Successful collaboration between designers and consultants using different software depends on reliable file exchange and effective communication. This one-hour webinar, designed for architects and landscape architects, explores how to manage projects effectively when collaborating with consultants, enhancing cross-platform coordination and best-practice workflows for interoperability between AutoCAD and Vectorworks.
Hosted by Vectorworks product specialists Luka Stefanovic and Marketa Hermova, attendees will gain practical insights for maintaining precision and consistency throughout the design and documentation process. Learn clear, repeatable workflows to improve the reliability and efficiency of drawing exchanges across design disciplines.
Buildings/Landscapes
Buildings/Landscapes
40m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Understand the differences and similarities when setting up projects in AutoCAD and in Vectorworks.
Discover how to bring consultants’ DWG drawings into Vectorworks confidently.
Learn ways to successfully share work back with consultants who use AutoCAD.
Turn accuracy and consistency into better collaboration.
In this session, we’ll dive deeper into organization,
data mapping, and standardization within BIM models. You’ll also see how your
workflows can be automated with a system designed to improve coordination and
ensure project compliance with BIM standards. By employing centralized control
over project information, you can reduce errors and enhance the reliability of
deliverables.
Whether you’re collaborating with architects, interior
designers, or structural engineers, proper data management helps you to
streamline the process while supporting customization of your existing
workflows.
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
43m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Discover insights into data management
capabilities that help you achieve efficient data exchange and enhance your
project collaboration with external participants.
Explore the role of data management and BIM
workflows.
Learn about BIM tools and their
automation capabilities that save you time and provide standardization.
Join architect, International Associate AIA, and lead
product specialist Luis Ruiz for a visual journey through how interior design
ideas are communicated to clients, from hand-rendered perspectives and sample
boards to CAD plans, photorealistic renderings, VR walkthroughs, and today’s
AI-powered tools. You’ll see how each shift has changed the designer–client
conversation while the core challenge has stayed the same: helping people
clearly envision spaces that don’t yet exist.
Drawing on his architectural background and years
supporting interior designers worldwide with design technology, Ruiz will
connect historical methods, current platforms, and emerging tech to reveal
what’s been gained, what’s been lost, and what may come next for your practice.
To receive 1 AIA LU and 1 IDCEC CEU, please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Buildings/Interiors
Buildings/Interiors
52m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Trace how interior
designers have communicated spatial concepts, materials, and design intent to
clients across four eras — from hand-crafted to AI-augmented — and how each
stage shaped the client relationship.
Compare today’s
visualization options, including real-time rendering, VR, AR, and AI-powered
tools, so you can match capabilities, cost, and accessibility to different
project types and client expectations.
Explore emerging
technologies such as digital twins, metaverse environments, haptic interfaces,
and generative AI.
Discuss how new
technologies may reshape client communication for interior designers in the
years ahead.
How do you keep complex residential landscapes on budget, on schedule, and
buildable when every decision affects cut-and-fill, sustainability, and
coordination with the wider design team?
In this webinar, you’ll follow a complete site design workflow from early grading studies
to coordinated technical information that contractors and consultants can
trust. You’ll see how to build a coordinated 3D site model, test grading
strategies, and run cut‑and‑fill calculations so you can minimize
import and export while managing soil expansion, spoil locations, and formation
levels with confidence.
Through real‑world style examples,
you’ll learn how to structure drawings so that layers, classes, itemized build‑ups, and formation levels
feed directly into clear material take‑offs and cost planning, helping you stay within
budget while meeting performance and environmental targets.
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
1h
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Understand how to set up a
coordinated 3D site model, run cut‑and‑fill and grading studies, and link these directly to practical,
sustainable earthworks strategies on residential projects.
Learn how to create clear
technical details, formation levels, and structured drawings that drive
reliable material take‑offs and support accurate bills of quantities and cost planning.
Gain confidence in
organizing your files and information so you can collaborate effectively with
architects, structural and drainage engineers, and specialist contractors on
complex landscape projects.
Tools and Workflows for Commercial Planting Projects
In this webinar, you’ll explore the
structural design of a commercial outdoor terrace and learn capabilities of powerful
design software tools. You’ll gain insights into efficient digital workflows,
data-driven plant selection, and visualization techniques that integrate
design, ecology, and construction to deliver environmentally responsible
commercial landscapes.
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
1h 14m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Explore the use of the
right tools for the design of structural elements offers an intuitive approach
to commercial landscapes
Learn how to use data
and visualization to support sustainable planting strategies
Practice how to
integrate ecological and construction data within softscape design
Designing an arena show requires precision, creativity, and strategic planning. In this webinar, Vince Foster, an accomplished lighting, set, and video designer in live entertainment, walks you through his complete workflow for designing the Jamiroquai 2025 arena show using Vectorworks Spotlight.
In this session, you’ll see how to transform a rough hand-drawn concept into a production-ready technical document, starting with document setup, workspace configuration, and custom shortcuts. From there, you will learn how to design the set and lighting within real-world constraints such as stage size and sightlines, using the latest visibility tools and Vectorworks AI for creative inspiration and problem-solving.
