Design, Document, Visualize Your Project Using Vectorworks
Architecture Product Specialist Ryan Butler walks you through the process of designing a project using Vectorworks and shows you some interesting workflows to excel in your studio.
Video
Buildings
44m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Understand various 3D modeling techniques to effectively design your projects.
Discover the power of rendering tools available in Vectorworks to help visualize your designs.
Learn how to create drawings from your 3D models to communicate your project’s design intent.
Review best practices for creating great presentations to impress your professors.
Firms are adopting
Building Information Modeling (BIM) at a faster rate than ever before. To make
the most of the tools at your disposal, you need a complete picture of the
options available to make a better-informed decision on achieving more
effective project collaboration.
This presentation, hosted by Vectorworks' Luka Stefanovic, will demonstrate how you
can collaborate with your project stakeholders at every project stage, review
tools, and workflows to help you start a project on the right foot, and
demonstrate success in every phase of the project from design to construction
and building operation.
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Video
Buildings
44m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Understand how to plan for a successful collaboration process — using a BIM execution plan and delivering a compliant BIM model.
Evaluate the best options for collaboration using various file formats and software.
Discover best practices for model coordination during the design phases and using model validation and issue management workflows.
Comprehend owner requirements for built asset management and ensure correct data delivery for a successful project handoff.
Design firms often rely on one
set of tools for concept modeling, another for Building Information Modeling
(BIM), and another for drafting construction details.
This fragmented workflow could be
more efficient, considering most BIM software prioritizes documentation over
design, limiting free-form modeling, and sketch tools need more robust
analytics to evaluate building performance early on.
This presentation, hosted by
François Lévy, architect and principal at François Lévy Architecture +
Interiors, offers an alternative workflow.
You’ll witness a unified design
process using Vectorworks for sketch modeling and early analytics as a stepping
stone to a comprehensive approach to BIM, detailing, and rendering.
Video
Buildings
50m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Discover how a unified workflow offers greater efficiency and design freedom.
Learn about concept modeling opportunities within Vectorworks at the early concept levels.
Map out how to transition from concept model to BIM efficiently, minimizing re-work and information loss.
With a tool that balances automation with flexible customization, you can create finely detailed countertops and easily achieve quality visuals and reports. Manage countertops across projects with customizable styles and find superior control of design features like overhangs and backsplashes. With efficient modeling and automatic hole cuts, you’ll have the time to create whatever you can imagine without having to worry about manual processes.
Video
Buildings/Interiors
3m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new Countertops tool, released with Vectorworks 2025.
Design accurate curbs, borders, and edging elements based on profile extrudes or individual unit placement. Create these elements as freestanding or seamlessly integrate with hardscapes and landscape areas. Specify corner and insertion details and define front and back curb modifier points for easy terrain manipulation. Design styles will make you more consistent and save you time as you worry less about needing revisions.
Video
Buildings/Landscapes
4m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new Curb tool, released with Vectorworks 2025.
Assign classifications to Vectorworks objects and sub-parts and manage them centrally with a rules-and-criteria-based system that is easy to follow. Save time and reduce risk for errors with automated application of local and national classification standards in a BIM collaboration and specification writing workflow.
Video
Buildings
3m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new BIM Construction Classification feature, released with Vectorworks 2025.
Show, ghost, hide, or isolate specific objects with individual visibility control. Navigate to specific parts of your model by isolating objects and create custom drawings or viewports to clearly communicate your design intent. Apply object visibility directly within your design layer or save it to viewports and data visualizations. Find fast, flexible workflows, while also working harmoniously with Class and Layer visibilities.
Video
All Industries
3m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new Object Level Visibility feature, released with Vectorworks 2025.
Take a versatile approach to your projects with the ability to select multiple walls and apply surface finishes in a single operation. Then manage, annotate, and create reports with customizable project finishes and data visualization to help you streamline reporting, leaving you the time to focus on customizing your space.
Video
Buildings/Interiors
4m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the improvements to Room Finishes, released with Vectorworks 2025.
Quickly and easily establish a geographic survey or reference point with a single operation, saving you time and avoiding complications among collaborators. Perfect for both new and existing projects, place a survey point anywhere in the document to specify coordinates, angles to true north, and elevation information in both 2D and 3D.
Video
Buildings/Landscapes
3m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new Survey Point and Reference Points, released with Vectorworks 2025.
Let project participants view and comment on your document from anywhere on any web-enabled device, getting your projects in front of them faster. Share selected drawings and worksheets and allow collaborators to select areas of interest to access object specifications. They can add comments that you can view within Vectorworks, streamlining your review process. Once you’ve made your changes, quickly share updated documents the same way.
Video
All Industries
3m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new Vectorworks Cloud Document Reviewer, released with Vectorworks 2025.
Discover one-click navigation that allows for easy, instant access to all views of your model and interactive model orbiting with click-dragging. The optional display of XYZ axes, compass direction, and working planes help you effortlessly orient and navigate your model. Easily switch it off with a popover (but you won’t want to).
Video
All Industries
2m
Beginner
Learning Objectives
Learn about the new Onscreen View Control introduced with Vectorworks 2025.
