You design to inspire, to evoke emotion, and to create unmatched experiences. Vectorworks 2017 presents a purpose-built set of tools to realise those visions. It’s in tune with the designer’s eye. For further details and to learn vectorworks 2017 visit:http://www.see-it-3d.co.uk/vectorworks2017/vectorworks-training/

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3. PRODUCT KEY ArchitectA FundamentalsFLandmarkL SpotlightSDesignerD VisionV Shaded circles indicate that the feature is included in that product.
You see the world differently. All designers do.
You design to inspire, to evoke emotion, and to
create unmatched experiences. Vectorworks 2017
presents a purpose-built set of tools to realise those
visions. It’s in tune with the designer’s eye.
The latest release of the Vectorworks line of design
solutions delivers a robust suite of capabilities that will
simplify your process and enhance your workflows.
Multiuser workflow enhancements include support for
using cloud storage apps and object level check out.
And virtual reality walk-throughs of your model allow
clients, and your team, to experience your designs in a
whole new light. With Vectorworks 2017, designers are
poised to transform the world like never before.

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Superior Resource Management Tools 04
Responsive 2D Navigation with
Vectorworks Graphics Module Enhancements 06
Door and Window Styles 07
Master Snap Points 08
Subdivision Enhancements 08
Point Cloud Enhancements 09
Innovative Irrigation Design 12
Structural Members 14
Plant Tool Update 16
Updated Landscape Area Tool 17
Project Sharing Enhancements 18
Data Visualisation in Viewports 20
Slab Drainage Tool 21
bimobject®
Plug-In & Content* 22
Interior Elevations 23
Story Support for Symbols
and Plug-In Objects 24
Energos Enhancements 25
Scalable Worksheets 25
SIMPLIFY
YOUR PROCESS 02
ENHANCE
YOUR WORKFLOW 10
IN THE SPOTLIGHT 26
SIMPLIFIED VECTORWORKS TO VISION WORKFLOWS 26
Select Vision Video Source 26
Enhanced Vision Export Data Mapping 26
Unified Symbols for Spotlight and Vision 27
Send to Vision Command 27
Fixture Modes for the Lighting Device 27
DESIGN RIGGING, AV, AND CRITICAL VENUE ELEMENTS 28
Replace with Stock Symbols Command 28
Create Seating Section Command 28
Improved Audio Visual Tools 29
New Lighting and Audio Libraries 29
Rope and Stanchion Tool 29
CREATE DETAILED DOCUMENTATION AND PAPERWORK 30
Cable Tools 30
Object Component Classing 30
3D Label Legends 31
Lighting Device Focus Point 31
Copy Label Position 31
Dimension Tape Tool 31
Improved Number Instruments Command 31
TABLE OF
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*Available in Vectorworks 2017 Service Pack 1

5. COORDINATE
YOUR PROJECT TEAM 32
INSPIRE
YOUR CLIENTS 44
ABOUT
VECTORWORKS 58
2017
NEW FEATURE MATRIX 54
SYSTEM
RECOMMENDATIONS 59
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IFC4* 34
Revit Import 36
BCF Manager 37
Continuing DXF/DWG Import/Export Enhancements 38
Rasterize PDF 39
SHARE
YOUR VISION 40
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Webview and Virtual Reality 42
Vectorworks Cloud Services for Everyone 43
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Camera Match 48
Import Cinema 4D Textures 49
Improved Texture Mapping 50
Improved CINEMA 4D Export 50
2D Drop Shadows 51
Pen Opacity 52
Image Alpha Transparency Control 53
*Available in Vectorworks 2017 Service Pack 1

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Your time is valuable — and Vectorworks software
enables you to spend more of that time designing.
The Vectorworks 2017 family of software empowers
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As designers, content and resources like hatches, line
types, worksheets, wall styles, and render styles are
critically important to developing ideas and even specifying
materials. That’s why Vectorworks software’s Resource
Manager puts the ability to create, find, edit, and apply
desired resources to your designs at your fingertips.