Entertainment
Entertainment
57m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn how to set up a Vectorworks Spotlight file for an arena-scale
production.
Understand how to bring a venue model into Vectorworks Spotlight and
manage it effectively with layers, classes, and mesh simplification.
Explore practical strategies for developing an arena set under
constraints.
Discover how to turn the
finished design into polished outputs by generating vendor-ready drawings and
client-facing documents with Vectorworks Spotlight’s publishing tools.
What’s New with Showcase in Vectorworks Spotlight 2026?
The webinar, hosted by Joshua Schulman, Matt Artigues, and Live Design, explores the updated Showcase feature in Vectorworks Spotlight 2026, highlighting its new visual and control capabilities and the addition of the versatile LED Wall tool for more dynamic stage and event design.
Entertainment
Entertainment
53m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Understand the major enhancements introduced in the Showcase feature of Vectorworks Spotlight 2026.
Learn how the new LED Wall tool streamlines design, analysis, and reporting for complex visual setups.
Discover improved workflows for managing lighting, visual effects, and DMX integration within Spotlight.
Product manufacturers have invested considerable time and
resources in creating Environment Product Disclosures (EPDs) to assist
landscape architects and other site design professionals in pursuing more
climate-positive landscapes.
Join Bryce Carnehl of Hunter Industries,
Christopher Lyon of Tournesol, and Eric Gilbey of Vectorworks for a panel
discussion on EPDs, how they’re produced, and where they can be utilized in
site planning and design workflows.
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
45m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Understand
what Environment Product Declarations (EPDs) are and their role in landscape
architecture and other site design disciplines.
Learn
how manufacturers meet the global demand for EPDs to produce these documents.
Explore
where in site planning and design workflows designers can make use of EPDs.
The most environmentally responsible building may be one
that’s already built.
In this webinar, learn how François Lévy, architect and principal
at François Lévy Architecture + Interiors, used BIM softwarwe to serve a church
congregation in its decision-making process regarding the fate of its damaged
parish hall. The firm used a variety of tools, such as Space objects,
worksheets, data visualization, and Point Cloud photogrammetry, to evaluate the
building rehabilitation and explore options to undertake the project
efficiently in phases.
To receive 1 AIA LU, 1 CORE AIBC LU, and 1 CORE AAA LEARNING HOUR please make sure to login and complete the quiz after watching our webinar.
Buildings
Buildings
45m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Recognize the sustainability and community value of reusing existing
building stock.
Learn how effective BIM workflows, related to modeling and documenting
existing structures, facilitate building remodels and additions.
Understand how specific BIM tools can be used in harmony to improve
sustainable design outcomes.
Identify best practices for developing coordinated working drawings in a
hybrid 2D/3D digital platform.
Not
every client loves the look of a pollinator or naturalized garden, but there
are strategies for enhancing biodiversity in every garden style through soil
management and the addition of native plants.
Join
Adele Pierre, landscape architect at Adele Pierre Landscape Architect
Inc., for a look at several ways to increase the number of native
species, both flora and fauna, in the landscape.
Landscapes
Landscapes
45m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Explore
strategies for soil analysis and management.
Analyze
existing vegetation to establish what to keep and what to remove.
Create
a planting plan using native species as specimens, borders, and ground covers.
Join G&A for an inside look at how their integrated
design team leverages Vectorworks software and Vectorworks Partner D5 Render to
create immersive, high-fidelity physical and digital architectural experiences.
In this session, Carl Rhodes, creative director
exhibits at G&A, will walk you through real-world projects — from exhibits
to situated media — showing how G&A’s creative and technical workflows come
together in powerful ways. Whether you’re an architect, renderer, or
collaborator, this session offers insights into cross-disciplinary teamwork,
efficient rendering techniques, and storytelling through spatial design.
Buildings
Buildings
41m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Understand how Vectorworks software and D5 Render are used together in G&A’s 3D experience design pipeline.
Learn how Vectorworks’ cloud-based
project-sharing and D5’s LiveSync plugin work together to enable collaborative
team workflow.
Explore strategies for integrating media
content, environmental graphics, and artifacts into visualizations.
Gain insight into managing cross-disciplinary
collaboration across architecture, media, and interactive design.
In the fast-paced world of
television production, adaptability is everything. The mantra for every
television art department is simple: prepare and anticipate but, always be
ready to pivot.
In this webinar, Angela Cullen, a
set designer with experience with Apple TV+, Disney, and more, will help you
discover how a television set designer leverages Vectorworks Architect and Spotlight
to stay ahead of shifting creative needs and production demands.
You'll see how these tools streamline workflows, enhance collaboration, and support the creative process.
Entertainment
Entertainment
39m
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
Learn
how to create engaging, production-ready conceptual presentations for
television set design.
Enhance
design flexibility by learning strategies to adapt quickly to creative pivots
and shifting production requirements.
Incorporate
visual elements such as wallpaper, color palettes, and material textures to
communicate mood, style, and storytelling.
