time to input data to make the application possibilities a useful toll. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vectorworks Designer allows you to work in any way you prefer - there is no pre-defined workflow. It is extremely capable and can be as 2d or 3d as you like; it can be a BIM powerhouse, or a simple (yet sophisticated) drafting program. Great software and I did not even mention how robust its modeling capabilities are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not a lot! - but if I had to describe something it would be the overwhelming amount of options that it has (which makes it equally great). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vectorworks has kept the same interface year after year - improving each tool with the new versions. Other software seems to have fun changing the interface and icons so you have to re-learn software every time you upgrade instead of getting better at software. Also - I know the technicians by name and never have to be on hold for support. When I thought about switching to Autodesk product - just the wait time to talk to sales person turned me off. They have great incentives for student upgrades and reasonably priced subscriptions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cross over between platforms is never as smooth as I hope. Since they do not have monopoly in US- it can be a challenge to coordinate drawings (exporting/importing). For the small scale projects I'm working on, this is not such an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interphase let you do too many things, you can design almost everything in few steps. I like the interest of the developers to introduce new resources and tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes I feel the program doesn't advance as the same way of the designers. They try to include too many things and don't resolve old problems. I think they have to improve the export cad files and sharing options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The all in one integrated platform for 2d, 3d and rendering has significantly increased my productivity and reliance on other applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The releases often feel a little rushed - I'd rather a new version every two years that was rock solid than working through all of the bugs which are almost always a part of their annual releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is fairly straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vectorworks contains more bugs that it should. It will also get in a mode where it will not perform the command, but will after several tries.

There are some obvious functions it does not support, such as a cut command for 3D objects that preserves both parts.

3D features not as robust as the leaders AC, SW, ProE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

3D modeling is intuitive! The new live sections tool is great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No locking tool palettes , and crashes are inevitable, but getting better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The designer package gives me countless symbols to access. As an Entertainment designer, my job varies from Lighting Designer to Event Layouts (Boardrooms to Festivals) to Scaffold Stage Construction Drawings. Using Vectorworks Designer allows both 2D & 3D presentation drawings to convey the information to both the Client & Technical Crews in one file. With new releases each year the content available just continues to grow including more tools and symbols that make my job easier. Can't ask for more! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vectorworks Designer is a great software package, BUT, It can be a little quirky at times.

New updates sometimes mess up old tools that have always worked. Usually fixed in the next update. It can be a little crash happy at times too (more so on the PC vs MAC). The backup system they have usually saves enough data to not lose too much information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ease of use, and the amount of detail in the finished product. My customers are amazed how their ideas can be transferred to a animated design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is an absurd question. When someone like a product why then are you forcing that person to fine things wrong with the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That I can draw one model and then show all elevations, sections, etc to my clients without having to re-draw. I can also get material take offs from the drawings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The purchase cost is a little too much for me to upgrade. I don't like having to subscribe annually. When Vectorworks first came out, when you bought it, you owned it. No annual fees to keep using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use and flexibility is the best part of Vectorworks. It is easier and more intuitive that competitors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Working group solutions are not as beefy as some competitors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Designing in 3D as you are developing in 2D Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Inconsistent interface sometimes as tools developed over time and got integrated into the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the graphical object based CAD program. It allows me to be a graphic designer as well as a draftsman. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

rendering is okay at best. The export to VR is still a work in progress, and doesn't allow me all the control that I would like. Working with a Point Cloud is a bit difficult when you zoom in to close. VW also hasn't developed a lot of tools for Point Clouds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is a very intuitive program to use. It has many easy-to-use tools that create clear, easy to read drawings. The viewport function enables you to look at elements in detail and gives great flexibility in creating various drawing formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have always had trouble with the text tool malfunctioning, despite a new issue each year. You cannot edit a text style once set up, which is awful, so you have to create a whole new text style just to change alignment or letter style. Going from one scale to another (in viewports) creates problems with text scale. I have even had it ignore a default style set for a certain class and substitute an entirely different text style, and continues to do so even after making sure the default style is what you want. It writes over itself sometimes. The drawing label tools doesn't work sometimes in viewports, but will work if written over the viewport (instead of as an annotation). I waste a ton of time fussing with the text tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The visibility of the drawing space. It is easy to see your work and changed between views and projections. Like the newer Cinema 4D-based rendering engine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The layers and class feature is too complicated for basic work, an option for something closer to Illustrator layers would be preferred. The walkthrough/animation options to create movies of projects are too simplistic, having multiple and greater options for cameras would be preferred as well as camera-on-path tools would be great. Needs better polygon-level creation and editing tools for 3D work. So far, learning the new resource palette interface in VW 2017 is cumbersome. I am very used to the old resource palette format, learning a new one is time consuming. I wish the landscape generation tools could be updated, it is very hard to find on the Mac platform good tools for working with high-res DEM and related files to create realistic topography, this is one area VectorWorks could offer a more advanced capability to the Mac design world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That's hard to say, and impossible to isolate into a single feature. I like the ability to collaborate either using symbol/layer referencing or Project Sharing. I like the streamlined design workflow. As a set designer, I can 'sketch in Vectorworks, turn the sketches into rendering, finesse the details, improve the renderings and create working drawings for the shops. I like the ability to collaborate, modify the model and have the modifications flow throughout my documentation. I like being able to share the model with the lighting designer (when I'm not also the LD) and the sound designer.

I think it's critical that we all work together to ensure smooth and safe installation.

The addition of Vision and the integration with Lightwright helps all off the design team, and the entire production team, not just the LD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Huh? Dislike?

Vectorworks assigns classes to parts of/types of spotlight lighting devices. I would generally want to assign my own class structure. With objects like doors and windows there are drop downs for class assignment. I would like a choice to assign one class to all (allowing exceptions for glazing), I would like to be able to impose my own classing on object types like renderworks cameras, drawing labels, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am simultaneously designing in 2D and 3D. There is no exporting to other software and modifying things that I have already created. Additionally, the file inter-operability with other brands of CAD software and other file types, such as PDFs and JPGs, makes incorporating information from other sources very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some tools seem a little more complex than they should be, like reshaping 3D objects. Sometimes I wish the interface were more like SketchUP, in a WYSISWG kind of way. Other tools require much pre-planning and setup before they will work, which is sometimes contrary to the early creative process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

É o mais adequado software BIM para arquitetos por ter sido originalmente desenvolvidos por arquitetos e continuar sua evolução tendo arquitetos em sua equipe de desenvolvimento. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Realmente não. Falta conhecimento por parte do público alvo de suas competências. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Excellent architectural graphic of Vectorworks (all the tools at hand on your desktop).

Import-export with Revit, SCIA, Cinema4D, Rhinoceros (Rhino+Grasshopper).

Support OpenBIM standard (*.IFC) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is a lack of tools like 3D-modeling program Moi3D (or similar math and scripts) easy to use.

It is necessary to make the display layers of profiles of walls in 3D-view of ClipBox tooll and sections!

Spotlight tools should be adapted for street lighting.

We need to make the interactive connection link Vectorworks to Lumion, twinmotion3D or LumenRT.

I advise you to make a Russian language version with the russian architectural graphic standards.

You must increase the number of scripts in the Marionette tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.