Featuring direct browsing of resources from multiple
content locations, the new Resource Manager also includes
all the Vectorworks Service Select online subscription
libraries. Easily find what you need with powerful search and
filtering, attach keyword tags, and access your resources
directly from Vectorworks software’s parametric tools.
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No matter the size of your model, your plan views will be more
responsive with smoother navigation as you pan and zoom.
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Simplify your BIM workflows and make sweeping changes
throughout your building model with ease. With new
Door and Window styles, architects gain flexibility in
their design processes, modifying the style, data, and
geometry of the doors and windows in their models and
producing accurate worksheets in a few quick clicks.
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In complex designs, snapping to the correct point
can prove difficult. With Vectorworks 2017, designers
can now designate and use priority snaps, allowing
them to model with greater ease and accuracy.
MASTER
SNAP POINTS
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Vectorworks 2017 improves upon the subdivision
modelling tools introduced in the 2016 line of our software,
giving you the ability to transform existing shapes into
subdivision objects and continue development with
new capabilities added to the Edit Subdivision tool.
In our latest release, Vectorworks’ point cloud support gains
even greater functionality with the ability to isolate points
to target a subset of data within a single point cloud, as
well as more options for importing your point cloud files.
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Vectorworks 2017 gives you more resources than
ever to optimise your workflow. Whether you’re
creating a BIM model for your next inspired
project, lighting a Broadway production, or
designing green space, Vectorworks software
offers features and improvements that are
designed with you and your workflows in mind.
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Planning for a site’s irrigation involves considerations and
calculations related to both its physical features and resource
availability. Vectorworks Landmark software meets all of
these needs with innovative irrigation design tools. Create
zones of similar watering needs with the new Hydrozone
tool and then use built-in worksheets to analyse for water
efficiency, which makes satisfying a site’s water budget
allowance easier than ever. Whether specifying lateral and
main piping, sprinkler heads, drip systems, valves, controllers,
or other system components, the automated and manual
placement methods are designed to meet industry standards
while giving professionals the flexibility to design, document,
and estimate proposed and as-built systems efficiently.
INNOVATIVE
IRRIGATION
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The new Structural Member tool allows architects
to model and explore complex structures that are
more integrated into their designs, better control the
graphic representation of structural elements, and gain
greater automation for efficient time management.
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Our 2017 release provides even more customisation options
for site designers who rely on one of Vectorworks Landmark’s
most used tools: the Plant tool. New placement functionality
allows you to arrange plants by approximate spacing as
well as count. Hedge placement has also become more
intuitive with options for adding multiple rows of hedges.
Plant labelling has expanded in flexibility with the new option
to label directly within the plant group, making designers’
wishes to create planting plans without leader lines come true.
For designers who enjoy schematic plant design with general
plant 3D massing forms, the plant object now provides the
built-in feature to create 3D plant forms relative to type,
height, and spread. Whether the 3D forms assist in site
shade studies, overall canopy planning, or for exchanging
simple 3D forms for BIM collaboration, the plant object
is ready to meet the growing needs of site designers.
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With savable settings and 3D plant representations, the
Landscape Area tool offers a more efficient, customisable
workflow when designers seek to replicate styles and
settings for landscape areas from one project to another,
or from a library into the user’s current working file.
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You asked and we listened. In Vectorworks 2017, Project
Sharing frees designers to work anywhere at any time
with cloud integration that allows you to save your files in
Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, and Box. It also offers
more options to customise your multiuser workflows with
the option to check out individual objects or layers.
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The new data visualisation feature brings together
Vectorworks’ unparalleled graphical display and information
modelling capabilities with the ability to attach data to
Vectorworks objects. Data visualisation allows you to control
the graphic attributes of smart objects in Vectorworks
based upon data and parametric values, giving you the
ability to visually differentiate between objects based
upon the data/information attached to an object.
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Create sloped slabs and flat roofs featuring tapered
components with the intelligence and automation
expected of Vectorworks software’s superior BIM tools.
