Accelerate Design to Delivery: Integrating Vectorworks with Bluebeam
Discover how the Bluebeam Connection empowers you
to initiate and manage Studio Sessions directly within Vectorworks,
streamlining communication and accelerating project timelines.
We’ll explore how Vectorworks Architect supports every phase of design
and how its synergy with Bluebeam — both Revu and Bluebeam Cloud — enables
seamless markup, review, and iteration, regardless of operating system or
software preferences.
Whether you’re an architect, builder, collaborator, or client, you’ll come
away with the skills to manage drawing set iterations, convert PDF markups into
actionable BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) issues, and leverage integrated
workflows to keep your projects on track and your teams connected.
Buildings
Buildings
56m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Create, manage, and participate in Studio Sessions
directly from Vectorworks, including uploading and reviewing marked-up PDFs
Distinguish between Bluebeam Revu and Bluebeam Cloud
workflows and understand how to include all clients and collaborators — including
Mac OS users — in the review process
Apply best practices for managing markup feedback,
drawing set iterations, and converting PDF markups into BIM Collaboration
Format (BCF) issues to streamline the BIM process
As architecture, technology,
and entertainment continue to converge, lighting plays a central role in
transforming public spaces into immersive, interactive experiences.
Join Amy D Lux, founder
and principal designer at LoboLux Design, for insights into one of the most
creative, cutting-edge disciplines in lighting design today.
Entertainment
Entertainment
27m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Explore how innovative design, advanced control systems,
and narrative-driven techniques redefine how designers and audiences alike
engage with buildings, bridges, and urban environments.
Gain valuable design advice for shaping dynamic,
culturally resonant spaces.
Understand the importance of cross-disciplinary
collaboration in architainment lighting.
For design-build practices 2D drafting and plans can be unbelievably
effective.
Join Carl Molter of ecological design-build company
Indigenous Ingenuities for this informative webinar. You’ll learn how 2D
drawings can effectively contain both information and beauty.
To receive 1 LA CES PDH and 1 APLD CEU, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Landscapes
Landscapes
50m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Observe 2D design-build plans from field work to
final presentation.
Discover how a custom workgroup can speed up
drawing production.
Witness tips to efficiently manage drawing file
sizes and create phased pricing plans from a single master plan.
Streamlining Your Planting Plans with Vectorworks and EvergreenConnect
Learn how integrating Vectorworks with EvergreenConnect’s live plant availability data can enhance the efficiency and accuracy of your planting plan workflow. This webinar will show you how to check your Vectorworks planting plans against real-time availability and cost data from EvergreenConnect, helping you create designs that are both practical and cost-effective.
Landscapes
Landscapes
1h 4m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Learn how to link Vectorworks planting plans with EvergreenConnect for real-time plant availability and pricing
See how to export plant counts and selections directly to EvergreenConnect
Discover the project management features available within EvergreenConnect
Gain practical tips for improving workflow efficiency and accuracy
Participate in a Q and A session with Ben Beaumont and Todd Gallagher
Discover how the AI Visualizer
empowers you, regardless of your industry, to create stunning visuals with
ease. Learn to apply advanced image styles, refine designs with inpainting, and
generate limitless assets directly within your existing workflows. Explore
features like prompt saving, alpha channel assets, and automated background
creation to streamline your design process.
Join Vectorworks experts for this session and
unlock new levels of creativity and efficiency with these powerful AI-driven
tools.
To receive 1 APLD CEU, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
All Industries
All Industries
50m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Streamline workflows by learning
to craft effective text prompts and the use of image styles.
Master the creation of seamless
textures.
Produce and utilize image assets
with alpha channels.
Enhance image quality and leverage
direct resource creation.
Discover the full creative and
technical workflow behind designing a stunning modern audio console with an
integrated turntable — using only Vectorworks Fundamentals. This webinar will
guide you through the entire process, from initial concept development to design
drawings, all within a single software environment.
Learn how to leverage Vectorworks
Fundamentals to model complex furniture forms, create high-quality renderings,
and produce precise technical drawings for fabrication. Whether you're a designer
or maker, this session will give you the skills to bring your furniture ideas
to life with efficiency and precision.
All Industries
All Industries
50m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Explore how to
generate and refine furniture designs within Vectorworks Fundamentals.
Master essential tools and workflows for creating detailed
and complex furniture forms.
Use Vectorworks Fundamentals’ rendering capabilities to
produce compelling visuals that showcase materials and lighting.
