
Web View and Virtual Reality features make it easier to share designs with clients and collaborators via the web or VR headsets. Resource Manager is a new feature that simplifies the management and use of library objects. It also includes all Vectorworks Service Select libraries for subscription users. This new feature also offers direct browsing of resources from multiple content locations. Resource Manager enables designers to create, find, edit and apply desired resources to their projects. Vectorworks says these improvements simplify BIM workflows and management of sweeping model changes. Uses can more quickly modify style, data, and geometry of doors and windows.

(Source: Vectorworks)ĭoor and window object styles have been updated. Vectorworks 2017 improved its ability to work with structural engineering data with an all new Structural Objects module. Key components include Polyline modes for creating curved structural members, interactive editing capabilities in 3D views, enhanced 2D top/plan representations of structural objects and manipulation of a network of structural elements. Structural Objects allows architects to model and explore complex structures, better control the graphic representation of structural elements, and gain greater automation for efficient time management. With more than 100-plus updates, some of the key features from the Vectorworks 2017 software line include:

Ten additional language releases are planned for the next few months. has released the English-language versions of its 2017 product line, which includes Vectorworks Architect (AEC/BIM), Landmark (landscape design), Spotlight (entertainment design), Designer (all specialty tools) and Fundamentals (based 3D CAD). Other languages to come.īIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc.

The complete line, now available in English, includes separate products for BIM/AEC, Landscape, and Entertainment design.