The slab drainage tool will help inform your design
decisions, document all essential data, and allow for
easy change management across your design.
SLAB DRAINAGE
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Vectorworks®
Unique ref.: N_C_Br_S45C
Brand: Green Furniture Concept
Product family: C-series flexible
eco-design benches
Product group: Nova C
Width (mm): 1200
Height (mm): 870
Depth (mm): 640
Edition number: 3
Type: Object (single object)
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Enrich your building information models with direct
access to a growing library of manufacturer-specific
content within Vectorworks software, including major
global BIM content providers like bimobject®
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*Available in Vectorworks 2017 Service Pack 1
bimobject®
PLUG-IN & CONTENT
*
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Boost your productivity and automatically create multiple
Interior Elevation viewports, bound by wall objects, that save
time and take advantage of automation to coordinate drawings.
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Architectural project organisation thrives with Vectorworks
software’s building stories and level types. In 2017, we’ve
added an additional level of organisation by enabling
parametric objects to be story-aware. As you design with
parametric objects, they will automatically associate with
the elevation of the stories and levels where they’re placed.
STORY SUPPORT
FOR SYMBOLS AND PLUG-IN OBJECTS
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In Vectorworks 2017, Energos’ sustainable design capabilities
have been updated, giving you the workflows you need to make
vital decisions about the energy consumption of your design.
Organise your documentation with customisable worksheets
that conform to tight spaces on a sheet layout.
ENERGOS
ENHANCEMENTS
SCALABLE
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VIDEOSOURCE
Add dimension to your previsualisations with
improved selection and specification for video
inputs on the screens inside your model.
ENHANCEDVISION
EXPORTDATAMAPPING
Store channel information the way you want
in Spotlight and send it to the correct location
in Vision with flexible settings that translate
data between Spotlight and Vision software.
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SYMBOL LIBRARY
LIGHTING DEVICE FIXTURE MODES
UNIFIEDSYMBOLSFOR
SPOTLIGHTANDVISION
Smoothly take your show from design in Vectorworks
to previz in Vision with a unified set of symbols
that make the design process more intuitive.
SENDTOVISION
COMMAND
Move from design to previz seamlessly by sending
your fixture data and geometry from Vectorworks
Spotlight to Vision with a simple command.
FIXTUREMODESFOR
THELIGHTINGDEVICE
The Edit Vision Data command functionality
has been incorporated into the Lighting Device
object, saving time and reducing errors.
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decks, as well as straight and curved
trusses, by replacing generic symbols with
symbols containing manufacturer-specific
data for more accurate shop orders.
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Vectorworks 2017 presents entertainment
designers with more robust audio visual tools,
including the ability to specify extensive data
about each object, as well as customise the yoke
and spread of the speakers in your design.
CREATESEATINGSECTIONCOMMAND
Go beyond algorithmic methods of modelling a
venue’s seating. Choose from several types of
standard seating setup methods and then modify
them easily on a seat-by-seat basis to create the
desired arrangement. Finalise your layout with the
creation of aisles and seat and row numbering,
as well as create customisable reports.
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Quickly insert crowd control elements into your
event designs with this new modelling tool.
NEWLIGHTINGANDAUDIOLIBRARIES
With new symbol content from Prolyte, PRG,
and Meyer Sound, as well as 140 Vision
libraries converted for Spotlight, this update
gives lighting professionals hundreds of new
possibilities to expand their design options.
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34. CABLETOOLS
Cable and document your show more
efficiently with a new Cable tool set created
by Sam Jones of AutoPlot. With this suite
of tools, designers can plan how cables will
run, keep an accurate count of the number
and types of cables that will be used, and
prepare cabling to make onsite setup easier.
3DLABELLEGENDS
Explore your designs in any view without
losing the benefits of 2D labels. 3D label
legends can also maintain their own text
formatting, class, and container.