Learn how to efficiently generate accurate shop drawings
directly from your 3D model.
Built on Vectorworks Spotlight, ConnectCAD streamlines your
AV design with easy-to-read schematics, rack layouts, live error-checking, and
detailed reports.
Join Matt Artigues, Vectorworks entertainment industry
specialist, on March 26 to discover the answers to ConnectCAD’s most frequently
asked questions. You’ll also learn how ConnectCAD’s customizable
templates, hybrid 2D/3D environment, and ability to create a custom device
library make collaboration seamless and ensure precision at every stage of your
project.
Entertainment
Entertainment
59m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about ConnectCAD, Vectorworks’ audio-visual design
software, and how it can elevate your AV design workflows.
Understand how to customize ConnectCAD
devices and equipment, build new devices using the database, and leverage
adapters for streamlined design flexibility.
Explore advanced
connection workflows, including multi-mode Connect tool usage, managing
connections between layers, and using tools like Reshape and ReRoute to refine
circuit layouts efficiently.
Discover a
practical workflow for using simple Spotlight cables to assign circuits,
estimate lengths, and manage paths without requiring a full cable path model.
Join landscape industry expert Marketa Hermova for an enlightening webinar on estimating embodied carbon and utilizing tools that empower you to make impactful design choices regarding material and product specifications. This session will also showcase how you can actively tackle a landscape project's carbon footprint through workflows highlighted in a project case study.
To receive 1 APLD CEU, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Landscapes
Landscapes
1h
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Get an overview of Vectorworks Embodied Carbon Calculator
(VECC), a pre-formatted worksheet that allows you to estimate the project's
embodied carbon.
Explore the data difference in Vectorworks Landmark and
learn about a custom record format for tracking a material's attributes,
properties, and embodied carbon.
Gain knowledge of the existing workflows and the embodied
carbon assessment for a project in its early or advanced development stage.
Concrete is a rather ubiquitous, tested, proven, and versatile building material. It has been used for literally thousands of years to create long-lasting man-made structures of all types, including buildings. Architects in the past few centuries have found it to be an appealing choice to express dynamic and vibrant designs in ways that other materials could not. The ability to structurally reinforce concrete and form it into custom, free-flowing shapes can give it an organic quality that is different from most other materials. This can produce more design freedom and the ability to incorporate unique and custom features into a buildings as a part of the basic construction process.
Buildings
Buildings
49m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Explore the historical and contemporary evolution of concrete and its use in key building material.
Investigate the design issues related to using concrete as a durable, long-lasting primary building material.
Assess design strategies related to creating buildings that can be innovative in shape and form and meet structural and fire codes.
Identify the role that design software and building information modeling can play in achieving exceptional concrete building designs.
Join lighting designer Joshua
Benghiat as he takes you behind the scenes of the Broadway production of Our Town at the Barrymore
Theatre, directed by Kenny Leon and lit by Allen Lee Hughes.
Benghiat, associate lighting
designer for the production, will share his process for designing and executing
a complex lighting plan, balancing the team’s artistic vision with technical
precision. Learn how he tackled unique design challenges — such as hanging
lanterns, unconventional audience seating, and limited fixture placement —
while leveraging digital tools like Vectorworks and BeamViz for visualization
and pre-planning.
This session will highlight the
role of 3D modeling, visualization, and data visualization in streamlining the
lighting workflow, offering valuable insights for designers at all levels.
Entertainment
Entertainment
45m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Understand the design challenges and
problem-solving strategies in developing a Broadway lighting plot.
Explore how digital tools like Vectorworks,
BeamViz, and 3D visualization enhance pre-planning and collaboration.
Gain insights into executing and adjusting a
lighting design from concept through tech rehearsals.
Take a tour through the world of AI-powered landscape design.
This webinar is your passport to understanding how
artificial intelligence is transforming the built environment. From Generative
AI applications optimizing design and analysis workflows to robots monitoring
wetland restoration and dry stacking stone walls, you’ll witness compelling
case studies of how AI can be a collaborator — not just a tool — in the design and
planning process.
To receive 1 LA CES PDH and 1 APLD CEU, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Landscapes
Landscapes
50m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Gain a reasonable understanding of the field and applications of artificial intelligence and their context in the built environment.
Examine case studies of AI integration in landscape and urban design.
Learn mental
models for human-AI partnership in the design process.
