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VectorWorks Architect is the single, most comprehensive solution for residential design firms. Complete homebuilding and remodeling tools make it easy to design your project from scratch and bring your designs to life. Or you can easily import and modify designs created by architects, as well as share drawings with subcontractors who use other CAD programs.

• Design in 2D and 3D simultaneously
• Design with “intelligent” building objects
• Create your own custom building objects
• Embellish your designs with free symbol libraries, details from www.CADdetails.com or symbols from building product manufacturers
• Create detailed plan, section, elevation and detail drawings
• Automatically generate schedules, take-offs and materials lists
• Automatically frame walls, floors and roofs
• Easily create complex roofs and roofing systems
• Layout HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems
• Easily share files with architects and sub-contractors using other CAD programs
• Recreate and re-grade your building site
• Wow your clients with high-quality 2D and 3D presentations

"Live sections in VectorWorks Architect 12 have already become indispensable to our design process. We create 3D models in the beginning stages of our projects, and live sections allow us to present sections and views to customers and consultants very early in the process. When we update the 3D models in each phase of development, changes in live sections are immediate-which saves us a lot of time."
Lorenza Barabino
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Genoa, Italy