OBJECTCOMPONENTCLASSING
Create uniform, user-definable class
standards for graphical and visibility control of
components across most Spotlight objects.
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35. COPYLABELPOSITION
The Eyedropper tool now transfers label
locations between similar Vectorworks
Spotlight objects, saving time and easily
making drawings look consistent.
IMPROVEDNUMBER
INSTRUMENTSCOMMAND
Save time with the new, sophisticated methods in
our already speedy Number Instruments command.
LIGHTINGDEVICEFOCUSPOINT
Design with precision by automatically and
accurately calculating angles and the throw distance
from the lighting instrument to its focus point.
DIMENSIONTAPETOOL
Easily mark the location when placing your
lighting fixtures with the new Dimension
Tape tool in Vectorworks Spotlight 2017.
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Vectorworks 2017 is engineered to facilitate your
collaborative workflows. Design, document, and
exchange your models within your firm and beyond
with Revit import capabilities, IFC4 support, a new
BCF manager, and Raster PDF capabilities.
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Vectorworks 2017 moves forward to support the latest
version of the buildingSMART data exchange standard, IFC4,
enabling you to communicate with other IFC4-compatible BIM
platforms for the next generation of open BIM workflows.
IFC4*
*Available in Vectorworks 2017 Service Pack 1
BIM
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Architects and landscape professionals must be prepared to
exchange data with other BIM collaborators. In Vectorworks
software, you can now import Revit files directly, allowing
you to take advantage of manufacturer-specific objects that
are available as Revit families to enhance a Vectorworks
library or to collaborate more effectively with other designers
and contractors throughout the lifecycle of your project.
REVIT
IMPORT
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As part of our continued support of open BIM workflows,
the BCF manager equips project teams to share
issues or clashes that have been discovered directly
in Vectorworks software. You can now export BCF files
that can contain revisions, notes, or new issues.
BCF
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Vectorworks 2017 offers the most up-to-date import and
export for handling the attributes of DXF/DWG files. With 2017,
your exports can retain the appearance of your customised
viewports and import textures that are part of a DWG file.
CONTINUING
DXF/DWG
IMPORT/EXPORT
ENHANCEMENTS
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.DWG
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Rasterize the output of your PDFs, avoiding potential
printing and imaging problems while ensuring
the reliability of your design’s appearance.
RASTERIZE PDF

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SHARE YOUR
VISION
Good communication is key to your design process,
and with Vectorworks 2017, you have more options
than ever to share your ideas and inspiration.
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Easily share your designs with current clients and collaborators
using Vectorworks software’s immersive webviewing and
virtual reality features. Generate a link that allows anyone,
anywhere, to view your model in 3D on any device.
WEBVIEW AND
VIRTUAL
REALITY
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Vectorworks is committed to communication and collaboration.
In Vectorworks 2017, our Cloud Services environment will
be openly available to everyone, giving you the ability to
easily share files between team members and providing a
simple interface for collaborators and clients to tour your
models using our mobile app, Vectorworks Nomad.
CLOUD SERVICES
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INSPIRE YOUR
CLIENTS
With stunning, photorealistic renderings, designers
can showcase material selection options, make
effective lighting decisions, conduct solar studies,
and generate high-quality documentation and
presentation boards. With Vectorworks 2017, you
have all the tools necessary to wow your clients.
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All Vectorworks software packages now include Renderworks,
the best-in-industry rendering feature set built on the award-
winning Cinema 4D render engine. Renderworks provides the
tools necessary to visualise your work throughout the design
process while producing clear and accurate illustrations.
RENDERWORKS
FOR EVERYONE
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With the new Camera Match features in Vectorworks 2017,
designers can integrate photos taken on-site with their model,
generating realistic adaptations of those images by matching
the perspective vanishing lines in the photo with those in
the model. From there, you can create custom shadows,
mask out other elements, and tailor the photo to your design
vision without the need for an external editing application.
CAMERA MATCH
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Import Cinema 4D’s vast archive of textures and materials
directly into Vectorworks software, expanding your
design options with a larger library and improving the
realism of geometry as well as building elements.
