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What's New in Vectorworks 2012 : Vectorworks Architect 2012 Brochure : Vectorworks Landmark 2012 Brochure
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Vectorworks Designer 2012 Brochure : Vectorworks Spotlight 2012 Brochure : Vectorworks Fundamentals 2012 Brochure
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Fundamentals 2012
Exercise files 11.4MB

Architect 2012
Exercise files 55.7MB

Landmark 2012
Exercise files 605MB

Spotlight 2012
Exercise files 143.2MB

Renderworks 2012
Exercise files 51.8MB
  
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Vectorworks 2012
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Vectorworks Fundamentals   Vectorworks Architect   Vectorworks Landmark
Vectorworks Designer   Vectorworks Spotlight   Vectorworks Renderworks
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Vectorworks Tutorial Manuals  Training DVD's  On Site Training
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Vectorworks 2012
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Designer   Spotlight   Renderworks
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a practice of 25 technical employees may have the following mix

network licences for Vectorworks Architect for 12 concurrent users on the local network shared between 15 full time and part time architectural and interior designers

internet activated licences used by 5 principals and project leaders for laptops used in the office, at client presentations, meetings and at home

USB dongle licences for 2 landscape architects using Vectorworks Designer with Renderworks and 3 designers producing architectural and visualisation work with Vectorworks Architect with Renderworks
call if you need access to Vectorworks 2010, 2009 or 2008 licences
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upgrades
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Designer upgrades   Spotlight upgrades   Renderworks upgrades
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Vectorworks 2012 new features
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new features include ...
Vectorworks 2012 New Features
	Best in 3D			Better BIM
	View Movie	Automatic Working Plane		View Movie	Stories
		Significantly improve your modeling efficiency by using modes in modeling tools to automatically infer working planes as you move your cursor around the model. Simply select a tool and click to create objects on any 3D surface.			Now it's even easier to make changes that move with your design. You can express the elevation of design layers relative to a story elevation. As you edit the story elevation, all design layers with that story adjust their elevation by the same amount.
	View Movie	Instant Push/Pull Mode			IFC Support Upgrades
		User-friendly feature to our planar tool set so you can instantly push or pull profile geometry without additional steps. It's a great time saver.			Vectorworks Architect's support of the openBIM file standard, IFC, allows data and geometry to be input or imported, stored, retrieved, and exported in a much cleaner fashion.
	View Movie	Optimized 3D Dimensions			Component Joins at Wall Y-Joins
		It's easy to dimension 3D features by sensing the 3D working planes with the mouse. Simply click on 3D features with your constrained, angular, or radial dimension tools and dimension away.			With more robust wall joining you won't have to fix component joins. Now you'll quickly achieve joining of walls and wall components no matter what kind of connection you wish to make.
	View Movie	Heliodon		View Movie	Better Door Capabilities
		With this easy-to-use tool, you no longer need to know coordinates or a time zone to place a Heliodon object with a directional light when it contains attached data like the region and city. You can create QuickTime solar animations and create "view from sun" animations too.			Use new options to create unequal bi-part leaves and several bi-part and double acting door configurations. Define a doors threshold to extend into and even beyond the doorjamb. Even define door muntin depths for glass leaves, transoms, and sidelights.
	View Movie	Unified Reshape Tool			Floor-to-Floor Linking and Display of Stairs
		The 2D and 3D reshape tools have been consolidated into a single powerful tool that reshapes both 2D and 3D objects.			Enjoy a more capable and efficient stair object that can calculate total rise based on the layers to which the stair connects. You will also see the 2D representation of the stair on both layers of connection.
		Reshaping Multiple Vertices of NURBS Curves		View Movie	Clearer Management of Space Label Symbols
		With one drag, you can reshape NURBS curves with great precision and control by moving individual or multiple vertices.			We've greatly simplified the creation, editing, and storage of space label symbols. You can now directly create space labels using the space label settings dialog- no need for creating specific space label symbols. Also, you can edit existing space labels to quickly adjust the definitions and attributes of text tags in your label.
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Vectorworks 2012 New Features Cont'd

