Spotlight adds design tools for those working in the entertainment industry.

Landmark adds specific tools for those doing landscape design, including a library of plants, trees and shrubs, as well as water features.Īrchitect provides an array of tools for architects and those doing building design, including Building Information Modeling tools, and sustainable design tools that let users gauge the energy efficiency of a building. They are Landmark, Architect, Spotlight, and Renderworks, with Designer being all of the modules rolled up into one. In brief, there are four add-on modules that can be affixed to the base Fundamentals package. While Fundamentals has everything that you need to do most any kind of design, where Vectorworks really shines is when you get into the industry-specific add-on modules. In its most basic form called Fundamentals, it has the basic Vectorworks CAD 2D and 3D functionality, 2D documentation, many different import and export options to other design packages, and integration with Renderworks, Vectorworks' add on photorealistic rendering package. In addition to the entertainment industry, Vectorworks is a worldwide leader in Building Information Modeling (BIM) systems in the architectural design world, and it holds a prominent market share in the world of landscape architecture, as well. It is generally accepted as the standard design program for the entertainment industry and is used to design sets, lighting, audio, and camera placements for film, television shows, concerts, and permanent installs. For 2016, Vectorworks definitely got a major update to its suite of tools.įirst, for those that don't know, Vectorworks is a cross platform Computer Aided Drafting or CAD program that allows you to design in both the 2D and 3D environments. And while the company historically gets an update once a year, some years the improvements are more pronounced than others. List Price: Spotlight: $2,695 Spotlight & Renderworks: $3,245įrom its humble beginnings as MiniCAD in 1985, Vectorworks has gone through many changes over the past 31 years.

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