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Vectorworks 2015 Feature Matrix |
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Best in
3D Modeling |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Fast Interactive Display |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Enhanced Walkthrough Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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X-ray Select (patent pending) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Taper Face Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Twist Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Rotated Plan and 3D Views |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Better BIM Tools |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Option to Flatten Design Layer Section Viewports |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Create Section Viewport from the Clip Cube |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Connection of Duplicated or Moved Walls |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Roof Improvements |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Transfer Space Label Properties |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Viewport Marker Settings |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Shaped Windows |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Vision Panels for Doors |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Door and Window Hinge Direction Marker Option |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Third Stringer for Stairs |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Different Arrow Direction on Upper and Lower Floors for Stairs |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Auto Hybrid Hidden Line Options |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Improved Keynote Legend Renumbering |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Greater File Interoperability |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Publish Command |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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IFC Enhancements |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Recalculate Worksheets Prior to Printing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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DXF/DWG Improvements |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Option to Export from All Visible Objects in Layers in Export
3DS and Export Parasolid X_T Commands |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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New Commands to Split and Merge Record Formats |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Integrated, Robust Rendering Tools |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Displacement Mapping |
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✓ |
Images for Brick Shaders |
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✓ |
Improved Efficiency |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Crop Support for Bitmap Objects |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Visibility Tool Improvements |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Select Similar Objects by Plane |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Font Preview |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Preview for Mirror Tool |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Align Leader Line Command Improvements |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Attributes Palette Opacity Preview |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Simplify 2D Polys Command |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Reshape Tool Enhancements |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Context Menu for Faster Editing of Vertex-Based Objects |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Oval by Center Mode |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Flipped Symbol Show Others Alert |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Nudge Warning |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Offset Nonaligned Dimension Text |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Hide Out-of-Date Viewport Borders |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Model Space Measurement for Sheet Layer Viewports |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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ÒNewÓ Option for Classes and Layers |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Symbol Dialog Box Improvements |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Floating Datum Heads Up Display |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Consolidate Dimension and Chain Dimension Objects |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Rotation Sensitive Height and Width Labels |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Selected Objects Mode for Split and Trim Tools |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Show Z for 2D/3D Symbol on Object Info Palette in Top/Plan
View |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Mac Hidden Line Multi-Threading |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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New Criteria for Object Selection States |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Help Menu Access to Online Resources |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
The Leader in Entertainment Design |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Lighting Device Improvements |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Select Focused Lighting Devices |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Lighting Pipe Objects |
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✓ |
✓ |
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New Instrument Summary Object |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Change Label Legend Reference Symbol |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Increased Precision for Secondary Angle Fields in Light Info
Records |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Automatically Assign the Lighting Position Height When
Converting |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Create New Label Legend from Existing Lighting Device |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Locate Label Legend in Resource Browser Context Menu |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Auto-Association for Convert to Accessory Command |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Focal Point Selection Support for Create Event Seating
Command |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Two-Fer by Dimmer and Channel |
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✓ |
✓ |
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The Leader in Site Design |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Plant Shadow Improvements |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Massing Model Improvements |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Site Model Contour Label Position Edit |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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More Accurate Send to Surface Command |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Custom Plant Tag Edit |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Plant Definition Access Improvement |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Stake Object Improvements |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Site Modifier Area and Volume Display |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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New Option to Suppress the Location Adjustment for Georeferenced
Data |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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Fit Walls to Site Model Objects |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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New 2D Polys to 3D Contours Mode in Modify by Record
Command |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Export Shapefile Improvements |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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Superior Scripting |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
Vectorworks Scripting with Python 3 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Plug-In Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Vectorworks Service Select |
Fundamentals |
Architect |
Landmark |
Spotlight |
Designer |
Renderworks |
New Vectorworks Libraries |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
New Learning Materials |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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