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The power of Renderworks texture mapping
has been extended to plug-in objects and wall
components, so you can define, modify, and control
the precise looks that add detail to your design.
Create stunning renderings with less work and
improved support for file exchange between
Vectorworks and Cinema 4D that allows designers
to organise exported models more efficiently.
IMPROVED
TEXTURE
MAPPING
IMPROVED
CINEMA 4D
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Add simulated depth to your 2D presentations with Vectorworks
2017’s ability to add drop shadows to chosen elements of your
project — all without leaving your Vectorworks workspace.
2D DROP
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Fine-tune your line quality with a new pen opacity
attribute to adjust the 2D objects in your design.
PEN OPACITY
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Preserve the alpha channel present in many imported
images without the use of an external photo editor.
IMAGE
ALPHA
TRANSPARENCY
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SIMPLIFY YOUR PROCESS
Resource Manager
Vectorworks Graphics Module for Top/Plan Viewing
Door and Window Styles
Master Snap Points
Subdivision Modelling Enhancements
Point Cloud Enhancements
ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOW
Irrigation Tools
Structural Members
Plant Tool Update
Updated Landscape Area Tool
Project Sharing Enhancements
Data Visualisation in Viewports

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Slab Drainage Tool
BIMobject®
Plug-in and Content*
Interior Elevations
Story Support for Symbols and Plug-in Objects
Energos Enhancements
Scalable Worksheets
Select Vision Video Source
Enhanced Vision Export Data Mapping
Unified symbols for Spotlight and Vision
Send to Vision Command
Fixture Modes for the Lighting Device
Replace with Stock Symbols Command
Create Seating Section Command
Improved Audio Visual Tools
New Lighting and Audio Libraries
Rope and Stanchion Tool

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*Available in Vectorworks 2017 Service Pack 1
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Cable Tools
3D Label Legends
Object Component Classing
Copy Label Position
Lighting Device Focus Point
Dimension Tape Tool
Improved Number Instruments Command
COORDINATE WITH YOUR PROJECT TEAM
IFC 4*
Revit®
Import
BCF Manager
DXF/DWG Import/Export Enhancements
Rasterize PDF
2017
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Webview and Virtual Reality
Vectorworks Cloud Services for Everyone
INSPIRE YOUR CLIENTS
Renderworks for Everyone
Camera Match
Import Cinema 4D Textures
Improved Cinema 4D Export
Improved Texture Mapping
2D Drop Shadows
Pen Opacity
Image Alpha Transparency Control

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Mac OS X 10.10
Mac OS X 10.11
Windows 7 SP 1 (64-bit)
Windows 8 (64-bit)
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Windows 10 (64-bit)
64-bit Intel Core i5
(or AMD equivalent) or better
RAM
4GB minimum
8GB recommended
8GB-16GB recommended for large
files and complex renderings
Graphics*
A dedicated graphics card is required
OpenGL 2.1 compatible graphics card
VRAM: 1GB minimum, 2GB-
4GB recommended
Screen Resolution
1440x900 minimum
1920x1080 or higher recommended
* Several Vectorworks features have placed
higher demands on graphic hardware.
Additionally, the performance and quality of the
graphics provided by the Vectorworks Graphics
Module depend directly on the speed, memory,
and supported extensions of the graphics
card. These new features have the potential to
provide a very fast and fluid experience if used
on capable hardware, or a noticeably slower
experience if used on older or incompatible
hardware. Graphic cards should support at
a minimum OpenGL version 2.1; cards not
meeting this recommendation will have limited
functionality and poor performance, particularly
when rendering in OpenGL mode. In general,
the more powerful your video card is, the
better your Vectorworks experience will be.
For the most current and updated
technical information, please visit our
Knowledgebase at kbase.vectorworks.net.
See vectorworks.net/sysreq/
for updated information.
SYSTEM
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positioned to express the best in the built environment.
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