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Vectorworks
2012 Feature Matrix |
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| Best in 3D Modeling |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
| Automatic
Working Plane |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Instant
Push/Pull |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Heliodon |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Optimized 3D
Dimensions |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Unified
Reshape Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Reshaping
Multiple Vertices of NURBS Curves |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Better BIM |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
| Stories |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| ODBC
Improvements |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| IFC Eyedropper
Support |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| IFC Support
Upgrades |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Slab Support
in Create Joists from Poly |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Component
Joins at Wall Y-Joins |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Window Sash
Offsets |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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| Window Transom
Options |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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| Door and
Window User Control for Default Visibility Classes |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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| New Opening
Types for Doors and Windows |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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| Better Door
Capabilities |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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| Enhanced Stair
Options |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Floor-to-Floor
Linking and Display of Stairs |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Roof Framer
Improvements |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Clearer
Management of Space Label Symbols |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Better
Boundaries for Auto-bound Spaces |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Notes Manager
Improvements |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Insulation
Fills |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Wall Top and
Bottom Heights |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Best
Integrated Renderer |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
| Renderworks
Styles |
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✓ |
| Realistic
OpenGL Shadows |
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✓ |
| Artistic
Renderworks Styles |
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✓ |
| Brick Shader
Dimensions |
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✓ |
| New Metallic
Shaders |
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✓ |
| Attribute
Mapping Tool Improvements |
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✓ |
| Clarify Render
Settings in Saved Views |
✓ |
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| Better
Collaboration |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
| Vectorworks
Export to five previous versions |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Support for
AutoCAD 2012 Import/Export |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Parasolid X_T
version number |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| DXF/DWG Image
Type Fills |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| DXF/DWG
Gradient Type Fills |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| DXF/DWG
Transparency |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| DXF/DWG Save
Export Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Improved
DXF/DWG Clipped Block Import |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Save colors to
line weight mapping for DXF/DWG Import |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| DXF/DWG Export
for selected objects only |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Optional
Export for DXF/DWG Hatches |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Your Wish
Granted |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
| 2D X-Ray Mode |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Faster Access to Frequently Used Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Modify by
Record Value |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Hidden Line
Intersection Edges |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Faster
Viewport Visibility Navigation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Streamlined
Zooming |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| New Working
Background Options |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Edit Page
Based Symbols |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Create Closed
Shapes from Open Curves |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Planar Object
Support for Symbol Editing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Viewport Crop
Visibility Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Newly
Developed Worksheet Options |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Ungrouping
Record Preservation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Streamlined
Polyline Arc Editing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| New Hatch from
Customized Hatch |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Coincident
Selection |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| More Quick
Prefs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Tangent/Normal
Curve Creation Using Analysis Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Increased
class levels |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| "By
Class" Choice for Dialog Popups |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Workspace
Changes for 2012 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| The Leader in
Site Design |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
| GIS |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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| Site Model
Enhancements |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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| Hardscape
Improvements |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Better Stake
Objects |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Retaining Wall
Site Modifier Improvement |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Miscellaneous
Landmark Changes |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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| Best in
Entertainment Design |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
| LED Video
Screen |
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✓ |
✓ |
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| Modernized
Video Screen Objects |
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✓ |
✓ |
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| Soft Goods
Object |
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✓ |
✓ |
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| Focus
Instrument at Next Click |
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✓ |
✓ |
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| Lighting
Device Color Names |
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✓ |
✓ |
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| Upgraded
Lightwright Data Exchange |
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✓ |
✓ |
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| Improved
Handling of Duplicated Lighting Devices and Positions |
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✓ |
✓ |
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| Multi-circuit
Lighting Device Focus |
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✓ |
✓ |
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