Design and BIM software specialist Vectorworks is preparing to launch its 2025 product line
Vectorworks 2025 will focus on redefining 3D interactivity and visualization, providing new methods for users to enhance how they visualize their models, design intent and data within the working environment.
The new version aims to enable customers to make intuitive and informed design decisions easily, opening a new level of visual understanding and communication at every phrase of the process.
“At Vectorworks, we’re dedicated to creating usability wins for our customers, ensuring that our software doesn’t dictate the limits of what’s possible,” said Vectorworks CEO Dr Biplab Sarkar.
“Our latest version is a testament to this commitment, providing powerful tools that seamlessly integrate into your workflow, allowing you to focus firmly on your ideas without obstacles.”
‘For all designers’
In an era where designers demand more from their technology, Vectorworks 2025 aims to deliver a design software experience that mirrors the way users want to work.
Key features include Onscreen View Control, which allows for easy, instant access to all views of a model, along with a click-dragging functionality to quickly orbit models.
The Two-Point Perspective feature allows users to create traditional architectural compositions and professional photography perspectives with a single click, replacing previous hand-drawing methods.
In addition, the new Object Level Visibility feature enables users to manage the visibility of specific objects within a design with options to show, ghost, hide or isolate individual objects.
The Vectorworks Cloud Drawing Reviewer allows customers to view and comment on documents from anywhere, streamlining the review and design process.
Architects and interior designers
Vectorworks 2025 allows architects and interior designers to focus on creativity and design rather than the specific capabilities of their software platform.
Key features include a flexible room finish management tool that can generate comprehensive finish reports and more automated BIM data assignment to support construction classifications.
Additionally, the introduction of an advanced countertop modeling tool complements the software’s existing interior architecture workflow.
Landscape architects and designers
For customers in the landscape industry, Vectorworks 2025 enhances data-centric, collaborative workflows. This furthers Vectorworks’ commitment to making BIM accessible for landscape professionals and encourages them to embrace the software’s smart, dynamic tools.
Key features include a precise 3D Curb tool for modeling curbs, edges and borders, the Survey Point tool for establishing a geographic project base point among collaborators, and updates to the Landscape Area and Hardscape tools to document sustainability data.
Making this data accessible empowers landscape architects and designers to evaluate their designs more effectively, make informed decisions about sustainability and report on their adherence to any required sustainability objectives or standards.
The upcoming English language release of Vectorworks 2025 will be available to active Vectorworks Service Select members and subscription customers in September 2024.