	Rendering			Landscape
	View Movie	Renderworks Styles		View Movie	GIS
		Make a statement with your own signature rendering style. You can create custom configurations of lighting, backgrounds, and render settings as re-usable and sharable resources. When you're ready to render, just drag and drop your custom resource and all your settings will be applied.			With new GIS capabilities, you can store georeferenced information on each Vectorworks design layer, transform geometry to a different map projection or georeferenced coordinate system, and enjoy improved Shapefile import and export functions.
		Realistic OpenGL Shadows			Site Model Enhancements
		Better accuracy, better quality- need we say more?			New visual feedback notifies you when the site model is out of date. We've also added alert dialogs to let you know if you're losing contours when elevation ranges are not updated.
	View Movie	Artistic Renderworks Styles		View Movie	Miscellaneous Landmark Changes
		Try your hand at these intuitive editing style controls; you can even save Artistic settings as style resources to use with a simple drag and drop action.			Now the Landscape Area Object has clearer control over the distribution rate and custom coverage percentages. Also, we've enhanced the Offset settings for the Create Stepped Wall command and we've improved the New Water Needs and Climate Zone fields in the Plant database.
		Attribute Mapping Tool Improvements		View Movie	Better Stake Objects
		Simplified tool by improving the responsiveness of surface snapping, adding a new scale by center option in the mode bar, and addressing additional interface complexities, making attribute mapping more intuitive and more reliable- just simpler to use.			Among other smart enhancements, you'll see the following new parameters and new values for existing parameters in the Stake mark offset and marker rotation fields: "None" and "Filled Triangle marker styles, and XY and XYZ Coordinate Point options.
		New Metallic Shaders		View Movie	Retaining Wall Site Modifier Improvement
		You'll be stunned by the clearer definition and true-to-life appearance of shiny, brushed, or turned metal.			Customize the shape and elevation of the underlying pad of the site modifier. Additionally, the site modifier sides can be reshaped around retaining walls.
		Brick Shader Dimensions			Hardscape Improvements
		Create your perfect brick shader by editing width, height, and gap parameters based on real world coordinate values.			Better control over hardscape creation, a new convert option between boundary and path configurations, and the ability to specify different pattern sizes for Grid and Running pavers.

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System Recommendations

The following are real-world system recommendations for running Vectorworks 2012. In some demanding cases, we would suggest a more capable machine than is described by these recommendations. Likewise, there are some less demanding situations where Vectorworks will perform well on older hardware. The Vectorworks user experience is always improved by faster processors and additional RAM.


Vectorworks 2012 System Recommendations - Mac

Operating System:	Leopard Mac OS X 10.5.8; Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6.8; Lion Mac OS X 10.7
Other Software:	QuickTime 7.0
Processor:	Intel Core Duo 2GHz or better
Other Hardware:	DVD-ROM drive (dual layer)
Screen Resolution:	1280x800 (recommended)   1024 x 768 (minimum)
Display color depth:	16 bit or higher

Vectorworks 2012 System Recommendations - Windows

Operating System:	Windows XP SP3; Windows Vista SP2 + x64; Windows 7 SP1 + x64
Other Software:	QuickTime 7.6.0 to 7.6.9 (higher versions not recommended)
Processor:	Pentium 2GHz or better
Other Hardware:	DVD-ROM drive (dual layer)
Screen Resolution:	1280x800 (recommended)  1024 x 768 (minimum)
Display color depth:	15 bit or higher

Vectorworks 2012 System Recommendations for
Vectorworks Designer / Vectorworks Fundamentals

RAM:	2GB
Hard drive space:	10GB free

Vectorworks 2012 System Recommendations for
Vectorworks Designer plus Renderworks / Vectorworks Fundamentals plus Renderworks

RAM:	4GB
Hard drive space:	10GB free

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