Product Reviews
Vectorworks 2009
Live Design:
"There are heaps of CAD packages out there that do amazing things, but I've not yet had such a streamlined experience as I've had with Vectorworks. It offers layers upon layers of different ways to do things, which stimulates inventiveness and enhances design. It makes it fun to design."
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Posted May 2009
Macworld:
Vectorworks has evolved over the years from a lean and mean drafting application with a quick learning curve and inexpensive price to a very powerful high-end CAD application with more features to compete with the top CAD programs on any platform.
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Posted May 2009
Lighting&Sound America:
With Nemetschek NA's latest release of Vectorworks Spotlight version 2009, users are offered a program that is powerful, flexible, and intuitive. Powerful enough to be able to present my designs in 2-D and 3-D. Flexible enough to let me work my way and intuitive enough to help me make decisions so I can concentrate on my designs.
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Posted May 2009
Live Design:
Vectorworks 2009, Nemetschek's most recent upgrade of its design, visualization, and rendering program might look a lot like last year's version, but under the hood are some substantial upgrades as well as helpful additions and bug fixes. While many of those additions work in all the Vectorworks' products, tools have been added to Spotlight that will significantly impact the lighting design process.
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Posted March 2009
LANDSCAPE PAYSAGES:
The Vectorworks Landmark package is designed for landscape architects. The main intent of Landmark is to have one vehicle that can carry a project through its entire lifespan, from concept to design to presentation to construction drawings.
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Posted March 2009
"LANDSCAPE PAYSAGES" is a publication of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.
Architosh:
As for the product today, Vectorworks Architect 2009 is easily the most robust version ever shipped. The improvements to the walls, new methods of placing openings in them, and substantial new improvements to file import/export and latest AutoCAD 2009 file support make this a worthwhile update.
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Posted February 2009
MacCompanion:
"Are you kidding me? If you are in the AEC industry, run, don't walk to get this version of Vectorworks. It puts the competition to shame!"
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Posted December 2008
BD Online:
"By incorporating Parasolid, the best 3D modelling technology available, Vectorworks 2009 is racing ahead of the pack."
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Posted October 2008
Ed's Independent Voice:
"Although I am known as a proponent (and a user) of Autodesk's Revit software, I am always open to other solutions. From what I observed, Vectorworks Architect 2009 seems to stand up well in relation to Revit (which I think is the industry standard in this genre of the AEC market)."
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Posted October 2008
PLSN – Projection, Lights, and Staging News:
"I'm coming at this as an AutoCAD user and a new user of Vectorworks, but I was able to get up the learning curve fairly quickly. I'm by no means a power user, but I like what I've seen in the new Vectorworks 2009. It is very powerful, it has a lot of features to help streamline your workflow, and it is capable of producing some fabulous documentation."
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Posted October 2008
VectorWorks 2008
PLSN – Projection, Lights & Staging News
"The various new commands, Viewport capabilities, ability to work with non-native and referenced files, visualization and beam functions and updated symbol libraries add up to an extremely useful VectorWorks Spotlight update that is more than skin deep."
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Posted May 2008
Lighting & Sound America
"VectorWorks Spotlight 2008 is a must-have upgrade or a useful addition to your design/tech toolbox. The combination of new features and feature updates will benefit all, from professional designers to students just entering the field."
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Posted April 2008
Architosh
VectorWorks Architect 2008 called the "Best update in the company's history" by Architosh: "There is no doubting it now, VectorWorks Architect 2008 is a true BIM application by just about any definition."
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Posted April 2008
Landscape Architect & Specifier News
This interview focused on VectorWorks Landmark 2008. LASN's associate editor of technology Ashley Calabria spoke with Eric Gilbey, landscape architect specialist at Nemetschek North America.
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Posted Feb 2008
Live Design
In this review of Spotlight 2008, Live Design says: "The list of new features is impressive." ".. not only [is] it more beautiful but also more efficient. It is far more intuitive and more logically organized. It has greatly improved space organization."
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Posted Feb 2008
Cadalyst
"The bottom line? VectorWorks 2008 combines true reference files, robust CAD management, productive usability enhancements, and real-world BIM capability."
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Posted Jan 2008
Macworld
"Combining a powerful 2-D drafting environment with integrated 3D modeling functionality, VectorWorks 2008 can take your project from planning to simple drafting to complex, photorealistic rendering."
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Posted Jan 2008
MacCompanion
MacCompanion says VectorWorks 2008 is "near perfect, designed for architects and designers that plays nice with others, in both 2D, 3D or a combination thereof." It "beats the socks off AutoCAD."
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Posted Nov 2007